Tech Talk Y'all Episode 45: At 3 AM Every Echo Dot Plays Rick Astley
Aug 27, 2018
31:03
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 University is putting Amazon Echo Dots into every dorm room this fall (18:32)
- Weird Al Yankovic's new VR film will probably be weird (20:03)
- UFC champ Robert Whittaker uses Excel, gaming to get into shape (21:24)
Tech Recommendations (23:55):
Sanjay - Miniature Pac Man cabinet
Adam - Living Wine Labels & Costco travel pants
Shannon - Seconds
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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Links:
- DeepMind AI Reduces Google Data Centre Cooling Bill by 40% | DeepMind
- Researchers Build Room-Temp Quantum Transistor Using a Single Atom | Fortune — German Researchers Have Built a Quantum Transistor Using Just a Single Atom
- Hackers can use your voicemail to take over your online accounts — Hackers can seize practically all your online accounts, and it's your voicemail's fault
- Google tracks you even if you turn off 'location history': report — Google tracks you even if you turn off 'location history': report