Episode 19: Postal Gigs Amazon Forest Chat Corner Spies Default




Tech Talk Y'all show

Summary: <p>In this episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li>The US Postal Service employing autonomous vehicles</li> <li>How you can help make detailed 3D driving maps and get paid</li> <li>Amazon launching a delivery service, delivering to your trunk or in your house, and trying to get the .amazon top-level-domain</li> <li>AOL Instant Messenger is shutting down</li> <li>Researchers have figured out a way to see around corners</li> <li>Israel figured out that U.S. secrets were being leaked to the Russians via Kaspersky</li> <li>An Australia defense contractor lost 30 gigs of classified defense data because they didn't cahnge the default password on their router</li> </ul> <p>Two fantastic tech recommendations!</p> <p>PLUS there is a game in each episode. Listen closely and if you win you'll get some cool TTY shwag (read: stickers). Details in this episode!</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.prototypeprime.com">Prototype Prime</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.prototypeprime.com">Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! </a> </li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="The US Postal Service Is Working on Self-Driving Mail Trucks" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wired.com/story/postal-service-office-self-driving-mail-trucks/">The US Postal Service Is Working on Self-Driving Mail Trucks</a></li> <li><a title="Your Next Gig: Map the Streets For Self-Driving Cars" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wired.com/story/your-next-gig-map-the-streets-for-self-driving-cars/">Your Next Gig: Map the Streets For Self-Driving Cars</a></li> <li><a title="Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS - Bloomberg" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-05/amazon-is-said-to-test-own-delivery-service-to-rival-fedex-ups">Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS - Bloomberg</a></li> <li><a title="Amazon is in talks with Phrame and is working on a smart doorbell" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/10/amazon-is-in-talks-with-phrame-and-is-working-on-a-smart-doorbell.html">Amazon is in talks with Phrame and is working on a smart doorbell</a></li> <li><a title="The Case of .Amazon and What It Means For ICANN" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cfr.org/blog/case-amazon-and-what-it-means-icann">The Case of .Amazon and What It Means For ICANN</a></li> <li><a title="AIM will be discontinued on December 15, 2017 - AOL Help" rel="nofollow" href="https://help.aol.com/articles/aim-discontinued">AIM will be discontinued on December 15, 2017 - AOL Help</a></li> <li><a title="An algorithm for your blind spot" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.mit.edu/2017/artificial-intelligence-for-your-blind-spot-mit-csail-cornercameras-1009">An algorithm for your blind spot</a></li> <li><a title="How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html?referer=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html">How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets</a></li> <li><a title="Sensitive data stolen in Australia defence hack, China hand suspected" rel="nofollow" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/sensitive-data-stolen-in-australia-defence-hack-chinese-hand-suspected/articleshow/61047461.cms">Sensitive data stolen in Australia defence hack, China hand suspected</a></li> </ul>