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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

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 people TikTok debuts new tools and technology to label AI content Artifact 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 interface Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water ...

Sep 29, 202343 minSeason 12Ep. 304

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 co...

Sep 21, 202341 minSeason 12Ep. 303

AI Maps, Robot Surgeons, and Smart Coffee Mugs

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: This AI-powered app wants to optimize Google Maps' multi-stop routes A bumper sticker mocking Elon Musk is sparking a polarizing debate about what it means to drive a Tesla Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocks San Francisco Ambulance, Fire Department Says Facebook is getting rid of the News tab in Europe China bans government officials from using iPhones at work Da Vinci robot surgeon removes inoperable tumor, saving patient...

Sep 07, 202330 minSeason 12Ep. 301

We made it!

Season 12 - Episode 300: Intro Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Apple lends support to California State Right to Repair bill Why some people are buying MacBook Pros with broken displays Magic Leap AR headset that set the stage for Apple Vision Pro will ‘cease to function’ Why Streaming Services Are Pushing Subscribers to Ad Tiers Max will launch a 24/7 CNN stream for all subscribers next month Threads on the web widely rolling out X wants permission to start co...

Sep 04, 202334 minSeason 12Ep. 300

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 policies Linear TV Viewing Drops Below 50% of U.S. Television Usage for First Time, Streaming Hits Record High: Nielsen Netflix finally streams video games, too American Airlines sues a travel site to crack down on consumers who use this trick to save money Cruise Agrees to Reduce Driverless Car Fleet in San Francisco After Crash Taxi drivers are earning more from viral Tik...

Aug 24, 202342 minSeason 11Ep. 299

If you need something done, go viral

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking Google is helping pilots route flights to create fewer contrails, which is better for the climate Amazon Cuts Dozens of House Brands as It Battles Costs, Regulators BlueJeans, Verizon’s Google Meet competitor you’ve never heard of, is shutting down Prepare your Firefox desktop ex...

Aug 17, 202333 minSeason 11Ep. 298

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 platform Twitter Gives Verified Users Option to Hide Their Checkmark of Shame France's AFP sues Musk's X social media, cites refusal to discuss payment for news Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges How Tesla’s yarn unspooled Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features worth up to $15,000 Google Takes a Page Out ...

Aug 10, 202340 minSeason 11Ep. 297

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 app Twitter’s Obnoxious 'X' Sign Is Gone Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it. Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible Google Docs brings line numbers to everyone's documents Multiview comes to YouTube and gets official You...

Aug 03, 202346 minSeason 11Ep. 296

I’m still gonna call it Twitter, rejecting cultural vandalism

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Twitter becomes X Musk Says Twitter Will Change Logo to X, ‘Bid Adieu’ to Bird Twitter's new 'X' logo looks suspiciously like a generic Unicode symbol The 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 Car iPhone 15 might not get a spectacular battery tech ...

Jul 27, 202348 minSeason 11Ep. 295

Could they be building evil Knight Rider?

In this episode: Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59 The Biden administration is tackling smart devices with a new cybersecurity label Meta is giving away its AI tech to try to beat ChatGPT WormGPT - The Generative AI Tool Cybercriminals Are Using to Launch BEC Attacks Apple Preps Ajax Generative AI, ‘Apple GPT’ to Rival OpenAI and Google The tech that could make the iPhone 15 last hours longer – and change phones forever First Tesla Cybertruck to Roll Off the Line Looks ...

Jul 21, 202343 minSeason 11Ep. 294

Twitter…. I don’t even know what to say anymore

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Something odd is happening when you try and search Twitter for Threads links How to join the Threads beta program and get new features early Taliban Endorses Twitter Over Threads US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam Google’s medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals BMW introduces Smartglasses for Motorcycling Farmer owes $82,000 in contract dispute over use of a 'thumbs-up' em...

Jul 13, 202334 minSeason 11Ep. 293

What Thread are on?

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Threads, Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer,’ Has Arrived Threads, Instagram's Twitter competitor, is expected July 6 Twitter competitor Threads won't let you delete your account unless you also delete Instagram Twitter isn't showing tweets unless you're logged in | Engadget Twitter's apps are breaking following Elon Musk's decision to cap tweet rates Twitter rate limits even dumber than we thought; Reddit winning continues The Reddit ...

Jul 07, 202342 minSeason 11Ep. 292

It’s gonna take something better than the speed of light

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Lawyers fined $5K for using ChatGPT to file lawsuit filled with fake cases Meta to follow through on Facebook, Instagram block in Canada after content bill advances As Canada Passes Corrupt Link Tax, Meta Says No More News Links In Canada TikTok is discontinuing its BeReal clone Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake John B. Goodenough, 100, Dies; Nobel-Winning Creator of the Lithium-Ion B...

Jun 28, 202335 minSeason 11Ep. 291

Do you control your smart devices? If you anger Amazon, you might not.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Anker's new Solix home energy storage includes a modular solar battery system Virgin Galactic starts commercial spaceflights in two weeks Google Lens can now identify rashes and other skin conditions Samsung confirms Galaxy Watch 6 coming later this year with AFib notifications You can download Instagram Reels now Netflix Tweaks Its Top 10 Rankings, Adds View Count Spotify's revamped desktop app lets you browse and organize your...

Jun 23, 202344 minSeason 11Ep. 290

Reddit blackout, Twitter stops paying bills, and Uber making moves on Turo

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Reddit blackout: Subreddits to go private on Monday WhatsApp’s new Channels feature brings social media to your messaging app Meta, King of Copycats, Grabs at Twitter Users With Instagram Spinoff Twitter Decides To Stop Paying Google, Despite Relying On It For Multiple Tools More affordable version of Apple Vision Pro expected to arrive in 2025 Netflix password crackdown boosts new subscribers to highest level since Covid began ...

Jun 15, 202331 minSeason 11Ep. 289

Are we sure aliens can land?

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Apple Vision Pro is here and we're never leaving the house — 21 things it can do that'll wow you Apple Reveals Vision Pro Mixed Reality Headset Meta Quest 3 Launches Later This Year, Lower Prices + Improvements for Quest 2 Telly dual-screen TV first look: it’s free and may be the future BeReal is adding a messaging feature called RealChat Amazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime Members Google Wallet for Andro...

Jun 08, 202335 minSeason 11Ep. 288

Chips in peoples’ brains, A lawyer in trouble for using AI, and much more

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Whistleblower Drops 100 Gigabytes Of Tesla Secrets To German News Site Elon Musk's Neuralink says it has FDA approval for study of brain implants Nvidia shares surge to record close with 24% rally Scientists find way to make energy from air using nearly any material PAUSE These high-quality headphones can last years longer than Sony and Bose alternatives YouTube removed dislike counts, so this guy made Rotten Tomatoes for YouTub...

May 31, 202333 minSeason 11Ep. 287

Uber’s Updates, A new ESPN, and no the Pentagon is not on fire

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Ron DeSantis will launch his presidential bid with Elon Musk Apple just dropped an unbelievable new iPhone feature like it's no big deal Uber rolls out updates, including a way for teens to book rides Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) Launches Georgia Digital Driver’s License and ID in Apple Wallet ESPN Plans to Stream Flagship Channel, Eyeing Cable TV’s Demise Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams Whats...

May 25, 202346 minSeason 11Ep. 286

Updates from Uber

A quick breakdown of this article about the new updates from Uber. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

May 18, 20233 min

A new Twitter CEO, Tesla Recall, Plane Crash, and Fun with AI

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Elon Musk names NBCU ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO Tesla Recalls Virtually Every Car It Has Sold in China A Former Pilot On Why Autonomous Vehicles Are So Risky Toyota: Car location data of 2 million customers exposed for ten years IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants Break Swiss startup edges closer to first-ever space debris collection Scientists Regenerate Hair Cells that Enable Hea...

May 16, 202334 minSeason 11Ep. 285

ChatGPT can read your thoughts while Spotify rejects AI music

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Scientists Use GPT AI to Passively Read People's Thoughts in Breakthrough Bard AI in Google Messages could be the writing assistant you never knew you needed Wendy’s, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot CKE partners with 3 drive-thru AI firms Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams Tucker Carlson partners with Twitter for new show Parler shuts down as new owner says conservative pla...

May 11, 202341 minSeason 11Ep. 284

Dumb tech bills, bankruptcy, and one tech company doing good

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms BeReal says it has more than 20 million daily active users | Engadget New York’s MTA is abandoning bus and train alerts on Twitter Twitter's former CEO has a new app that looks a lot like Twitter Apple and Google team up to stop unwanted AirTag tracking Google on why Authenticator sync isn’t E2E encrypted, but option coming later Look...

May 03, 202337 minSeason 11Ep. 283

What is on your phone? (Subscribers Only)

Sanjay and Adam talk about their home screens and what they have, or don't have, on their screens. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

Apr 27, 202311 min

It’s the satellite’s fault we don’t have food

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Amazon Adds Much-Needed Feature to Boost Dialogue in Movies and TV Shows Michelin Has Tested Its Uptis Airless Tires at 130 MPH, and Results Are Positive World's largest battery maker announces major breakthrough in energy density MoviePass has landed a deal with Walmart to sell subscriptions in stores across the country Apple is reportedly building a paid AI health coach The iPhone 14 feature you never want to use saved three t...

Apr 26, 202335 minSeason 11Ep. 282

Captcha Vulnerabilities, Lunar Laws, and Why Oral Exams Should Come Back

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Lunar laws could protect the moon from humanity Chat-GPT Pretended to Be Blind and Tricked a Human Into Solving a CAPTCHA Major Photography Prize Winner Reveals Image Is AI-Generated, Rejec ts Award Why universities should return to oral exams in the AI and ChatGPT era Actually, Charging Your Phone in a Public USB Port Is Fine! Spotify abandons Heardle less than a year after buying it New macOS malware steals sensitive info, inc...

Apr 21, 202338 minSeason 11Ep. 281

NPR Leaves Twitter and Farmers Can Fix Their Tractors

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise.Media ! In this episode: Twitter’s new feature will show ‘half ads’ to Blue subscribers NPR to Suspend Twitter Use After ‘Government-Funded’ Label Uber's CEO became an undercover boss in a used Tesla and was surprised by how rude some riders can be Tesla hit with class action lawsuit over alleged privacy intrusion AD BREAK This USPS facility in Utah does nothing but decipher your bad handwriting Don’t use public phone charging stations: FBI PortaP...

Apr 15, 202327 minSeason 11Ep. 280

The first AI lawsuit, how not to lead sensitive data to AI, and the sonar glasses we all need

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Principal Sends $100,000 of School Funds to Fake Elon Musk, Claims She Was 'Groomed' ChatGPT: Mayor starts legal bid over false bribery claim Levi’s use of AI models to increase diversity incites backlash Universities express doubt over tool to detect AI-powered plagiarism Microsoft adds Bing AI chat to SwiftKey keyboard for Android Oops: Samsung Employees Leaked Confidential Data to ChatGPT AD BREAK Netflix appears to be working...

Apr 07, 202339 minSeason 11Ep. 279

Amazon’s massive (surprise) network, Twitter’s feed debacle, and AI’s dominance

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Amazon has just opened up its Sidewalk network and it’s gigantic Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will get recommended in Twitter ‘For You’ feed Elon Musk Offers Employees Stock Grants Valuing Twitter at About $20 Billion Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym ...

Mar 31, 202340 minSeason 11Ep. 278

Bing, Bard, and the AI in between

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Bing AI Chat versus Google Bard: A first look Meta's paid verification program goes live in the US Amazon’s palm-reading payment tech is coming to Panera Bread UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor on the moon Duolingo is working on a music app Mozilla launches a new startup focused on 'trustworthy' AI Adddddd Time Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive (opinion) | Insid... Multiple Internet to Baseba...

Mar 24, 202335 minSeason 11Ep. 277

Dumping on the internet

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Apple will launch its standalone classical music app on March 28th Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone Meta winds down support for NFTs on Instagram and Facebook Microsoft Teams will let you transform into a 3D avatar in May Researchers shrink camera to the size of a grain of salt It Sure Seems Like Amazon...

Mar 18, 202336 minSeason 11Ep. 276
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