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In this Episode: Philadelphia becomes first US city to ban 'cashless' stores, report says Myequifax.com has yet another security disaster A ‘Creepy’ Assignment: Pay Attention to What Strangers Reveal in Public Scientists Say They Can Recreate Living Dinosaurs Within the Next 5 Years The US Air Force’s jet-powered robotic wingman is like something out of a video game A doctor in California appeared via video link to tell a patient he was going to die. The man's family is upset MoviePass Changing Business Model Yet Again, Will Now Focus On Their Own Films Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~ 60 markets Usain Bolt backs latest e-scooter company taking a run at New York City Weird and Wacky Tech: Mark Zuckerberg reportedly has an escape hatch in his office in case of emergency China completes world’s first 5G remote surgery in test on animal A Google employee broke the world record for calculating pi Tech Recommendations: Adam - Door Dash Jess - My Fitness Pal Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Special Guest: Jess Walker.Links:Philadelphia becomes first US city to ban 'cashless' stores, report saysMyequifax.com has yet another security disasterA ‘Creepy’ Assignment: Pay Attention to What Strangers Reveal in PublicScientists Say They Can Recreate Living Dinosaurs Within the Next 5 YearsThe US Air Force’s jet-powered robotic wingman is like something out of a video gameA doctor in California appeared via video link to tell a patient he was going to die. The man's family is upsetMoviePass Changing To Focus On MoviePass Films – /FilmGoogle has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 markets | TechCrunch

In this Episode: Your iPhone Has a Hidden List of Every Location You’ve Been Facebook exploit – Confirm website visitor identities Facebook might launch a cryptocurrency in the first half of 2019 Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says he’ll reorient the company toward encryption and privacy Amazon is shutting down all of its US kiosks in favor of expanding its physical stores Amazon's culture is reportedly so hard on working parents that some people don't mention their kids or display family pictures Using the Mate X made me a foldable phone believer Meet the inventive Uber driver that gives his passengers a menu of different ride types The Spielberg vs. Netflix Battle Could Mean Collateral Damage for Indies at the Oscars Smart lightbulbs could be exporting your personal data to China Lyft’s financials show a $911 million loss ahead of its IPO Weird & Wacky Tech: Apple Watch’s GPS helps track down burglars Middle School Teacher Fired for Playing Fortnite with his Students A German family couldn't pay its bills, so the city took their dog and sold it on eBay Tech Recommendations: Adam - Apple News App Sanjay - Paste Enabler Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By:The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links:Your iPhone Has A Hidden List of Every Location You’ve BeenFacebook Information Leak - Webpages can confirm a user's IDFacebook might launch a cryptocurrency in the first half of 2019Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says he’ll reorient the company toward encryption and privacy - The Washington Post

In this Episode: Spotify is finally available in India (1:47) FTC creates new task force to investigate tech sector (3:30) Elon Musk has until March 11 to respond to SEC contempt motion (5:06) TikTok puts Facebook on notice with 1 billion downloads (7:36) Doctor uses 5G to direct surgery live from a stage at Mobile World Congress (10:23) FedEx turns to Segway inventor to build delivery robot (15:02) Walmart’s Latest Shift Hurts Some More Than Others (17:38) This is the Stanford thesis presentation that launched Juul (18:47) Y Combinator accidentally let 15,000 people into an exclusive program — and now has decided to do it on purpose (20:50) Weird & Wacky Tech (22:35: THE TRAUMA FLOOR - The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America (23:07) HoloLens 2 hands-on: This feels like practical magic (27:09) I used a Mercedes-Benz as a Mario Kart controller, and it was amazing (29:19) Tech Recommendations (30:31): Adam - Fisher Space Pen Sanjay - Startup Cemetery Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By:The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links:Spotify is finally available in IndiaFTC creates new task force to investigate tech sectorElon Musk has until March 11 to respond to SEC contempt motionTikTok puts Facebook on notice with 1 billion downloadsDoctor uses 5G to direct surgery live from a stage at Mobile World Congress

In this Episode: Samsung’s foldable phone is the Galaxy Fold, available April 26th starting at $1,980 (2:45) TCL is working on a foldable phone that bends into a smartwatch (5:02) Google says Nest’s secret microphone was “never intended to be a secret” (6:26) Southwest cancels more than 400 flights amid fight with mechanics (8:20) Lyft Is Planning to List Shares on Nasdaq (9:30) US Digital Ad Spending Will Surpass Traditional in 2019 (12:31) JPMorgan is creating its own cryptocurrency (15:15) Audi helps you avoid red lights by suggesting speeds (17:35) China Is Reportedly Building a Solar Po wer Station in Space (20:05) Weird & Wacky Tech: Super Mario Bros. cartridge sells for $100,150 (22:30) ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com uses AI to generate endless fake faces (24:30) The best new Twitter bot is an endless game of Jeopardy where the winners are good at puns (26:13) Scientists have made an AI that they think is too dangerous to release (26:53) Tech Recommendations (29:24): Adam - Vidyard GoVideo Sanjay - Logitech Harmony Remote Shannon - Splitwise Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By:Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links:Samsung’s foldable phone is the Galaxy Fold, available April 26th starting at $1,980TCL is working on a foldable phone that bends into a smartwatchNest Secure had a secret microphone, can now be a Google Assistant | CSO OnlineSouthwest cancels more than 400 flights amid fight with mechanicsLyft Is Planning to List Shares on Nasdaq

In this Episode: 17% Of Consumers Believe Personalized Ads Are Ethical Hacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison (5:40) BIOHACKERS ENCODED MALWARE IN A STRAND OF DNA Microsoft will expand Xbox Live support to Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS SPRINT FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST AT&T FOR ITS 5GE MARKETING US military equipped with tiny spy drones LinkedIn Debuts LinkedIn live, a live video streaming service IBM's AI loses debate to a human, but it's got worlds to conquer Microsoft Issues Internet Explorer Upgrade Warning Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmailing him — and publishes the details himself Daily Crunch: Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmail Weird and Wacky Tech: 'Drinkable' potato chips: the products keeping your phone grease-free NASA HEAD: “THIS TIME, WHEN WE GO TO THE MOON, WE WILL STAY.” DARPA wants smart bandages for wounded warriors Smart pills filled with tiny needles could inject medicine directly into your stomach Tech Recommendations: Adam - Zero - the fasting app Sanjay - Bonsai Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By:The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links:Only 17% Of Consumers Believe Personalized Ads Are Ethical, Survey SaysHacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison - MotherboardBiohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA | WIREDMicrosoft will expand Xbox Live support to Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS | VentureBeat

In This Episode: Slack confidentially files to go public (3:23) Why Gimlet Sold to Spotify (7:13) Apple has banned Google from running internal iOS apps after certificate misuse (9:10) Google's new Chrome extension warns you about stolen passwords (11:17) Upcoming Version of Google Chrome Will Make It Harder to Block Ads (11:57) Lowe’s is killing off and bricking its Iris smart home products at the end of March (13:00) A new net neutrality bill is headed to Congress (16:25) This guy holds the world record for collecting spreadsheets (17:50) Founder of crypto exchange dies, taking only password (and $190M) with him (20:13) Weird and Wacky Tech: Study reveals wildlife is abundant in Chernobyl M&M's 3 new peanut-based flavors are here: Toffee, jalapeno, coconut (26:06) Tyra Banks is creating a tech-driven attraction called Modelland (27:11) Intuit Super Bowl 2019 introduces #robochild scares world (29:30) Tech Recommendations: Adam - This Marie Kondo-inspired Twitter tool will help you declutter your timeline so it again ‘sparks joy’ Sanjay - Shure SRH750DJ Professional Quality DJ Headphones Shannon - https://www.airbnb.com/ SPECIAL GIVEAWAY: Two: “Goodnight, Tyler” tickets at the Alliance Theater, brought to you by The Woodruff Arts Center. Tweet @techtalkyall and @thewoodruff to enter. Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By:The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links:Slack confidentially files to go publicWhy Gimlet Sold to Spotify Apple has banned Google from running internal --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this Episode: Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them (2:02) Apple left huge FaceTime privacy bug unaddressed for 6 days (5:46) Japanese government plans to hack into citizens' IoT devices (7:53) Report: Bill Gates promises to add billions if Congress helps with his nuclear power push (9:48) It's time to pay serious attention to TikTok (12:09) Study Reveals The Types of Twitter Users Most Likely to Spread Fake News (13:46) Save the kids! Majority of motorists want autonomous cars to prioritise lives of children ahead of their own (16:33) Scientists Invent a Flexible Device That Converts Wi-Fi Signals Into Electricity (19:10) Robot valets may soon park your car at this London airport (21:10) Roomba Terra autonomous robot lawnmower unveiled (23:57) Weird and Wacky Tech: Swarm Technologies raises $25M to deploy its own 150-satellite constellation (27:10) French Man Sentenced To Four Months In Prison For Replacing PS4 Price Tag With $10 Fruit Sticker (28:55) Not Answering Phone Is Best Way To Stop Getting Robo-Calls, Experts Say (31:10) Tech Recommendations: (33:00) Adam - Every Dollar Sanjay - Airtable Shannon - https://www.techtalkyall.com/techrecommendations Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By:The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links:Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them | TechCrunchApple reportedly left huge FaceTime privacy bug unaddressed for 6 days | VentureBeatJapanese government plans to hack into citizens' IoT devices | ZDNet

In this episode: Hulu ups price for live-TV service, cuts basic package price (1:40) Google, Amazon, and Facebook spent record amounts lobbying the government (3:38) Amazon Starts Testing ‘Scout’ Delivery Robots Near Seattle (5:37) Hotel fires half its robot staff for sucking at their jobs (7:13) SpaceX’s new test rocket topples over thanks to strong Texas winds (9:58) Boeing’s electric autonomous passenger air vehicle just had its first flight (11:02) Google Maps now helps you dodge speeding tickets while driving (12:16) LEGO - The Toy of Smart Investors (15:17) Google Buys Part of Fossil’s Smartwatch Team for $40 Million (16:05) This $350 mini-smartphone helped cure my digital distraction (17:19) THE Ohio State University now has THE silliest campus amenity yet: THE Pizza ATM (19:56) Weird and Wacky Tech: HOT DOG! Oscar Mayer hiring drivers for the Wienermobile (22:34) To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet (23:31) We Can’t Correct for Magnetic Pole Shifts Thanks to the Government Shutdown (26:33) Tech Recommendations (27:57): Adam - Lyft App Sanjay - Twitter Sparkle Shannon - Apple Measure App GIVEAWAY: The Woodruff Arts Center (home to the High Museum, Alliance Theater, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) is our new sponsor. We're giving away a pair of tickets to the High Museum! To win tweet @TheWoodruff and @techtalkyall. Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Also remember to rate our podcast - 5 stars, 5 stars!Sponsored By:The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links:Hulu ups price for live-TV service, cuts basic package priceGoogle, Amazon, and Facebook all spent record amounts last year lobbying th --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

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 GIVEAWAY: The Woodruff Arts Center (home to the High Museum, Alliance Theater, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) is our new sponsor. We're giving away a pair of tickets to the ASO with Jim Brickman on January 25th at 8pm. To win tweet @TheWoodruff and @techtalkyall with why you love us both. Winner will be chosen this Wednesday, January 23rd. Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Also remember to rate our podcast - 5 stars, 5 stars!Sponsored By:The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message

In this Episode: Facebook knows how to track you using the dust on your camera lens (2:00) CES 2019: The 2020 Harley-Davidson Livewire is up for preorder, and it's pricey (4:32) Toyota is developing fighter-jet inspired safety features for cars and wants to share it (6:42) AT&T is lying to customers with 5G marketing (11:13) How AT&T predicted new technology 25 years ago and what it expects now (13:46) Toyota reveals finalists in $4 million quest to reinvent wheelchairs (17:31) Weird and Wacky Tech: Fiji water girl: I’ve been photo bombing since I was a kid (19:53) Rolls Royce’s Autonomous ship gives us a peak into the future of sea transport (21:18) Robot delivery dogs deployed by self-driving cars are coming (23:20) Tech Recommendations (25:18): Adam - SpotHero Sanjay - Kill A Watt Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By:Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera LensCES 2019: what to expect from the biggest tech show of the year - The VergeToyota is developing fighter-jet inspired safety features for cars and wants to share it AT&T is lying to customers with 5G marketingHow AT&T predicted new technology 25 years ago and what it expects nowToyota reveals finalists in $4 million quest to reinvent wheelchairs Fiji Water Girl: 'I've been photobombing since I was a kid'Rolls Royce’s Autonomous ship gives us a peak into the future of sea transport