Episode 129: Sharing is Caring - Tech Talk Y'all

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Episode 129: Sharing is Caring

In this Episode:

  • Google is donating $800 million to help with the coronavirus crisis
  • Lyft is referring drivers to jobs at Amazon after massive ridership decline
  • Jeff Bezos sold $3.4bn of Amazon stock just before Covid-19 collapse
  • Coronavirus: Robots use light beams to zap hospital viruses
  • How China built facial recognition for people wearing masks
  • Musk the Virus Skeptic Makes Reluctant Ventilator Offer After GM
  • Toilet Paper Startup Ramps Up And Rolls In Wake Of Coronavirus Pandemic
  • HQ Trivia is back less than two months after the app was shut down
  • Zoom Meetings Aren’t End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing
  • Apple acquires popular weather app Dark Sky

Weird and Wacky:

  • Scientists Are Trying to Grow Buildings from Bacteria—and It Just Might Work
  • Taking off: Spring-based technology could see Usain Bolt hit 50mph

Tech Rec:

TV / Movie Recs:
Sanjay - Ozark
Adam - Bless this Mess

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Adam Walker

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Sanjay Parekh

Sanjay (suhn' jey) is a serial technology entrepreneur. Currently, he is Entrepreneur in Residence at United Way of Greater Atlanta, a co-founder of TogetherLetters, a service for groups to share updates without using social media, and Edgewise, a marketing content creation company using podcasts as a content engine. He is also a co-host of Tech Talk Y'all, a tech news comedy podcast.