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In this episode: Researchers find Amazon uses Alexa voice data to target you with ads Bored Ape Yacht Club caused Ethereum fees to soar to astronomical levels Undefined's next-gen "silent" ion propulsion drone: still noisy Your iPhone can alert you to breaking glass, smoke alarms and other dangers Chip shortage threatens mattresses: Sleep Number production suffering Car buyers balk at monthly fees for add-on features BMW took heat, for example, for trying to make heated seats available only by subscription. Musk seeks to use less of his fortune with bid for more Twitter funding Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout Will the next wildfire be prevented by a 14-year-old’s innovation? Swarming drones autonomously navigate a dense forest (and chase a human) U.S. Army To Test Networked Drone Swarms Lego to expand online ambitions by tripling total of software engineers Mental health apps have terrible privacy protections, report finds This company wants to use carbon dioxide to store renewable power on the grid GitHub users will be required to use two-factor authentication by 2023 Apple, Google, and Microsoft will soon implement passwordless sign-in on all major platforms Disney+ may be next --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message