Tech Talk Y'all

In this Episode: NYC and Arlington Va Win the Contest for Amazon’s Split East Coast Headquarters (2:22) Lime recalls some scooters due to fire concerns (4:02) Disney stock jumps after streaming service news (5:02) Apple’s new T2 security chip will prevent hackers from eavesdropping on your microphone (6:36) Signal's new privacy feature making it tougher to know a sender’s identity (8:56) Alibaba eclipsed Amazon's estimated Prime Day sales in less than 10 minutes (10:04) Prison time, hefty fines for data privacy violations: draft U.S. Senate bill (14:00) Using Wi-Fi to “see” behind closed doors is easier than anyone thought (15:57) Tiny Books Fit in One Hand. Will They Change the Way We Read? (18:23) Weird & Wacky Tech: iPhones are Allergic to Helium (20:10) A Poison-Detecting Watch for Gas and Oil Workers (22:15) Netflix Developed Truly Eye-Opening Technology That Could Change Everything (23:38) Samsung Electronics to release first foldable smartphone in March: sources (26:09) An AI Lie

In this episode: Adam's Top 5 Tech Recs Todoist Circle by Disney Google Trips Quik App by Go Pro Ember Sanjay's Top 5 Tech Recs Tablo Signal Private Internet Access Data Blocker Belkin Conserve Power Socket Shannon's Top 3 Tech Recs Seconds Bird Scott's Cheap Flights Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of MistakesSponsored By:Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links:Tech Talk Y'all - Tech Recommendations --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.co

In this Episode: IBM to acquire software company Red Hat for $34 billion (1:45) Google employees will walk out on Thursday to protest company’s handling of sexual misconduct (3:40) Bitcoin may cause catastrophic climate change by 2033, study warns (4:32) Fortnite Creator Epic Games Valued at Nearly $15 Billion (6:52) Coinbase raises Series E to accelerate adoption of cryptocurrencies (7:58) We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook approved all of them (10:17) Will Google’s homepage news feed repeat Facebook’s mistakes? (12:42) Uber introduces an Amazon Prime-style monthly subscription service (14:07) Weird & Wacky Tech: Musk Keeps Testing the Limits That the SEC Put on His Tweeting (16:32) Google AI Listens to 15-years of sea bottom data for Whale songs (18:28) Yes, we flew to Japan to watch someone pour liquid nitrogen on custom Kit Kats (20:19) Tech Recommendations (23:50) Sanjay - Georgia Votes Adam - [Waze (ft. new audio player)](ttps://www.engadget.com/2018/10/29/waze

In this Episode: Facebook investors co-sign plan to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman (1:34) Facebook gets maximum fine for the catastrophic Cambridge Analytica data breach (2:25) It turns out that Facebook could in fact use data collected from its Portal in-home video device to target you with ads (3:45) Apple launched a new privacy website that lets you find all the data the company has on you (6:50) How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ (7:28) Netflix is fueling its ballooning cash burn with $2 billion in new debt (9:25) MoviePass' parent doesn't want it anymore (13:18) YouTube CEO urges creators to protest EU copyright rule (15:40) Musk to buy $20 million in Tesla stock (17:04) Copyright Office Ruling Imposes Sweeping Right to Repair Reforms (18:26) Orkney islands could get first electric plane service (21:00) Weird & Wacky Tech: Banksy says self-destructing painting didn't go as planned (21:54) This Weirdly Geometric Iceberg Is Freaking Us Out (24:33) World’s Lon

In This Episode: Paul Allen, Co-founder Of Microsoft, Is Dead At 65 (2:00) Thoughts on Microsoft Joining OIN's Patent Non-Aggression Pact (3:23) Pro-privacy search engine DuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches, up 50% in a year (5:05) Secret SEC investigation into ICOs puts startups at risk (9:45) Governments Tell Google's Nest To Hand Over Data 300 Times (12:29) Palm returns as an ‘ultra-mobile’ smartphone (16:00) Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing them with robots (19:19) Weird and Wacky Tech: Parkour Atlas (21:45) Scientists built a terrifying robot snake that can climb ladders (23:40) Banksy Shows How he Fitted a Shredder Into a Frame for Famed Art Stunt (24:50) Moonmoons (Moons That Orbit Other Moons) Could Exist, Scientists Say (27:50) Tech Recommendations (28:32): Sanjay - [ballotpedia.org](ballotpedia.org) Adam - isidewith.com/ Shannon [vote.org](vote.org) Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is f

In This Episode: No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data (2:34) Pushing the limits of streaming technology (4:13) Wealthy Americans have stepped up investment in New Zealand (6:12) New Zealand fines travelers who won’t unlock secure devices (8:30) In test case, U.S. fails to force Facebook to wiretap Messenger calls (11:34) Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Could Increase Computer Speed, Memory (13:45) Bulletproof privacy makes price of iPhone worth it (16:54) Apple is using proprietary software to lock MacBook Pros and iMac Pros from third-party repairs (18:03) Weird & Wacky Tech: Police Use Fitbit Data to Charge 90-Year-Old Man in Stepdaughter’s Killing (21:29) There are now vending machines in London that dry-clean your laundry (25:17) Tech Recommendations: Sanjay - BlackVue Dashcam Adam - Voice to Text Shannon - Google Fonts Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves"

In This Episode: Elon Musk settles with SEC over fraud charge Facebook Hack Puts Thousands of Other Sites at Risk Make Sure MoviePass Didn't Reactivate Your Subscription The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies Bird will deliver scooters to users who want them all day Jeff Bezos’ Space Startup to Supply Engines for Boeing-Lockheed Rocket Venture Slack Actively Preparing for Early 2019 IPO Weird & Wacky Tech: AI-controlled robotic ceiling furniture creates extra space for tiny homes Small tech startup plans to grow cannabis on the International Space Station Tech Recommendations: Adam - Sustainable Palm Oil Shopping Sanjay - Travelon Tech Accessory Organizer Shannon - Google Fonts Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By:Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - b

In This Episode: Apple delays original shows over mature content (1:24) YouTube is replacing textbooks in classrooms across America (4:33) Japan successfully lands robot rovers on an asteroid's surface (7:32) Lime Scooters Has Its Second Fatality in a Month (9:45) Inside Facebook Dating (12:08) Twitter may have sent your private DMs to the wrong people -- but probably not (16:03) Walmart wants to track lettuce on the blockchain (18:41) Google started quietly logging you into Chrome (22:18) Weird and Wacky Tech: An electric implant helps a paralyzed man walk the length of a football field (24:15) Original working Apple-I computer fetches $375,000 at auction (26:05) This device can charge your phone with wind or water (27:49) Tech Recommendations (29:25): Adam - Chick-fil-A App Sanjay - Libby Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By:Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch

In This Episode: IBM creates blockchain equivalent of the ‘Yellow Pages’ (2:24) AI deepfakes ‘have the potential to disrupt every facet of our society' (4:24) Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper program (7:40) Washington State Electronic Notary Public endorsements (10:50) Equifax IT staff had to rerun hackers' queries to see what was nicked (13:05) Electric Scooter Company To Go After Dangerous Riders (17:09) Weird & Wacky: Fortnite game addiction cited as cause for divorce (21:05) Thief Used Smartphone To Hack Into Tesla Model 3 On Display At Mall (22:18) Can you guess which of these paintings was not made by a human? (25:04) Tech Recommendations: (28:40) Adam - The Great Suspender Sanjay - Myki Shannon - Homelabs Sunrise Alarm Clock Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By:Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence

In This Episode: This peanut sensor stops nuts getting in your mouth (2:27) Google's 'Touring Bird' Is a Traveler's Dream (5:50) Amazon will sell live Christmas trees this holiday season (7:50) Samsung's LTE-powered tracker will help you stop misplacing things (9:36) The 4 biggest announcements from the Apple September event (12:45) Inbox, Google’s playground for email innovation, is going bye-bye (15:07) A "Presidential Alert" Text Will Be Sent To Your Phone Next Week (17:13) Weird & Wacky Tech: Mark Zuckerberg wrote an algorithm to beat a teen at Scrabble (19:24) A tech startup is asking rich people to spend $1,500 plus monthly fees on a mirror to stream workouts (22:27) 'Molar Mic' will let US military make calls from their teeth (24:06) Mysterious observatory evacuation stirs alien conspiracy theories (26:00) WeCroak reminds you of your fate 5 times a day (27:49) Tech Recommendations (30:54): Adam - Loom Screen Casting Sanjay - Light Camera (20% dis

In this bonus minisode, Adam guesses the meaning of 25 of the new words Merriam-Webster is adding to the dictionary in 2018. In this episode: 25 of the New Words Merriam-Webster Is Adding to the Dictionary in 2018 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In This Episode: Blood-Testing Firm Theranos to Dissolve (3:00) Amazon orders 20,000 vans to build delivery fleet (4:05) Yahoo email is still spying on you (6:51) Robinhood aims at IPO (8:12) Open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions (10:33) Labor Board Backs Engineers Who Were Fired for Unionizing (14:26) An IP address isn't enough to identify a pirate (17:02) Norway's plan for a fleet of electric planes (20:06) Mercedes Unveils First Tesla Rival in $12 Billion Attack (22:18) Weird & Wacky Tech: This LEGO Bugatti actually drives (26:14) Man Cycling around the UK in VR (28:13) Japan starts space elevator experiments (29:36) Who Caused The Mysterious Leak At The International Space Station? (33:13) A touch tablet that rolls and scrolls (36:02) Tech Recommendations (40:00): Adam - Duolingo Sanjay - Spruce & Co Screen Cleaning Wipes Shannon - Updater Sponsored By:Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in

In This Episode: Apple buys startup focused on lenses for AR glasses (2:14) 18% of US Students Now Own Cryptocurrency (4:00) Woman Uses Tinder To Prank Dozens Of Men Into Dating Contest (5:40) Bitcoin Mining Now Accounts for Almost 1% of the World's Energy Consumption (7:58) Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users (10:02) Walmart patent filings envision customers strapping on headsets to shop (17:22) Weird and Wacky Tech: Robotic sumo wrestling is a thing (19:15) Ghost peppers are saving U.S. grasslands (21:20) Naked Labs introducing body-scanning mirror (24:22) Researchers gave AI curiosity and it played video games all day (26:01) Tech Recommendations (27:16): Adam - Anker battery Sanjay - Home Radon Detector Shannon - Pablo Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong SuiSpo

In This Episode: DeepMind AI Reduces Google Data Centre Cooling Bill by 40% (3:05) German Researchers Have Built a Quantum Transistor Using Just a Single Atom (5:01) Hackers can seize practically all your online accounts, and it's your voicemail's fault (7:45) Google tracks you even if you turn off 'location history': report (11:16) NASA finds ice on the surface of the moon (14:36) Weird & Wacky Tech: This company embeds microchips in its employees, and they love it (16:45) St. Louis University is putting Amazon Echo Dots into every dorm room this fall (18:32) Weird Al Yankovic's new VR film will probably be weird (20:03) UFC champ Robert Whittaker uses Excel, gaming to get into shape (21:24) Tech Recommendations (23:55): Sanjay - Miniature Pac Man cabinet Adam - Living Wine Labels & Costco travel pants Shannon - Seconds Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong

In this Episode: Pellion Technologies selling lithium-metal batteries (2:36) Common Wifi can detect weapons, bombs and chemicals in bags (4:55) Too Much Screen Time Harming Children’s Vision? (8:08) IBM-Maersk blockchain alliance cuts oceanic shipping times by 40% (11:00) Telegram launched a feature that’s both terrifying and brilliant (13:45) An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica state website in minutes (15:34) Kroger begins tests of driverless grocery delivery in Arizona (19:05) Twitter Explains API Changes to Employees (21:20) Weird and Wacky: World's First Space Mining Program Launches in Colorado (23:32) Grabb-It wants to turn your car’s window into a trippy video billboard (25:43) MoviePass Limits Movies and Showtimes Each Day in New Plan (28:08) Amazon said to consider purchase of movie theater chain (30:14) Tech Recommendations (32:10): Sanjay - TeamViewer Adam - Help Scout Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes. Weird and Wacky

In this Episode: Testing finds flaws with car electronic car safety systems Tesla weighs taking company private, but no decisions made yet SEC looking into Tesla after Elon Musk's tweets, reports say German start-up trials solar car that can charge as you drive Sorry, But Starbucks Will Not Be Accepting Bitcoin West Virginia to introduce mobile phone voting for midterm elections Pentagon tells troops: Turn off fitness tracker GPS when you head to warzones Weird and Wacky Tech: Piping Botnet - Turning Green Technology into a Water Disaster Hacker swipes Snapchat's source code, publishes it on GitHub Security flaws let hackers hit in-flight and at sea WiFi Tech Recommendations: Sanjay - TinEye Adam - Grammarly Seth - Bobby Shannon - Moment Ad music from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes. Weird and Wacky theme music from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit.Special Guest: Seth Radman.Sponsored By:Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence.

In this Episode: Apple hangs onto its historic $1 trillion market cap (2:15) Huawei wants to release the world's first foldable phone in 2019 before Samsung does (5:00) The London startup that solved one of the most annoying things about flying is now branching out into trains (8:44) Five of the scariest predictions about artificial intelligence (13:15) Weird and Wacky Tech: China launches high-tech bird drones to watch over its citizens (24:07) I used Apple's AirDrop to troll strangers with photos of space sloths (26:30) Tech Recommendations (31:14): Sanjay - IFTTT Adam - Adobe Fill & Sign Ad music from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes. Weird and Wacky theme music from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit.Sponsored By:Ticket Burner: TicketBurner can help your organization deliver the right information, to the right people, at the right time. Try it free for 30 days!Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team

In This Episode: Uber Drivers Are Committing 'Vomit Fraud' (2:12) Google's new physical keys to secure your account (6:27) Miles gives you rewards for almost everything (8:47) “Waze of Parking” SpotAngels raises 2.3M (11:40) Google owns Duck.com, but it'll give rival DuckDuckGo a shoutout anyhow (13:04) A new digital divide: Young people who can’t use keyboards (16:19) The Allure of Small Towns for Big City Freelancers (18:10) How to Beat LinkedIn: The Game (21:03) Facebook is working on a new internet satellite (23:56) Weird and Wacky Tech (26:35): Inventor Demonstrates His $443K ‘Iron Man’ Jet Propulsion Suit This robot will draw and erase anything on your walls Why there's finally a drug for smallpox even though the disease no longer exists Pirelli made a tire-shaped Bluetooth speaker that isn’t actually made from tires Tech Recommendations (34:47): Sanjay - Here App Adam - Argus Shannon - LogiTech Mouse Plus, an update on Adam's Go Ruck experience. Ad music from "

In this episode: 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter (2:41) Blue Origin lands booster and crew capsule after test launch (4:00) Amazon is helping you find weird screws (6:40) Uber's next big thing is Lime scooters (8:42) California malls are sharing license plate tracking data with ICE (13:44) HTC’s blockchain phone is real (17:11) Three Breakthroughs That Will Disrupt The Tech World In 2019 (18:23) EU hits Google with record $5 billion fine (24:27) Weird and Wacky (26:35): This concept gill garment will turn you into a mermaid Study links frequent gadget use to increased ADHD symptoms in teens Surprise! Top sites still fail at encouraging non-terrible passwords Aston Martin reveals flying car that could hit 200 mph Tech Recommendations (40:43): Adam - Stockpile Sanjay - Uber Conference Shannon - Bird Sponsored By:Ticket Burner: TicketBurner can help your organization deliver the right information, to the right people, at the right time. Try it free for 30 days!Ten Rocket: Plan, build, a

In this episode: Building blocks of life found on Mars NASA aims to "touch the sun" with new probe Device Seeks Axions, Proposed Dark Matter Particles 1st Satellite Built to Harpoon Space Junk Begins Test Flight Boeing's Hypersonic Vision: Hit Mach 5 Fighter Jet Is Testing 'Quiet' Supersonic Booms Why Do We Need a Space Nation Ad music from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes. Weird and Wacky theme music from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit.Sponsored By:Ticket Burner: TicketBurner can help your organization deliver the right information, to the right people, at the right time. Try it free for 30 days!Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D pri