Episode 84: (Season 4) A New Season... Because We Can - a podcast by Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker

from 2019-05-20T11:45

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In this Episode:




  • “Alexa Guard” Can Protect Your Home (2:43)

  • All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward (5:44)

  • GPS tracker leaks real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone (7:07)

  • LED light can damage eyes, health authority warns (10:00)

  • SanDisk’s 1TB microSD card is now available (14:43)

  • Google’s new travel portal will improve the way you plan your trips online (17:24)

  • Facebook defends itself against op-ed calling for its breakup (21:18)

  • After burning through $1 billion, xJawbone’s Hosain Rahman has raised $65 million more (24:42)

  • Japan is running out of phone numbers, so it’s making longer ones (28:27)



Weird and Wacky Tech:




  • People are loving the new gender-swapping Snapchat filter, and it's now being used to catfish unsuspecting men on Tinder (31:37)



Tech Recs (35:00):





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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