Tech Talk Y'all Episode 67: Steve Carell in Space Force! Just Take My Money, Netflix
Jan 21, 2019
45:59
In this episode:
- Netflix raises prices on all streaming plans in US (1:52)
- Netflix's price hike will boost your bill as much as $2 a month
- Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many websites are down (3:30)
- Jeff Bezos, World’s Richest Person, Announces Divorce After 25 Years Of Marriage (4:30)
- Vanguard Announces The Passing Of Founder John C. Bogle (5:20)
- DuckDuckGo debuts map search results using Apple Maps (7:13)
- Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area (8:08)
- If True, This Could Be One of the Greatest Discoveries in Human History (10:00)
- Motorola’s iconic flip phone ‘Razr’ set to make comeback with ‘foldable’ design (14:13)
- Return of the Razr—With a Foldable Screen and $1,500 Price
- You're running out of reasons not to get smart lights (20:06)
- It’s official: Ikea’s smart blinds are coming to the U.S. this spring (21:53)
- The Apple Car Is Coming – Here Are Eight Things You Need to Know (23:20)
- WHAT IS LIDAR, WHY DO SELF-DRIVING CARS NEED IT, AND CAN IT SEE NERF BULLETS? (25:50)
- A popular WordPress plugin leaked twitter account access tokens (28:30)
- Another huge database exposed millions of call logs and sms text messages (31:20)
- I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone (32:36)
Weird and Wacky Tech:
- Steve Carell to Star in Netflix Comedy Based on Trump's 'Space Force' (35:38)
- How the new VR screen could end the smartphone (35:55)
- Massive spinning ice disc forms in US river (38:08)
Tech Recommendations (39:00):
- Adam - YouTube Kids & Ink and Volt Planner
- Sanjay - Consumer Reports
- Shannon - Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
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