Tech Talk Y'all
369 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTech 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). Signup for episode show notes at: http://eepurl.com/cGevHD
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When AI Goes Rogue: From Healthcare Heroes to Culinary Innovators
April 03, 2024 18:32 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Generative AI develops potential new drugs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law ChatGPT no longer requires an account — but there’s a catch Instagram co-founders’ AI-powered news app Artifact may not be shutting down after all The AltStore, an alternative app store coming to the EU, will offer Patreon-backed apps AT&T resets account passcodes after millions o...
The Unusual Suspects: Pranksters, Unknown Millions, and Time-Bending Climate Change
March 29, 2024 21:52 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBn this episode: Reddit pops 48% in NYSE debut after selling shares at top of range Reddit sinks below opening price in second day of trading LinkedIn is experimenting with a TikTok-like video feed in its app The US Department of Justice is suing Apple — read the full lawsuit here U.S. Sues Apple, Alleges Tech Giant Exploits Illegal Monopoly US DOJ’s blockbuster lawsuit against Apple is headline grabber but poses limited near-term impact Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube U...
Did you forget how to pronounce privacy?
March 21, 2024 17:59 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features MrBeast Strikes Amazon Deal For Biggest Competition Series in TV History Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotions: Report Coca-Cola unveils all-new bottles — sort of Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent Reddit prices IPO at $34 per share in first major social media offering since 2019 Biden announces $8....
I’m running at 300Mbks, and other tech stories for less nerdy individuals
March 16, 2024 13:15 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Google, Apple, and Firefox release new Speedometer 3.0 browser benchmark Google says Chrome can now protect you better while preserving your privacy Tor’s new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship The Tor Project introduces WebTunnel to help you bypass Tor network censorship Apple to allow iOS app downloads direct from websites in the EU EU parliament adopts 'historic' rules to govern Artificial Intell...
The moon lander has fallen and it can’t get up
March 07, 2024 18:47 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Facebook, Instagram, and Threads were all down Red Sea cables have been damaged, disrupting internet traffic Google Pauses Gemini’s Image Generator After It Was Accused of Being Racist Against White People Impressive Capacity and Extended Lifespan – Scientists Have Invented Recyclable “Water Batteries” That Won’t Catch Fire Peering through Lenovo’s transparent laptop into a sci-fi future Moon Lander Is Lying on Its Side b...
Bitcoin is up, another To-Do app, and more stories on AI
February 23, 2024 13:53 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Bitcoin regains $1 trillion market cap as the cryptocurrency hits over two-year high $13M and 3 years later, Superlist hopes to become a decacorn. But will it? DuckDuckGo’s privacy browser adds built-in password syncing Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private Wyze outage led to the cameras of 13,000 customers being shown to other users Feds Want to Ban the World’s Cutest Hacking Devic...
Sometimes a robot wants to take a swim too
February 14, 2024 19:48 - 38 minutes - 35 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Snap shares drop 30% after company's revenue miss and weak guidance Cyclist hit by driverless Waymo car in San Francisco, police say Waymo driverless car set on fire, destroyed by San Francisco crowd Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglaries -- smart security systems vulnerable as tech becomes cheaper and easier ...
Seven Years of Tech Talk Y'all
February 07, 2024 20:22 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Snap shares drop 30% after company's revenue miss and weak guidance Google Maps is getting a major AI upgrade — what you need to know Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ Mozilla Monitor’s new service removes your personal info from data broker sites automatically Researchers achieve super-safe, ultrafast Li-ion battery charging Apple Is Forcing Users Who Forgot the ...
AI “Gift Mode” is my new favorite thing
January 31, 2024 22:19 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Nintendo’s Next Switch Coming This Year With LCD, Omdia Says Games are helping the New York Times thrive amid media chaos Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are ‘as painful as possible’ for Firefox 26 billion private records leaked in 'mother of all breaches’ Amazon’s Ring will stop allowing police to request doorbell video footage from users Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs I gave Telly ...
That battery is going to be dorked up
January 24, 2024 19:40 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Tesla charging woes in the Arctic cold snap blamed on inadequate battery preconditioning Result of Cybertruck's 'carrot test' is leaving people concerned for their safety Harvard Claims 'Holy Grail' EV Battery Breakthrough. But When Will We See It? The US Postal Service’s new EV chargers are here Kitepower's Wind Energy System Fits in a Shipping Container Sam Altman was asked what humans would still do better than AI—he d...
Bluetooth, robots, and Mr. Beast
January 17, 2024 18:09 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: I demoed Bluetooth's Auracast, and its going to be a big deal. Here’s Why What if You Never Had to Charge Your Gadgets Again? Tesla Optimus robot can't build cars yet, but it is folding clothes Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots out here' John Deere, Meet Elon Musk: SpaceX Satellites to Link Farm Giant’s Equipment Mr. Beast Drops His First Video On Elon Musk...
Nothing makes me more angry than slow electrons
January 13, 2024 19:06 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this episode: Chipotle and Strava team up to help fans achieve wellness goals all January Twilio is killing off the Authy desktop app, but Mac users have a work-around Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit YouTube demonetizes public domain 'Steamboat Willie' video after copyright claim SpaceX launches first satellites for cell phone service in dead zones FCC plans shutdown of Affordable Connectivity Program as GOP withholds funding U.S. Moves Clos...
All the tech news you missed in the last two weeks
January 03, 2024 19:32 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Google Maps is ditching cloud-based location history for a more private solution Google Just Killed Warrants That Give Police Access To Location Data Intel’s Core Ultra CPUs are here — and they all come with silicon dedicated to AI Apple announces new 'contingent pricing' feature for App Store subscriptions First 150 kWh semi solid-state battery range test clocks 653 miles on a charge as it streamed live from NIO ET7 Thes...
New stuff is coming, just not to you
December 13, 2023 19:13 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: How Mark Cuban forced the biggest US pharmacy to upend its business Engineers Shatter Fiber Optic Speed Record at 22.9 Petabits Per Second Google Fiber is offering early access to $250 per month 20-gig service OLED breakthrough could mean cheaper TVs Bose discontinues its Frames line of smart glasses. Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctri...
Shut downs, predicted shut downs, geothermal energy, and more
December 07, 2023 14:40 - 32 minutes - 75.4 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Mailchimp is shutting down TinyLetter Google’s new geothermal energy project is up and running It's official: Evernote will restrict free users to 50 notes Google Agrees To Pay Canadian News Outlets $100M Annually in Rare Win for Media Industry Microsoft secures nonvoting board seat at OpenAI Why I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger Trader Joe’s Wants All Profits in Trademark Lawsuit Against Trader Trader Joe DeFi Pl...
Don’t be the beta tester - or go on a cruise
November 29, 2023 18:15 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company's code ‘This is insane.’ Swedish workers are getting under Elon Musk’s skin Apple Pulls Plug on Goldman Credit-Card Partnership Amazon turns Fire TV Cube into a thin client for enterprises 33 states accuse Meta of having a big 'open secret' — millions of underage users Weird and Wacky...
Being a tech CEO isn’t all rainbows
November 22, 2023 21:04 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: OpenAI Drama Timeline: All The Twists And Turns, Starring Sam Altman Sam Altman returns to OpenAI in a bizarre reversal of fortunes Sam Altman joins Microsoft as OpenAI names its third CEO in 3 days Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO Everything You Need to Know About the Ridiculously Chaotic 'Coup,' Implosion, and Counter-Revolution at OpenAI Tech CEO Drama Overview Airbnb acquires AI startup for just un...
Don’t raise the game, Waze the game!
November 15, 2023 20:19 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages Rivian blames “fat finger” for infotainment-bricking software update Waze will start warning drivers about the most dangerous roads Prime members can now get a One Medical membership for $9/month Aliro could unlock a new future for smart locks and digital keys Former Apple designers launch $700 Humane AI Pin as smartphone replacement Buc-ee’s and Mercede...
Wait, how does water work?
November 08, 2023 21:39 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Surprise Discovery Reveals a Whole New Source of Evaporation An AI just negotiated a contract for the first time ever — and no human was involved WeWork, once valued at $47 billion, files for bankruptcy The WeWork soap opera’s latest episode includes filing for bankruptcy Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tore his ACL while training for a competitive MMA fight Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle for Miami Wall Street Bos...
Is my drywall AI too?
November 02, 2023 20:49 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Amazon considers offering veterinary telehealth as it looks to compete with Walmart Spotify is changing its royalty model to crush streaming fraud Samsung’s Moon photos are fake — but so is a lot of mobile photography Google Maps is becoming more like Search — thanks to AI Google Fiber is getting outrageously fast 20Gbps service Automattic is acquiring Texts and betting big on the future of messaging Threads Software Lim...
Apple Issues, Robots and AI, X Valuation, and so much more
October 25, 2023 19:58 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: The Problem with Jon Stewart cancellation highlights a problem for Apple’s Content Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases Apple lines up to support nationwide right-to-repair legislation Royal College mulls no confidence move after Excel disaster Town Repeatedly Surveilled Man's Yard With Drone Without a Warrant Humanoid robots face a major test with Amazon's Digit pilots White Castle is hirin...
Netflix stores, AI crashes, Bitcoin, Ferrari, and more
October 20, 2023 19:22 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Netflix to Open Stores Where Fans Can Play, Shop and Eat in 2025 Netflix hikes prices again New Device Turns Hot Summer Air Into Drinking Water IRS to offer free 'Direct File' pilot to some taxpayers in 13 states for 2024 tax season. Here’s who qualifies Comcast starts squeezing 2 Gbps symmetrical internet speeds through decades-old coaxial cables Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doors...
Spacing up junk and junkin up space
October 13, 2023 18:37 - 41 minutes - 38 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Gmail for Android rolling out emoji reactions, coming to iOS and web Google wins reprieve from $32.5 mln verdict in Sonos patent fight Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying Tom Hanks calls out dental ad for using AI likeness of him How an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok | TechCrunch Disney’s Loki faces backlash over reported use of generative AI The Israel-Hamas War Is Drownin...
Space junk, more audio books, and exciting blood tests
October 04, 2023 19:43 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: First Blood Test for Dozens of Hereditary Cancers Approved by FDA WeWork says it will skip $95 million in interest payments, tanking shares US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network Spotify Makes Audiobooks Free to Paid Subscribers Zoom Docs arrives to take on Google Docs, Notion Google is making it harder for bulk senders to fill your Gmail with spam Weird and Wacky: Dead grandma locket request tricks B...
Artifact becoming Twitter? X in decline. And why Meta’s smart glasses look interesting.
September 29, 2023 19:44 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Spotify launches Jam, a real-time collaborative playlist controlled by up to 32 people TikTok debuts new tools and technology to label AI content Artifact is becoming Twitter, too Elon Musk Says X Users Are Posting Fewer Posts Per Day Than People Had Been Tweeting Neuralink is recruiting subjects for the first human trial of its brain-computer interface Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than ta...
It’s for kids and kid-like humans
September 20, 2023 20:55 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: ‘Toy Story’-Themed Animated Simulcast Of NFL Game Set To Stream On Disney+ And ESPN+ Spotify launches 'daylist' because it knows your music taste varies throughout the day Single-bladed floating wind turbine promises half the cost, more power Scientists Invented a Super-Slippery Toilet That Nothing Sticks to Hallmark and Venmo will let people send cash with greeting cards Ring’s new Pet Tag puts a QR code on your dog or c...
AI Maps, Robot Surgeons, and Smart Coffee Mugs
September 06, 2023 20:31 - 30 minutes - 68.7 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: This AI-powered app wants to optimize Google Maps' multi-stop routes A bumper sticker mocking Elon Musk is sparking a polarizing debate about what it means to drive a Tesla Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocks San Francisco Ambulance, Fire Department Says Facebook is getting rid of the News tab in Europe China bans government officials from using iPhones at work Da Vinci robot surgeon removes inoperable tumor, saving ...
We made it!
September 03, 2023 23:30 - 34 minutes - 78.1 MBSeason 12 - Episode 300: Intro Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Apple lends support to California State Right to Repair bill Why some people are buying MacBook Pros with broken displays Magic Leap AR headset that set the stage for Apple Vision Pro will ‘cease to function’ Why Streaming Services Are Pushing Subscribers to Ad Tiers Max will launch a 24/7 CNN stream for all subscribers next month Threads on the web widely rolling out X wants permission...
It didn’t break, it was aggressively disassembled
August 24, 2023 15:45 - 42 minutes - 96.3 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: A long term vision for YouTube’s medical misinformation policies Linear TV Viewing Drops Below 50% of U.S. Television Usage for First Time, Streaming Hits Record High: Nielsen Netflix finally streams video games, too American Airlines sues a travel site to crack down on consumers who use this trick to save money Cruise Agrees to Reduce Driverless Car Fleet in San Francisco After Crash Taxi drivers are earning more from vi...
If you need something done, go viral
August 16, 2023 22:15 - 32 minutes - 74.8 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking Google is helping pilots route flights to create fewer contrails, which is better for the climate Amazon Cuts Dozens of House Brands as It Battles Costs, Regulators BlueJeans, Verizon’s Google Meet competitor you’ve never heard of, is shutting down Prepare your Firefox de...
Zoom in office, but not getting paid to play Uno
August 09, 2023 21:25 - 40 minutes - 92.2 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Musk's X to pay legal bills of people 'unfairly treated' for posting on platform Twitter Gives Verified Users Option to Hide Their Checkmark of Shame France's AFP sues Musk's X social media, cites refusal to discuss payment for news Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges How Tesla’s yarn unspooled Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features worth up to $15,000 Google Takes a P...
Blaze your what?
August 02, 2023 21:26 - 45 minutes - 104 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: 'Blaze Your Glory!': Twitter Has a Bizarre New Slogan After 'X' Rebrand “Blaze your glory!”—Twitter’s “X” becomes first one-letter iPhone app Twitter’s Obnoxious 'X' Sign Is Gone Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it. Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible Google Docs brings line numbers to everyone's documents Multiview comes to YouTube and gets offi...
I’m still gonna call it Twitter, rejecting cultural vandalism
July 27, 2023 14:02 - 47 minutes - 110 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Twitter becomes X Musk Says Twitter Will Change Logo to X, ‘Bid Adieu’ to Bird Twitter's new 'X' logo looks suspiciously like a generic Unicode symbol The problem with X? Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name Twitter Announces Coming Restrictions on How Many DMs Non-Twitter Blue Users Can Send Your iPhone Can Now Decode the Warning Lights in Your Car iPhone 15 might not get a spectacular batte...
Could they be building evil Knight Rider?
July 21, 2023 18:30 - 43 minutes - 99.3 MBIn this episode: Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59 The Biden administration is tackling smart devices with a new cybersecurity label Meta is giving away its AI tech to try to beat ChatGPT WormGPT - The Generative AI Tool Cybercriminals Are Using to Launch BEC Attacks Apple Preps Ajax Generative AI, ‘Apple GPT’ to Rival OpenAI and Google The tech that could make the iPhone 15 last hours longer – and change phones forever First Tesla Cybertruck to Roll Off the...
Twitter…. I don’t even know what to say anymore
July 12, 2023 21:21 - 33 minutes - 77.7 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Something odd is happening when you try and search Twitter for Threads links How to join the Threads beta program and get new features early Taliban Endorses Twitter Over Threads US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam Google’s medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals BMW introduces Smartglasses for Motorcycling Farmer owes $82,000 in contract dispute over use of a 'thumb...
What Thread are on?
July 07, 2023 15:37 - 41 minutes - 95.7 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Threads, Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer,’ Has Arrived Threads, Instagram's Twitter competitor, is expected July 6 Twitter competitor Threads won't let you delete your account unless you also delete Instagram Twitter isn't showing tweets unless you're logged in | Engadget Twitter's apps are breaking following Elon Musk's decision to cap tweet rates Twitter rate limits even dumber than we thought; Reddit winning continues The...
It’s gonna take something better than the speed of light
June 28, 2023 17:58 - 34 minutes - 80 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Lawyers fined $5K for using ChatGPT to file lawsuit filled with fake cases Meta to follow through on Facebook, Instagram block in Canada after content bill advances As Canada Passes Corrupt Link Tax, Meta Says No More News Links In Canada TikTok is discontinuing its BeReal clone Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake John B. Goodenough, 100, Dies; Nobel-Winning Creator of the Lithiu...
Do you control your smart devices? If you anger Amazon, you might not.
June 23, 2023 19:30 - 43 minutes - 40.5 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Anker's new Solix home energy storage includes a modular solar battery system Virgin Galactic starts commercial spaceflights in two weeks Google Lens can now identify rashes and other skin conditions Samsung confirms Galaxy Watch 6 coming later this year with AFib notifications You can download Instagram Reels now Netflix Tweaks Its Top 10 Rankings, Adds View Count Spotify's revamped desktop app lets you browse and orga...
Reddit blackout, Twitter stops paying bills, and Uber making moves on Turo
June 15, 2023 13:51 - 30 minutes - 28.7 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Reddit blackout: Subreddits to go private on Monday WhatsApp’s new Channels feature brings social media to your messaging app Meta, King of Copycats, Grabs at Twitter Users With Instagram Spinoff Twitter Decides To Stop Paying Google, Despite Relying On It For Multiple Tools More affordable version of Apple Vision Pro expected to arrive in 2025 Netflix password crackdown boosts new subscribers to highest level since Covid...
Are we sure aliens can land?
June 07, 2023 20:36 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Apple Vision Pro is here and we're never leaving the house — 21 things it can do that'll wow you Apple Reveals Vision Pro Mixed Reality Headset Meta Quest 3 Launches Later This Year, Lower Prices + Improvements for Quest 2 Telly dual-screen TV first look: it’s free and may be the future BeReal is adding a messaging feature called RealChat Amazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime Members Google Wallet f...
Chips in peoples’ brains, A lawyer in trouble for using AI, and much more
May 31, 2023 16:40 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Whistleblower Drops 100 Gigabytes Of Tesla Secrets To German News Site Elon Musk's Neuralink says it has FDA approval for study of brain implants Nvidia shares surge to record close with 24% rally Scientists find way to make energy from air using nearly any material PAUSE These high-quality headphones can last years longer than Sony and Bose alternatives YouTube removed dislike counts, so this guy made Rotten Tomatoes f...
Uber’s Updates, A new ESPN, and no the Pentagon is not on fire
May 24, 2023 20:33 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Ron DeSantis will launch his presidential bid with Elon Musk Apple just dropped an unbelievable new iPhone feature like it's no big deal Uber rolls out updates, including a way for teens to book rides Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) Launches Georgia Digital Driver’s License and ID in Apple Wallet ESPN Plans to Stream Flagship Channel, Eyeing Cable TV’s Demise Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcam...
A new Twitter CEO, Tesla Recall, Plane Crash, and Fun with AI
May 16, 2023 14:41 - 33 minutes - 31.3 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Elon Musk names NBCU ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO Tesla Recalls Virtually Every Car It Has Sold in China A Former Pilot On Why Autonomous Vehicles Are So Risky Toyota: Car location data of 2 million customers exposed for ten years IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants Break Swiss startup edges closer to first-ever space debris collection Scientists Regenerate Hair Cells that E...
ChatGPT can read your thoughts while Spotify rejects AI music
May 11, 2023 19:41 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Scientists Use GPT AI to Passively Read People's Thoughts in Breakthrough Bard AI in Google Messages could be the writing assistant you never knew you needed Wendy’s, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot CKE partners with 3 drive-thru AI firms Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams Tucker Carlson partners with Twitter for new show Parler shuts down as new owner says conserva...
Dumb tech bills, bankruptcy, and one tech company doing good
May 03, 2023 16:52 - 36 minutes - 34.2 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms BeReal says it has more than 20 million daily active users | Engadget New York’s MTA is abandoning bus and train alerts on Twitter Twitter's former CEO has a new app that looks a lot like Twitter Apple and Google team up to stop unwanted AirTag tracking Google on why Authenticator sync isn’t E2E encrypted, but option coming lat...
It’s the satellite’s fault we don’t have food
April 26, 2023 15:41 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Amazon Adds Much-Needed Feature to Boost Dialogue in Movies and TV Shows Michelin Has Tested Its Uptis Airless Tires at 130 MPH, and Results Are Positive World's largest battery maker announces major breakthrough in energy density MoviePass has landed a deal with Walmart to sell subscriptions in stores across the country Apple is reportedly building a paid AI health coach The iPhone 14 feature you never want to use saved ...
Captcha Vulnerabilities, Lunar Laws, and Why Oral Exams Should Come Back
April 20, 2023 21:25 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Lunar laws could protect the moon from humanity Chat-GPT Pretended to Be Blind and Tricked a Human Into Solving a CAPTCHA Major Photography Prize Winner Reveals Image Is AI-Generated, Rejects Award Why universities should return to oral exams in the AI and ChatGPT era Actually, Charging Your Phone in a Public USB Port Is Fine! Spotify abandons Heardle less than a year after buying it New macOS malware steals sensitive in...
NPR Leaves Twitter and Farmers Can Fix Their Tractors
April 15, 2023 13:49 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise.Media! In this episode: Twitter’s new feature will show ‘half ads’ to Blue subscribers NPR to Suspend Twitter Use After ‘Government-Funded’ Label Uber's CEO became an undercover boss in a used Tesla and was surprised by how rude some riders can be Tesla hit with class action lawsuit over alleged privacy intrusion AD BREAK This USPS facility in Utah does nothing but decipher your bad handwriting Don’t use public phone charging stations: FB...
The first AI lawsuit, how not to lead sensitive data to AI, and the sonar glasses we all need
April 07, 2023 16:26 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Principal Sends $100,000 of School Funds to Fake Elon Musk, Claims She Was 'Groomed' ChatGPT: Mayor starts legal bid over false bribery claim Levi’s use of AI models to increase diversity incites backlash Universities express doubt over tool to detect AI-powered plagiarism Microsoft adds Bing AI chat to SwiftKey keyboard for Android Oops: Samsung Employees Leaked Confidential Data to ChatGPT AD BREAK Netflix appears t...
Amazon’s massive (surprise) network, Twitter’s feed debacle, and AI’s dominance
March 31, 2023 15:18 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBBrought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Amazon has just opened up its Sidewalk network and it’s gigantic Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will get recommended in Twitter ‘For You’ feed Elon Musk Offers Employees Stock Grants Valuing Twitter at About $20 Billion Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-can...