Google’s DeepMind makes a big step forward in understanding life at the molecular level,  Apple touches a nerve with its latest ad which can only be described as “tone deaf,” Elon Musk’s Neurolink’s first human experiment has some problems and a stark warning about the absolute devastation of the US economy if tensions lead to conflict in Taiwan. All this and more on this “Murphy’s Law” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love ..read more

Microsoft executives may lose bonuses if the company is hacked, Apple unveils its M4 chip in the iPad Pro, a new company leverages AI to reportedly find millions in savings on Software as a Service and Elon Musk tells you how much AI is used at Starlink and Space-X. Spoiler alert? None. All this and more on the “ups and downs of AI” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love ..read more

Half of internet traffic may be generated by bots. Data Centres are facing a backlash as they fail to deliver enough jobs and place strain on energy infrastructure.  11 Labs struggles to defend against deep fake voices. An almost unstoppable spyware targets IoS devices. All this and more on the “is anything we can count on” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love.   We had a probelme with our podcast feed this morning and it's taking forever to get any tech support. So I'm posting a second episode to see if that works any better. If you get two today, my apologies ..read more

Half of internet traffic may be generated by bots. Data Centres are facing a backlash as they fail to deliver enough jobs and place strain on energy infrastructure.  11 Labs struggles to defend against deep fake voices. An almost unstoppable spyware targets IoS devices. All this and more on the “is anything we can count on” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love ..read more

A new and powerful AI Model appears and disappears in a few days. Microsoft tells Windows 10 users they are on their own to fix a problem from a recent Microsoft update. Chinese researchers say that their infrastructure has a host of vulnerabilities. And was TikTok user time in decline as the new US legislation was announced? All this and more on the “Schadenfreude” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love ..read more

And today from the we have a person who has moved from a career in technology and in this case, cybersecurity to run for the U S house of Representatives. Her name is Madison Horn and her decision to run for office was in her words, "born out of a deep frustration. With the conduct of current politicians, the continued polarization of our country and the lack of qualified individuals with technological expertise in Congress."  While somewhere around 7 percent of women hold leadership positions and less than 1 percent lead global practices, Madison has broken those barriers by leading Siem ..read more

 “Insider” Jimmy Apples says OpenAI is going to launch a search engine to compete with Google, Intel is losing billions of dollars a year. Hackers Stole Data on Up To A Third of Americans,Things are wrapping up in what might be the trial of the century. No not that one. We’re talking about the Google Antitrust Trial All this and more on the “how do you like them Apples” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love ..read more

Security firm Okta warns of an unprecendented password stuffing attack that is piggybacking on regular user’s mobile and home devices, the UK is banning obvious passwords, Chrome has moved to “post quantum” encryption and maybe the cure for password issues is to finally get rid of passwords. All this and more on the “QuertyUIOP” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love ..read more

The US federal government relaxes the requirement for university degrees for cyber security professionals, a new study finds that AI may have more empathy that human therapists, Elon Musk lays off an employee who slept in his car near the plant so he could work longer hours and if you think that cancelling that credit card is the way to end all of those online subscriptions – think again. All this and more on the “some days, you can’t make this stuff up” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love ..read more

The TikTok battle may be just beginning. A major European cloud company makes its simplified cooling system open source. Microsoft Xbox sales continue to tank. Meta gets hammered by the European Union for not tacking Russian disinformation and the sheer scale of disinformation and misinformation my blow your mind. All this and more on the “truth or consequences” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love ..read more