

Tech Talk Y'all
Edgewise Media
Tech Talk Y'all is a weekly technology news show covering what has happened this week in tech, with hosts Sanjay Parekh and Adam Walker. Sanjay and Adam talk about technology, weird and wacky tech news, and make weekly tech recommendations (a fan favorite). Depending on your level of humor, episodes may or may not be funny (but they definitely are).
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May 3, 2021 • 37min
Hey, I’m against puppies
In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the fight between Roku and YouTube TV, Telecom companies make some bad PR moves, an app that lets you create NFT's for free, and so much more!
See the full show notes (with links) here.
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Apr 26, 2021 • 41min
Do electric Ferraris and self-driving cars equal automated races?
In this episode of Tech Talk Y’all we talk about an electric Ferrari, a self-driving car crash, a drunken self-driving car (?) and so much more!
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Apr 19, 2021 • 37min
More finesse than Barney Fife
In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about iMessage, Topps getting into the NFT game, Spotify's Car Thing (yes, that's its real name), Clubhouse, a casino hacked through a fishtank thermometer, and of course our tech recs!
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Apr 12, 2021 • 43min
Pay for pizza, with your face!
In this episode, we talk about NFTs (again), Twitter, Twitch, Tom Brady, Best Buy's new service to compete with Amazon Prime (and it may be a good deal for a lot of people), and much more.
You can see the full show notes and links to all articles here.
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Apr 5, 2021 • 32min
This spaceship is blinding
In this episode:
Discord’s new Clubhouse-like feature, Stage Channels, is available now
What Biden's infrastructure plan would do for tech
It’s game over for Arizona’s controversial App Store bill
Google Play limiting Android 11+ apps from seeing what’s installed on devices this May
Android sends 20x more data to Google than iOS sends to Apple, study says
AD BREAK
Visa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrency
Netflix lays out plans to slash its greenhouse gas emissions
Army moves Microsoft HoloLens-based headset from prototyping to production phase
Virgin Galactic rolls out latest generation of spaceship
Scientists Collected Human DNA From the Air In a Breakthrough
Weird and Wacky:
Staples and Office Depot want to help you prove your Covid-19 vaccination
VW confirms it will rebrand its U.S. unit as 'Voltswagen'
Drone pilot melts his machine for stunning volcano video
Goodwill Employee Finds $42,000 Hidden in Donated Sweaters, Returns Money to Owner
A Man Found 15,000 Bees in His Car After Grocery Shopping
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Ghost.org
Adam - https://doodle.com/en/
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Mar 29, 2021 • 46min
Is there wifi etiquette?
Loans that hijack your phone are coming to India
Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold as an NFT for an oddly specific $2,915,835.47
Dorsey said previously he would convert the winning bid into bitcoin and donate it to GiveDirectly for its Africa Response, and he tweeted his receipt Monday afternoon. GiveDirectly is a charitable organization which gives money directly to people living in poverty.
(205) NFTs Are a Pyramid Scheme and People Are Already Losing Money
(280) Trading App Robinhood Says It Files Confidentially for IPO
Exclusive: Robinhood aims to allow users to buy into IPOs - sources
(347) ‘Browser Isolation’ Takes On Entrenched Web Threats
(416) Firefox 87 is out today, adds Smart Block for improved private browsing
(470) Discord exploring sale that could be worth more than $10 billion(~525) Slack now lets you DM anyone(~660) Elon Musk says people can now buy a Tesla with bitcoinIn the firm’s refund policy, Tesla cautioned buyers that should they seek to return their electric car and obtain a refund, the company can choose to pay them back in U.S. dollars or bitcoin. Tesla notes that it reserves the right to refund the customer in U.S. dollars at the exact price bitcoin was worth at the time of purchase.(725) Zoom introduces new SDK to help developers tap into video services(777) YouTube experiment will auto-detect products in videos and provide related content links(840) Medium has roughly 725k subscribers and nobody knows what's next(927) Prince Harry lands new job as a tech executiveLike Many Americans, Prince Harry Now Juggling Multiple Jobs to Make Ends Meet
Weird and Wacky:
Your Vaccination Card Will Score You Free Krispy Kreme Doughnuts All Year(1096) Is That Ship Still Stuck?
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Ubiquiti WifiManAdam - https://postaga.com/
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Mar 22, 2021 • 37min
I am always a magical robot... but no free cars
In this episode:
Twitter plans to let anyone start hosting Twitter Spaces in April
Tampa Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prison
Dropbox will have a free password manager in April — if you’ve got 50 or fewer passwords
Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales
We finally know how bad for the environment your Netflix habit is
Morgan Stanley becomes the first big U.S. bank to offer its wealthy clients access to bitcoin funds
Mini will introduce last gas model in 2025, go all-electric by 2030
AD BREAK
A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16
Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up
Researchers working on material that could yield 700TB optical discs
Scientists developed a clever way to detect Deepfakes by analyzing light reflections in the eyes
Stripe closes $600M round at a $95B valuation
Boeing Autonomous Drone Piloted by Artificial Intelligence Successfully Completes First Flight
Weird and Wacky:
How to Defeat Boston Dynamics’ Spot Robot in 1:1 Combat
Escape Zoom Meetings by Faking Technical Issues and Crying With This App
Fuggit BTTF Knit House Shoes
Wannabe Final Fantasy character buys exoskeleton that lets him wield giant sword
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - MonicaHQ CRM
Adam - Hubspot CRM
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Mar 15, 2021 • 34min
What do Bitcoin, Gogo, and Russia all have in common?
In this episode:
Senators Call for 100Mbps Minimum Broadband Standard
Bitcoin’s Climate Problem
Dropbox to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M
Gogo delays 5G launch due to chipset shortages
Netflix Begins Test to Crack Down on Password Sharing Outside Your Household
AD BREAK
Made in Tel Aviv and New York: Instagram Lite
Russia botches Twitter throttling, cripples anything with t-dot-co in the name – including Reddit, Microsoft
Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million
Beeple’s 'The First 5000 Days', the 1st purely digital NFT based artwork offered by a major auction house has sold for $69,346,250.
Weird and Wacky:
Please do not give billionaire Jack Dorsey money for his tweet
New Study Proposes Warp Drive That Might Actually Work
An Old Macy's Was Turned Into A New High School In Vermont And It Still Looks Like A Store
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Corsair HS35 - Stereo Gaming Headset
Adam - Reaper
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Mar 8, 2021 • 37min
If you’ve got a peanut cluster, eat it
1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app?
Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak
Jack Dorsey's Square to acquire majority stake in Jay-Z's music service Tidal
Square acquires majority of Tidal, Jay-Z’s streaming service, in $297 million deal.
Kings of Leon Will Be the First Band to Release an Album as an NFT
Google says it won’t use new ways of tracking you as it phases out browser cookies for ads
Netflix has created a TikTok clone that lets people scroll through funny clips
Amazon in Talks to Carry Many NFL Games Exclusively on Prime Video
AD BREAK
F.C.C. Approves a $50 Monthly High-Speed Internet Subsidy
Va. becomes 2nd state with consumer data protection law
Twitter users on Android can now join the platform’s Clubhouse-like Spaces
Volvo Cars to be fully electric by 2030
Elon Musk moved to Texas and embraced celebrity. Can Tesla run on Autopilot?
Weird and Wacky:
We Expect 300,000 Fewer Births Than Usual This Year
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - 2fa.directory
Adam - Mercury Bank
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Mar 1, 2021 • 41min
Hifi we don't want and Superfollows we can't get
Spotify to launch HiFi high-quality-audio subscription later this year
Latest Firefox release includes Multiple Picture-in-Picture and Total Cookie Protection
Fry's Electronics suddenly went out of business
The NFT Market Tripled Last Year, and It’s Gaining Even More Momentum in 2021
Why an Animated Flying Cat With a Pop-Tart Body Sold for Almost $600,000
Greg Mike
Why France’s New Tech ‘Repairability Index’ Is a Big Deal
AD BREAK
Facebook strikes last-minute deal with Australia around news content
Net neutrality law to take effect in California after judge deals blow to telecom industry
Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets
The Army Is Building the World's Most Powerful Laser Weapon. Ever.
A quantum computer just solved a decades-old problem three million times faster than a classical computer
Weird and Wacky:
MyHeritage now lets you animate old family photos using deepfakery
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Mullvad.net
Adam - Google Authenticator App
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