Tech Field Day News Rundown
37 Episodes
This weekly news show from Tech Field Day breaks down the IT new for the week that was with a variable degree of snarkiness, hosted by Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett.
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Apple Replaces AI Chief After Apple Intelligence Struggles | Tech Field Day News Rundown: December 3, 2025
Episode 1
Nokia is investing $4 billion to expand U.S. AI-ready network infrastructure, focusing primarily on Bell Labs and additional facilities in New Jersey, Texas, and Pennsylvania to strengthen connectivity, national security, and its NVIDIA partnership. At the same time, AWS is committing $50 billion...
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Nokia & AWS Unveil US AI Infrastructure Investments | Tech Field Day News Rundown: November 26, 2025
Episode 2
Nokia is investing $4 billion to expand U.S. AI-ready network infrastructure, focusing primarily on Bell Labs and additional facilities in New Jersey, Texas, and Pennsylvania to strengthen connectivity, national security, and its NVIDIA partnership. At the same time, AWS is committing $50 billion...
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Cloudflare Outage Takes Down Parts of the Internet | Tech Field Day News Rundown: November 19, 2025
Episode 3
Web infrastructure provider Cloudflare experienced a global disruption that caused widespread “Error 500” messages and took down major platforms including X and ChatGPT. The outage, triggered by a sudden spike in unusual network traffic, impacted thousands of websites early Tuesday and highlighte...
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CNCF, Arm Standardize AI on Kubernetes at KubeCon | Tech Field Day News Rundown: November 12, 2025
Episode 4
At KubeCon 2025, the CNCF launched the Certified Kubernetes AI Conformance Program to standardize AI and ML workloads on Kubernetes, ensuring portability across hybrid and sovereign clouds and preventing platform lock-in. Supported by companies like Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, and Red Ha...
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Commvault's Data Rooms for Easier AI Data Access | Tech Field Day News Rundown: November 5, 2025
Episode 5
Commvault’s Data Rooms let data science teams quickly access and prepare backup data, while a new AI-powered interface simplifies querying and managing it. Using data already classified during backup, teams can reduce manual prep, apply role-based access and sensitivity tags, and share data secur...
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U.S. Government Looks to Invest in Quantum Startups | Tech Field Day News Rundown: October 29, 2025
Episode 6
The U.S. government is considering taking stakes in quantum computing startups like Atom Computing, D-Wave, IonQ, Rigetti, and Quantum Computing in exchange for federal funding of at least $10 million each. Managed through the Commerce Department’s CHIPS program, the plan aims to support U.S. qua...
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Amazon Web Services Recovers After Major Global Outage | Tech Field Day Rundown: October 22, 2025
Episode 7
AWS is restoring operations after a massive outage disrupted internet access worldwide, affecting major platforms like Snapchat, Facebook, Fortnite, Delta, Coinbase, and several banks. The issue stemmed from a DNS failure that temporarily prevented access to data stored in AWS systems, causing wi...
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NetApp INSIGHT 2025: NetApp Data Engine & AFX Array | Tech Field Day News Rundown: October 15, 2025
Episode 8
At NetApp INSIGHT 2025, the company announced several major innovations, including the new AI Data Engine, which pre-processes ONTAP data for use with LLMs and AI agents. This platform features advanced metadata management, data synchronization, data governance, and data curation, along with a bu...
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Microsoft Security Copilot Blocks AI-Generated Phishing Attack | Tech Field Day News Rundown October 1, 2025
Episode 9
Microsoft stopped a phishing attack that used AI-generated code to hide its malicious payload and trick victims. Hackers sent fake file-sharing emails from a compromised account, with an SVG file disguised as a PDF that contained hidden JavaScript. Microsoft’s Security Copilot flagged the code as...
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NVIDIA's Multi-Billion-Dollar Moves to Expand AI | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 24, 2025
Episode 10
NVIDIA is doubling down on AI dominance with massive investments across cloud, chips, and infrastructure. It struck a $6.3B deal with CoreWeave to secure long-term GPU demand, is investing $5B in Intel to co-develop custom CPUs and PC chips that pair Intel processors with NVIDIA GPUs, and is comm...
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Google Stays with Chrome | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 10, 2025
Episode 11
A U.S. judge ruled Google does not have to sell its Chrome browser in an antitrust case. Instead, Google must end some exclusive deals and share parts of its search data with rivals. The decision kept Google’s core business intact and boosted Alphabet’s stock. This and more on the Tech Field Day ...
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Zelle Parent Sued Over Billion-Dollar Fraud Failure | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 3, 2025
Episode 12
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Zelle’s parent company, Early Warning Services, accusing it of failing to protect customers from widespread fraud that cost victims over a billion dollars between 2017 and 2023. The suit claims EWS ignored known vulnerabilities a...
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Oracle CSO Mary Ann Davidson Retires Amid AI Shift | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 27, 2025
Episode 13
Mary Ann Davidson, Oracle’s long-time Chief Security Officer, is leaving after nearly 40 years with the company. Known for both her leadership and controversial stances on security issues, her departure comes amid layoffs and a shift at Oracle toward AI-focused strategies. While not directly link...
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Intel Investors Everywhere | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 20, 2025
Episode 14
SoftBank is investing $2 billion in Intel by buying shares at $23 each, strengthening their partnership to advance U.S. semiconductor technology. Both companies said the deal supports innovation, AI growth, and next-generation digital infrastructure, with Intel playing a key role in U.S. manufact...
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Microsoft Brings GitHub Closer to Its AI Team | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 13, 2025
Episode 15
Microsoft is making GitHub part of its CoreAI team after GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke announced he’s leaving to start a new company. Dohmke will stay until the end of 2025 to help with the transition. Instead of hiring a new CEO, GitHub’s leaders will now report directly to Microsoft’s AI group, led ...
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Trump’s New Tariffs Disrupt Tech and Auto Industries | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 6, 2025
Episode 16
President Trump’s new tariffs on dozens of countries are shaking global markets and hurting major companies like Apple, Amazon, and carmakers by raising costs and causing delays. Apple expects to pay $1.1 billion in tariffs this quarter, and Ford estimates $2 billion for the year. The tariffs aim...
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Mass Layoffs Hit Intel | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 30, 2025
Episode 17
Intel is cutting about 24,000 jobs this year—roughly a quarter of its core workforce—as part of a major restructuring led by new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. The company is canceling projects in Germany and Poland, downsizing operations in Costa Rica, and slowing construction in Ohio. Intel says it overbuilt ...
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Massive Hack Hits Microsoft SharePoint Servers | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 23, 2025
Episode 18
Hackers have used a serious, previously unknown flaw in Microsoft’s SharePoint server software to launch a major global cyberattack. The attack has hit U.S. government agencies, universities, energy companies, and more, but only affects on-site servers—not cloud services. Stolen data and encrypti...
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FCC Auction Power Returns Putting Wi-Fi Spectrum at Risk | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 16, 2025
Episode 19
A new law restores the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum and requires at least 800 MHz to be sold, potentially pulling it from the 6 GHz and CBRS bands currently used for Wi-Fi and rural broadband. While mobile carriers like AT&T and Verizon support the move for 5G expansion, critics warn it co...
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Microsoft Cuts Jobs as Part of Their AI Restructure | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 9, 2025
Episode 20
Microsoft laid off 9,000 employees, about 4% of its workforce, even as it invests billions in AI technology. Company leaders say AI will eliminate many routine jobs but also create new opportunities in advanced areas. While thousands of tech workers were displaced, demand for AI experts soared, w...
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DOJ Clears Way for the HPE Juniper Networks Deal | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 2, 2025
Episode 21
The US Department of Justice has announced a settlement in their lawsuit agains the proposed HPE acquisition of Juniper Networks. The release says that in order for the deal to move forward, HPE must sell off the Instant On line of HPE Aruba Networking access points. Additionally, Juniper must au...
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AWS re:Inforce Highlights Security, Identity, & Automation | Tech Field Day News Rundown: June 25, 2025
Episode 22
At AWS re:Inforce 2025, AWS introduced key security upgrades, including expanded identity tools, enhanced code and threat detection with Inspector and GuardDuty, and easier deployment through improved WAF and firewall features. New CISO Amy Herzog emphasized identity security, while AWS reinforce...
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Cisco Bets it All On AI At Cisco Live | Tech Field Day News Rundown: June 18, 2025
Episode 23
Cisco Live was last week and the opening keynote was dripping with AI. Cisco's product lineup for the rest of the year and into the future is going to embrace AI agents and information for networking operations and security as well. CEO Chuck Robbins and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel talked a...
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Microsoft's Dev-Centric Agentic Al Strategy, Build 2025 | Tech Field Day News Rundown: June 11, 2025
Episode 24
At Microsoft Build 2025, Microsoft focused on agentic AI, making it central to their developer strategy. CEO Satya Nadella introduced the “agentic web,” where AI takes a bigger role in software creation. Key updates included evolving GitHub Copilot into a programming partner, new features for man...