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Jim Love

A daily news program covering the top stories in technology with a weekend in depth interview.

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    Microsoft Faces a $2.8 Billion U.K. Lawsuit Over Cloud Pricing

    Microsoft Hit With $2.8B UK Cloud Lawsuit, Meta Monitors Employees to Train AI, Firefox Fixes 271 AI-Found Bugs, and a $60B Cursor Deal? This episode covers four tech stories: a UK tribunal allowing a £2.1B ($2.8B) lawsuit accusing Microsoft of overcharging around 60,000 UK businesses for Windows Server licensing on AWS and Google Cloud while offering more favorable terms on Azure; Meta rolling out monitoring software on US employees' company computers to record mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and sometimes screenshots from approved apps to train AI computer-using agents, with no opt-out on company laptops; Mozilla's Firefox 150 release fixing 271 vulnerabilities found with help from Anthropic's Mythos Preview, signaling faster AI-driven bug discovery and new pressures on open-source maintainers; and SpaceX securing an option to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for up to $60B (or a $10B partnership), framed as strategic positioning tied to Musk's ecosystem, xAI compute, and IPO narrative. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Today's Tech Rundown 00:32 Sponsor Message Meter 00:51 Microsoft UK Cloud Lawsuit 03:34 Meta Employee Monitoring for AI 07:13 AI Finds Firefox Vulnerabilities 10:42 SpaceX and Cursor IPO Math 13:57 Closing and Sponsor Thanks

    15 min

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    Microsoft GitHub Changes Pricing

    Microsoft Moves to Metered AI Pricing, Meta Hit With Scam Ad Lawsuit & BlackBerry Surges on NVIDIA Deal Jim Love covers multiple tech headlines on Hashtag Trending: Microsoft may shift GitHub Copilot to token-based billing and push new enterprise AI-agent licensing as Copilot adoption remains modest, signaling a move away from bundled AI toward metered usage. Meta faces a Washington, DC class action alleging it knowingly profited from scam and banned-goods ads, including claims it charged higher-risk advertisers premium rates and limited enforcement based on revenue impact. Microsoft rolled back a Teams service update after a regression in the client build caching system caused launch freezes for some desktop users. Windows 11 is set for performance and usability improvements, including faster File Explorer, better memory efficiency, improved update download RAM use, and fixes like consistent folder preferences and reduced dark-mode flashing. BlackBerry shares jumped about 13% after expanding an NVIDIA partnership integrating QNX with IGX Thor and Halo Safety Stack for industrial and safety-critical AI systems. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Today's Tech Headlines 00:35 Sponsor Meter 00:53 Microsoft Meters Copilot 03:23 Meta Scam Ads Lawsuit 06:10 Teams Launch Failure Fix 07:24 Windows 11 Performance Cleanup 09:59 BlackBerry Nvidia Comeback 12:11 Sponsor Meter Outro 12:54 Closing Remarks

    13 min

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    OpenMythos – An Open Source Reconstruction

    China Closes the AI Gap, Open Mythos Hype, Data Center Backlash, and EU Age-Check App Bypassed   Jim Love covers a Stanford 2026 AI Index finding that China has nearly erased the U.S. AI model performance lead, narrowing the gap to 2.7% despite U.S. private AI investment of about $286B in 2025, alongside China's lead in papers, patents, and industrial robots and a sharp slowdown in AI talent moving to the U.S. He also discusses Open Mythos, an open-source PyTorch "first-principles" reconstruction claim of Anthropic's Mythos architecture, its efficiency claims, and warnings about malware risks from copycat repos. The episode highlights growing political backlash to hyperscale data centers—election defeats, local bans, and state-level pauses—while noting some rural communities actively recruit them for tax revenue. Finally, it covers the EU's new age-verification app and how researchers quickly demonstrated a bypass after launch. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt   00:00 AI Lead Shrinks Fast 00:28 Sponsor Message Meter 00:47 China Closes AI Gap 03:01 Open Mythos Explained 04:44 Viral Repo Security Risks 05:48 Data Center Voter Revolt 08:05 Economic Case For Data Centers 09:28 EU Age Check Hacked 10:50 Wrap Up And Thanks

    12 min

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    Anthropic MCP Security Dispute Deepens

    MCP Security Dispute, Australia's Kids Social Media Ban Leaks, MacBook Neo Demand, and Bluetooth Tracker Naval Breach Host Jim Love covers multiple tech stories: OX Security says Anthropic's open source Model Context Protocol (MCP) has a root design issue leading to widespread vulnerabilities, citing 10 high/critical CVEs in tools relying on MCP, over 200,000 internet-exposed MCP servers, and rejected requests for a protocol-level fix as Anthropic called the behavior "as intended," later updating security guidance to urge caution with some adapters; OX also says exploit-capable submissions were accepted into public MCP directories. New reporting suggests Australia's social media restrictions for children are being bypassed, with age verification failing due to weak identity checks, biometric/AI errors, and behavioral workarounds. Apple's $599 MacBook Neo is reportedly selling faster than expected, with stock constraints possibly tied to limited binned A18 Pro chips. A cheap Bluetooth tracker mailed aboard a Dutch naval vessel allegedly exposed its location for about 24 hours. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Today's Tech Headlines 00:39 Sponsor Message Meter 00:58 Anthropic MCP Security Flaws 03:46 Australia Social Media Age Ban 05:54 MacBook Neo Demand Surge 07:29 Bluetooth Tracker Warship Breach 08:56 Wrap Up and Thanks

    10 min

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    Hashtag Trending Presents Project Synapse: Three AI Users Discuss the Week In AI - Apr 18, 2026

    AI Weekly: Claude 4.7, Token Costs, Open Models, Backlash, and Practical Ways to Use AI In this weekend "Project Synapse" episode, the hosts review major AI developments, including Anthropic's release of Claude Opus 4.7 (with rapid complaints about lying and token/cost issues) and discussion of the broader shift toward tighter token economics, enterprise budgeting pressure, and Microsoft's evolving M365 licensing that bundles Copilot and agents. They note growing AI backlash ranging from local resistance to data centers and concerns about profitability to reports of attacks on Sam Altman's home. The conversation covers open and Chinese models (agentic coding and multimodal image generation) and the strategic impact of open weights. They also highlight real-world uses: automating documentation, internal Q&A knowledge bases, customer service (including Starlink using Grok), research and editing workflows, book marketing, document drafting, email/search, and accounting/expense automation—while emphasizing hallucinations and verification. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Sponsor and Welcome 01:18 Lightning Round Setup 02:34 Claude Opus 4.7 Reactions 08:22 Token Costs and Enterprise Pricing 12:45 Valuations Profit and UBI Debate 19:14 Backlash Data Centres and Supply Chain 31:29 Copilot Hallucination at Work 33:32 China Agentic Coding Model 37:43 Practical AI Wins and New Threats 44:18 AI Crime Scale 45:24 Everyday AI Wins 48:29 Lightning Round Demo 50:17 Open Source Shockwave 52:32 Deepfake Son Dilemma 58:20 AI Marketing Playbook 01:02:23 Editing and Fact Checks 01:05:09 Ethics and Authenticity 01:16:27 AI First Checklist 01:22:28 Tooling Gets Better 01:25:35 Wrap and Sponsor

    1 h 27 min
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A daily news program covering the top stories in technology with a weekend in depth interview.

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  • Création
    Jim Love
  • Années d’activité
    2017 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    923
  • Classification
    Tous publics
  • Site web de l’émission
    Hashtag Trending

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