Tech Talk Y'all Episode 79: A Black Hole... Or a Krispy Kreme Donut?
Apr 15, 2019
29:33
In this episode:
- The Event Horizon Telescope’s first black hole image, explained in 500 words Watch Samsung fold the crap out of the Galaxy Fold
- Amazon accused of abandoning 100% renewable energy goal
- Google’s Wing drones approved to make public deliveries in Australia
- New privacy assistant Jumbo fixes your Facebook & Twitter settings
- Facebook still tracks you after you deactivate account
- Reminder: Airbnb lets hosts put cameras inside your rental
- New app shows you all the e-scooters nearby in one handy map
- DCMS white paper: UK lays out proposed laws to regulate social media
Weird and Wacky:
- Samsung Made a Flower Vase That’s a Throwable Fire Extinguisher
- The first research book written by an AI could lead to on-demand papers
- These Chinese sanitation workers have to wear location-tracking bracelets now
Tech Recommendations:
Adam - Private Internet Access
Showhighlights, Chrome Extension
Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
Sponsored By:
- The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.
Links:
- The Event Horizon Telescope’s first black hole image, explained in 500 words - Vox
- Watch Samsung fold the crap out of the Galaxy Fold | TechCrunch
- Amazon accused of abandoning 100% renewable energy goal | Technology | The Guardian
- Google’s Wing drones approved to make public deliveries in Australia - The Verge
- New privacy assistant Jumbo fixes your Facebook & Twitter settings | TechCrunch
- Facebook still tracks you after you deactivate account - CNET
- Reminder: Airbnb let --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message