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A Robot Named Carol and a Very Lucky Pig

Episode 429 • 16th July 2026 • Tech Talk Y'all • Edgewise Media

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In this episode:

Robots & Medicine

Humanoid Robots Just Performed Live Surgery for the First Time Ever
First Robotic Single-Port Mastectomy in the U.S. by a Robot Named "Carol"

Data, Privacy & Surveillance

Scott McNealy: "You Have Zero Privacy Anyway. Get Over It"
WNBA Players Scored a Historic Labor Contract — With One Big Caveat
Nearly a Million Passports and Photo IDs Left Unprotected Online
Papa Johns Can Predict When Your Fridge Is Empty

Policy, Platforms & Society

UK Plans Default Midnight Social Media Curfew for 16- and 17-Year-Olds
Netflix May Add Always-On Channels. That's Just Cable.
Brown Professor Suspects Most of His Class Used AI to Cheat
Finland's Last Analogue Landline Phones Go Silent After 150 Years

Science, Space & the Frontier

FCC Approves Orbital Space Mirrors; First Test Satellites Launch This Year
Hard but Lightweight "Bio-Metal" Discovered in Sea Worm Jaws
How to Hide from Killer Drones

Weird and Wacky

Autonomous Flying Umbrella Follows and Shields Users from Rain and Sunlight
The Uniqlo T-Shirt with an Obfuscated Bash Script on the Back

Tech Rec:

Sanjay - Knockoff
Adam - Granola

Find us here:

sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

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