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

  1. 5H AGO

    Hashtag Trending Weekend: Steve Visconti - Electric Vehicles and Security

    EV Charging Security Risks: Unreachable Networks, Grid Threats, and the Government Kill Switch Debate 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 In this holiday edition of Hashtag Trending, host Jim Love shares David Shipley's interview with Steve Visconti, CEO of Xiid Corporation, on the cybersecurity risks surrounding electric vehicles—especially EV charging infrastructure. Visconti explains how modern chargers connect into large IP networks with control, billing, and back-office systems that can become attack targets, potentially disrupting telecom networks or even the power grid as vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid capabilities expand. He describes Xiid's approach of reducing "reachability" by closing ports and static IP exposure while allowing only registered users and machine-to-machine tunnels. The conversation also touches on charger misconfiguration leading to fires, DDoS and cloud attacks already occurring, and concerns about US legislation requiring a government-accessible vehicle kill switch by around 2027. 00:00 Holiday Show Setup 00:34 Kill Switch Nightmare 01:37 Sponsor And Interview Intro 02:00 Meet Steve Visconti 02:37 What Xiid Builds 03:50 EV Charging Symposium 05:03 Why Chargers Matter 07:05 Vehicle To Grid Risks 09:45 Fires And Open Ports 10:56 Securing Commercial Networks 12:28 Make Systems Unreachable 14:51 Car As The Threat 18:25 Policy And Awareness Gaps 21:44 Botnets And Real Attacks 23:15 Kill Switch Policy Returns 25:03 Wrap Up And Call To Action 25:51 Final Sponsor And Goodbye

    27 min

  2. 1D AGO

    New Advancements In Quantum Processing

    Caltech Quantum Error-Correction Breakthrough, ChatGPT Ads, AI Radiologists & Starlink's Night-Sky Risk Host Jim Love covers four stories: Caltech researchers say fault-tolerant quantum computing may be closer than expected because new error-correction work could cut the need from about 100 physical qubits per logical qubit to roughly five or six, making commercially viable systems possible at around 10,000 qubits; researcher Oscar Painter has launched Oratomic to pursue utility-scale quantum computers, raising urgency around encryption risks. OpenAI is exploring conversational ads in ChatGPT with Smartly, building on formats proven on Meta, while emphasizing ads won't influence answers as trust becomes a competitive issue against rivals like Anthropic. NYC Health and Hospitals' CEO says AI could replace much radiology work, but liability and regulation remain key barriers. Finally, Starlink expansion could worsen light pollution, hinder astronomy, and increase orbital debris and cascade collision risks despite connectivity benefits. 00:00 Headlines And Sponsor 00:49 Quantum Encryption Threat 04:38 ChatGPT Conversational Ads 07:10 AI Replacing Radiologists 10:29 Starlink Night Sky Risks 12:44 Wrap Up And Thanks

    14 min

  3. 2D AGO

    Microsoft Has Worst Quarter Since 2008

    Claude Code Leak, Cisco Dev Breach via Trivy, Iran Threatens US Tech Firms, Microsoft Shares Slide 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 Jim Love hosts Hashtag Trending with sponsor Meter and covers four main stories: a March 31 packaging error that shipped Anthropic's Claude code tool with a large source-code map file in its NPM package, enabling reconstruction of the TypeScript orchestration layer (not the model), followed by rapid GitHub انتشار and DMCA takedowns; a major Cisco breach where threat actors used stolen credentials tied to a Trivy supply-chain compromise and a malicious GitHub Action to access Cisco's development environment, clone 300+ repositories, and abuse AWS keys (Cisco says products and customer systems weren't impacted); an Iranian military warning that US tech employees in the Gulf should leave workplaces, implying potential physical attacks beyond prior cyber activity; and Microsoft's roughly 23% quarterly share drop amid capacity constraints, data-center resistance, chip supply pressure, slower paid Copilot adoption, lagging Windows 11 uptake, and reliability issues. 00:00 Sponsor and Headlines 00:54 Claude Code Leak Explained 02:30 Containment and Legal Fallout 04:23 Cisco Supply Chain Breach 06:33 Iran Threats to Tech 08:32 Microsoft Stock Slide 09:59 Wrap Up and Sponsor Thanks

    12 min

  4. 3D AGO

    Mythos - Anthropic's Super Powerful Model Accidentally Leaked.

    Leaked Anthropic Mythos, OpenAI's AGI Deployment Push, Government AI Rollouts, and Facial Recognition Failures 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 The episode reports that internal documents about Anthropic's accidentally leaked model "Mythos" describe major gains over Opus 4.6 in coding, reasoning, and cybersecurity, alongside concerns about advanced cyber exploitation capability and high compute cost, prompting limited early access for cybersecurity defenders with no broad release timeline. It also covers OpenAI's completion of pre-training for a new model code-named "Spud," the creation of an AGI Deployment division led by Fidji Simo, shifting safety and security responsibilities to Mark Chen and Greg Brockman, Altman focusing on fundraising and infrastructure, and reported shutdown of SORA to redirect compute. The show notes faster government AI adoption, citing reported Claude/Palantir military use, France deploying Mistral across the military for administrative and intelligence tasks, and the IRS using Palantir AI for fraud detection and audits. It highlights harms from AI errors, including Tennessee grandmother Angela Lipps jailed for months after a faulty facial recognition match, plus other misidentification incidents, emphasizing the need to verify AI outputs. 00:00 Headlines and Sponsor 00:54 Claude Mythos Leak 03:02 OpenAI Spud and AGI Push 05:39 Governments Deploy AI Now 07:39 When AI Gets It Wrong 09:47 Wrap Up and Thanks

    11 min

  5. 4D AGO

    Meta and YouTube Found Liable By California Jury

    Helium Shortage Threatens Chip Supply, Social Media Liability, EU Open-Source Office Push & Critical Chrome Update 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 Jim Love covers a Qatar helium facility damaged during the Iranian conflict that has been offline for two weeks, removing about a third of global helium supply and threatening semiconductor production that relies on helium for cooling, EUV lithography, and vacuum leak detection, with potential bottlenecks affecting suppliers tied to South Korea and rising AI-driven demand. He discusses a California jury finding Meta and YouTube liable for harm to a minor, noting the verdict's reputational and sentiment impact more than the financial damages amid declining trust and increased scrutiny. The episode highlights a European-backed hard fork of OnlyOffice aiming to reduce reliance on US platforms with a browser-based, self-hostable suite. Love also condemns Epic Games' layoff of a terminally ill employee that reportedly cut life insurance, and urges immediate updating after Google issues a high-risk Chrome security patch affecting billions. 00:00 Headlines And Sponsor 00:46 Helium Shortage Hits Chips 04:06 Social Media Liability Verdict 06:34 Europe Forks Office Suite 09:25 Epic Layoff Sparks Outrage 11:42 Urgent Chrome Security Update 13:47 Wrap Up And Thanks

    15 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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  • Creator
    Jim Love
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    923
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Hashtag Trending

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