Techphyte Podcast: Recent Episodes
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1 - Intel sues engineer who left for Microsoft.. 2 - Spotify to introduce live lyrics feature. 3 - Tesla made a $1.5 billion investment in cryptocurrency. 4 - Apple to remove the Touch Bar from the MacBook Pro. 5 - Cyberpunk 2077 game developer hit with cyber attack. 6 - Singapore to introduce law governing police use of COVID-19 contact tracing data.
1 - WhatsApp adds biometric authentication to its web and desktop versions. 2 - Netflix’s newest timer feature. 3 - Microsoft can now translate words into Inuktitut. 4 - Google to stop using Apple tracking tool. 5 - Twitter acquires Revue and is planning a newsletter service. 6 - Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO.
1 - Citrix buys Wrike for $2.25 billion. 2 - Apple anticipates $100bn sales. 3 - Apple plans thinner MacBook Air with magnetic charger. 4 - Google Chrome 88 released with security updates and Adobe flash being removed. 5 - Amazon is Opening 5 New Facilities In Quebec.
1 - Signal becomes No. 1 app. 2 - Cryptocurrency. 3 - Tech companies are working to prevent more violence on Inauguration Day. 4 - PayPal blocks site that helped raise funds for those who attended U.S. Capitol violence. 5 - Vaccine 'passports.
1 - Apple is apparently working with Hyundai on an electric car for 2027. 2 - Elon Musk passes Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person. 3 - Amazon buys 4 jets from WestJet and 7 from Delta. 4 - Amazon to own 15.8% of Canadian electric vehicle producer Lion Electric Co. 5 - WhatsApp to require users to share personal data with Facebook.
1 - Residents in Phoenix, Arizona will soon be able to order a driverless taxi. 2 - Amazon Prime Day Deals – October 13 – October 14. 3 - Amazon workers tested positive for COVID-19 in United States. 4 - Apple iPhone 12 Event. 5 - Apple Awards group of hackers $285,500 who informed them about 55 bugs.
1 - HP use recycled ocean-bound plastics for their first Intel 11th-gen laptops. 2 - Bionic Vision System to begin human trials. 3 - Two employees are fired from Shopify after stealing customer data from up to 200 merchants. 4 - Tesla Suffers Network Outage Disabling Vehicles’ Mobile App. 5 - Apple Sept. 15 event recap.
1 - GM to compete with the Tesla Truck. 2 - Tesla shares drop. 3 - Apple announces Sept. 15 event. 4 - Android 11 rolls out. 5 - Editing Microsoft Office files in Google's G Suite Android apps.
1 - Saskatchewan is Investing in Agriculture Tech. 2 - CRA accounts breached in cyberattacks. 3 - Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico. 4 - Newfoundland-based startup InspectAR has been acquired by Silicon Valley. 5 - Amazon will add 3,500 tech and corporate jobs across six US cities.
1 - Uber and Lyft have to classify their drivers as employees, not contractors. 2 - Facebook Pay. 3 - Your Google smart speaker is listening to you. 4 - Tesla announces five-for-one stock split. 5 - NVIDIA will show off its next-gen graphics cards on September 1st.
1 - Marc Levoy joins Adobe. 2 - Ireland donates the world’s most successful contact tracing app to the Linux Foundation. 3 - Walmart Canada investing $3.5 billion over five years in 'smarter stores'. 4 - Google is tracking you without you knowing. 5 - Welcome Chat app is not safe. 6 - Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 5.0.
1 - Tesla’s Model Y gets a $3,000 price cut. 2 - German court rules that Tesla misled consumers on Autopilot and Full Self Driving. 3 - $25 From Apple – If you have / had an iPhone. 4 - Russian hackers targeted Canadian COVID-19 vaccine research. 5 - Smart Tattoos.
1 - Wall-Mart reportedly launching Amazon Prime-like subscription service.
2 - Your password may be available on underground forums.
3 - Sony Acquires Minority Stake in Epic.
4 - Google to invest $10 billion in India.
5 - Amazon Prime Video is introducing individual user profiles.
1 - Windows 10 File Recovery tool. 2 - Sony to change its name for the first time in over 60 years. 3 - Asus ROG Phone 3. 4 - Amazon shares keep rising and Tech Giants that are worth Trillion dollars. 5 - Kitchener tech firm North to be acquired by Google parent Alphabet.
1 - Spotify working on video player integration.
2 - Hundreds of millions' of smart home devices and PCs can be hacked remotely.
3 - Asus ROG Phone 3.
4 - Microsoft to close all its retail stores worldwide.
5 - Apple is launching a new Safari feature.
6 - The Information reports Amazon has agreed to buy self-driving car startup Zoox for $1 billion.
1 - First fully automated restaurant has opened in Toronto 2 - Using tech to combat Covid-19 3 - Amazon Big Style Sale 4 - Google Chrome Extension 5 - Netgear Routers 6 - Microsoft DEA and Facial Recognition technology
1 - Microsoft, Amazon, IBM To Ban Sale Of Facial Recognition Technology To US Police 2 - UVeye Plans Major U.S. Expansion 3 - Sony unveils the PlayStation 5 4 - U.S., Brazil in talks on funding to buy 5G gear from Ericsson, Nokia 5 - Artificial intelligence makes blurry faces look more than 60 times sharper
1 - AMD shipped over 1/2 Billion GPUs in Just 7 Years. 2 - OnePlus is disabling the Photochrome mode on the 8 Pro globally. 3 - Microsoft is Replacing its Employees With AI Software. 4 - Tesla Model 3 paint issues and lawsuit. 5 - Amazon summer sale. 6 - Amazon in talks to buy $2 billion stake in Bharti Airtel.
1 - Google and RCS
2 - New Tesla Updates
3 - Tesla's Musk earns $770M in stock options
4 - Cisco security breach.
5 - 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 now available
6 - SpaceX
1 - Google Meet has over 50 million downloads on the Play Store.
2 - Amazon Prime Day.
3 - Samsung to stop supporting its Virtual Reality applications in September.
4 - Intel and Microsoft, are working together to detect and classify malware.
5 - Nokia has set a new world record for the 5G speed.
6 - Intel acquires Rivet.