The Big Tech Ticket

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The Big Tech Ticket

The technology sector’s rise in relevance, utility, and power in our lives and the international landscape has been increasingly self-evident over the 21st century. The past decade saw once-charming upstarts become behemoths who drew scrutiny from a wide range of critics. And the COVID-19 pandemic has only grown the sector’s salience and our dependence on their products, heightening the contradictory position. As we emerge from that pandemic with the rising awareness of this dependence, there are tons of questions about what happens next, which the Big Tech Ticket will address. James Rogers, a journalist with more than two decades covering the tech industry, will be the host of the Big Tech Ticket.

Episodios

  1. 02/06/2021

    The Approaching Antitrust Moment, With Krista Brown

    While the ongoing pandemic and government spending bills have grabbed a large share of the 2021 headlines, the  movement to regulate monopolies and strengthen antitrust action is continuing to grow. Tech remains the sector with the most antitrust attention, as Apple's recent trial with Epic Games illustrates. The question is, are we actually reaching a turning point, or is this still just talk? To get at the answer, James Rogers speaks with Krista Brown of the American Economic Liberties Project about the state of our economy and the concentration of economic power among increasingly few companies, and what might or might not change that situation. Topics Covered 0:30 minute mark – Background on the American Economic Liberties Project 1:30 – Why Big Tech is a focus, and what the Apple / Epic Games trial tells us 4:30 – Is this punishing success, and the changing views on antitrust 7:00 – How might the Apple / Epic Games trial play out? 8:30 – Whether it’s time to redefine and update monopoly and antitrust in regulation 11:00 – Are we seeing a turning tide from the federal government towards antitrust enforcement? 14:30 – How tech represents itself vs. reality 16:00 – How close are we to real change? 19:00 – What might catalyze a consumer opinion shift 21:00 – The limited options facing small business competitors and consumers 23:00 – How widespread the industry concentration issue goes, and how it stifles innovation

    28 min
  2. 26/05/2021

    Semi Shortage And Supply Chain Risks and Opportunities, With Bindiya Vakil

    The semiconductor shortage has caused snarl in a number of sectors, from automotives to tech to appliances, and stands in for wider supply chain issues as the world starts to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the current focus is on how this might affect inflation and the reopening economy, it also may be an opportunity for key players in our economy to rethink how supply chains should be set up. On the newest episode of The Big Tech Ticket, James Rogers speaks with Bindiya Vakil, CEO of Resilinc, a supply chain management and monitoring firm. They talk about how we got into the current back-up, how long it might take to unlock, what the risks are in addressing the situation, and how those risks could give way to opportunities with the right focus. Topics Covered 0:30 minute mark – The background for the current demand outlook in semiconductors 3:00 – What’s making it so acute now? 4:30 – The complexity on the supply side 6:30 – Time horizon for when this gets resolved, and the risks 8:00 – The risk of overbuilding in reaction 10:00 – The risks the shortage poses to the pace of innovation…and the opportunity 12:00 – What is the U.S.’s next move in this area, and how to involve the region 15:30 – The lack of a magic key to unlock all of the supply chain bottlenecks 17:30 – The time to focus on supply continuity 20:15 – Final outlook for solving these issues

    23 min
  3. 12/05/2021

    The Need For A National Strategy For AI, With Gilman Louie

    Artificial intelligence (AI) already plays a significant role in citizens' lives, and the United States has a clear leadership role in developing the capabilities and applications for AI. As the software gets more salient and visible, the question is whether the U.S. can maintain that leadership. Gilman Louie, co-founder and partner of VC firm Alsop Louie and commissioner on the National Security Commission On Artifical Intelligence, joins The Big Tech Ticket to discuss the commission's recent report on the need for a national strategy in the US, and what that would entail. The discussion touches on how AI is more than a software issue, how big the stakes are for leadership over AI usage, what history can tell us about ways to collaborate with global rivals, and how video games can help individuals close the knowledge gap around AI. Topics Covered :30 minute mark - Direction of AI competition between US and China 4:00 – What steps should the US take 5:45 – Will everybody be onboard to develop a strategy? 8:30 – Reconsidering supply chains with respect to AI 10:00 – How can the government help business play a role in this strategy 11:30 – The stakes around AI development 15:30 – Nuclear détente and its example for setting AI standards 17:00 – Distinguishing between the U.S. system and authoritarian ones 20:30 – Value of AI – discovery functions 22:45 – The AI knowledge gap and getting “AI ready” 25:00 – Video games as a way to close the knowledge gap 29:00 - The Tetris Story Read the NSCAI report here: https://www.nscai.gov/2021-final-report/

    34 min

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The technology sector’s rise in relevance, utility, and power in our lives and the international landscape has been increasingly self-evident over the 21st century. The past decade saw once-charming upstarts become behemoths who drew scrutiny from a wide range of critics. And the COVID-19 pandemic has only grown the sector’s salience and our dependence on their products, heightening the contradictory position. As we emerge from that pandemic with the rising awareness of this dependence, there are tons of questions about what happens next, which the Big Tech Ticket will address. James Rogers, a journalist with more than two decades covering the tech industry, will be the host of the Big Tech Ticket.

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