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Tech Talk Y'all

Edgewise Mediawww.techtalkyall.com
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).
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Episodes

Episode 66: Robot Delivery Dogs... The End of Humanity!?

In this Episode: Facebook knows how to track you using the dust on your camera lens (2:00) CES 2019: The 2020 Harley-Davidson Livewire is up for preorder, and it's pricey (4:32) Toyota is developing fighter-jet inspired safety features for cars and wants to share it (6:42) AT&T is lying to customers with 5G marketing (11:13) How AT&T predicted new technology 25 years ago and what it expects now (13:46) Toyota reveals finalists in $4 million quest to reinvent wheelchairs (17:31) Weird and...

Jan 14, 201934 min

Episode 65: Welcome to 2019... Sanjay's Still Writing Checks?

In This Episode: Google wins U.S. approval for new radar-based motion sensor (2:36) Netflix pulls Hasan Minhaj episode critical of Saudi Arabia government (5:15) Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue (6:50) Bakkt scores $182.5M in funding to drive institutional and merchant adoption in crypto (10:02) Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars (12:44) Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights (15:45) The GPS Wars Have Begun (17:34) Artificial Inte...

Jan 07, 201933 min

Episode 64: Special Episode: Best of 2018

In this Episode: Mashable's Best Tech of 2018 Sponsored 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...

Dec 31, 201818 min

Episode 63: All Electric, No Problem

In This Episode: As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants Not just Facebook: Twitter and Snapchat store unposted photos, too, and there's a specific reason Facebook Filed A Patent To Calculate Your Future Location This site will show you the highest-rated movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime How Google Will Destroy Uber Self-driving dirt rally vehicle offers crash course in autonomous car safety Ex-Uber engineer claims to travel 3,099 miles in a self-driving car Ars ...

Dec 24, 201844 min

Episode 62: Special Episode: Japanese Kit Kat Tasting

In this special episode, we taste test different flavored Kit Kats from east and west Japan. Sponsored 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 manu...

Dec 17, 201815 min

Episode 61: Why are they messing with bikes and scooters?.... Rocket packs!

In this Episode: Wearables get serious about heart rate (2:42) SpaceX reuses Falcon 9 rocket booster to launch record 64 satellites (5:37) Nine Companies will compete to help NASA astronauts return to the moon (7:40) Bitcoin drops 8% to kick off December (8:48)) Microsoft signs $480 million HoloLens contract with U.S. military to 'increase lethality' (10:54) 'We have screwed up': Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (15:05) Microsoft is building a Chromium-powered web browser that will replace Edge (17:14...

Dec 10, 201842 min

Episode 60: Spending Bitcoin on an Alexa-Enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass

In this Episode: Ohio becomes first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments (5:40) Google Employees Protest Company Actions…Again (7:24) Apple Confirms T2 Chip Can Brick Macs After Third-Party Repairs (9:50) Supreme Court may let consumers sue Apple over App Store monopoly claims (12:45) Who's Most Valuable? Apple Is Still the Champ Over Microsoft (14:07) LinkedIn cuts off email address exports with new privacy setting (17:17) Toys and apps often track your kids and collect information about th...

Dec 03, 201837 min

Episode 59: Adam's Dancing in the Nutcracker & Sanjay's Bringing Us Apple Pie

In this (short) episode, we're sharing our favorite Thanksgiving foods and plans. Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! Sponsored 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 pri...

Nov 26, 20189 min

Episode 58: Google is the Long Con

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 ...

Nov 19, 201840 min

Episode 57: Special Edition: Best of Tech Recs

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 Mistakes Sponsored 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 t...

Nov 12, 201819 min

Episode 56: The J Stands for Pavarotti

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 homep...

Nov 05, 201830 min

Episode 55: Facebook Loses Monthly Snickers Budget

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 ballooni...

Oct 29, 201836 min

Episode 54: The Only Thing Scarier Than Terminator Robots....

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 ...

Oct 22, 201837 min

Episode 53: There's Nothing Faster.... Except Light

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) A...

Oct 15, 201835 min

Episode 52: It's a Cool Idea.... 'Til the AI Kills You

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 s...

Oct 08, 201836 min

Episode 51: Leafy Lettuce on the Blockchain

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...

Oct 01, 201837 min

Episode 50: Could Sanjay hack Adam's Tesla?

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)...

Sep 24, 201837 min

Episode 49: Going to the Skating Rink? Wear Your LTE Necklace

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 ...

Sep 17, 201837 min

Episode 47: T-Pain Drives His Bugatti to Steak 'N Shake (Allegedly)

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) We...

Sep 10, 201845 minEp. 47

Episode 46: Jimmy The Bachelor

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 sh...

Sep 03, 201833 min

Episode 45: At 3 AM Every Echo Dot Plays Rick Astley

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 Univers...

Aug 27, 201831 min

Episode 44: Healing Through Netflix

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...

Aug 20, 201838 min

Episode 43: $420 A Share... Snoop Dogg?

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 - Tu...

Aug 13, 201841 min

Episode 42: Wolf Pack of Scientists Will Never Create Warmongering AI

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 pho...

Aug 06, 201837 min

Episode 41: Internet Satellites are the Levi's of the Space Rush

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 i...

Jul 30, 201842 min

Episode 40: Bond, James Bond('s car)

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 ...

Jul 23, 201849 min

Episode 39: Special Edition: Recorded from Earth all about Space

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 hel...

Jul 16, 201826 min

Episode 38: (Season 3) I Don't Run, I Only Walk

Welcome to Season 3! In this episode: Facebook gives up on building its own internet drone Bitcoin Bloodbath Nears Dot-Com Levels as Many Tokens Go to Zero Blockchain Voting Notches Another Success—This Time in Switzerland Google Duplex really works and testing begins this summer Wireless speaker maker Sonos files for IPO Crypto Visa card company Monaco just spent millions to buy Crypto.com California’s new online cancellation law benefits many disgruntled subscribers in other places, too Kim Do...

Jul 09, 201845 minEp. 38

Episode 37: Blockchain is the Answer for Everything

In this episode: Back on the air with Jamie Dupree 2.0 (1:47) The Damage from Atlanta’s Cyber Attack is even worse than the city first thought (4:12) Scientists Have Invented a Software That Can 'See' Several Minutes Into The Future (8:04) New technology can see your body through walls (10:26) Robo-cones could speed up roadworks and spell the end for traffic jams (13:30) Airbnb Is Testing a New Service That Lets Hosts Offer Their Homes During Emergencies (17:29) This DNA Genetic Scan Lets Parent...

Jun 25, 201842 min
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