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Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Proton has acquired the encrypted note-taking app Standard Notes Early Reviewers of Humane AI Pin Aren’t Impressed Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs in latest teen safety step Substack now allows podcasters to sync and distribute their episodes to Spotify Ubisoft is deleting The Crew from players' libraries, reminding us we own nothing College Football 25: EA's Biggest Success or EA's Biggest Disaster? Elon Claims Twitter’s Traffic Is At An All-Time High Because He Can’t Be Bothered To Understand The Misleading Data People Show Him Google’s next foldable may be the ‘Pixel 9 Pro Fold’ Weird and Wacky:  Costco now sells up to $200 million a month in gold and silver Trump Media shares plunge more than 14%, after company says Truth Social to launch TV streaming Police arrested four people over $300,000 of stolen Lego kits Tech Rec: Adam - Capcut Mickey - ProtonMail Find us here:

In this episode:  Yahoo is buying Artifact, the AI news app from the Instagram co-founders Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores Apple’s new AI: 3 ways Siri could beat ChatGPT Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators Exclusive: Google parent Alphabet weighs offer for HubSpot EXCLUSIVE: Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility Spotify’s latest AI feature builds playlists based on text descriptions ‘We have reached the limit.’ Clash with Elon Musk prompts calls for social media controls in Brazil Elon Musk announces Tesla will unveil a ‘robotaxi’ on August 8 Meta is accused of censoring a non-profit newspaper and an independent journalist who criticized the company New Disney animatronics breathe convincing life into its 2D characters ISPs roll out mandatory broadband 'nutrition' labels that show speeds, fees and data allowances Weird and Wacky:  Terraform Ind

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Generative AI develops potential new drugs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law ChatGPT no longer requires an account — but there’s a catch Instagram co-founders’ AI-powered news app Artifact may not be shutting down after all The AltStore, an alternative app store coming to the EU, will offer Patreon-backed apps ​​AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle ‘Incognito’ Lawsuit Gmail Launched 20 Years Ago on April Fools’ Day Google Podcasts shuts down tomorrow, April 2 Weird and Wacky:  SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket photobombs the moon in incredible award-winning shot Taco Bell, Pizza Hut going 'AI-first' with fast-food innovations Tech Rec: Sanjay - Secretlab Magnus Pro Adam - Apple Magsafe Wallet Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwa

n this episode:  Reddit pops 48% in NYSE debut after selling shares at top of range Reddit sinks below opening price in second day of trading LinkedIn is experimenting with a TikTok-like video feed in its app The US Department of Justice is suing Apple — read the full lawsuit here U.S. Sues Apple, Alleges Tech Giant Exploits Illegal Monopoly US DOJ’s blockbuster lawsuit against Apple is headline grabber but poses limited near-term impact Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube Users. Critics Say It’s ‘Terrifying.’ Florida governor signs law restricting social media access for children DeSantis Approves Social Media Ban For Kids Under 14 In Florida: What To Know Millions of Americans could soon lose home internet access if lawmakers don’t act Oregon’s governor signs right-to-repair law that bans ‘parts pairing’ DoorDash begins piloting drone deliveries in the US Adam Neumann makes a $500 million bid for WeWork that could hit $900 million if financing and dilig

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features MrBeast Strikes Amazon Deal For Biggest Competition Series in TV History Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotions: Report Coca-Cola unveils all-new bottles — sort of Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent Reddit prices IPO at $34 per share in first major social media offering since 2019 Biden announces $8.5 billion microchip grant to Intel as he sells economic wins to Arizona amid climate worries Weird and Wacky:  Google used AI to accurately predict floods up to 7 days in advance Monopoly Go Spent More on Marketing Than Sony Spent to Make Spider-Man 2 Tech Rec: Sanjay - RSHTECH 7-Port Powered USB 3.2/USB C Hub  Adam - ecollar.com Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media. --- Send in a voice message: https://pod

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Google, Apple, and Firefox release new Speedometer 3.0 browser benchmark Google says Chrome can now protect you better while preserving your privacy Tor’s new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship The Tor Project introduces WebTunnel to help you bypass Tor network censorship Apple to allow iOS app downloads direct from websites in the EU EU parliament adopts 'historic' rules to govern Artificial Intelligence House passes TikTok bill. Are TikTok's days numbered? What you need to know. Italy regulator fines TikTok $11 million over content checks Google won’t let you use its Gemini AI to answer questions about an upcoming election in your country Amazon plans 'Big Spring Sale' that's not just for Prime members starting March 20 US health department opens probe into UnitedHealth hack Deadly brain cancer shrinks after CAR-T therapy — but for how long is unclear  FCC

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Facebook, Instagram, and Threads were all down Red Sea cables have been damaged, disrupting internet traffic Google Pauses Gemini’s Image Generator After It Was Accused of Being Racist Against White People Impressive Capacity and Extended Lifespan – Scientists Have Invented Recyclable “Water Batteries” That Won’t Catch Fire Peering through Lenovo’s transparent laptop into a sci-fi future Moon Lander Is Lying on Its Side but Still Functional, Officials Say Tyler Perry Puts $800M Studio Expansion on Hold After Seeing OpenAI’s Sora: “Jobs Are Going to Be Lost” Spotify HiFi is still MIA after three years, and now so is my subscription Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training data Reddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDT Weird and Wacky:  Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want $6 billion fee A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected fo

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Bitcoin regains $1 trillion market cap as the cryptocurrency hits over two-year high $13M and 3 years later, Superlist hopes to become a decacorn. But will it? DuckDuckGo’s privacy browser adds built-in password syncing Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private Wyze outage led to the cameras of 13,000 customers being shown to other users Feds Want to Ban the World’s Cutest Hacking Device. Experts Say It's a ‘Scapegoat’ OpenAI introduces Sora, its text-to-video AI model How companies are using AI to spy on Slack Airbnb plans to use AI, including its GamePlanner acquisition, to create the ‘ultimate concierge’ ChatGPT Went Berserk, Giving Nonsensical Responses All Night Disney Outsourcing Blu-Ray, DVD Business to Sony Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in move to grow its ad business Weird and Wacky:  Elon Musk Says Neuralink's First Patient Can

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Snap shares drop 30% after company's revenue miss and weak guidance Cyclist hit by driverless Waymo car in San Francisco, police say Waymo driverless car set on fire, destroyed by San Francisco crowd Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglaries -- smart security systems vulnerable as tech becomes cheaper and easier to acquire Exclusive: Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI: Read the memo Notion acquires privacy-focused productivity platform Skiff OpenAI-buddy Brilliant Labs unveils eyeglasses with ‘AI superpowers’ Disney to take $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games, work with Fortnite maker on new content Microsoft prepares to take Xbox everywhere Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commerci

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Snap shares drop 30% after company's revenue miss and weak guidance Google Maps is getting a major AI upgrade — what you need to know Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ Mozilla Monitor’s new service removes your personal info from data broker sites automatically Researchers achieve super-safe, ultrafast Li-ion battery charging Apple Is Forcing Users Who Forgot the Password to Their $3,500 Vision Pro to Reset It In-Store Don't wear an Apple Vision Pro while driving, Pete Buttigieg says  Sorting recycling is hard. AI could help. Meta says you better disclose your AI fakes or it might just pull them Bluesky is ditching its waitlist and is now open to everyone Amazon’s new AWS charge for using IPv4 is expected to rake in up to $1B per year — change should speed IPv6 adoption Weird and Wacky:  Adam Neumann is trying to buy back WeWork Your Phon

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Nintendo’s Next Switch Coming This Year With LCD, Omdia Says Games are helping the New York Times thrive amid media chaos Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are ‘as painful as possible’ for Firefox 26 billion private records leaked in 'mother of all breaches’ Amazon’s Ring will stop allowing police to request doorbell video footage from users Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs I gave Telly my data and privacy for a free TV - and I don't regret it Fake Explicit Taylor Swift Images Swamp Social Media This AI app can replace anything in a photo and it is terrifying ElevenLabs reportedly banned the account that deepfaked Biden's voice with its AI tools Etsy launches ‘Gift Mode,’ a new AI-powered feature that generates 200+ gift guides Weird and Wacky:  British zoo has new plan to rehabilitate its potty-mouthed parrots The Future of Sustainable Energy? Scientists

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Tesla charging woes in the Arctic cold snap blamed on inadequate battery preconditioning Result of Cybertruck's 'carrot test' is leaving people concerned for their safety Harvard Claims 'Holy Grail' EV Battery Breakthrough. But When Will We See It? The US Postal Service’s new EV chargers are here Kitepower's Wind Energy System Fits in a Shipping Container Sam Altman was asked what humans would still do better than AI—he didn’t have a convincing answer Great, AI Can Forge Your Handwriting Now and I'm Concerned! Scientists use TV tech to test light-powered internet connections that can be 100 times faster than Wi-Fi Drinking This Carbon Monoxide-Infused Foam Supercharges Cancer Therapy in Mice Apple might have sold up to 180,000 Vision Pro headsets over pre-order weekend Weird and Wacky:  Applebee's $200 date night pass sold out in one minute Study finds bigfoot sightings c

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  I demoed Bluetooth's Auracast, and its going to be a big deal. Here’s Why What if You Never Had to Charge Your Gadgets Again? Tesla Optimus robot can't build cars yet, but it is folding clothes Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots out here' John Deere, Meet Elon Musk: SpaceX Satellites to Link Farm Giant’s Equipment Mr. Beast Drops His First Video On Elon Musk's 'X,' Gets A Whopping 23 Million Views In Just 6 Hours Weird and Wacky:  Are fingerprints unique? Not really, AI-based study says A woman bought a vintage dress at an antique store. It had a secret pocket with a mysterious note Tech Rec: Sanjay - OREI USB Over Cat5e/6  Adam - Govee Smart Electric Kettle Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.comTech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media. --- Send in a voice message: https://podc

In this episode:  Chipotle and Strava team up to help fans achieve wellness goals all January Twilio is killing off the Authy desktop app, but Mac users have a work-around Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit YouTube demonetizes public domain 'Steamboat Willie' video after copyright claim SpaceX launches first satellites for cell phone service in dead zones FCC plans shutdown of Affordable Connectivity Program as GOP withholds funding U.S. Moves Closer to Filing Sweeping Antitrust Case Against Apple Apple is sending out payments to iPhone owners impacted by "batterygate." Here's what they are getting. The Apple Vision Pro will launch in February Samsung Music Frame hands-on: A speaker to match your Frame TV  Scientists develop world’s first graphene semiconductor in revolutionary computing breakthrough New battery material that uses less lithium found in AI-powered search Solid-state battery retains 95% capacit

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Google Maps is ditching cloud-based location history for a more private solution Google Just Killed Warrants That Give Police Access To Location Data Intel’s Core Ultra CPUs are here — and they all come with silicon dedicated to AI Apple announces new 'contingent pricing' feature for App Store subscriptions First 150 kWh semi solid-state battery range test clocks 653 miles on a charge as it streamed live from NIO ET7 These hot rocks can glow brighter than the sun. They could also help spell the end of fossil fuels New technology can rejuvenate and extend the life of old solar panels What Would Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Merger Mean for Cable TV? Some Networks Would Likely Be Sold Off Atlanta suburb becomes first to test underground consumer delivery system Bird, an Electric Scooter Company, Files for Bankruptcy Rite Aid’s ‘reckless’ use of facial recognition got it banned from using the technol

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  How Mark Cuban forced the biggest US pharmacy to upend its business Engineers Shatter Fiber Optic Speed Record at 22.9 Petabits Per Second Google Fiber is offering early access to $250 per month 20-gig service OLED breakthrough could mean cheaper TVs Bose discontinues its Frames line of smart glasses. Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android Some Android phones can automatically send medical data during 911 calls Google launches Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down GPT-4 Google’s best Gemini AI demo video was fabricated Federal jury says Google’s app store violated antitrust law  Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Mailchimp is shutting down TinyLetter Google’s new geothermal energy project is up and running It's official: Evernote will restrict free users to 50 notes Google Agrees To Pay Canadian News Outlets $100M Annually in Rare Win for Media Industry Microsoft secures nonvoting board seat at OpenAI Why I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger Trader Joe’s Wants All Profits in Trademark Lawsuit Against Trader Trader Joe DeFi Platform The US's First EV-Charging Road Powers on in Detroit Weird and Wacky:  Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT Woman bakes cheeky curse word pies for her grandma and it becomes a quirky holiday tradition Pumpkin and apple pie dominate Thanksgiving. See what pie your state searches for most  Tech Rec: Sanjay - DarkHotels Adam - Govee Smart Outlets Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud producti

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company's code ‘This is insane.’ Swedish workers are getting under Elon Musk’s skin Apple Pulls Plug on Goldman Credit-Card Partnership Amazon turns Fire TV Cube into a thin client for enterprises 33 states accuse Meta of having a big 'open secret' — millions of underage users Weird and Wacky:  Director YOLO’d $4M of Netflix budget into Dogecoin, made $27M: Report One of the world’s largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters after it was grounded for 3 decades The three-year cruise is canceled Tech Rec: Sanjay - COLORCORAL Cleaning Gel Universal Dust Cleaner  Adam - Shark AI Ultra 2in1 Robot Vacuum & Mop with Sonic Mopping, Matrix Clean, Home Mapping, HEPA Bagless Self Empty Base, CleanEdge Technology, for Pet Hair, Wifi, Works with Alexa Find us h

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  OpenAI Drama Timeline: All The Twists And Turns, Starring Sam Altman Sam Altman returns to OpenAI in a bizarre reversal of fortunes Sam Altman joins Microsoft as OpenAI names its third CEO in 3 days Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO Everything You Need to Know About the Ridiculously Chaotic 'Coup,' Implosion, and Counter-Revolution at OpenAI  Tech CEO Drama Overview Airbnb acquires AI startup for just under $200 million Microsoft Teams launches creepy AI webcam trick that cleans up your dirty room Several popular AI products flagged as unsafe for kids by Common Sense Media   Hell freezes over – Apple to support RCS messages from Android phones next year Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024 Amazon will allow auto dealers to sell cars on its site, starting with Hyundai Amazon’s new security robot is kind of cute How to spot a fake data blocker that could hack your

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages Rivian blames “fat finger” for infotainment-bricking software update Waze will start warning drivers about the most dangerous roads Prime members can now get a One Medical membership for $9/month Aliro could unlock a new future for smart locks and digital keys Former Apple designers launch $700 Humane AI Pin as smartphone replacement Buc-ee’s and Mercedes-Benz are partnering to add high-speed chargers Google will delete millions of Gmail accounts next month - here's what you need to know Google sues scammers that allegedly released a malware-filled Bard knockoff Nothing company brings iMessage blue bubbles to Android Weird and Wacky:  Watch a group of Hot Wheels toy cars zoom down an empty waterslide The hijacking of $339,000 worth of rare Japanese KitKats Wisconsin couple has tens of thousands of old phones — and nobody to buy t