Tech Talk Y'all

In this episode:  Former Zulily software engineer charged for theft scheme inspired by ‘Office Space’ movie Hacker claims to be selling Twitter data of 400 million users Shopify Tells Employees to Just Say No to Meetings With Only 6 Words, Patagonia Explained the Brilliant Reason It Closed All of Its Stores and Paid Its Employees to Take a Week Off Innocent Black Man Jailed After Facial Recognition Got It Wrong, His Lawyer Says AD BREAK Wireless Power Consortium works with Apple on next generation ‘Qi2’ standard based on MagSafe Goodyear shows off 90 percent sustainable tires and traction-tracking treads at CES 2023 Microsoft Bing With ChatGPT Reportedly Launching In March Pee is the magic number, as Withings puts a urine analysis lab in your toilet Introducing Project Leonardo for PlayStation 5, a highly customizable accessibility controller kit Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks Weird and Wacky:  ‘The Unheard Symphony of the Planet’ Tech Rec: Sanjay - Portable Secret Adam - Philips Hue Lights Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode:  Twitter experiences a widespread global outage California Bans Tesla From Marketing Its EVs As "Full Self-Driving" For Sale on eBay: A Military Database of Fingerprints and Iris Scans Andrew Tate detained in Romania over rape and human trafficking case Study finds AI assistants help developers produce code that's more likely to be buggy AD BREAK What’s in a PR statement: LastPass breach explained Comcast Xfinity accounts hacked in widespread 2FA bypass attacks DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites India makes USB Type-C charging must for device makers from March 2025 Delta will reportedly make its in-flight Wi-Fi free Weird and Wacky:  73-year-old pays $370/month to live in a plane he bought for $100,000 from a salvage yard: ‘I have no regrets’ Tech Rec: Adam - Kindle Unlimited Sanjay - FollowUpThen New Year’s Resolutions Adam - learn a skill for 30-minutes a day Sanjay - get control of the inbox, say no more Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode:  After outcry over blocking links to Mastodon, Twitter announces ban on "promotion" of other social platforms Elon Musk launches poll asking if he should quit as Twitter CEO Twitter Users Say Elon Musk Should Quit as Boss Elon Musk suggests journalists want to cause harm to him and his family after restoring suspended Twitter accounts  Twitter Reinstates Suspended Accounts of Several Journalists  MSG defends using facial recognition to kick lawyer out of Rockettes show Electric school buses are practically free now Amtrak unveils new train cars with plenty for customers to love - The Points Guy  AD BREAK Google will soon translate your doctor's terrible handwriting Anker’s Eufy deleted these 10 privacy promises instead of answering our questions Some universities are now restricting TikTok access on campus Nike Training Club on Netflix Launches Dec. 30: Everything You Need to Know  FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250 million bail, will live with his parents Weird and Wacky:  James Cameron Commissioned A Scientific Study To Settle The Long-Running Debate Over Whether Jack Could Have Joined Rose On Her Makeshift Raft In “Titanic”  Hands-On With Dyson’s $1,000 Air Purifying Headphones  Tech Rec: Sanjay - Mayfair Adam - Timer+ Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

ElonJet Musk bans Twitter account tracking his jet, threatens to sue creator Elon Musk Is Taking Legal Action Against Student Who Tracks His Private Jet Twitter Suspends Accounts of Half a Dozen Journalists Twitter is blocking links to Mastodon Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show A Tesla owner says his Model Y ordered him to pull over before it suddenly shut down, trapping him inside AD BREAK US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says DoNotPay is launching an AI chatbot that can negotiate your bills ChatGPT Is a Tipping Point for AI AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue. Supreme Court asks for Biden administration's views in Google copyright case Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation Weird and Wacky:  Parents who say their kids won't eat or shower because they're addicted to Fortnite slam Epic Games with lawsuit Stop It Video Tech Rec: Sanjay - The age of everyone Adam - Canva MagicWrite Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

Tesla finally delivers first electric Semi to Pepsi after years of delay Tesla says it is adding radar in its cars next month amid self-driving suite concerns Twitter will reportedly charge $11 on iOS for Blue subscription to offset App Store fees Exclusive: Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe Microsoft Eyes ‘Super App’ The future of watching football is here We gave ChatGPT a college-level microbiology quiz. Lastpass says hackers accessed customer data in new breach NFTs minted on FTX break North Carolina Power Outages A Peek Inside the FBI’s Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet San Francisco temporarily bans police robots from using lethal force Weird and Wacky:  ‘Goonies’ house in Astoria sells to a fan who wants to protect the landmark This ATM at Art Basel has a twist: It posts a picture of you with your bank balance Dyson's Air Purifying Headphones Will Cost $949 Tech Rec: Sanjay - Meething Adam - TinyWow Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode:  Elon Musk summons Twitter engineers amid mass resignations and puts up poll on Trump ban Elon Musk posts pictures with engineers as they leave a Twitter 'code review' at 1:30 a.m. Banned Twitter users return: ‘We’re coming back with a vengeance’ Twitter has stopped enforcing its covid misinformation policies 11 (and counting) things journalism loses if Elon Musk destroys Twitter Elon Musk says Twitter will begin manually authenticating Blue, Grey, and Gold accounts as soon as next week AD BREAK The World Cup's New High-Tech Ball Will Change Soccer Forever Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for fraud San Francisco police get green light for deadly robots Apple Says Your iPhone's Usage Data is Anonymous, but New Tests Say That's Not True If you have hemophilia, you can now get a one-time gene therapy for $3.5 million Lab-grown blood injected into live human beings for the first time Weird and Wacky:  14-yo Crowned ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’ for Headphones That Treat Ear Infections With Blue Light SF’s New 'Futuristic’ Public Toilet Breaks Down On Just Third Day On the Job Tech Rec: Adam - OpenAI  Sanjay - Pkge.net  Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

Elon Musk gives ultimatum to Twitter employees: Do ‘extremely hardcore’ work or get out Musk Steps Up Purge of Twitter Engineers Who Criticize Him Twitter Closes All Of Its Office Buildings as Employees Resign En Masse Musk declines former tech CEO's offer to run Twitter for him Elon Musk says he's sleeping at Twitter's HQ 'until the org is fixed' Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down Twitter is bringing back end-to-end encrypted DMs New Twitter accounts won’t be able to buy Blue verification for 90 days 'FTX Has Been Hacked' Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts Exclusive: Jeff Bezos says he will give most of his money to charity Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees Nike to Open Its Own Virtual Sneaker Store and Trading Platform Today @Cruise launched *daytime* driverless rides. DuckDuckGo’s App Tracking Protection beta is now available to all Android users Bending Spoons acquires Evernote, marking the end of an era Weird and Wacky:  To be built in Saudi Arabia, this $5 billion gigayacht concept is so massive that it can dwarf an oligarch’s superyacht ‘A whole new world’: Georgia debuts all-terrain wheelchairs at its state parks Tech Rec: Sanjay - Aspiration Bank Adam - iRobot Vacuum (Roomba) Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back Twitter Employees File Class-Action Lawsuit for Mass Layoffs with No Notice Elon Musk’s response to fake verified Elon Twitter accounts: a new permanent ban policy for impersonation Twitter lost more than 1.3 million users in the week after Elon Musk bought it Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week Signal is the latest app to roll out a Stories feature ‘Batteries on wheels’: EV buses could help decarbonize more than just transit Atlanta Public School gets federal funding for 25 electric buses AirBnB Displaying total price and simplifying checkout AirBnB thread from CEO New Startup Develops Potential Cure for Type 1 Diabetes Amazon’s leaked ‘Clinic’ would connect patients to telemedicine The lawsuit against Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI that could change the rules of AI copyright Weird and Wacky:  Oculus Founder Builds VR Headset That Kills User If They Die in Game Your next car might not drive if you've been drinking Tech Rec: Sanjay - Lose the Very Adam - Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2 Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode:  Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, tweets conspiracy theory about attack on Paul Pelosi Musk says Twitter will charge $8/month for blue check mark GM temporarily suspends advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk takeover Elon Musk begins mass layoffs of Twitter staff Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors Elon Musk’s Twitter is working on paid-video feature with ‘high’ risk Instagram down: Users complain about app crashing 30 seconds after using it AI Image Generators Routinely Display Gender and Cultural Bias The City of Atlanta Banned E-Scooters in 2019. The Impact Was Profound Could hologram technology be the future of video calls? - BBC News Teens Turn to TikTok in Search of a Mental Health Diagnosis Starlink signals can be reverse-engineered to work like GPS—whether SpaceX likes it or not Tesla Semi accelerates with otherworldy speed and sound in new video Weird and Wacky:  RIP Food delivery robot Forget Musical Chairs! Drive On These 9 Highways And They’ll “Sing” To You. NASCAR Driver Beats Other Racers Using Insane Physics Trick He Saw In A Videogame Tech Rec: Sanjay - Logitech Litra Glow Premium LED Streaming Light Adam - QuickForget  Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

Poll results: https://twitter.com/sanjay/status/1583471252227862528  "Chief Twit" Elon Musk arrives at TwitterHQ carrying a sink Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover and fires top executives  Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet's traffic per second Facebook and TikTok are approving ads with ‘blatant’ misinformation about voting in midterms YouTube will let doctors and nurses apply to be labeled as reliable Netflix Profile Transfers Introducing LinkedIn Audio Events Scientists design algorithm that 'reads' people's thoughts from brain scans Shutterstock will start selling AI-generated stock imagery with help from OpenAI Apple confirms the iPhone is getting USB-C Google's Android Will Force iPhone Users to Read Descriptions of Reaction Emojis Spotify pulls audiobook purchases from iOS app after Apple blocks updates  Lego to discontinue Mindstorms robot line after a 24-year run  Weird and Wacky:  Arizona GOP Secretary Of State Candidate Insists ‘Deep State’ Google Is Blocking His Website; Turns Out He Requested It Not Be Indexed Pilot creates largest portrait of Queen Elizabeth in charity flight over UK The Newest Card-Carrying Members of AARP: 20-Somethings Tech Rec: Sanjay - AllTrails Adam - BallotReady --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message