Tech Talk Y'all

Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker

Tech Talk Y'all is a weekly technology news show covering what has happened this week in tech, with hosts Sanjay Parekh and Adam Walker. Sanjay and Adam talk about technology, weird and wacky tech news, and make weekly tech recommendations (a fan favorite). Depending on your level of humor, episodes may or may not be funny (but they definitely are). Signup for episode show notes at: http://eepurl.com/cGevHD read less
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Being a tech CEO isn’t all rainbows
22-11-2023
Being a tech CEO isn’t all rainbows
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 computer in seconds Nothing Chats, the Sunbird-based iMessage app, is a privacy nightmare with unencrypted messages and images YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users Joe Biden’s birthday gift to himself is a Threads account  Weird and Wacky:  Ultra-White Ceramic Inspired by Beetle Scales Breaks Reflection Record Astronauts accidentally dropped a tool bag on a spacewalk, and you can see it with binoculars Tech Rec: Sanjay - Twelve South AirFly Duo  Adam - Mario Wonder Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Tuesday: Tech Inspired Holiday Gift IdeasTech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Spacing up junk and junkin up space
13-10-2023
Spacing up junk and junkin up space
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Gmail for Android rolling out emoji reactions, coming to iOS and web Google wins reprieve from $32.5 mln verdict in Sonos patent fight Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying Tom Hanks calls out dental ad for using AI likeness of him How an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok | TechCrunch Disney’s Loki faces backlash over reported use of generative AI The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X, formerly Twitter Twitter Is at Death's Door, One Year After Elon Musk's Takeover Amazon Prepares to Challenge SpaceX’s Starlink With Maiden Satellite Launch Amazon’s live audio-streaming platform Amp closes up shop Genetics firm 23andMe says user data stolen in credential stuffing attack Newsom signs bill that would make it easier to delete online personal data Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices Atlassian to acquire former unicorn Loom for $975M Gallaudet football used brand-new 5G-powered helmets this week to help its deaf athletes Rice-engineered material can reconnect severed nerves Kendall Jenner's AI Chatbot Has Arrived, and It Is Scary Realistic Weird and Wacky:  Google open-sourced a hat shaped like a giant keycap—and it actually types Ghost in the Machine: How Fake Parts Infiltrated Airline Fleets Flipped coins found not to be as fair as thought Tech Rec: Sanjay - MiBOXER 8-Bay Smart Charger Adam - Kindle Scribe Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.comTech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Artifact becoming Twitter? X in decline. And why Meta’s smart glasses look interesting.
29-09-2023
Artifact becoming Twitter? X in decline. And why Meta’s smart glasses look interesting.
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Spotify launches Jam, a real-time collaborative playlist controlled by up to 32 peopleTikTok debuts new tools and technology to label AI contentArtifact is becoming Twitter, too Elon Musk Says X Users Are Posting Fewer Posts Per Day Than People Had Been Tweeting Neuralink is recruiting subjects for the first human trial of its brain-computer interfaceDesalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap waterFord the first OEM to offer digital license plate Amazon Prime Video Content to Include Ads Starting Early 2024Netflix Prepares to Send Its Final Red Envelope EU's Thierry Breton tells Apple to open everything to rivalsGoogle Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube MusicGoogle Messages has been installed 5 billion timesWidow of man who died driving off collapsed bridge sues Google for directing him there FCC announces plans to reinstate net neutralityMeta’s smart glasses can take calls, play music, and livestream from your faceMeta’s AI chatbot plan includes a ‘sassy robot’ for younger usersChatGPT can now see, hear, and speakAn NYPD security robot will be patrolling the Times Square subway station Weird and Wacky:  If You Resold Taylor Swift Eras Tour Tickets, the IRS Is WatchingThe SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System (aka R2-D2) worked by tracking the stars and was so powerful that it could see the stars even in daylightArtist Who Submitted Empty Canvases to Danish Museum Must Repay $70,000Don’t throw out those used coffee grounds—use them for 3D printing insteadBob Menendez asks how much a kilo of gold is worth. We answer. Tech Rec: Sanjay - Yale Assure Lock 2Adam - Lapse App Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
It’s for kids and kid-like humans
20-09-2023
It’s for kids and kid-like humans
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  ‘Toy Story’-Themed Animated Simulcast Of NFL Game Set To Stream On Disney+ And ESPN+ Spotify launches 'daylist' because it knows your music taste varies throughout the day Single-bladed floating wind turbine promises half the cost, more power Scientists Invented a Super-Slippery Toilet That Nothing Sticks to Hallmark and Venmo will let people send cash with greeting cards Ring’s new Pet Tag puts a QR code on your dog or cat’s collar to help if they go missing Appeals Court Upholds Public.Resource.Org’s Right to Post Public Laws and Regulations Online California lawmakers pass bill to make it easier to delete online personal data Google to pay $93m in settlement over deceptive location tracking Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one Google Bard AI Dips into Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube TikTok will fund Black Friday deals to take on Amazon Elon Musk says X may go behind a paywall for everyone so he can 'combat vast armies of bots' Billionaire Crypto Promoter Mark Cuban Lost Nearly $1M In Common Scam Instacart soars 40% in its trading debut Weird and Wacky:  Coca-Cola launches beverage created with the help of artificial intelligence Crayola, beloved for its crayons, is now selling flowers Bear spotted at Disney World prompts closure of parts of Magic Kingdom US military asks the public for help finding its missing F-35 fighter jet after its pilot had to eject while training over South Carolina Tech Rec: Sanjay - Leviton Smart Switches  Adam - iTailor --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
It didn’t break, it was aggressively disassembled
24-08-2023
It didn’t break, it was aggressively disassembled
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  A long term vision for YouTube’s medical misinformation policiesLinear TV Viewing Drops Below 50% of U.S. Television Usage for First Time, Streaming Hits Record High: NielsenNetflix finally streams video games, too American Airlines sues a travel site to crack down on consumers who use this trick to save moneyCruise Agrees to Reduce Driverless Car Fleet in San Francisco After CrashTaxi drivers are earning more from viral TikToks than from rides IBM Plans To Replace Nearly 8,000 Jobs With AI — These Jobs Are First to GoMicrosoft retracts AI-written article advising tourists to visit a food bank on an empty stomachMicrosoft is bringing Python to ExcelLinkedIn and CLEAR Continue to Enhance Digital Safety, Expand Free Identity Verification to Canada's LinkedIn UsersExperian fined $650,000 for not letting you opt out of its spammy emails ‘Broken’ solar panels manufactured specifically for South AfricaRevolutionary Electrolyzer Efficiently Converts CO2 into Renewable Propane FuelLK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mysteryRussia’s Luna-25 probe crashes on the moonScientists Extracted a Pink Floyd Song From Someone's Brain Waves. Here’s what it sounds likeA Drug For Regrowing Teeth Could Be Available Within The Next Decade Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investmentElon Musk says users on X, formerly Twitter, will lose ability to block unwanted followers, eliminating key safety featureSocial Platform Friend.tech Gains 100K Users in Days Even in Depths of a Bear MarketThreads on the web is here Weird and Wacky:  LG now sells this bizarre TV in a suitcase, and I must have itCheese and chips: parmesan producers fight fakes with microtranspondersThe original voice of Mario is stepping away from the role, Nintendo says Tech Rec: Sanjay - TimeGuessr Adam - Clean Monday Meals Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Zoom in office, but not getting paid to play Uno
09-08-2023
Zoom in office, but not getting paid to play Uno
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Musk's X to pay legal bills of people 'unfairly treated' for posting on platformTwitter Gives Verified Users Option to Hide Their Checkmark of ShameFrance's AFP sues Musk's X social media, cites refusal to discuss payment for newsThreads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challengesHow Tesla’s yarn unspooledHackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features worth up to $15,000Google Takes a Page Out of Twitter's Book: Invites Employees to Sleep 'On Campus' for a FeeGoogle is making Reading mode settings slightly harder to access in ChromeGoogle Messages turning on RCS by default, group E2E encryption launchesYouTube uses AI to summarize videos in latest testThe remote work revolution is officially dead: Zoom just told employees to return to the office.End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work Zoom can now train its A.I. using some customer data, according to updated terms New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracyTrue shape of lithium revealed for the first timeCity of Hope scientists develop targeted chemotherapy able to kill all solid tumors in preclinical researchNASA Reaches Voyager 2 With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Across the Void Weird and Wacky:  Mattel wants to pay you $277 an hour to play UnoPay no attention to the USB port behind the “no USB” sticker Tech Rec: Adam - Benro SLIM Aluminum Lightweight Travel Tripod KitSanjay - Framework Laptop  Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Blaze your what?
02-08-2023
Blaze your what?
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  'Blaze Your Glory!': Twitter Has a Bizarre New Slogan After 'X' Rebrand“Blaze your glory!”—Twitter’s “X” becomes first one-letter iPhone appTwitter’s Obnoxious 'X' Sign Is GoneElon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossibleGoogle Docs brings line numbers to everyone's documentsMultiview comes to YouTube and gets official YouTube TV launch, but with limitsNeed a friend? There’s an app for thatEU passes law to blanket highways with fast EV chargers by end of 2025The Power Station - Some Like It Hot  The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched OnUltra-fast niobium batteries boast 6-min charge for Lotus Elise-based EVA Room-Temperature Superconductor? New DevelopmentsA spectacular superconductor claim is making news. Here’s why experts are doubtful Fiber-infused ink enables 3D-printed heart muscle to beatDude who made a USB-C iPhone is back with an AirPods case that has a replaceable batteryU.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military OperationsPentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US air force communicationsNASA is launching its own streaming service later this yearNASA accidentally severs contact with Voyager 2 probe 12 billion miles from Earth Weird and Wacky:  Uber self-driving car test driver pleads guilty to endangerment in pedestrian death caseYou could win free sandwiches for life if you change your name to 'Subway’Interactive map shows which US cities will be underwater in 2050 Tech Rec: Sanjay - Flash MuseumAdam - Tactical Pen – Self Defense Pen & Multi-tool Pen - Flashlight Survival Pen Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
I’m still gonna call it Twitter, rejecting cultural vandalism
27-07-2023
I’m still gonna call it Twitter, rejecting cultural vandalism
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode:  Twitter becomes XMusk Says Twitter Will Change Logo to X, ‘Bid Adieu’ to BirdTwitter's new 'X' logo looks suspiciously like a generic Unicode symbolThe problem with X? Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name Twitter Announces Coming Restrictions on How Many DMs Non-Twitter Blue Users Can Send Your iPhone Can Now Decode the Warning Lights in Your CariPhone 15 might not get a spectacular battery tech upgrade after all Meta cancels Quest Pro, stops development of Quest Pro 2Threads Is Already Losing Its Allure for Users, Adding Urgency for New Features Scripps Research scientists develop AI tool to track the detailed evolution of viral pandemicsIndia’s AI newsreaders are multilingual, cost-saving and ‘never tired’. Can they replace humans?Apple is already using its chatbot for internal workSam Altman's Worldcoin eyeball-scanning crypto project launches IRS moves forward with a new free-file tax return system, supporters and critics mobilizeSignal is finally getting a major feature Telegram launched four years agoExotic New Silicon-Based Speakers Are Coming to Next-Generation EarbudsTikTok is adding support for text postsA battle of rickshaw apps shows the promise of India’s digital stack Amazon says it’ll ditch plastic padded mailersReddit takes control of popular subreddit that protested API changes Weird and Wacky:  Scientists Stunned As Cracked Metal Heals Itself Before Their Eyes Tech Rec: Adam - OCEARCH Shark TrackerSanjay - Batteryless jump starter Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message