Tech Field Day News Rundown

Tech Field Day News Rundown

26 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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Tech Field Day News Rundown
  • Zelle Parent Sued Over Billion-Dollar Fraud Failure | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 3, 2025

    Episode 1

    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...

  • Oracle CSO Mary Ann Davidson Retires Amid AI Shift | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 27, 2025

    Episode 2

    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...

  • Intel Investors Everywhere | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 20, 2025

    Episode 3

    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...

  • Microsoft Brings GitHub Closer to Its AI Team | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 13, 2025

    Episode 4

    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 ...

  • Trump’s New Tariffs Disrupt Tech and Auto Industries | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 6, 2025

    Episode 5

    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...

  • Mass Layoffs Hit Intel | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 30, 2025

    Episode 6

    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 ...

  • Massive Hack Hits Microsoft SharePoint Servers | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 23, 2025

    Episode 7

    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...

  • FCC Auction Power Returns Putting Wi-Fi Spectrum at Risk | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 16, 2025

    Episode 8

    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...

  • Microsoft Cuts Jobs as Part of Their AI Restructure | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 9, 2025

    Episode 9

    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...

  • DOJ Clears Way for the HPE Juniper Networks Deal | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 2, 2025

    Episode 10

    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...

  • AWS re:Inforce Highlights Security, Identity, & Automation | Tech Field Day News Rundown: June 25, 2025

    Episode 11

    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...

  • Cisco Bets it All On AI At Cisco Live | Tech Field Day News Rundown: June 18, 2025

    Episode 12

    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...

  • Microsoft's Dev-Centric Agentic Al Strategy, Build 2025 | Tech Field Day News Rundown: June 11, 2025

    Episode 13

    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...

  • Tariffs hit Enterprise Cloud || Tech Field Day News Rundown: June 4, 2025

    Episode 14

    New global tariffs are making it more expensive and complicated for enterprises to manage their cloud services across regions. These changes are causing unpredictable costs and creating challenges for global cloud strategies. To stay ahead, companies need to improve visibility, automate processes...

  • OpenAI Acquires io for $6.4 Billion || Tech Field Day News Rundown: May 28, 2025

    Episode 15

    OpenAI has announced its largest acquisition to date, agreeing to acquire io, an AI device startup founded by former Apple executive Jony Ive, in an all-equity deal worth approximately $6.5 billion. The acquisition includes OpenAI’s existing stake in io. As part of the merger, Jony Ive will assum...

  • US Signs Take It Down Act || The Tech Field Day News Rundown: May 21, 2025

    Episode 16

    The US government signed a new act into law that has opponents concerned about the ramifications of what it will be used to do. The Take It Down Act was proposed to allow for the rapid takedown of non-consensual intimate images, or NCII, from the Internet. The law requires social media platforms ...

  • Futurum Group Foresees Cybersecurity Futures || Tech Field Day News Rundown: May 14, 2025

    Episode 17

    Last week saw the release of a big new report from the Futurum Group around cybersecurity. The research says that the market is going to grow by 11.6% per year for the rest of the decade. By then it should be worth almost $300 billion. Fernando Montenegro states that cybersecurity is a cornerston...

  • AI Growth Driving Cloud Provider Investment || Tech Field Day News Rundown: May 7, 2025

    Episode 18

    The demand for AI services is driving more growth in public cloud platforms, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have all continued investment in the public cloud platforms to keep up with generative AI. Andy Jassy highlighted triple-digit growth in AI revenues, Microsoft has committed to 40% more capa...

  • Another Round of Layoffs for Intel as they Streamline || Tech Field Day Rundown: April 30, 2025

    Episode 19

    Intel is still looking to smooth out their operations under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. The announcement came last week that Intel is going to be cutting more positions. Initial reports rumored that it could be as much 20,000 employees but CFO David Zinsner refuted that number last Friday. Instead, each ...

  • Chris Krebs Resigns from SentinelOne || Tech Field Day News Rundown: April 23, 2025

    Episode 20

    Half a century is a long time for an IT business, and Microsoft is justified in making a lot of noise to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. The celebration brought together three Microsoft CEOs: Gates, Balmer, and Nadella. Microsoft CoPilot isn’t quite as old as the company, but it was still at...

  • Embracing Physical AI at Intel Vision 2025 || Tech Field Day News Rundown: April 16, 2025

    Episode 21

    At Intel Vision 2025, CEO Lip-Bu Tan emphasized a customer-centric strategy, focusing on advancements in AI PCs, Gaudi 3 accelerators, and the 18A process node. He introduced the concept of “Physical AI,” highlighting Intel’s commitment to integrating AI into hardware solutions across various sec...

  • Microsoft Turns Fifty || Tech Field Day News Rundown: April 9, 2025

    Episode 22

    Half a century is a long time for an IT business, and Microsoft is justified in making a lot of noise to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. The celebration brought together three Microsoft CEOs: Gates, Balmer, and Nadella. Microsoft CoPilot isn’t quite as old as the company, but it was still at...

  • Lip-Bu Tan Lays Out Intel Recovery Plans || Tech Field Day News Rundown: April 2, 2025

    Episode 23

    During the keynote for Intel VIsion 2025, new CEO Lip-Bu Tan told the attendees about his vision for the return of Intel. He said that intel needs to attract engineering talent, fix the balance sheet issues, and look at manufacturing processes. One of the biggest ways to take care of those last t...

  • Just How Secure Is Signal? || Tech Field Day News Rundown: March 26, 2025

    Episode 24

    This week has been a big one for messaging privacy. The news broke on Monday that the Editor-in-Chief for The Atlantic magazine was accidentally added to a Signal group where members of the US government were talking about highly classified military actions. The report kicked off a firestorm of C...