AI Urgency and AI Fatigue AT RSA Conference 2026 | Tech Field Day News Rundown: April 1, 2026
38m
On this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, the future of tech gets bigger, faster, and more secure.
Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke discuss Starcloud raising $170 million to build orbital data centers in space, Cisco’s new tools to secure AI agents announced at RSA Conference 2026, and record-breaking cloud spending driven by AI across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
They also cover a cyberattack involving Iran-linked hackers targeting a U.S. official’s personal email, SAP’s plan to acquire Reltio to improve enterprise data for AI, and an international operation that shut down several massive IoT botnets used for global DDoS attacks.
From space computing to AI security and cloud growth, this episode covers the biggest enterprise tech and cybersecurity stories you need to know.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Cold Open
0:41 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown
1:20 - Starcloud Raises $170M to Launch Data Centers in Space
6:17 - Cisco's New Security Shield: Protecting AI Agents from Hackers at RSA 2026
9:52 - Cloud Spending Hits Record $110 Billion as AI Boom Accelerates
12:32 - Iran-Linked Hackers Breach FBI Director’s Personal Email, Leak Photos and Emails
16:06 - SAP Acquires Reltio to Strengthen Agentic AI and Enterprise Data Strategy
19:17 - Authorities Take Down World’s Largest IoT Botnets Behind Record DDoS Attacks
23:48 - AI Urgency and AI Fatigue AT RSA Conference 2026
35:13 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Tech Field Day Events
37:22 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News Rundown