Tech Talk Y'all Episode 61: Why are they messing with bikes and scooters?.... Rocket packs!
Dec 10, 2018
41:34
In this Episode:
- Wearables get serious about heart rate (2:42)
- SpaceX reuses Falcon 9 rocket booster to launch record 64 satellites (5:37)
- Nine Companies will compete to help NASA astronauts return to the moon (7:40)
- Bitcoin drops 8% to kick off December (8:48))
- Microsoft signs $480 million HoloLens contract with U.S. military to 'increase lethality' (10:54)
- 'We have screwed up': Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (15:05)
- Microsoft is building a Chromium-powered web browser that will replace Edge (17:14)
- Browser Market Share (18:00)
- Lyft’s pink-wheeled shareable bikes will be available to rent soon (20:40)
- Marriott data breach: Class-action suit filed; experts ask why it wasn't caught earlier (23:47)
Weird & Wacky Tech (26:31):
- Tesla "Romance Mode" Will Debut Before Cars Become Fully Self-Driving
- Wing, Alphabets drone delivery business to begin a pilot in Finland in Spring 2019
- Why the “y’all” line divides the US North from South, not East from West
Tech Recommendations (34:43):
- Sanjay - Google Translate
- Adam - RoboKiller
- Shannon - 1-800-Contacts Online Eye Exam
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:
- Wearables get serious about heart rate - CNET
- SpaceX reuses Falcon 9 rocket booster to launch record 64 satellites - Axios
- Nine companies will compete to help NASA astronauts return to the moon | TechCrunch
- Bitcoin drops 8% to kick off December
- Microsoft signs $480 million HoloLens contract with U.S. military to 'increase lethality'