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Meta’s new release sparks debate about open versus closed source AI: Hashtag Trending for Friday, April 19, 2024

Just how real is quantum computing? We have an amazing guest on our Weekend Edition who will talk about how she is helping people prepare for IT careers using quantum computing. Meta’s new AI release sparks a debate about open versus closed source AI, major legislation expanding US government surveillance capabilities goes largely unnoticed, big […]

Broadcom backs down on VMWare pricing: Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, April 17, 2024

YouTube clamps down on third party apps that block ads. Experts predict a new cyber-war between Iran and Israel. Elon Musk backs down on his fight with the Brazilian government and Broadcom makes concessions in the face of customer outrage and European regulatory scrutiny of its new VMWare pricing. All this and more on the […]

Google users say two-factor authentication didn’t protect them. Hashtag Trending for Monday, April 15th

Early Saturday morning listeners may have missed my weekend interview segment with Senator Colin Deacon. If you did, it was totally my fault. A typo in my posting instructions meant we didn’t get it online til late Saturday morning. But if you didn’t get a chance to listen, it’s still there, and it’s really worthwhile. […]

Senator Colin Deacon and our digital future: HashTag Trending, the Weekend Edition, April 13, 2024

Welcome to Hashtag Trending The Weekend Edition. I’m your host, Jim Love. I can understand that many of you might get frustrated about politics. What we see for the most part is a lot of BS. Ask a politician a simple question. You get a lot of non answers, talking points, ways their political opponents […]

The state of AI: Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition – Documentary Part 2

The state of AI is the second in this series prepared for the long weekend. In part one, we traced the evolution of Artificial Intelligence. In episode two, we discuss where we are today in the implementation of AI using a model developed by Jackie Fenn, a Gartner analyst who developed the “Hype Curve” – […]

The road to AI: Hashtag Trending, Weekend Edition – March 29, 2024

Welcome to Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition. I’m your host, Jim Love. On this long weekend, I thought we’d try something a little different. I find that when I break my daily routine and get some time away, I can take a moment and reflect – see the bigger picture – and use that perspective […]

Apple gets hammered by the EU again: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Apple gets hammered by the EU once again while there’s a threat in the US of breaking up the big tech giants. Google appears to have another problem AI implementation, Steve Wozniak is back as an unlikely critic of the TikTok ban, a new open source AI that runs on your computer an an Amazon […]

A hacker’s view of the civic infrastructure: Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition for March 23rd, 2024

What does the civic infrastructure look like through the eyes of a hacker? The legendary general Sun Tzu in the Art of War said that in order to defeat your enemy, you must first understand your enemy. How do you do this? He said, “to know your enemy, you must become your enemy.” If we […]

Bug in Kubernetes allows remote code execution on Windows’ nodes: Cyber Security Today for Friday, March 15, 2024

Google adds real time phishing protection to Chrome. A security bug is found in Kubernetes that allows attackers to remotely execute code on Windows nodes. The French government suffers an enormous cyber-attack and vulnerabilities in ChatGPT plug-ins. Welcome to Cybersecurity Today for Friday March 15th, 2024. I’m your host Jim Love, filling in for Howard […]