Episode 111 – Supply Chain Smokers

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Episode 88 – IBM Gets Picked On

Cool stuff on HoloLens 2 and Kinect…. but IBM get beat up a little in the press.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/24/microsoft-hololens-2-launches-at-mobile-world-congress.html

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/25/azure_kinect/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/26/ibm_racist_job_applications/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/25/docker_cfo_layoffs_ceo_interview/

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612974/once-hailed-as-unhackable-blockchains-are-now-getting-hacked/

https://www.wired.com/story/dark-metal-cloud-computers-invisible-malware/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/26/malware_ibm_powershell/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/26/single_vast_data_storage_tier_takes_on_the_world/

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Episode 81 – Top Ten Tech

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-video-game-streaming-service-report-2019-1

• Amazon is working on a video game streaming service, like Netflix but for video games, according to a new report in The Information.
• Amazon’s competition at Microsoft and Google are already openly preparing similar services.
• And Sony is out ahead of everyone else: The company has been operating the PlayStation Now streaming service for years.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/15/rubrik_stands_under_niagara_falls_of_vc_cash/

Palo Alto storage software startup Rubrik has inhaled $261m in an E-round of funding, taking its total funding to north of $553m and giving it a $3.3bn valuation.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/10/reddit_password_reset/
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/14/ihis_singhealth_breach/

A third individual holding the title “cluster information security officer,” was found to be “unsuitable for the role” and has been demoted and re-assigned.
https://www.wired.com/story/iran-dns-hijacking/

Using a classic tactic to undermine data security as it moves across the web, hackers have grabbed sensitive data like login credentials and business details from telecoms, internet service providers, government organizations, and other institutions in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and North America. FireEye researchers say the targets and types of data stolen are consistent with Iranian government espionage interests—and that whoever is behind the massive assault now has a trove of data that could fuel future cyberattacks for years.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/10/reddit_password_reset/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/14/ihis_singhealth_breach/

A third individual holding the title “cluster information security officer,” was found to be “unsuitable for the role” and has been demoted and re-assigned.
https://www.wired.com/story/iran-dns-hijacking

Using a classic tactic to undermine data security as it moves across the web, hackers have grabbed sensitive data like login credentials and business details from telecoms, internet service providers, government organizations, and other institutions in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and North America. FireEye researchers say the targets and types of data stolen are consistent with Iranian government espionage interests—and that whoever is behind the massive assault now has a trove of data that could fuel future cyberattacks for years.

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Episode 76 – Doom & Duke Nukem…the state of the Internet, say Inventors.

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Episode 66 – AT&T’s Massive Internet Outage. Expect Birthrate surge, July 2019

In addition to ATT debacle, we also discuss MIT’s sweaty wad of cash and why China is the biggest threat to Intellectual freedom.

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Episode 51 – Oracle, I don’t Like Your Stupid Cloud ANYWAY!

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Episode 50 – AI Breakdowns and Red Mercury…mmmmmm.

Episode 46 – The Amazon Workers UNITE!!! Soft Serve in the Cafeteria?

Amazon workers take a page from the Google employee handbook….and Robots….always Robots!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/22/amazon_staffers_protest_firms_support_of_the_surveillance_state/

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Episode 37 – The Big Short’s Steve Eisman channels the Tech Fugitives.

Welcome back to the Tech Fugitives podcast.  Eisman bags on Crypto… makes someone’s day….guess who?

Mark also teases his groundbreaking overview of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computing.

We also discuss:

Elon Makes excuses, but we agree with him.

Microsoft’s Nadella tries to earn our trust:  https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/07/microsofts-satya-nadella-trust-will-push-us-past-amazon-google.html

The Secrets to a better password.  Pro Tip: It’s not you’re boy/girlfriend’s dog’s birthday.  

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/10/secrets-to-a-better-password-and-less-hacks-go-long-use-variety-and-sometimes-lie.html

Big announcements from Google & Microsoft:

https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17319908/microsoft-build-conference-2018-news-recap-highlights-windows-10

https://www.google.com/amp/bgr.com/2018/05/09/google-i-o-2018-recap-top-10-biggest-announcements/amp/

Listen, Learn and laugh while finding out how you too can care about the world…Just like The Tech Fugitives.

Tell all your friends …. tell all your enemies:  Tech Talk does NOT have to SUCK!

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Episode 30 – Don’t let your Technical Debt leave you Emotionally Bankrupt!

Welcome back to the Tech Fugitives podcast.  Did you take out a second mortgage on your Cobal code so you could fix your plumbing?

Long standing enterprises are wrought with baggage.  Some of that baggage has so much technical debt that it might just be easier to move.  Listen to reason and listen to the Tech Fugitives help you spot your technical debt and what to do about it!

We also discuss:

How deep does this hole go?….and other Zuckerberg musings.

Dropbox’s sweaty wad and their future….according to Mark!

Meltdown & Spectre….the dumbest, most useless bugs to never be solved.

Microsoft has so much money for IoT, they don’t know where to put it all.

Tell all your friends …. tell all your enemies:  Tech Talk does NOT have to SUCK!

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