Summary: <p>In this episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li>California recommending that you don't keep your smartphone anywhere near your body.</li> <li>Kroger is trying to innovate in the retail space to keep ahead of Amazon and Walmart.</li> <li>Google can now create a speaking bot that is indistinguishable from a real human.</li> <li>A Bitcoin multi-millionaire is donating $85m in Bitcoin to charity.</li> <li>Two major flaws have been discovered that affect nearly every computer, smartphone, and computing device in the world.</li> <li>HQ Trivia has built a huge following and it's now available on Android too.</li> <li>Netflix is watching you and is worried about some of your watching habits.</li> </ul> <p>Plus two great tech recommendations.</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="Due to cell phone radiation, California recommends texting instead of talking — Quartz" rel="nofollow" href="https://qz.com/1163639/due-to-cell-phone-radiation-california-recommends-texting-instead-of-talking/">Due to cell phone radiation, California recommends texting instead of talking — Quartz</a> — California says the only safe way to talk on your cell phone is to text</li> <li> <a title="Kroger lets customers check out without registers or cashiers - Business Insider" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kroger-customers-check-out-without-registers-or-cashiers-2017-12">Kroger lets customers check out without registers or cashiers - Business Insider</a> — Kroger is taking a direct shot at Amazon and Walmart and making checkout lanes obsolete</li> <li><a title="Google's voice-generating AI is now indistinguishable from humans — Quartz" rel="nofollow" href="https://qz.com/1165775/googles-voice-generating-ai-is-now-indistinguishable-from-humans/">Google's voice-generating AI is now indistinguishable from humans — Quartz</a></li> <li><a title='Meet "Pine," the Bitcoin Philanthropist Who Set Up the $85 Million Pineapple Fund' rel="nofollow" href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/meet-pine-bitcoin-philanthropist-who-set-85-million-pineapple-fund/">Meet "Pine," the Bitcoin Philanthropist Who Set Up the $85 Million Pineapple Fund</a></li> <li><a title="Huge Intel CPU Bug Allegedly Causes Kernel Memory Vulnerability With Up To 30% Performance Hit In Windows And Linux | HotHardware" rel="nofollow" href="https://hothardware.com/news/intel-cpu-bug-kernel-memory-isolation-linux-windows-macos">Huge Intel CPU Bug Allegedly Causes Kernel Memory Vulnerability With Up To 30% Performance Hit In Windows And Linux | HotHardware</a></li> <li><a title="Researchers Discover Two Major Flaws in the World’s Computers" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/business/computer-flaws.html?smid=tw-share">Researchers Discover Two Major Flaws in the World’s Computers</a></li> <li><a title="Mitigations landing for new class of timing attack" rel="nofollow" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/03/mitigations-landing-new-class-timing-attack/">Mitigations landing for new class of timing attack</a></li> <li><a title="What is HQ Trivia, how to play, and how the app could take America by storm" rel="nofollow" href="https://qz.com/1169800/hq-trivia-has-built-a-devout-following-and-all-of-america-will-soon-find-out-why/">What is HQ Trivia, how to play, and how the app could take America by storm</a></li> <li><a title="Netflix exposes their data analysis in a tweet" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/netflix/status/940051734650503168">Netflix exposes their data analysis in a tweet</a></li> <li><a title="Call Protect" rel="nofollow" href="http://about.att.com/story/att_call_protect.html">Call Protect</a></li> <li><a title="T-Mobile Call Protection" rel="nofollow" href="https://explore.t-mobile.com/callprotection">T-Mobile Call Protection</a></li> <li><a title="Light | Home" rel="nofollow" href="https://light.co/">Light | Home</a></li> </ul>
