Episode 85: Words for Things That Are Not The Words For Things

In This Episode:

• No About Face for Amazon (3:18)
• Humans Are Mailing It in (6:05)
• Android’s Live Transcribe will save the text and show ‘sound events’ (10:26)
• Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading (12:51)
• Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist (16:50)
• Australia Found a Way to Save Water From Plastic Pollution and We Can Start Doing the Same (20:07)
• Tesla’s trumpeted solar shingles are a flop (22:07)

Weird and Wacky Tech:

• Google’s AI can now translate your speech while keeping your voice (26:40)
• IT contractor allegedly abused government systems for cryptocurrency mining (27:56)
• Someone broke into his house. But the burglars didn’t take anything ... they just cleaned every room from top to bottom (29:57)

Tech Recommendations:

• Adam - Rode VideoMic Me-L for my iPhone
• Sanjay - Privacy.com

Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit

Sponsored By:

• The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.

Links:

• No About Face for Amazon
• Humans Are Mailing It in
• Android’s Live Transcribe will save the text and show ‘sound events’ - The Verge
• Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading - MIT Technology Review
• Exclusive: Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist - source - Reuters
• Good News: Australia Found a Way to Save Water From Plastic Pollution and We Can Start Doing the Same