Tech Talk Y'all

In this episode: Microsoft Buys Scandal-Tainted Activision in Bet on Metaverse $68.7 billion Walmart is quietly preparing to enter the metaverse Twitter brings NFTs to the timeline as hexagon-shaped profile pictures Major Twitter NFT implementation problem. An NFT restaurant opening in New York will serve up status with a side of seafood Is Tumblr on the road back to relevance? Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he’ll work remotely and stay in a new rental every 2 weeks Twitter thread from CEO Instagram launches early test of creator subscriptions in the US Locket, the #1 app in Apple’s App Store, uses a trick hiding in plain sight   AD BREAK   Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying for Workspace this year Manslaughter charges follow Tesla driver’s Autopilot red light run Airlines Cancel Some Flights Ahead of U.S. 5G Wireless Launch Winnebago will reveal an electric motorhome at Florida RV super show next week 75 million gallo

In this episode: Drone carrying a defibrillator saves its first cardiac arrest patient in Sweden These “invisible headphones” sit on your desktop and beam sound directly (and only) to your ears Panasonic will start offering workers a four-day working week This company just decided to give employees a 4-day workweek permanently PayPal Is 'Exploring' Launching Its Own Stablecoin AP to launch NFT photography marketplace built by Xooa Magic Leap Goes After Medical Customers With Augmented Reality Headset Signal: New year, new CEO   AD BREAK   Uber driver who got a hotel room for teen passenger after being stuck on I-95 gets offered a new job A Google Street View car spotted a missing criminal and it led to an arrest Airbnb’s new experiment to reduce racism Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta has an ‘assertive’ driving mode that ‘may perform rolling stops’ Teen hacker finds bug that lets him control 25+ Teslas remotely So, I now have full remote control of over 20 Tesla’s in 10 countries and there s

In this episode: TikTok Got More Traffic Than Freakin' Google in 2021 Signal's Cryptocurrency Feature Has Gone Worldwide BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink John Deere breaks new ground with self-driving tractors you can control from a phone DuckDuckGo says new desktop browser will help you ditch Chrome in 2022 Hackers Tried Recycled Passwords on More Than a Million Accounts AD BREAK YouTuber figured out Asus Z690 Hero motherboards melted down due to backward capacitor LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised How Elon Musk’s Software Focus Helped Tesla Navigate Chip Shortage FCC prevails in 6 GHz court challenge led by AT&T After 50 Years, Scientists Set to Open Sealed Apollo Soil Sample Theranos Weird and Wacky: Scientists can now track animals using only air Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to touch live plug with penny Tesla owner blows up his Model S with dynamite over $22,000 battery replacement Tech Rec: Sanjay - Wordl

Tech Talk Y'all is taking a break until the new year. So stay tuned, don't forget about us, and look for some big tech news early next year! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

Brought to you by TogetherLetters! In this episode:  Parker Solar Probe Touches the Sun for the First Time, Bringing New Discoveries FDA Approves New Eye Drops that Could Replace Glasses for Millions A potential hangup for quantum computing: Cosmic rays CISA warns 'most serious' Log4j vulnerability likely to affect hundreds of millions of devices Adobe launches Creative Cloud Express, an update to Adobe Spark Biden will sign an executive order to move government services online Exclusive: Facebook owner is behind $60 mln deal for Meta name rights Fusion Experiment Reaches Vital Power Generation Milestone AD BREAK Spotify Is Launching Podcast User Ratings, Playing Catch-Up to Apple Amazon Ring patents describe a dystopian future where networks of cameras identify 'suspicious' people by recognizing their faces, retinas, skin texture, gait, voice, and even odor End of Service Notice - Alexa Twitter adds auto captions feature to make videos more accessible Apple now lets you choose contacts who can access

In this episode: The Popular Family Safety App Life360 Is Selling Precise Location Data on Its Tens of Millions of Users Kickstarter Will Move Its Crowdfunding Platform to Blockchain Tesla Cybertruck RV attachment hits $100M in pre-orders Musk Warns SpaceX Possibly Facing Bankruptcy Apple, Adam McKay, Jennifer Lawrence Team on Elizabeth Holmes Movie ‘Bad Blood’ Apple AirTag Linked to Increasing Number of Car Thefts, Canadian Police Report Sony to halt production on yet another camera due to semiconductor shortages AD BREAK Microsoft backtracks on Windows 11’s controversial default browser changes Raising the Standard for Protecting Teens and Supporting Parents Online Zuckerberg, Chan to invest up to $3.4B for science advances AWS launches its second Top Secret region An Amazon server outage caused problems for Alexa, Ring, Disney Plus, and deliveries Weird and Wacky: 5 Apps You Can Use to Create NFTs on Your iPhone, and How to Sell Them The 'Home Alone' house could be yours for

In this episode: Tesla server outage allegedly leaves owners unable to drive their cars GA Tech student captures once-in-a-century image of lunar eclipse Adele got Spotify to remove the shuffle button from album pages Rolls-Royce claims it has the world's fastest electric airplane Meta Forced To Sell Giphy After U.K. Regulator Pressure Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal will replace Jack Dorsey as CEO AD BREAK UK will require new homes to have EV chargers starting in 2022 ‘Buy the Constitution’ Aftermath: Everyone Very Mad, Confused, Losing Lots of Money, Fighting, Crying, Etc. ConstitutionDAO Is Shutting Down After Unrelenting Chaos Spotify debuts a ‘Netflix Hub’ featuring music and podcasts tied to Netflix shows and movies DuckDuckGo Wants to Stop Apps From Tracking You on Android Weird and Wacky: The Pentagon Forms New Department to Watch and Study UFOs Tesla and Elon Musk mock ‘silly Apple Cloth’ with new $50 Cyberwhistle Tech Rec: Sanjay - Downbeats Adam - Sony

Netflix Testing TikTok-Like 'Kids Clip' Feature for Younger Viewers Ford and Purdue University Created a Cable That Fully Charges an EV in 5 Minutes Electric vehicles could fully recharge in under 5 minutes with new charging station cable design FBI system hacked to email 'urgent' warning about fake cyberattacks Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website Bitcoin's long-anticipated Taproot upgrade is activated Staples Center goes crypto Google Maps Warns You About Crowded Areas With Updated 'Busyness' Feature The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”? One of the news industry’s favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says Microsoft Calls Firefox’s Browser Workaround “Improper,” Will Block It Microsoft gaming chief calls for industry-wide game preservation Apple to begin do-it-yourself repair program for iPhones, Macs next year Apple to offer self-repair service for iPhones Spotify’s new Podcast Subscriptions expand

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Brought to you by TogetherLetters! Taking a break next week In this episode: Five points for anger, one for a ‘like’: How Facebook’s formula fostered rage and misinformation Facebook is changing its name to Meta as it focuses on the virtual world FTC Study Confirms ISPs Collect a Scary Amount of Your Personal Data Amazon now delivers more US packages than FedEx Faze Clan to go public through $1 billion SPAC deal PayPal says it is currently not pursuing Pinterest acquisition AD BREAK Tesco opens first “just walk out” store to take on Amazon Paleontologist Jack Horner of Jurassic Park Fame Launches Dinosaur NFTs To Fund Scientific Research Amazon’s Clubhouse competitor may let you DJ your own radio show Adobe brings Photoshop and Illustrator to the web Chipotle cancels in-restaurant Boorito deal for $1 million free burrito giveaway, $5 Halloween meals Weird and Wacky: China's Lipstick King sold an astonishing $1.7 billion in goods in 12 hours — and that was just in a promotion for the

Brought to you by TogetherLetters! In this episode: Tesla officially launches its insurance using ‘real-time driving behavior,’ starting in Texas Governor Wants to Prosecute Journalist Who Clicked ‘View Source’ on Government Site US govt reveals three more ransomware attacks on water treatment plants this year Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name Spotify Adds Virtual Merch Tables for Music Artists in Pact With Shopify Microsoft now lets you test Android apps on Windows 11 PayPal Is Exploring a Purchase of Pinterest AD BREAK Continuous scrolling comes to Search on mobile The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro can make calling customer service less nightmarish Valve bans blockchain games and NFTs on Steam, Epic will try to make it work Bitcoin Hits All-Time High Above $66K on Strength of ProShares ETF Debut Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sam Altman wants to scan your eyes in exchange for free cryptocurrency Weird and Wacky: DIY Airless Bicycle Tires https://duckduckgo.com/tty/

Brought to you by TogetherLetters! In this episode: Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely, indefinitely. Affected businesses react Parents of children called Alexa challenge Amazon Coinbase Pitches Blueprint for Special Crypto Regulator Canva is getting into video Blue Origin successfully sends William Shatner and crew to edge of space and back Seven years after raising $542M at a $2B valuation, Magic Leap raises $500M at a $2B valuation Magic Leap has raised another $500 million, readies new headset Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then They Got Scammed. Google Search Wants to Curate Big News. It Could Be a Minefield Twitter's tool for removing unwanted followers arrives for web users Drones can now fly through forests at 40kmph — run and hide, humans Weird and Wacky: Tesla To Sell Beer In Cybertruck-Inspired Bottle At Giga Berlin Mattel Mega lets you build a Tesla Cybertruck out of 3,000-plus bricks Tech Rec: Sanjay - WiFiman, Might

This week on Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the Facebook outage, Ozy Media, a crypto company giving away millions, Tesla, Amazon, brain implants, and much much more! Read the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about new Twitter features, Amazon's new gadgets, a crypto trader hampster, and much more! Get the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Apple, Facebook, the CIA, OpenSea, and much more! Find the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this week's episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the MailChimp acquisition, Genius's sale, Canva's huge fundraise, robots that avoid poop, and much more! See the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all, we talk about Apple's walk back, Amazon paying for college, Facebook's new smart glasses (that will inevitably fail), and much more. View the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about hackable Hondas, Locast shutting down, more app store changes, high tech wooden floors, and much more! See the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

This is the 200th episode of Tech Talk Y'all! In this episode, we talk about police-controlled drones, Samsung TV that can't be stolen (and still work), AirBnB doing good things, drones delivering 1,200 chickens, and much more! See the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Netflix, Yik Yak (you read that right), Facebook, Toyota, T-mobile, a new Tesla bot (an actual humanoid robot), and much much more! Get the full show notes with article links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message