Topic 1: An Update Discussion on All Things Supply Chain–Is it getting any better? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/23/chip-shortage-detroit-manufacturing/ Ongoing supply chain issues / chip shortages have caused persistent delays in the auto industry … among other impacts. The…

Topic 1: Sony’s racing AI destroyed its human competitors by being nice (and fast) https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/19/1056176/sonys-racing-ai-destroyed-its-human-competitors-by-being-nice-and-fast/ Etiquette and risk analysis is the secret success! This perhaps suggest that talent and skill are not the only key…

Topic 1: EU Passes DSA & DMA Legislation to Increase Regulation of US Tech Giants https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-lawmakers-pass-landmark-tech-rules-enforcement-worry-2022-07-05/ New legislation in Europe is designed to address a gap in GDPR that left larger tech companies unregulated by…

Topic 1: Is there value in paying these volunteers, or more value in not paying them? Online moderators’ contributions to open forum platform Reddit are estimated to be worth 3.4 million dollars in a given…

Episode 171 – Remote Deepfakes, Roe v. Wade: Data Privacy, G7 funds Cybersecurity Topic 1: “More” people are using Deep Fakes to apply for remote tech jobs. File under, “you thought the world couldn’t get…

Topic 1: 4D Time Crystals created by Google Quantum Computing. We’ve mentioned 4D printing, which involves 3D printing with materials that then change over time. Now 4D Time Crystals designed by Google Quantum Computer. Herein…

Topic 1: Sentient AI?   Is it real? Should you lose your job over it?    For starters, violating an NDA and whistleblowing are vastly different reasons to be fired.    Besides, this so-called sentient…

Topic 1: What does tech company even mean?   RoW is a good resource to better gauge who can call themselves a tech company. We might want to reframe this seemingly exclusive title. What is…

Topic 1:  Update on that Apple Self-Repair Kit for iPhone Screen The basic program includes two large Pelican cases full of equipment and tools, which you rent for $49/week plus a $1,300 deposit. Then the…

Topic 1:  Shredding the Myth of Anonymity in Bitcoin    Wired recently published a long, detailed story of how law enforcement agencies around the world collaborated to bring down the largest child abuse sex network…