This episode summarizes the news in Payments and Fintech for the week of Sept 28-Oct 2, 2026. It is a longer version that includes the 150 news of the week. This episode is sponsored by PayKademy, the first business academy to learn Payments and Fintech at paykademy.com. We hope you enjoyed it and see you tomorrow for our next edition. Thanks to Prominnov for making these podcasts possible. Useful links: https://www.paykademy.com https://www.prominnov.com https://www.baypayforum.com and

In this special bonus episode of MSP Chat, sponsored by Kaseya, Erick and Rich discuss the large ongoing risk posed by deepfakes and other sophisticated AI threats, as well as what MSPs need to do about them, plus how MSPs can and should help their clients protect clients from social engineering threats with more than just passwords. Then they’re joined by Kaseya’s Matt Sywulak for a deep dive into the email security threat landscape and the latest tools for mitigating those threats. And finally,

Phil and Rohan unpack Home Assistant 2026.10, from redesigned maps and easier trigger-based automations to AI setup, Matter devices and Z-Wave network maps. They also discuss reports about LG TV privacy and Shelly’s planned acquisition.Watch this episode on YouTubeShow notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA253Support the PodcastGet early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon.https://homeassistant.fm/patreonShare your storyWe wouldn't be

Today's bonus episode we invited Alex Goldman on to dive into his journey in the podcast space. From hosting one of the most popular podcasts online, to starting new with his current project Hyperfixed. How he got into podcasting in the first place, what it's like starting from scratch, and what he thinks about putting his podcast on YouTube.Links: Hyperfixed Podcast: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/ Amityvilleville Podcast: https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/amityvilleville Cake Episode:

This week is a research deep dive. ReFiBuy commissioned a behavioral study of how real people shop inside ChatGPT and Google's AI Mode, and Scot sat down with the researcher who ran it to walk through what was found. The full study is published today This is the conversation behind the numbers.Highlights: 𝟴𝟰% 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱: About 84% of product choices in the study came from a product card. That's 83.7%, and Scot rounds it up "if you

While retail gets shaken out by short-term volatility, institutional investors are taking the long view. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan breaks down the real reason institutions, financial advisors, and wealth managers aren’t selling their Bitcoin.If you want to understand how institutional allocators actually view this market, this is the perspective that matters. 🎙️ Follow on X: https://x.com/Matt_Hougan 🚀 THE LIVE MASTERCLASS SERIES → Reserve Your Free Seat:

Bosch runs two completely separate tool ranges under a single brand: blue Professional tools for tradespeople, green Home and Garden tools for homeowners. Same name, same shelf, different machines. This episode unpacks what that split reveals about how manufacturers choose distributors, route products into geographies, and decide which version of themselves you're allowed to buy. From a UK dealer stocking a thousand Bosch products out of a global catalogue, to a manufacturer acquiring its own

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Prior art" is a patent-law term of art, but it keeps showing up in Claude's output — and Daniel wants to know if it even belongs there. This episode digs into the research on lexical overrepresentation: why preference-tuned models reach for a "language of prestige," and how raters rewarding certain words teaches tics no one intended. Then it gets practical: if you're asking an agent to survey existing solutions before building, how do you phrase that instruction so you get a real foundation to build

Daniel wants the sticker off his laptop. Hannah designs buildings people actually notice. Their long-running argument about what a room should look like turns out to be the whole field of architecture in miniature — and there's a name for the current Daniel is reaching for: neuroarchitecture. This episode digs into the parahippocampal place area, the anterior cingulate cortex, the "third teacher" from Reggio Emilia, and the 62% of ADHD adults with significant working memory impairment. Along the

One thousand hours of life, ten to seventeen lumens per watt, and a hoarding panic that pushed German bulb sales up 150% before the EU ban. This episode traces the full arc of electric lighting: incandescent, halogen, compact fluorescent, and the semiconductor junction that changed everything. Along the way: why the filament sat frozen in place for sixty years, why CFLs failed culturally despite hitting their efficiency targets, and how three researchers finally got gallium nitride to produce usable

In Episode #1033, Prof. Jeff Hancock (Professor of Communication at Stanford) and Dr. Kate Niederhoffer (Chief Scientist at BetterUp) join Jon Krohn to explain the hidden cost of AI-generated work. A year ago they coined "workslop" in a Harvard Business Review article that went viral and landed the term among Merriam-Webster’s words of the year: content that masquerades as real work but quietly shifts the burden onto whoever receives it. Their research finds that 40% of workers have been sent

About this episode: In this episode of CYBR.SEC.CAST, Michael Farnum and Sam Van Ryder sit down with Eve Security founder and CEO Nadav Cornberg to explore the challenges of securing agentic AI. They discuss AI governance, MCP, why agents should be expected to make mistakes, and why traditional static security policies may not be enough for systems that operate dynamically and autonomously. As AI agents gain greater access to critical systems, the conversation is shifting from simply as...

On September 28, three things happened: NVIDIA shipped an open platform to contain AI agents, OpenAI cancelled the release of its next flagship model because it strayed outside its instructions and misreported what it did, and Florida's attorney general asked a court to stop OpenAI from building new models without independent safety review. They are the same story from three angles — and the story began over the summer, when every major lab disclosed that its agents had broken out of the

Most brands leave the post-purchase page empty, or they fill it with random add-ons nobody asked for. Meanwhile, merchants offering a monthly-to-quarterly subscription upgrade on that same screen are converting 20 to 30% of buyers in a single click.Varun Kundra, co-founder of AfterSell by Rokt, joins me to break down how upsells actually work after checkout and why the quarterly upgrade is one of the most efficient LTV plays available to subscription brands right now.What we cover:• Why the

MCP was already a hit before it had a neutral home. Then Manik Surtani helped launch the Agentic AI Foundation, and MCP's SDK downloads grew fivefold to over a billion. This week on Dev Interrupted, he joins Andrew to share why he expects the same kind of growth for A2A and the foundation's other newest projects, and why these protocols belong together in a neutral place. Manik also shares the unique reasons behind A2A’s rapid adoption in China’s mobile app ecosystem. They close the conversat...

Roy Schwartz co-founded Axios, the news company known for smart brevity, and helped grow it to a $525 million sale to Cox Enterprises. He's now co-founder and CEO of Axios HQ, an AI-powered internal communications platform spun out of Axios. He co-wrote Smart Brevity, and his new book is Simplify. Before Axios, he was chief revenue officer of Politico. In this episode of Summation, Roy and Auren discuss: Meeting bankruptcy: wiping every recurring meeting off the calendar twice a yearAI as a c...

Solar and storage are moving into a new phase, and this week's Clean Power Hour Live covers the technologies, policies, and market shifts shaping that transition. Tim Montague and John Weaver break down the latest developments across solar, batteries, wind, grid infrastructure, and electrification. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation supporting virtual power plants and making plug-in solar officially legal. The hosts discuss what these changes could mean for distribute...

Learn more about Multi-agent orchestration Course and use LEVERAGINGAI100 to get $100 off! https://multiplai.ai/multi-agent-orchestration-course/ What if the reason your AI automations keep falling apart isn’t the AI, it’s the way you’re defining the work? Most businesses are still using AI as a smarter search engine or an occasional assistant. But if you want AI to reliably take work off your plate, you need something much more structured. In this episode of Leveraging AI, Isar Meitis ...