Episode 60: Spending Bitcoin on an Alexa-Enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass - Tech Talk Y'all

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Episode 60: Spending Bitcoin on an Alexa-Enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass

In this Episode:

  • Ohio becomes first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments (5:40)
  • Google Employees Protest Company Actions…Again (7:24)
  • Apple Confirms T2 Chip Can Brick Macs After Third-Party Repairs (9:50)
  • Supreme Court may let consumers sue Apple over App Store monopoly claims (12:45)
  • Who's Most Valuable? Apple Is Still the Champ Over Microsoft (14:07)
  • LinkedIn cuts off email address exports with new privacy setting (17:17)
  • Toys and apps often track your kids and collect information about them (22:38)
  • USPS exposed data of 60 million users (24:38)
  • The internet is evolving: HTTP will no longer use TCP (25:42)

Weird & Wacky Tech:

  • Hospital in China denies links to world’s first gene-edited babies (27:40)
  • You can preorder an Alexa-enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass for $40(29:29)
  • Silentmode’s PowerMask is a $200 connected relaxation mask(30:55)
  • Holy cow! Giant steer 'Knickers' stands head and shoulders over herd (32:03)

Tech Recommendations (32:44):

  • Sanjay - Kanguru USB (with physical read/write switch)
  • Adam - Text Expander
  • Shannon - [The Morning Brew](morningbrew.com/?kid=f04b86)

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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.