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In this episode: Why did Meta lose $200B+ in value? Wordle Is Joining The New York Times Games Sony buys Halo-creator Bungie as video game wars go next level Google relents: Legacy G Suite users will be able to migrate to free accounts Tesla recall: ‘Full Self-Driving’ software runs stop signs Regulators Force Tesla to Recall 54,000 Vehicles Because They Are Programmed to Break the Law The gas station of the future will have treadmills, gardens, and solar panels—but no gas A Boeing 747 burns one ton of fuel while taxiing. This electric towing system could help Ember, known for keeping coffee hot, builds a shipping box to keep vaccines cold   AD BREAK   The FBI is urging Olympic athletes to use burner phones. Here's why. Suicide hotline shares data with for-profit spinoff, raising ethical questions SpaceX’s new Starlink Premium tier promises up to 500Mbps for $500 a month Frogs Regrow Limb With New Treatment Sold by Amazon Shut Down After Washington State Investigation Jeff Bezos’s New Superyacht to Force Dismantling of Dutch Bridge North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet MoviePass 2.0 - event coming February 10, 2022   Weird and Wacky: https://github.com/k-wong/nft-to-silly-jpeg

In this episode: Research shows gas stoves leak methane even when turned off Shell CCS Plant Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It's Captured Life360 Says It Will Stop Selling Precise Location Data SpaceX signs a deal to rocket military cargo around the world Out-of-control SpaceX rocket on collision course with moon AD BREAK White House instructs government agencies to beef up cybersecurity, adopt ‘zero trust’ in new memo Biden Formally Backs Right-to-Repair Movement AMD, Nvidia GPU Prices Are Finally Beginning to Drop A Deepfake Phone Call Dupes An Employee Into Giving Away $35 Million Billionaire Mark Cuban launches online pharmacy aimed at lowering generic drug prices “One drug for diabetes patients, metformin, sells for $3.90 for a 30-day supply, compared to a retail price of $20, the pharmacy said. A 30-count of imatinib, which is used to treat leukemia and other cancers, goes for as low as $17.10 at Cuban's pharmacy compared with $2,502.60 at other pharmacies.” Facebook and Instagram may help you create and sell NFTs Unique Beatles and John Lennon Items From Julian Lennon’s Collection Up for NFT Auction Weird and Wacky: Researchers create prototype device that generates electricity from shadows Motorized Coffee Table With a Pinball Machine Inside That ACTUALLY WORKS! ​​She didn't trust her movers. A single Apple AirTag proved she was right Tech Rec: Sanjay - Restore Privacy Adam - https://freezingcam.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode: Microsoft Buys Scandal-Tainted Activision in Bet on Metaverse $68.7 billion Walmart is quietly preparing to enter the metaverse Twitter brings NFTs to the timeline as hexagon-shaped profile pictures Major Twitter NFT implementation problem. An NFT restaurant opening in New York will serve up status with a side of seafood Is Tumblr on the road back to relevance? Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he’ll work remotely and stay in a new rental every 2 weeks Twitter thread from CEO Instagram launches early test of creator subscriptions in the US Locket, the #1 app in Apple’s App Store, uses a trick hiding in plain sight   AD BREAK   Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying for Workspace this year Manslaughter charges follow Tesla driver’s Autopilot red light run Airlines Cancel Some Flights Ahead of U.S. 5G Wireless Launch Winnebago will reveal an electric motorhome at Florida RV super show next week 75 million gallons of paint is wasted each year. This startup turns them into brand new cans   Weird and Wacky: NFT Group Buys Copy Of Dune For €2.66 Million, Believing It Gives Them Copyright

In this episode: Drone carrying a defibrillator saves its first cardiac arrest patient in Sweden These “invisible headphones” sit on your desktop and beam sound directly (and only) to your ears Panasonic will start offering workers a four-day working week This company just decided to give employees a 4-day workweek permanently PayPal Is 'Exploring' Launching Its Own Stablecoin AP to launch NFT photography marketplace built by Xooa Magic Leap Goes After Medical Customers With Augmented Reality Headset Signal: New year, new CEO   AD BREAK   Uber driver who got a hotel room for teen passenger after being stuck on I-95 gets offered a new job A Google Street View car spotted a missing criminal and it led to an arrest Airbnb’s new experiment to reduce racism Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta has an ‘assertive’ driving mode that ‘may perform rolling stops’ Teen hacker finds bug that lets him control 25+ Teslas remotely So, I now have full remote control of over 20 Tesla’s in 10 countries and there seems to be no way to find the owners and report it to them… T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in the US [U] I was able to turn this on. I’m not sure this story is accurate Wordle is tech born of love that asks nothing in return   Weird and Wacky: Farmer Makes His Cows Wear VR Goggles to Increase Milk Production Two Los Angeles cops fired for ignoring robbery to chase a Snorlax in Pokémon GO

In this episode: TikTok Got More Traffic Than Freakin' Google in 2021 Signal's Cryptocurrency Feature Has Gone Worldwide BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink John Deere breaks new ground with self-driving tractors you can control from a phone DuckDuckGo says new desktop browser will help you ditch Chrome in 2022 Hackers Tried Recycled Passwords on More Than a Million Accounts AD BREAK YouTuber figured out Asus Z690 Hero motherboards melted down due to backward capacitor LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised How Elon Musk’s Software Focus Helped Tesla Navigate Chip Shortage FCC prevails in 6 GHz court challenge led by AT&T After 50 Years, Scientists Set to Open Sealed Apollo Soil Sample Theranos Weird and Wacky: Scientists can now track animals using only air Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to touch live plug with penny Tesla owner blows up his Model S with dynamite over $22,000 battery replacement Tech Rec: Sanjay - Wordle Adam - https://agoodmovietowatch.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

Tech Talk Y'all is taking a break until the new year. So stay tuned, don't forget about us, and look for some big tech news early next year! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

Brought to you by TogetherLetters! In this episode:  Parker Solar Probe Touches the Sun for the First Time, Bringing New Discoveries FDA Approves New Eye Drops that Could Replace Glasses for Millions A potential hangup for quantum computing: Cosmic rays CISA warns 'most serious' Log4j vulnerability likely to affect hundreds of millions of devices Adobe launches Creative Cloud Express, an update to Adobe Spark Biden will sign an executive order to move government services online Exclusive: Facebook owner is behind $60 mln deal for Meta name rights Fusion Experiment Reaches Vital Power Generation Milestone AD BREAK Spotify Is Launching Podcast User Ratings, Playing Catch-Up to Apple Amazon Ring patents describe a dystopian future where networks of cameras identify 'suspicious' people by recognizing their faces, retinas, skin texture, gait, voice, and even odor End of Service Notice - Alexa Twitter adds auto captions feature to make videos more accessible Apple now lets you choose contacts who can access your account when you die. Here’s how to set it up Apple launches AirTags and Find My detector app for Android, in effort to boost privacy Weird and Wacky:  Reddit-trained artificial intelligence warns researchers about... itself Lifelike Robotic Hand Is a Bit Too Close to Terminator for Our Liking How a $300K Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT accidentally sold for $3K Canon Develops New Sensor That Takes Color Photos in Almost Total Darkness This Inflatable Motor Scooter Can Fit in a Backpack and Transport You Into the Future Tech Rec: Sanjay - Personal Capital Adam - https://www.redditreads.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode: The Popular Family Safety App Life360 Is Selling Precise Location Data on Its Tens of Millions of Users Kickstarter Will Move Its Crowdfunding Platform to Blockchain Tesla Cybertruck RV attachment hits $100M in pre-orders Musk Warns SpaceX Possibly Facing Bankruptcy Apple, Adam McKay, Jennifer Lawrence Team on Elizabeth Holmes Movie ‘Bad Blood’ Apple AirTag Linked to Increasing Number of Car Thefts, Canadian Police Report Sony to halt production on yet another camera due to semiconductor shortages AD BREAK Microsoft backtracks on Windows 11’s controversial default browser changes Raising the Standard for Protecting Teens and Supporting Parents Online Zuckerberg, Chan to invest up to $3.4B for science advances AWS launches its second Top Secret region An Amazon server outage caused problems for Alexa, Ring, Disney Plus, and deliveries Weird and Wacky: 5 Apps You Can Use to Create NFTs on Your iPhone, and How to Sell Them The 'Home Alone' house could be yours for one night only Scientists Developed a Questionnaire to Identify Whether Your Cat Is a Psychopath Airtable Valuation to Double to $11.7 Billion in New Funding Tech Rec: Sanjay - Steezy Adam - https://darksitefinder.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode: Tesla server outage allegedly leaves owners unable to drive their cars GA Tech student captures once-in-a-century image of lunar eclipse Adele got Spotify to remove the shuffle button from album pages Rolls-Royce claims it has the world's fastest electric airplane Meta Forced To Sell Giphy After U.K. Regulator Pressure Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal will replace Jack Dorsey as CEO AD BREAK UK will require new homes to have EV chargers starting in 2022 ‘Buy the Constitution’ Aftermath: Everyone Very Mad, Confused, Losing Lots of Money, Fighting, Crying, Etc. ConstitutionDAO Is Shutting Down After Unrelenting Chaos Spotify debuts a ‘Netflix Hub’ featuring music and podcasts tied to Netflix shows and movies DuckDuckGo Wants to Stop Apps From Tracking You on Android Weird and Wacky: The Pentagon Forms New Department to Watch and Study UFOs Tesla and Elon Musk mock ‘silly Apple Cloth’ with new $50 Cyberwhistle Tech Rec: Sanjay - Downbeats Adam - Sony ZV-E10 with Sigma 16mm lens --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

Netflix Testing TikTok-Like 'Kids Clip' Feature for Younger Viewers Ford and Purdue University Created a Cable That Fully Charges an EV in 5 Minutes Electric vehicles could fully recharge in under 5 minutes with new charging station cable design FBI system hacked to email 'urgent' warning about fake cyberattacks Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website Bitcoin's long-anticipated Taproot upgrade is activated Staples Center goes crypto Google Maps Warns You About Crowded Areas With Updated 'Busyness' Feature The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”? One of the news industry’s favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says Microsoft Calls Firefox’s Browser Workaround “Improper,” Will Block It Microsoft gaming chief calls for industry-wide game preservation Apple to begin do-it-yourself repair program for iPhones, Macs next year Apple to offer self-repair service for iPhones Spotify’s new Podcast Subscriptions expand to global markets - not sure we should keep this one MoviePass cofounder Stacy Spikes has bought the company back and is planning a relaunch Meta’s sci-fi haptic glove prototype lets you feel VR objects using air pockets New Drug Class Reverses Paralysis in Mice Sanjay - Vida Protective Masks Adam - Vidyard phone app --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message