Episode 53: There's Nothing Faster.... Except Light - a podcast by Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker

In This Episode:

• No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data (2:34)


• Pushing the limits of streaming technology (4:13)


• Wealthy Americans have stepped up investment in New Zealand (6:12)


• New Zealand fines travelers who won’t unlock secure devices (8:30)


• In test case, U.S. fails to force Facebook to wiretap Messenger calls (11:34)


• Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Could Increase Computer Speed, Memory (13:45)


• Bulletproof privacy makes price of iPhone worth it (16:54)


• Apple is using proprietary software to lock MacBook Pros and iMac Pros from third-party repairs (18:03)

Weird & Wacky Tech:

• Police Use Fitbit Data to Charge 90-Year-Old Man in Stepdaughter’s Killing (21:29)


• There are now vending machines in London that dry-clean your laundry (25:17)

Tech Recommendations:

• Sanjay - BlackVue Dashcam


• Adam - Voice to Text


• Shannon - Google Fonts

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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Links:

• No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data
• Pushing the limits of streaming technology
• The Super Rich of Silicon Valley Have a Doomsday Escape Plan
• New Zealand fines travelers who won’t unlock secure devices
• Exclusive: In test case, U.S. fails to force Facebook to wiretap Messenger calls - sources
• Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Could Increase Computer Speed, Memory
• Tech Talk Y'all

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