Episode 191: Lithium Ion Batters Recyclable, 9 in 10 SMBs Fear Ransomware Attack, and Rude Behavior might be Contagious
Topic 1: Good News on the EV Front: Lithium Ion Batteries can be Recycled! https://www.axios.com/2022/11/10/audi-redwood-ev-battery-recycling Yes … we are headed for an EV world. No … there are not n...
22 Nov 202230min
Episode 190: Stripe Layoffs, Twitter Melt down, & the Crypto Meltdown
Topic 1: Lessons from the Stripe Layoffs - for tech ITs, vendors, and everyone. Stripe layed off 14% of their workforce, and were very open about the reasons. We all make mistakes in periods of rapid ...
15 Nov 202231min
Episode 189: U.S. drop in productivity, Cloud Computing to grow, US Banks spend $1 Bill on Ransomware
Topic 1: U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/10/31/productivity-down-employers-worried-recession/ No one is sure why. So we get to make up reas...
8 Nov 202231min
Episode 188: Japan pushes for digitization, Drone swarms, & Australia increase penalties for data breaches
Topic 1: Japan pushes for digitization https://apnews.com/article/technology-health-japan-covid-public-d47817295a647379f69da9bb16160d13 Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by t...
1 Nov 202230min
Episode 187 - Cloud Marketplace, AI to Diagnose Illnesses, Internet Speed Disparity
Topic 1: Marketplaces — McBain is big on them, but how well do they scale down? AWS Marketplace makes it so you find everything you need in one spot. As a seller, the appeal is apprent. As a vendor, e...
25 Okt 202232min
Episode 186 - Juicy tech states, Metaverse's standing, and THOR's Day
Topic 1: Some juicy stats... https://www.zippia.com/advice/tech-industry-statistics/ The U.S. tech market accounts for 35% of the total world market. The U.S. tech industry is expected to grow by 6.7...
18 Okt 202231min
Episode 185: Dodging an Existential Bullet, Google Shuts Down Stadia, & Ambient Intelligence
Topic 1: The Open Internet as We Know It Dodged an Existential Bullet Last Week https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/PR-2022-09-29-ITU-SG-elected-Doreen-Bogdan-Martin.aspx https://www.brookings....
11 Okt 202232min
Episode 184: Public cameras and Privacy Concerns, Machine Translation, and Darth Vader!
Topic 1: Public Cameras, Social Media, Art, and Privacy concerns Great article on how to use publicly-available surveillance systems and open source facial recognition to mash up Instagram selfies wit...
4 Okt 202229min
