Episode 45: At 3 AM Every Echo Dot Plays Rick Astley - a podcast by Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker

from 2018-08-27T10:00

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In This Episode:




  • DeepMind AI Reduces Google Data Centre Cooling Bill by 40% (3:05)

  • German Researchers Have Built a Quantum Transistor Using Just a Single Atom (5:01)

  • Hackers can seize practically all your online accounts, and it's your voicemail's fault (7:45)

  • Google tracks you even if you turn off 'location history': report (11:16)

  • NASA finds ice on the surface of the moon (14:36)



Weird & Wacky Tech:




  • This company embeds microchips in its employees, and they love it (16:45)

  • St. Louis University is putting Amazon Echo Dots into every dorm room this fall (18:32)

  • Weird Al Yankovic's new VR film will probably be weird (20:03)

  • UFC champ Robert Whittaker uses Excel, gaming to get into shape (21:24)



Tech Recommendations (23:55):

Sanjay - Miniature Pac Man cabinet

Adam - Living Wine Labels & Costco travel pants

Shannon - Seconds



Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes



Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit

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