Tech Talk Y'all

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

Detroit Airport's 'Parallel Reality' Screen Shows You Only Your Flight Details, Passengers in Disbelief California drivers can now sport digital license plates on their cars Company Documents Show Meta’s Flagship Metaverse Falling Short Facebook parent Meta admits defeat after Giphy deal is blocked by UK regulators The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the country where you download it How is a thief taking thousands from London gym-goers? Documents detail plans to gut Twitter’s workforce The Hottest App Right Now? One Where Teens Have to Say Nice Things About Each Other Artist Damien Hirst Burns Paintings When Buyers Purchase NFT Heat from fingertips can be used to crack passwords, researchers find Automatic Cheating Detection in Human Racing Spooky artificial intelligence ‘can accurately predict the future’ Fake Joe Rogan interviews fake Steve Jobs in an AI-powered podcast Adobe’s latest AI prototype gives even the worst dancers some impressive moves MacKenzie Scott gives the Girl Scouts nearly $85 million Weird and Wacky:  What famous monsters from books look like, according to AI 2 California bakers create a life-size Han Solo out of bread Tech Rec: Sanjay - Obsidian.md Adam - PlayPhrase.me --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

Signal will remove support for SMS text messages on Android Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge $1.2 Billion Metaverse Horrified by Report It Only Had 38 Active Users Russian-speaking hackers knock multiple US airport websites offline Call it data liberation day: Patients can now access all their health records digitally  CNN accused of rug pull as it abandons its NFT project Gen Z canceled the ‘hostile’ thumbs-up emoji Snap a photo of your living room, and InteriorAI will redesign it Your future home could be inflated in 15 minutes and filled with concrete Roku’s new smart home products are just a first step Microsoft Teams gains animated avatars and AI-powered recaps NASA will soon test a massive inflatable heat shield Astronomers have unveiled the world’s largest digital camera SpinLaunch Completes its 10th Test Weird and Wacky:  Elon Musk sells $1 million worth of new perfume, 'Burnt Hair' Lufthansa "bans AirTags in luggage" after passengers publicly shame it  The iPhone 14 keeps calling 911 on rollercoasters Tech Rec: Sanjay - Google Maps Location Sharing Adam - Spark Mail App 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 is now buying twitter Musk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid Trial Twitter shares surge 22% after Elon Musk revives deal to buy company at original price With 11 Short Words, Elon Musk Just Revealed His Plans for Twitter. There's Only 1 Problem Elon Musk Doubles Down on Plan to End Ukraine War for Some Reason Banished for an Unleashed Dog: Airbnb Bans Bewilder Guests and Hosts EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 Iconic Goodwill gets serious with online for thrifters First-ever graphene circuit generates limitless power from thermal motion Kim Kardashian to Pay $1.26 Million to Settle S.E.C. Charges Over Crypto Promotion Google discontinues Google Translate in mainland China The Coinbase film: Documentary or vanity project? Tesla is now building Model 3 and Model Y vehicles without ultrasonic sensors Weird and Wacky:  Deepfake Bruce Willis may be the next Hollywood star, and he’s OK with that [Updated] Look of the Week: Bella Hadid's spray-on Coperni dress Pixelated clothing at Paris Fashion Week is metaverse fashion flipped on its head Tech Rec: Sanjay - Workflowy Adam - NFC Tools --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode:  Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid? Apple Music to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show James Earl Jones Steps Back From Voicing Darth Vader, Signs Off on Using Archived Recordings to Recreate Voice With A.I. Darth Vader's voice in Obi-Wan Kenobi was entirely AI-generated Walmart Is Making Its First Move Into the Metaverse With Virtual Worlds on Roblox Google’s making it even easier to remove your personal info from search Google kills Stadia, will refund game purchases Some Google Photos users finding that old images have been ‘corrupted’ [Updated] Zynga’s Marko Lastikka teams up with Netflix to open new studio This Surveillance Artist Knows How You Got That Perfect Instagram Photo Netflix expands its password-sharing crackdown Turnstile is Cloudflare’s latest attempt to rid the web of CAPTCHAs Amazon's new Kindle Scribe is an e-reader you can write on — here are the 6 best features we know about so far DALL·E Now Available - Without Waitlist Weird and Wacky:  Random: This Super Mario Maker 2 Fan Spent Seven Years Crafting 'Super Mario Bros. 5' Ghoulish moans are haunting the intercoms of American Airlines flights Tech Rec: Sanjay - Lively HSA Adam - Use The Keyboard --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this episode:  Ethereum completes the “Merge,” which ends mining and cuts energy use by 99.95% Coloradans can now pay state tax bills with cryptocurrency TikTok just launched a BeReal clone called TikTok Now Hilton to design astronaut suites, facilities for Voyager’s private space station Starlab Watch out, Zoom - Slack is here to eat your lunch Framework’s new Chromebook is upgradable and customizable Elon Musk Says the Optimus, Tesla's Human-Like Robot, Will Premiere on September 30 Amid Investor Hesitancy Twitter is facing an exodus of hundreds of workers since Elon Musk pitched them on his vision for the company three months ago AD BREAK Uber apparently hacked by teen, employees thought it was a joke Uber Investigating Breach of Its Computer Systems Google accidentally transferred a quarter of a million dollars to a blogger and took almost a month to ask for it back Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges Weird and Wacky:  3D printed Blizzflosser is the most customized and quickest way to gently floss all your teeth at once The last man selling floppy disks says he still receives orders from airlines Watch this team of drones 3D-print a tower Tech Rec: Sanjay - USB-C to USB-A adapter & Buy Mullvad cards on Amazon! (ep 175) Adam - Carrot Weather --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message