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**Tech Talk Y’all**

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

Latest Episodes:

Episode 92: Can We Get Elizabeth Holmes and Mike Tyson to Debate? Jul 15, 2019

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In This Episode:

NASA Sends Tiny Atomic Clock to Space (2:28)
Theranos Founder to Face Trial Next Year on Fraud Charges (4:50)
Machine learning has been used to automatically translate long-lost languages (5:57)
Amazon will crash on Prime Day, 60% of surveyed eBay employees say (7:45)
7-Eleven's Bad App Design Let Criminals Steal More Than $500,000 (9:04)
Emojis are increasingly coming up in court cases. Judges are struggling with how to interpret them (12:03)
Yes, your emails are being tracked. Here's how to stop it. (15:03)
Internet group brands Mozilla ‘internet villain’ for supporting DNS privacy feature (17:25)
Apple trolled Google again by giant billboard next to its controversial smart neighborhood (21:10)

Weird & Wacky Tech:

Hate listening to high-fidelity music? Here’s a Bluetooth cassette Walkman. (23:00)
IT'S OK - The World's First Bluetooth 5.0 Cassette Player
The Pentagon has a laser that can identify people from a distance—by their heartbeat (24:47)
This 392-Year-Old Bonsai Tree Survived the Hiroshima Atomic Blast & Still Flourishes Today: The Power of Resilience (27:22)
Windows 1.0 Release Video (28:50)
Apple’s new iPhone software makes it look like you’re making eye contact in video calls even if you aren’t (30:15)

Tech Recommendations (31:42)

Adam - Shortcuts iOS App
Sanjay - Cam Scanner

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

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Episode 91: Special Episode: The Founding Fathers Might Have Loved Tech Talk Y'all Jul 04, 2019

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In this episode:

Inventions of the Founding Fathers:

Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington

Happy 4th of July!

We're off next Monday, look for the next episode on July 15th.

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Episode 90: Storefronts, Awnings, or Shutters? ... reCAPTCHA Problems Jul 01, 2019

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In this Episode:

A new tool detects deepfakes with 96 percent accuracy
Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number (4:30)
Curiosity Rover Detects Abnormally High Methane Levels on Mars (
Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data (7:17)
Airbnb’s New Luxe Tier Includes a $1 Million Polynesian Island (9:00)
US power output from renewables exceeds coal for the first time in history (11:32)
‘Reset’ Nest Cams Could Still Send Video to Previous Owners
Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side ()
Google tracks your every move, but a new tool is rolling out that lets you force it to delete where you’ve been
Google Maps can warn you if your ride goes off-route
Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software
Is Firefox better than Chrome? It comes down to privacy.
Mozilla launches GeckoView-powered Firefox Preview for Android, pauses Focus development (29:12)
Amazon partners with retailers for new Counter package pickup service, starting with Rite-Aid

Weird and Wacky:

Nearly 100 drivers followed a Google Maps detour -- and ended up stuck in an empty field
Sudan crisis: Internet restored - but only for lawyer

Tech Recs (39:05):
Adam - http://versusutil.com/
Sanjay - RedShift

Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
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Episode 89: Never Let the Internet Name Anything Jun 24, 2019

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In this Episode:

Shock Samsung Confession Risks Galaxy Smartphone Cancellation (1:48)
Spies may have used an AI-generated face to infiltrate US politics (3:50)
“Amazon’s Choice” Does Not Necessarily Mean A Product Is Good (6:30)
Hackers, farmers, and doctors unite! Support for Right to Repair laws slowly grows (8:10)
Samsung Deletes Tweet Warning Users to Virus-Scan Their Smart TVs (10:22)
How to replace Google’s Trips app (13:40)
Google turns to retro cryptography to keep data sets private (16:10)
Firefox zero-day was used in attack against Coinbase employees, not its users (18:10)

Weird and Wacky (20:05):

Boaty McBoatface mission gives new insight into warming ocean abyss
The flying saddle: Would you give it a try?
Genius hid a Morse code message in song lyrics to prove Google was copying them
Lyrics Site Accuses Google of Lifting Its Content

Tech Recs (24:57)
Adam - Skitch
Sanjay - https://catalogchoice.org/

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Episode 88: Are Your Applications in Cloud? Are They in the Sentient Cloud? Jun 17, 2019

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In this episode:

Maine Governor Signs Strictest Internet Protections in the U.S.
FCC votes on action and legal framework to fight robocalls
Cryptocurrency startup hacks itself before hacker gets a chance to steal users funds
More Than 25% Of U.S. Adults Almost Always Online
Ring puts suspected thief in Facebook sponsored ads
Laser Destroys Cancer Cells Circulating in the Blood
Autonomous Lawn Mower Startup Greenzie Closes Half A Million Investment From Strategic VCs, Angels
AI deepfakes are now as simple as typing whatever you want your subject to say

Weird and Wacky:

Florida safari park mourns 'tragic loss' of 2 giraffes killed by lightning
Atlanta to transform 7 acres of vacant property into country's largest food forest for public
High-flying ladybug swarm shows up on National Weather Service radar
Many experts tried to open a safe locked for 40 years. A tourist's lucky guess cracked the code on his first try
Israeli start-up is working to develop a flying electric, autonomous car

Tech Recs:

Adam - waking up
Sanjay - 1.1.1.1

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Episode 87: Are You Tier 1 Tech Support? Jun 10, 2019

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In this Episode:

Flipboard data breach – what users should do now
Michelin and GM bringing airless tires to the road in 2024
Hertz launches monthly car rental subscription starting at $999
House starts antitrust probe of Facebook, Google, other tech giants
The SEC Is Suing Kik for Its 2017 ICO
Lyft reveals it's given 50,000 self-driving rides in the last year to become the largest semi-automated ride-hailer in America
Amazon's helping police build a surveillance network with Ring doorbells

Weird and Wacky:

This is what it's like to control an autonomous car from miles away
Two-Wheeled, Self-Balancing Gyro-X vehicle from 1967 in action & driving scenes!

Tech Recs:

Adam - Pimsleur
Sanjay - White Noise Machine
Shannon - Google Docs finally lets you adjust margins per section and add section breaks

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Episode 86: Guess Who Has the Best Uber Rating!? Jun 03, 2019

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In this Episode:

Apple is looking into building foldable iPhones out of glass (2:00)
Mobile carrier AT&T will now accept payments in crypto (3:48)
How scientists unraveled the mystery behind the return of a banned greenhouse gas (5:30)
LAS VEGAS ORDERS UP A BORING COMPANY LOOP (9:34)
Sen. Josh Hawley calls out Facebook over ‘encrypted’ messaging plans (13:05)
VW is working on ways to prevent nausea in self-driving cars (15:47)
Uber will soon ban passengers with low ratings (18:22)
Newly Released Amazon Patent Shows Just How Much Creepier Alexa Can Get (20:35)

Weird and Wacky:

YouTuber hacks fingerprint scanner of OnePlus 7 Pro using hot glue (22:50)
MAN BITTEN BY RABID BAT HIDING IN HIS IPAD (26:10)
Open Hatch Nearly Sunk India's New $3 Billion Nuclear Missile Submarine (27:50)

Tech Recs (30:40):
Adam - T-mobile Tuesdays
Sanjay - 23andme

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

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