Future Jam

We are back from a week off and we are playing a little bit of catch-up. Creepy Tech of the Week Google reportedly made it difficult for smartphone users to find privacy settings Apple is updating AirTags to make them less creepy Tech News Bites Microsoft putting Xbox in TVs, building its own streaming devices, and exploring new Game Pass subscriptions Self-driving Waymo trucks to haul loads between Houston and Fort Worth Monterey is the next version of Apple's macOS FaceTime is coming to PC and Android via a web app Airlines say passengers and their baggage are getting heavier, and they're responding with new safety plans United Airlines plans to add 15 Boom Supersonic jets to its fleet The pandemic was the bloodiest year for driving in over a decade Summer Series How Covid has affected Manufacturing Tech Sent to the Retirement Home Microsoft to end Windows 10 support on October 14th, 2025 Where to find us: @thefuturejam on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter and thefuturejam@gmail.com

Alex and Mike are joined by a special guest to reminisce about their favorite summer sci-fi movie going experiences. Stick around for a summer quiz at the end with our beloved gameshow segment, "Which Came First". *copyright pending -Episode Spoilers Below- Nate 5. Back to the Future 4. The Mummy 3. Mission Impossible 3 2. Independence Day 1. Spiderman Alex 5. X-Men: Days of Future Past 4. Jurassic Park 3. Armageddon 2. Star Wars- A New Hope 1. Independence Day Mike 5. Arrival 4. Minority Report 3. Terminator 2 2. Aliens 1. Jurassic Park

Dumb Tech of the Week  Microsoft turns Surface Duo's second screen into a 'gamepad' for Xbox Cloud Gaming Creepy tech of the Week Living with Moxie, the robot companion for kids Tech News Bytes The popemobile is going all-electric thanks to Fisker Ford F-150 Lightning starts under $40k w/ 300-mile range and can power your home Novel concrete battery could let buildings store their own energy New Propulsion System Could Enable Flying at Speeds Up to Mach 17 China will likely ban all bitcoin mining soon The US Federal Reserve begins looking into its own digital currency Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says Amazon Makes $8.45 Billion Deal for MGM Summer Spotlight Series: How has the Pandemic accelerated technology?   These figures confirm what people think about robot delivery   Tech RIP Charlie Bit My Finger Viral Video Being Removed From YouTube to Become an NFT https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-57227290

Dumb Tech of the Week   Tech giants want the US to fund domestic chip production A bug let Eufy security camera owners access strangers' feeds Apple’s $549 AirPods Max can’t play lossless Apple Music — even when plugged in  Alex's cool new product he found   https://www.ball.com/aluminumcups Tech News Bytes Framework’s modular DIY laptop is available to pre-order Sony applies to patent noise-cancelling drones AT&T to spin off and combine WarnerMedia with Discovery in deal that would create streaming giant Brain implant lets people with paralysis write using their minds Wacoal's AI-powered myBraFit app scans your body to give you sizing advice Scientists say mammals can breathe through their butts in emergencies News Stories Pentagon Surveilling Americans Without a Warrant, Senator Reveals Tech RIP Internet Explorer for Windows 10 Will Be Discontinued Next Year      

Dumb Tech of the Week YouTube crams YouTube TV into its main app on Roku Hans Zimmer isn’t the only composer that can make tech sounds, you know  Target will stop selling Pokémon cards in stores Smart Idea of the Week Ford’s first electric pickup truck will be called the F-150 Lightning Tech News Bytes Why some electric car owners return to gas – the reasons aren’t surprising SAE Updates, Refines Official Names for 'Autonomous Driving' Levels Sony sued over PlayStation’s digital store ‘monopoly’. FDA Authorizes the First Brain-Computer Interface Device (It’s Not Musk’s Neuralink ) IBM says it has created the world's first 2nm chip (additional info) A Gas pipeline held at ransom by cyberattackers River plastic Interceptors are stopping trash from reaching the ocean Follow Up Stories   UK postal service tests autonomous drone deliveries to remote islands Are we seeing the return of the closed-door office? I hope not. Tech RIP: Good Riddance Edition LiveLeak's reign of gory terror is over

Dumb Tech of the Week   You can drill a keyring hole in Apple's AirTags (but you probably shouldn't) Today I learned that card grading companies are drowning in Pokémon cards   Tech News Bytes   Kroger begins testing drone deliveries for baby products and s’mores Microsoft follows Epic’s lead, lowers its cut of PC game sales to 12% Sony Invests in Discord, Full Integration Coming to PS5, PS4 Next Year Deepfake satellite imagery poses a not-so-distant threat, warn geographers Broadcasters Are Moving Forward in Their Case Against Locast World's largest compressed air grid "batteries" will store up to 10GWh  (Explanation Video) Story of the Week   Fitness Drones are Coming, if Investors Can Get all the Kinks Out Tech on LifeSupport   Verizon sells AOL and Yahoo for about half of what it paid       @thefuturejam on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook Voicemail: 513-Bot-Cola

The Jam boys investigate disappearing digital content. the dark truths about working from home, and uncover how we could breath on Mars. Don't miss this weeks podcast episode, "Rent or Buy this Jam".  Dumb Tech of the Week Apple faces lawsuit over its iTunes 'buy' button Roku warns of standoff with Google over YouTube TV Tech News Bytes Nasa's rover makes breathable oxygen on Mars Disney Imagineering’s Project Kiwi is free walking robot that will make you believe in Groot The US Army is Testing a Powered Exoskeleton Called the ExoBoot Samsung's new ad for its S21 Ultra phone is ... a series on Hulu    A Scottish university finds new life for old wind turbine blades. Dutch politicians were tricked by a deepfake video chat Experiment lets you skip 'Hey, Google' for Assistant voice commands Toyota is buying Lyft’s autonomous car division for $550 million Main Topic Microsoft revealed the latest truths about working from home. Tech from the Dead 'Roku Originals' will become the new name for Quibi'

Find out about the difficulties of living on the moon, new solar powered headphones, robotic grocers, and planes that fly themselves. Dumb Tech of the Week   Jeff Bezos says Amazon has to treat its employees better Washington state votes to ban new gas car sales by 2030 Tech News Bytes Urbanista has made the world’s first solar-powered headphones Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series to cost $465 million for first season Kroger launches its first ocado powered shed a massive-robot filled fulfillment center in ohio NASA's Mars helicopter becomes the first aircraft to fly on another planet Xwing completes first autonomous gate-to-gate commercial cargo flight Facebook and Spotify will team up on 'Project Boombox' Reddit Talk is a Clubhouse competitor for subreddits Sony's FlavorGraph uses AI to predict which ingredients will pair together   Main News Stories What it will take for humans to colonize the Moon and Mars There are grounds for concern about solar power Back From the Dead Tech of the

Dumb Tech of the Week Facebook Says It’s Your Fault That Hackers Got Half a Billion User Phone Numbers Spotify rolls out its own hands-free voice assistant on iOS and Android Samsung’s iTest offers a look at Galaxy Android on iPhone A Mustang Mach-E bug leaves cars stuck in 'deep sleep' with an empty 12v battery Hasbro’s new $700 Optimus Prime toy can finally transform all on its own Elon Musk's Boring Company shows off Vegas tunnel again, and it looks lame Tech News Bytes Domino’s starts making autonomous pizza deliveries Google is accelerating partial reopening of offices and putting limits on future of remote work The French army is testing Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot in combat scenarios GE is working to put COVID-19 virus-detecting sensors in phones Amazon Is Buying Dead Malls – and the Reason Why Is Fascinating AT&T lobbies against nationwide fiber, says 10Mbps uploads are good enough  Main Stories Neuralink's brain-computer interface demo shows a monkey playing Pong The US Is Real C

Slightly shorter, just as Jam packed! Will it be Voltswagen or Volkswagen? Is this another marketing stunt like ihob? The Jam lads also take Amazon to task over their delivery driver policies, reveal how Wi-Fi could be better, & are too old to use Discord. Dumb tech of the week Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign ‘Biometric Consent’ Form or Lose Job Volkswagen will reportedly rebrand its US operation to 'Voltswagen of America' Razer confirms plans to manufacture its smart RGB face mask Tech News Bytes Dyson’s V15 Detect vacuum hunts dust with a laser 'blade' Samsung will use drone deliveries for Galaxy products in Ireland Intel invests $20 billion in two Arizona factories, 7nm chips coming in 2023  Google just made Wi-Fi way better than Bluetooth — here’s how US-based Talyn’s innovative eVTOL hybrid passenger aircraft Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch: a new robot designed to move boxes in warehouses WHY MICROSOFT WANTS DISCORD Tech Rip Area-codeless local calls will largely go away in October

Bizarre and Dumb tech of the Week Coca-Cola is launching vending machine subscriptions in Japan Listener submitted- Read the Pentagon’s 20-Page Report on Its Own Meme YOUNG FEMALE TWITTER STAR TURNS OUT TO BE 50-YEAR-OLD MAN USING DEEPFAKES Tech News Bytes Next-Gen PSVR Controllers Revealed+Facebook envisions wristband controllers for future augmented reality systems YouTube can now warn creators about copyright issues before videos are posted Yandex's autonomous cars have driven over six million miles in 'challenging conditions' The Battery That Will Finally Unlock Massless Energy Storage E-bike tax credit ‘has a high chance of passing’ News Stories Good vibrations: bladeless turbines could bring wind power to your home American Airlines just revealed the future Drone photos violate couple’s privacy, rules Michigan court   Twitter Poll: Should the government have a right to photograph your personal property from the air?  Without a warrant Never be allowed Yes (I have nothing to hide) Tech RI

The Jam talks deepfakes, NFTs, teddy bears strapped to cars for science, Tinder background checks and so much more. Added bonus: new 2 minute timer rule for the tech byte stories. Dumb and Bizarre Tech of the Week Woman allegedly made deepfakes to kick rivals off daughter's cheerleading squad A YouTuber crammed 'Tenet' onto Game Boy Advance cartridges out of spite Tech Bites Amazon's warehouse 'mini-games' for workers are expanding across 20 states 22-Year-Old Bitcoin Entrepreneur Announces ‘Free Speech’ Phone Netflix tests feature that could limit password sharing Google will face lawsuit over Incognito mode tracking Idaho ends Powerball participation amid lawmaker concern that Australia could use lottery revenue for anti-gun measures Google will let you upload photos and add missing roads in Maps News Stories Tinder will soon let you run a background check on a potential date Andrew Yang's 'People's Bank' to Help Distribute Basic Income to Half a Million New Yorkers NFTs, explained: what they are

Is the 4 day work week on the horizon or will you be able to visit a space hotel first? Maybe people having less kids is causing you anxiety over earth's future? Cheer up, we may have solved the mask waste issue by building roads out of recycled masks. Enjoy these stories plus some additional nonsense for you to ponder. Dumb tech of the week https://nogglenation.com/ Bizarre News of the week   Recycling face masks into roads to tackle COVID-generated waste Tech News Bites Chromecast with Google TV is getting kids profiles Netflix's Fast Laughs is a TikTok-style comedy feed for your phone Tesla is building a 100MW energy storage project in Texas Additional reading: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-03-08/tesla-is-plugging-a-secret-mega-battery-into-the-texas-grid Brave is developing its own privacy-focused search engine Main Stories Senators ask the FCC to change the definition of high-speed broadband World's first space hotel scheduled to open in 2027 A 4-day work week might be edging clos

New Nerf guns, defending satellites, new age dine and dash and so much more!!! Dumb tech of the week: Gatorade’s new Gx Sweat Patch tests your sweat for smarter hydration Tech News Bytes 'Next-gen' USPS vehicles can use gas or electric motors Nerf reveals Hyper, its next-gen high capacity blasters with the fastest reloads ever Google TV will include a new ‘Basic’ mode to make your smart TV, dumb ZTE shows off an under-display facial recognition system Twitter's Clubhouse-style audio chat rooms land on Android Stories L.A. restaurants struggle with a new form of dine-and-dash Schools Are Abandoning Invasive Proctoring Software After Student Backlash A California city moves to ban all new gas stations Mining for electric car batteries ‘hundreds of times’ better than petrol car emission cycles Google plans to stop targeting ads based on your browsing history A solar panel in space is collecting energy that could one day be beamed to anywhere on Earth The US Needs To Build More Space Weapons Follow u

Dumb tech of the week Entire California School Board Resigns After Chewing Out Parents on Accidental Zoom Broadcast Quick tech bytes Thanks to a new update, Samsung watches are first in the world to offer blood pressure monitoring Spotify HiFi is a lossless streaming tier coming later this year Sony Confirms Next Generation PlayStation VR Is in the Works for PS5 his Weeks Stories House Republicans propose nationwide ban on municipal broadband networks Study Finds Key Flaws in Twitter's Fact-Checking Program Birdwatch Scientists Unearth a Consequence of Solar Panels in the Sahara Facebook Accused of Knowingly Inflating its Ad Audience John Carmack Proposes GPU and Console Auctions to Beat Scalpers  Follow Up Stories WhatsApp explains what happens if you don’t accept its new privacy policy Google has now patched Journey to the Savage Planet, though its studio is no more  Twitter Poll of the Week Scientists clone the first U.S. endangered species What should we clone? Humans Dinosaurs Recently Extinc

This weeks stories. Get Ready for a Facebook Watch Bitcoin Uses More Energy than Argentina Beverly Hills Cops Play Copyrighted Music to Flag Instagram/YouTube Filters  Scientists accidentally found life under 3,000 feet of ice in Antarctica.  Zillow CEO Warns that the Future Work of Work will Create a Two Class System GoFundMe CEO Urges Congress for Some Covid Relief Maryland Becomes First State in Country to Place a Tax on Digital Advertising -Additional reading Pay for Parking and Public Transportation in Google Maps Google Will Pay Over 76m to French News Sites Australia News Outlets Strike a Deal Twitter Poll of the Week Amazon Build Lets Consumers Pick Next Tech Device they Create -Smart sticky note printer. -Smart nutrition scale. -Smart cuckoo clock.

Dumb Tech of the Week Nominations Apple Patent for a Fray Free Cable Instagram will no longer promote TikTok News of the Week First 3d House for Sale on Zillow Nano Factories Police Get Location Data from Phones to Catch Rioters Proposed Idea to allow Tech Companies to Create Local Governments Tesla Invests 1.5 Billion into Bitcoin  Hyundai Ultimate Mobility Vehicle Twitter Considers a Subscription Cost to Rely Less on Ads 

Super Bowl Jam Special featuring the fall of Stadia, Android gambling apps, Nike Go Fly Ease futuristic shoes, SB commercial debacle, camera innovation, & how the NFL beat a pandemic. Stick around for a quiz & our prop bets for the big game. Links Google is shutting down its in-house Stadia game development studios - The Verge Google Will allow Gambling Apps in the Play Store Nike Go FlyEase shoes of the future Budweiser Coke and Pepsi will not air commercials Innovative camera angles Verizon Offers multiple camera angles for the iPhone 12 From Smart Footballs to Contact tracing: How NFL players are preparing for the big game

Dumb Tech of the Week iphone 12 will stop your heart  Xbox Live price debacle Hyundai rolls out adorable dal-e robot Story 1:  Google could leave Australia?  In depth on how Google hurts the news media Story 2: Sundance Film Festival in VR Story 3: Car battery that charges in 5 minutes Story 4: Beeper, the universal chat app  Story 5: Scientists Make First ‘Invisible Solar Panels’ You Can Integrate Into Smartphones Story Update: SpaceX record number of Satellites

CES AWARDS The Most likely item we would actually purchase -Mike: Amperes Shower Speaker -Alex: Lenovo Concept UFO Favorite smart home product from CES -Alex: Nobi smart light sensor.  -Mike: Gardyn Smart Home Garden Not sure the price would be worth it -Alex: Infinity Game Table: Virtual board games with a touch screen -Mike: MyQ Smart Pet door ($3000) Game changing product -Alex: LG Rollable Smartphone tech -Mike: Panasonic Car Heads Up Display Product that will never see that light of day -Alex: Toto Health Analyzing Toilet -Mike: Samsung Bot Handy Top health Announcement -Alex Fluo Labs Allergy device -Mike: EyeQue: DIY Smartphone Vision Test, VisionCheck 2 Top wearable device announcement -Alex: Vr Haptic Feedback vest -Mike: TCL Wearable Display Best in Green Tech -Alex: Samsung Solar Remote Mike: Reusable Shipping Boxes Dumb tech of the week -You can open LG's new refrigerators with your voice | Engadget Creepy Tech of the Week -Samsung Bot Care