

Tech Talk Y'all
Edgewise Media
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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Sep 1, 2022 • 34min
What is the etymology of edamame?
In this episode:
Jack Dorsey’s biggest regret is Twitter became a company
T-Mobile & SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year
The man who tracks Elon Musk's jet says he would stop if Elon took him on a flight and gave him an interview
French tax officials use AI to spot 20,000 undeclared pools
Panera Bread tests artificial intelligence technology in drive-thru lanes
MTV VMAs: Eminem and Snoop Dogg Perform as Bored Apes in the Metaverse
California to install solar panels over canals to fight drought
Soon electric vehicles could charge faster than your iPhone
Cox Rolls Out Cellphone Service With Starting Price of $15
US theaters will sell $3 movie tickets on September 3rd
The shift to WFH is the largest shock to labor markets in decades
Crypto.com accidentally sent a woman $7.2 million instead of $68
Weird and Wacky:
Hear me out: chill your earbuds before you wear them
A Giant Truck Designed to Shake the Ground Like an Earthquake or an Approaching Dinosaur
Why Totino’s Needs 25 Ways to Make Pizza Rolls
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Momondo
Adam - myQ Chamberlain Smart Garage Control
Adam: Alexa play “Welcome to Atlanta”
Sanjay: Google play “Welcome to Atlanta”
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Aug 26, 2022 • 46min
re: MoviePass - I’ve been searching for a place to get Covid
In this episode:
MoviePass to relaunch on Labor Day in beta form with pricing ranging from $10-$30 a month
How Data Is Changing the College Experience
This app beeps every time your computer sends data to Google
Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickroll
Peloton strikes a deal to sell fitness equipment and apparel on Amazon
Does turning the air conditioning off when you're not home actually save energy? Three engineers run the numbers
YouTube removes video by Tesla investors using kids in FSD Beta test
Court filing in Bored Apes lawsuit revives claims founders built NFT empire on Nazi ideology
Weird and Wacky:
A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.
Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" Is Crashing Computers Worldwide
Banana split: artists set for court battle over who first taped fruit to the wall
Army’s Solar-Powered Drone Crashes After 64 Days in the Air
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Pacsafe
Adam - Anker Soundcore 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker
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Aug 20, 2022 • 38min
The helmet’s wearing you for protection
WeWork’s former CEO has a new startup, reportedly valued at more than $1 billion
New TV show from MGM called ‘Ring Nation’ uses surveillance video footage from Ring cameras
Did Fortune Favor The Brave?
New technology pulls clean drinking water from the air
InMotion unveils ‘fastest in the world’ 87 MPH V13 Challenger electric unicycle
A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave
1 million square feet of L.A. roads are being covered with solar-reflective paint
Signal says 1,900 users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach
“It’s Potentially Illegal”
Nearly half of all teens say they use the internet ‘almost constantly,’ survey finds
Instagram and Facebook can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
New Android Campaign Urges Apple to ‘Fix Texting’
Apple Sets Return-to-Office Deadline of Sept. 5 After Covid Delays
After 35 years missing, an Air Force captain mysteriously reappeared in the Bay Area
Google gets green light to exempt campaign emails from spam detection
Weird & Wacky:
Harvard Professor Trying to Recover Alleged Alien Tech From Ocean
Colossal to De-Extinct the Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger
Wolf Reintroduction Changes Ecosystem in Yellowstone
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Wise card (referral link)
Adam - HTML Cleaner
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Aug 15, 2022 • 31min
You can buy a $6,000 toilet on Amazon, what?
In this episode:
Amazon buying iRobot in a $1.7 billion all-cash deal
Elon Musk sells 7.92 million Tesla shares worth $6.88 billion
Jeff Bezos' Megayacht Was Quietly Towed From a Dutch Shipyard — Watch the Video
California Regulator Accuses Tesla of Falsely Advertising Autopilot
DuckDuckGo browser’s stricter privacy protection will also apply to Microsoft scripts now
Slack resets passwords after exposing hashes in invitation links
AD BREAK
Netflix is expanding its push into video games, but few subscribers are playing along
Burger King just emailed everyone a blank receipt in a whopper of a mistake
Phishers who breached Twilio and targeted Cloudflare could easily get you, too
Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes
Weird and Wacky:
Britney Spears - Toxic (on Devices feat. Epilator)
Boeing 737 mysteriously discovered in random field and no one knows how it got there
Copy-paste error results in Nevada homebuyer getting 87 properties for the price of one home
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - GeoGuessr - Siberia or Japan? Expert Google Maps Players Can Tell at a Glimpse.
Adam - Spotify Car Thing
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Aug 8, 2022 • 41min
MLK was a Trekkie (we think)
In this episode:
T-Mobile Is Tracking Users by Default. How to Turn It Off
These Companies Know When You're Pregnant—And They're Not Keeping It Secret
Secret Service may disable iMessages to avoid repeat of Jan. 6 controversy
Elon Musk countersues Twitter over merger, but details aren’t yet public
Elon Musk’s antics turn owners and would-be buyers against Tesla: ‘I love my vehicle, but I really wish I didn’t have to respond to my friends and family about his latest tweet’
The Space Force is scrapping the annual fitness test in favor of wearable trackers
Spotify wants users to pay for separate ‘Play’ and ‘Shuffle’ buttons
Trailblazing Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols dies at 89
AD BREAK
Thousands of Solana wallets drained in multimillion-dollar exploit
Hackers stole passwords for accessing 140,000 payment terminals
Tim Hortons Offers a Free Coffee and Pastry for Spying on People for Over a Year
Samsung Repair Mode ensures your data isn’t stolen during phone repair
FTC Seeks to Block Virtual Reality Giant Meta’s Acquisition of Popular App Creator Within
Anti-aging drugs are being tested as a way to treat covid
Weird and Wacky:
Creepy AI asked to predict what the last human on Earth will look like – the results suggest a mutant future
Researchers repaired cells in damaged pig organs an hour after the animal’s death
Have you seen the chairs that automatically return to their origina
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Aug 1, 2022 • 34min
Are we prepping for Y4K?
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise!
In this episode:
Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient
Google fires engineer who contended its AI technology was sentient
Twitter Pares Office Space to Save Cash, Deepen Remote-Work Tilt
Senate passes bill to boost U.S. chip production and China competition, sending to House
Don’t Look Now, but Congress Might Pass an Actually Good Privacy Bill
Google delays when Chrome will phase out third-party cookies to 2024
The Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Paris
Hackers scan for vulnerabilities within 15 minutes of disclosure
Apple politely explains why iPhone cases are a waste of money
AD BREAK
Tesla's $1.5 Billion Bet on Bitcoin Went Exactly as You Might Have Expected--Not Good
Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Reports First Ever Revenue Drop
Spotify Hits 188M Paying Subs, Exceeding Expectations, and Grows Quarterly Ad Revenue
Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet
Google Maps rolls out location sharing notifications, immersive views and better bike navigation
Weird and Wacky:
765 Price Canyon Rd, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
It’s Official: Astronomers Have Discovered Another Earth
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - https://loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.ng/
Adam - Rhodia A5 Webnotebook, Dot, Black
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Jul 25, 2022 • 31min
My Only Friends Are My Co-workers?
In this episode:
Judge grants Elon Musk an October court date, in early win for Twitter
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover trial set to start in October
Twitter blames Musk and ad market headwinds for declining revenue
Mattel to launch SpaceX vehicles as new Matchbox toys and collectibles
Tesla gets exclusive lane at a US-Mexico border crossing
Instagram’s new payments feature lets users buy products via DMs
Fad or frenzy, BeReal is having a real moment right now
Amazon makes Prime Video look more like Netflix (and every other streaming app)
Microsoft is launching a Facebook rip-off inside Teams
Slack is increasing prices and changing the way its free plan works
AD BREAK
Looking to get your funds out of a collapsed crypto platform? Don’t get your hopes up
FCC chair seeks to raise national broadband standard
Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing
Meta’s Forced Sale of Giphy Halted as UK Court Orders Review
Lawmakers Urge FTC to Reign in Deceptive VPN Advertising
Weird and Wacky:
How one company has pigeon-proofed all of New York City
BMW Wants to Charge for Heated Seats. These Grey Market Hackers Will Fix That.
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Raindrop.io
Adam - https://snaptik.app
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Jul 18, 2022 • 27min
Are you ready to powderize your poop?
In this episode:
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals
How Elon’s bizarre Twitter takeover saga could have just been a cover for him to sell $8.5 billion in Tesla stock
Japan Wants to Bring Artificial Gravity to the Moon
Peloton will stop making its own bikes
Spotify Buys Music Trivia Game Heardle
AD BREAK
Marriott Hotels suffers fresh data breach, 20GB of information leaked
Honda Vehicle Vulnerability Allows Remote Unlocking And Starting
White House says Americans should be ‘really careful’ about using period tracker apps
Amazon says more than 300 million items sold during ‘biggest’ Prime Day event
Weird and Wacky:
Could Your Old Poop Cure You of Future Diseases?
Musician Plays Solo on Enormous 69 String Bass
A couple spent $300,000 building a hidden underground home that you can enter by going down a 12-foot spiral slide — tucked inside an unassuming tent
Tech Rec:
Clara - Daylio
Adam - Stream Deck
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Jul 11, 2022 • 27min
Elon is backing out (but you knew that)
In this episode:
The Hummer EV produces more CO2 than a gas-powered sedan
Apple expands industry-leading commitment to protect users from highly targeted mercenary spyware
FIFA will track players’ bodies using AI to make offside calls at 2022 World Cup
Amazon is giving Prime subscribers a free year of Grubhub+ deliveries
TikTok is reportedly giving up on its live shopping plans in the US and Europe
Facebook Accessed Deleted User Data, Fired Screener Claims
Robocalls Are (Finally) Being Shaken Up
U.S. adds ‘Cryptoqueen’ to most-wanted list over alleged $4 billion fraud
AD BREAK
Hacker claims to have stolen 1 bln records of Chinese citizens from police
A HackerOne Employee Stole Vulnerability Reports From Security Researchers
British Army’s YouTube and Twitter accounts were hacked to promote crypto scams
Steve Jobs Posthumously Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
No bids on Chevy’s first NFT, even though it came with a free Corvette Z06
Tesla Is No Longer the World's Biggest Electric Vehicle Producer
Tesla EVs can now scan the road for potholes and adjust the suspension height
Weird and Wacky:
Chinese Company Under Fire Because Its Ice Cream Doesn’t Melt
Jeff Bezos’ $500 Million Superyacht Is Now Stuck In Rotterdam
Tech Rec:
Clara - The Story Graph
Adam - Secura 60-Minute Visual Countdown Timer
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Jul 4, 2022 • 27min
Would you put this wearable in your eye?
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise!
In this episode:
Micron’s new 1.5TB microSD can record video for five years straight
Wearable muscles offer an impressive upper-body endurance boost
Sleep pods are coming for passengers flying economy
U.S. FCC commissioner wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores
AD BREAK
Tesla Cuts 200 Autopilot Workers as California Site Closes
Newly developed algorithm able to predict crime a week in advance with 90% accuracy
Avoiding USB-C on iPhones may get harder for Apple as Brazil considers mandate
Smart contact lens prototype puts a Micro LED display on top of the eye
How to survive the inevitable CD revival
Amazon agrees to drop Prime cancellation ‘dark patterns’ in Europe
Weird and Wacky:
Inside giant flying luxury hotel that can stay in the air for years
Engineer Designs Functional Bicycle With Back Wheel Split Into Two Half Wheels
Random: "Die-Hard Nintendo Fan" Reportedly Forked Out Over $40K To Ask For A New F-Zero
Tech Rec:
Clara - Swimply
Adam - Airthings Corentium Home Radon Detector
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