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Tech Field Day News Rundown

The Tech Field Day News Rundown is a weekly look at the IT news of the week. Hosted by Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett.

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00:36:06

Putting the Brakes on Agentic AI: Human Control Comes...

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2026/02/18

The open-source ClawBands project aims to restore human oversight to OpenClaw, a wildly popular autonomous AI assistant capable of executing shell commands, modifying files, and accessing APIs. Created by software engineer Sandro Munda, ClawBands intercepts every tool call and enforces “human-in-the-loop” approval before actions are executed, creating an auditable decision trail. The project emerges amid growing concern from security researchers and CISOs, who warn that OpenClaw’s rapid adoption,

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00:36:22

EU Challenges Meta Over WhatsApp AI Restrictions -...

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2026/02/11

European regulators are taking action against Meta over concerns that it is restricting competition by blocking third-party AI assistants on WhatsApp. The European Commission says Meta’s recent policy changes may violate EU antitrust rules and is considering interim measures to restore access for rival AI developers while the investigation continues. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps:0:00 - Cold Open0:26 - Welcome to the Tech

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00:39:00

AI Agent Skills are a New Malware Supply Chain Risk |...

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2026/02/04

This week’s Tech Field Day News Rundown dives into the biggest AI, security, and enterprise shakeups. Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke deliver this week’s Tech Field Day News Rundown, starting with a global push by actors and musicians calling for a “permission-first” approach to AI training, as unions accuse AI companies of using copyrighted works without consent. They also cover growing security concerns around agentic AI after researchers discovered serious vulnerabilities in MCP servers from

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00:36:49

NVIDIA $2B AI Play, Blue Origin TeraWave, & More |...

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2026/01/28

Tom Hollingsworth and guest host Jay Cuthrell bring the latest tech news straight to you in this week’s Tech Field Day News Rundown!They kick things off with Obsidian Security’s new SaaS updates, giving tighter control over third-party integrations and reducing breach risks. Fidelity’s legal settlement with Broadcom over VMware software gets discussed, showing why vendor changes can ripple through enterprises.Next up, NVIDIA invests $2B in CoreWeave, boosting AI infrastructure, while Microsoft’s

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00:39:08

Rushing AI to Market Creates Dangerous Security Gaps...

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2026/01/21

A critical ServiceNow vulnerability shows how quickly deployed AI features can turn into major security risks. By rushing agentic AI into production without proper authentication, authorization, and safeguards, organizations are creating new attack paths that bypass traditional defenses. Experts warn that AI agents need zero-trust controls, least-privilege access, and lifecycle management—or enterprises risk turning productivity tools into security liabilities. This and more on the Tech Field Day

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00:36:39

Predict 2026: AI is Shaping Business and Technology |...

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2026/01/14

For 2026, AI is no longer a trend—it’s becoming foundational infrastructure, transforming how software is built, how cloud and data centers operate, how security is enforced, and how businesses compete. Predict 2026, hosted by Futurum, explores these shifts with sessions on agentic AI, accelerated development, trust and security, data infrastructure, and the physical limits of AI. Leaders will gain insights into how AI will reshape SaaS pricing, DevOps cycles, cybersecurity strategies, and

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00:37:38

NVIDIA Unveils Rubin Platform & Open AI Vision at CES...

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2026/01/07

At CES 2026, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a sweeping vision for the future of AI, led by the Rubin platform—the company’s first extreme-codesigned, six-chip AI architecture designed to dramatically reduce AI computing costs while scaling performance across data centers, enterprises, and devices. NVIDIA also introduced a broad portfolio of open models spanning healthcare, robotics, climate science, and autonomous driving, highlighted by the Alpamayo platform powering AI-defined driving in the

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00:47:02

AI Booms, Quantum Breakthroughs, Cloud Wars, &...

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2025/12/17

2025 was a year of seismic shifts in tech, as AI surged into a critical growth phase with massive investments, partnerships, and global trade battles over chips. Intel and HPE restructured for the AI era, quantum computing made strides with Microsoft, Google, and Cisco advancing real-world applications, and cloud giants struck multibillion-dollar deals. Meanwhile, strategic acquisitions reshaped the landscape—Lenovo, SoftBank, Google, Qualcomm, Anthropic, and more strengthened AI, cloud,

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00:33:26

Micron Exits Consumer Memory to Focus on AI Chips |...

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2025/12/10

Micron is leaving the consumer memory market, including its Crucial brand, to focus on high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI data centers. The company will continue selling consumer products until February 2026. The move comes amid a global chip shortage, and HBM sales are growing fast, making AI-focused memory more profitable than consumer products. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:27 - Welcome to the Tech Field

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00:37:47

Apple Replaces AI Chief After Apple Intelligence...

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2025/12/03

Apple’s AI chief, John Giannandrea, is stepping down after delays and criticism around Apple Intelligence, including the postponed Siri overhaul. Amar Subramanya — a former Google and Microsoft AI leader — will take over and report to Craig Federighi as Apple reorganizes its AI teams. Giannandrea will stay on as an advisor until spring 2026. The shake-up shows Apple is still trying to catch up in AI, mirroring similar leadership exits at other tech companies. This and more on the Tech Field Day News

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00:34:31

Nokia & AWS Unveil Heavy US AI Infrastructure...

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2025/11/26

Nokia is investing $4 billion to expand U.S. AI-ready network infrastructure, focusing primarily on Bell Labs and additional facilities in New Jersey, Texas, and Pennsylvania to strengthen connectivity, national security, and its NVIDIA partnership. At the same time, AWS is committing $50 billion to grow AI and supercomputing capacity for U.S. government agencies, adding 1.3 gigawatts of secure cloud infrastructure across classified regions to accelerate missions like cybersecurity, drug discovery,

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00:31:16

Cloudflare Outage Takes Down Parts of the Internet |...

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2025/11/19

Web infrastructure provider Cloudflare experienced a global disruption that caused widespread “Error 500” messages and took down major platforms including X and ChatGPT. The outage, triggered by a sudden spike in unusual network traffic, impacted thousands of websites early Tuesday and highlighted the fragility of internet architecture—over 20 percent of global web traffic flows through Cloudflare. The firm is actively investigating the root cause and working to restore full service while

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00:33:52

CNCF, Arm Standardize AI on Kubernetes at KubeCon |...

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2025/11/12

At KubeCon 2025, the CNCF launched the Certified Kubernetes AI Conformance Program to standardize AI and ML workloads on Kubernetes, ensuring portability across hybrid and sovereign clouds and preventing platform lock-in. Supported by companies like Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, and Red Hat, the initiative promotes interoperability, scalability, and efficient production deployment. Arm showcased its Neoverse platform alongside Google Cloud’s Axion N4A VMs, enabling energy-efficient, scalable

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00:27:30

Commvault's Data Rooms for Easier AI Data Access |...

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2025/11/05

Commvault’s Data Rooms let data science teams quickly access and prepare backup data, while a new AI-powered interface simplifies querying and managing it. Using data already classified during backup, teams can reduce manual prep, apply role-based access and sensitivity tags, and share data securely. The tools aim to speed up AI model training by letting IT handle data management tasks, freeing data scientists to focus on analysis. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Alastair Cooke

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00:31:22

Amazon Web Services Recovers After Major Global...

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2025/10/29

AWS is restoring operations after a massive outage disrupted internet access worldwide, affecting major platforms like Snapchat, Facebook, Fortnite, Delta, Coinbase, and several banks. The issue stemmed from a DNS failure that temporarily prevented access to data stored in AWS systems, causing widespread service interruptions and “Error 404” messages. Experts say the outage, which exposed how heavily global internet infrastructure depends on AWS, may have cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Amazon

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00:33:02

Amazon Web Services Recovers After Major Global...

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2025/10/22

AWS is restoring operations after a massive outage disrupted internet access worldwide, affecting major platforms like Snapchat, Facebook, Fortnite, Delta, Coinbase, and several banks. The issue stemmed from a DNS failure that temporarily prevented access to data stored in AWS systems, causing widespread service interruptions and “Error 404” messages. Experts say the outage, which exposed how heavily global internet infrastructure depends on AWS, may have cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Amazon

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00:32:40

NetApp INSIGHT 2025: NetApp Data Engine & AFX Array |...

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2025/10/15

At NetApp INSIGHT 2025, the company announced several major innovations, including the new AI Data Engine, which pre-processes ONTAP data for use with LLMs and AI agents. This platform features advanced metadata management, data synchronization, data governance, and data curation, along with a built-in vector database to streamline AI workloads. NetApp also introduced AFX, a new architecture that allows independent scaling of storage and compute, built around the AFX 1K storage controller, optional

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00:38:41

Wiretapping Trusted Enclaves | The Tech Field Day...

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2025/10/08

Security researchers have figured out how to break enclaves. Sort of. In papers published this week, two independent groups have revealed their latest exploits, Battering RAM and Wiretap. They both work by attacking memory where encrypted data is stored. Both Intel SGX and AMD SEV-SNP use deterministic encryption to store data in RAM for performance reasons. These attacks can replay the data in plain text form. The catch? You need to have a hardware device, called an interposer, between the CPU and

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00:36:34

Microsoft Security Copilot Blocks AI-Generated...

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2025/10/01

Microsoft stopped a phishing attack that used AI-generated code to hide its malicious payload and trick victims. Hackers sent fake file-sharing emails from a compromised account, with an SVG file disguised as a PDF that contained hidden JavaScript. Microsoft’s Security Copilot flagged the code as AI-made because it was overly complex and unnatural, while Defender for Office 365 blocked the campaign by spotting suspicious behavior and infrastructure signals. Researchers noted that while AI makes

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00:23:42

NVIDIA's Multi-Billion-Dollar Moves to Expand AI |...

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2025/09/24

NVIDIA is doubling down on AI dominance with massive investments across cloud, chips, and infrastructure. It struck a $6.3B deal with CoreWeave to secure long-term GPU demand, is investing $5B in Intel to co-develop custom CPUs and PC chips that pair Intel processors with NVIDIA GPUs, and is committing up to $100B with OpenAI to build data centers requiring 10 gigawatts of power. These moves lock in demand, expand NVIDIA’s role across computing ecosystems, and cement its leadership in the race to

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