Host Keith Shaw and his expert guests discuss the latest technology news and trends happening in the industry. Watch new episodes twice each week here or listen to the podcast.
Are we at a crossroads in mapping innovation? In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw speaks with Marc Prioleau, executive director of the Overture Maps Foundation, about how artificial intelligence, open data, and community-driven efforts are reshaping the future of digital maps.
A shocking new investigation reveals how North Korean operatives used generative AI tools to pose as remote tech workers, land real jobs, and send stolen salaries—and potentially sensitive data—back to the DPRK. In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw speaks with Brett Winterford, VP of Okta Threat Intelligence, about the rise of “wage mole” campaigns, deepfake video interviews, and how companies were tricked into hiring fake personas with stolen identities.
In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw interviews Roei Ganzarski, CEO of Alitheon, about the alarming rise of counterfeit goods—and how advanced technologies like generative AI, 3D scanning, and global e-commerce are making the problem worse. From fake pharmaceuticals and automotive parts to luxury items and skincare products, counterfeiters are now targeting high-risk, high-value industries with near-undetectable fakes.
As the world reimagines life after the pandemic, a bold new vision for city development is emerging—Quantum Cities. In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw interviews Chase Garbarino, co-founder and CEO of HqO, to explore how artificial intelligence, commercial real estate innovation, and digital infrastructure are converging to fuel the next wave of urban transformation.
Five years after the pandemic forced schools online, what's the real future of distance education in a world shaped by AI, hybrid models, and evolving student needs? In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw speaks with Evan Kropp, Executive Director of Distance Education at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications.
AI agents are revolutionizing productivity, but they’re also creating a massive, growing security crisis for businesses. In this episode of Today in Tech, we chat with Clarence Hinton, Chief Strategy Officer at CyberArk, exploring the alarming findings from a new identity security survey covering over 2,600 cybersecurity leaders across 20 countries.
AI tools are making it faster and easier than ever to find personal details about anyone, often turning harmless online information into real-world risk. In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw speaks with Chris Wingfield, a former military digital targeter and now SVP at 360 Privacy, about how generative AI is transforming online surveillance. They explore how scammers, stalkers, and even corporate actors use AI to weaponize public data — and what individuals and businesses can do to protect themselves. From Google searches to Zillow listings and LinkedIn profiles, your digital trail is more dangerous than you think.
In this episode of Today in Tech, Keith Shaw talks with Robert Siegel, Stanford lecturer and author of The Systems Leader, about how managers and executives can lead more effectively during turbulent times. Drawing from real-world examples and research, Robert shares a new leadership approach built for today’s fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
Everyone from Elon Musk to Mark Zuckerberg is declaring the end of the smartphone era — but is it hype or reality? On this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw is joined by IDC analyst Ramon Llamas to explore whether smart glasses, earbuds, AI pins, or even brain implants will really replace your smartphone. From the rise of AR/VR wearables to the limitations of AI assistants, we dig into what’s coming, what’s hype, and why your phone isn’t going anywhere — yet.
As the demand for high-quality training data continues to surge, synthetic data is emerging as a game-changing tool in the world of AI development. But is it the silver bullet enterprises need—or a potential minefield of risks? In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw sits down with Alexius Wronka, CTO of Data and Growth at Invisible Technologies, to explore the advantages, limitations, and ethical challenges of using synthetic data to train large language models (LLMs) and enterprise AI systems.
Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and DALL·E are rapidly transforming how we create images, tell stories, and even build entire comic books. In this episode of Today in Tech, Keith Shaw sits down with Michael Todasco—an AI advisor, creative technologist, and visiting fellow at San Diego State University—to examine the explosive growth of AI image generators and the big questions they raise. Tadasco shares real-world classroom experiences showing how fast AI models evolve, explains how new image generation features are unlocking new forms of creativity, and discusses the legal and ethical issues around AI-generated art styles like Studio Ghibli and Disney characters. The conversation also covers how AI is being used to make pitch decks, logo designs, and slide presentations—sparking a debate about what jobs might be impacted next.
Generative AI is transforming customer service — but are companies ready? In this episode of Today in Tech, Keith Shaw talks with Glenn Nethercutt, CTO at Genesys, about the rise of AI-powered chatbots, agent copilots, and the shift toward empathetic, agentic AI in CX. From IVRs that frustrate to AI agents that anticipate your needs, we explore how companies are reimagining customer experiences.
Insider threats are no longer just about disgruntled employees. In 2025, threat actors are recruiting from within—sometimes using underground 'job boards' to find insiders willing to sell credentials, plant malware, or steal data. In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw talks with Ryan LaSalle, CEO of Nisos, about how insider threats are evolving and how companies can detect and prevent them.
Can individuals and organizations still take control of their data — or has the privacy battle already been lost? In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw is joined by Ron De Jesus, Field Chief Privacy Officer at Transcend (formerly with Grindr and Tinder), to explore the evolving challenges of data privacy, corporate surveillance, and cyber threats.
Is AI about to cause the biggest workplace disruption in 25 years? In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw sits down with Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff to explore the rise of AI agents—and how they’re already transforming major companies like Singapore Airlines, Disney, Lennar, and Pandora.
Generative AI is hot—but are companies wasting their money? Host Keith Shaw dives into surprising new findings with Brett Roscoe (Informatica) and Blake Andrews (Independent Financial). A global survey of top data leaders reveals that many generative AI projects are \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"stuck in the mud,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" yet budgets keep growing. What’s behind the disconnect—and will it continue in 2025?
Generative AI has entered the world of software development—and it’s making waves. In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw is joined by Murali Sastry from Skillsoft and Eran Yanav from Tabnine to tackle the big question: Will generative AI replace mid-level software engineers? Or are developers evolving into AI-augmented leaders?
Are passwords obsolete? With rising data breaches, weak password habits, and endless security layers failing us, it’s time to rethink how we protect our digital lives. In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw sits down with cybersecurity expert Gilad Shriki, co-founder of Descope, to explore the flaws in traditional passwords and discuss cutting-edge solutions for safer, smarter authentication.
Host Keith Shaw talks with Marci Maddox, vice president of research and content for IDC’s Tech Buyer Digital Platform, about how artificial intelligence is shaking up the IT sourcing and procurement process for large companies. With agentic AI on the way and concerns around trust, accuracy, and risk, how will AI be able to prove itself as a way to improve the procurement process?
Host Keith Shaw talks with Dustin York, an adjunct professor at the University of Florida who teaches a graduate-level class called “The science of going viral”. With social media becoming more of an entertainment media, many of the rules have changed around what content becomes a hit versus a flop. The two also discuss why so many companies fail at social media branding or whether they are trying too hard on their social channels.
Host Keith Shaw talks with Mika Yamamoto, chief customer and marketing officer at Freshworks, about their latest survey of 4,000 knowledge workers. The survey said not only are workers embracing AI in their jobs, they’re demanding more from their employers and getting promotions because of the technology.
Host Keith Shaw talks with Ken Mingis from Computerworld and Macworld’s Michael Simon about Apple’s latest battles with the U.K. and Europe over protecting users’ data from governments and side-loading applications on the iPhone. The Apple crew also discusses what we can expect from Apple in 2025, whether the company will be creating a follow-up product to the Vision Pro, and whether the company has moved on from the Steve Jobs legacy on the eve of what would have been his 70th birthday.
Within the financial services spaces, many companies are fast-moving when it comes to technology innovation, but generally the banking space has been slower moving and more conservative, due to regulations and concerns about data privacy. Will this likely continue as companies explore generative AI and agentic AI technologies? Olly Downs, Chief Technology & AI Officer at Curinos, joins the show to discuss with host Keith Shaw where banks, credit-card companies and other financial services firms will deploy AI agents.
Going beyond traditional generative AI chatbots and even agentic AI workflows, the next phase within the workplace, especially for mundane tasks, will be performed by ‘digital employees’ alongside humans. But what does this mean? Will digital employees be treated the same as other human co-workers? Will they have to sit through job interviews and meetings? (short answer: yes) Gou Rao, co-founder of NeuBird, chats with host Keith Shaw about this brave new future of work that might be right around the corner.
Innovations in the AI space continue to disrupt the technology space, and recent news about Chinese startup DeepSeek not only disrupted financial markets, but enterprise concerns as well. Debo Dutta, Chief AI Officer at Nutanix, joins the show to discuss his top AI trends for 2025 and what businesses need to do now to prepare for the constant disruptions in AI.
Advances in artificial intelligence, networking and software are allowing sensor companies to create new use cases for “older” technologies. For example, millimeter wave technology once aimed at creating a better VR experience within the home can now be used to detect falls for older residents living at home. Gregg Rouse, president of Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM), joins the show to discuss advances in sensor technologies and what new use cases will emerge from them.
With new AI tools disrupting companies and workplaces around the world, are we soon approaching a new way of work that goes beyond the agricultural, industrial and information ages? What will happen if we get to a place where humans won’t be ‘working’ in a traditional sense that we’ve all grown up with? Aneesh Raman, the Chief Economic Opportunity Officer at LinkedIn, joins the show to discuss a new paradigm where humans still have jobs and will be ‘working’, but where the nature of work is focused on skills rather than jobs and titles.
Is agentic AI technology the next phase of generative artificial intelligence, or are there some other AI technologies on the horizon? What is being overhyped versus actual projects that will have business impact? Michael Cohen, global chief data & analytics officer at Plus Company, joins the show to discuss the evolutionary nature of generative AI, and where the world is heading next.
With technology touching so many different parts of the business, companies have created so many different “Chief” officers that it now causes confusion about who is responsible for the technology vision. Would a new “Super Chief” role solve this confusion? John Spens from Thoughtworks and Thomas Davenport from Babson College, join the show to discuss this new IT organizational structure.
Many companies exploring generative AI now face the possibility of deploying the next phase of the technology, agentic AI, without yet fully getting a grasp on earlier genAI tools. This could spell disaster for many companies as AI agents inadvertently expose private data to employees or those outside the company. Anneka Gupta, a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the chief product officer at Rubrik, joins the show to discuss why companies need to get ready for AI agents now.
While generative AI, spatial computing and citizen development all spurred disruptions to businesses in 2024, will those themes continue as we enter the new year? Mike Bechtel, chief futurist at Deloitte and one of the authors of their 2025 Tech Trends reports, joins the show to review the biggest technology trends for companies for the new year.
Has the rise of social media, artificial intelligence and other data tracking platforms broken the original idea of the Internet? Do we truly live in a post-truth society due to these problems? Can TikTok become a platform for good that allows people to decide what they want to see, rather than an unknown and secretive algorithm? Tomicah Tillemann, president of Project Liberty, joins the show to discuss these problems and a potential solution (the sale of TikTok to Project Liberty and others) that addresses several of these bad parts of the Internet.
In our latest tech news roundup: General Motors kills the robotaxi Cruise division, ceding the market to Waymo and Tesla; Embodied runs out of money, spelling doom for its Moxie robot. Guest co-host Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch joins the show to discuss what this means for the tech industry, along with other stories from recent weeks.
Is the Silicon Valley culture the same as it once was? Recent big technology leaders moving towards the political space are shining the light on a new generation of leaders and entrepreneurs that is different from previous generations. Rob Lalka, author of “The Venture Alchemists” and a professor of entrepreneurship at Tulane University, discusses these issues as well as the impact of artificial intelligence on future generations.
Intel says goodbye to Pat Gelsinger; Amazon invests heavily into an AI supercomputer and Panasonic aims to revive its founder via AI. Cybersecurity journalist Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch joins Keith and Chris to discuss these and other tech stories.
While 2024 was not as difficult than 2023 in terms of the number of technology job layoffs, there are still mixed signals in the job market. While tech unemployment remains low, anecdotally we are discovering that it’s harder for many people to find a new job. What gives? Lucas Mearian, senior reporter at Computerworld, joins the show to discuss job hunting strategies, why companies continue to put obstacles in place on finding good candidates, and the impact of AI on the whole situation.
Recent cyberattacks on industrial facilities, including one of the country’s largest water suppliers, has turned the spotlight on whether utilities and other critical infrastructure are properly protected from attacks. What challenges do groups face, and how will artificial intelligence affect potential future attacks or defense? Ian Bramson, vice president of global industrial cybersecurity at Black & Veatch, joins the show to discuss these and other issues facing industrial organizations.
While experts may feel that an AI bubble burst is happening, someone forgot to tell companies that continue to spend money on the technology. A new report says business spending on generative AI has surged 500% this year, reaching $13.8 billion. Guest co-host Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch talks with Keith about this and other tech stories, including the latest financial firm data breach, and why it’s so much work to monitor streaming services spending.
With a second Trump presidency on the horizon, many are wondering whether this will save TikTok from a complete U.S. ban (with a Jan. 19 deadline approaching) or if it continues to move ahead. Guest co-host Jack Gold joins the show to discuss this and other tech news from recent weeks, including OpenAI getting into the agentic AI space, AMD’s layoffs and what this means for any Nvidia competition, and why people still use horrible passwords.
For the second time, NVIDIA’s market cap makes it the world’s most valuable company, passing Apple. Does this mean a new golden age for the chipmaker, or are there some concerns on the horizon? Guest co-host Jack Gold joins the show to discuss this and other tech news, including whether people still want to work at tech companies, why OpenAI’s SearchGPT is a breath of fresh air, and why monkeys trying to write Shakespeare on typewriters are going to be out of a job.
With more states and countries filing lawsuits against TikTok, the tide appears to be turning against companies in the social media space to get them to do more about protecting children and teens from addiction and self-harm. Dr. Lisa Strohman, founder and CEO of the Digital Citizen Academy, talks about the latest movements in the TikTok lawsuits, but also provides warnings about other areas of technology that parents need to stay aware of when it comes to people looking to harm kids (gaming platforms, AI and VR ‘dark sides’).
Apple Intelligence is about to be unleashed to iPhone users, but will its limited features appeal to customers who want to do more AI on their smartphones? RJ Bardsley joins as guest co-host to discuss this issue and other recent technology news, including some new possible reasons for return-to-office mandates, why the government doesn’t want companies paying ransomware, and whether more business events are including “forced fun” activities such as pickleball and lazy river innertube races.
With new health-related trackers and devices coming to consumers in droves (led by Apple and other Big Tech companies), will we be heading down the path where every waking (and sleeping) moment is being tracked for health data? Will the future be better (being able to become healthier through data monitoring) or worse (tracking data sold off to companies for advertising or stolen by hackers)? David Liu, CEO of Sonde Health, joins the show to discuss the pros and cons of this new era of health data tracking, and how consumers and companies should brave these waters.
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are all investing millions of dollars into nuclear power, driven by a need for more power for both data centers and artificial intelligence processing. RJ Bardsley joins the show as guest co-host to discuss this stories and other tech news from recent weeks, including the good/bad news week for SpaceX and Tesla robots, and whether the logistics industry really cares about the porch pirate epidemic.
The start-and-stop nature of augmented reality and virtual reality got another start recently, after Meta showed off its Orion AR prototype glasses at its Connect event. While the glasses will never go on sale to the public, does this move the technology forward to a point where consumers and businesses will adopt the technology? And what does this mean for companies like Apple, Google and Samsung? Ramon Llamas, research director for mobile and AR/VR at IDC, joins the show to chat about these topics, as well as whether we’ll be able to “ditch the screens.”
A series of lawsuits by state attorneys general spells more bad news for TikTok, whose use of algorithms that help kids get addicted to the app is at the heart of many of these lawsuits. Guest co-host RJ Bardsley joins the show to discuss this story and others, including whether robotaxis will ever take off, the dangers and scariness of infrastructure hacking, and why we should all use an AI tool to help us apply for 30,000 jobs on LinkedIn.
A recent survey of large enterprises about their AI implementation shows that companies continue to be concerned about security (hallucinations, data leakage and privacy), a shortage of in-house expertise, and the lack of compliance and regulations in the space. Adnan Masood, Ph.D., chief architect for AI & Machine Learning, UST, chats with Keith about how companies can overcome some of these hurdles, and what might be on the horizon with new LLMs and AI models.
The old-school AI assistants are now evolving into fully fledged AI agents, which can perform more action-oriented tasks than just giving answers, thanks to perception tools, sensors and the use of large language models. Ritu Jyoti, GM and group vice president, AI and data, IDC, joins the show to discuss how AI agents represent the new phase of artificial intelligence for consumers and businesses moving forward.
Most companies exploring the use of generative artificial intelligence are focusing on the accuracy side of the technology, but there are still some useful ways that the creative side can benefit end users and companies. We’ll explore the current state of the art for creative AI endeavors with Mike Todasco, visiting fellow at the James Silberrad Brown Center for Artificial Intelligence at San Diego State University. Todasco is also an AI writer and advisor, and has conducted many different experiments using AI in the field of writing, image creation and song creation.
In our weekly technology news roundup, the Today in Tech crew chats about a report suggesting that demand for AI devices, hardware and servers will cause a global semiconductor and chip shortage. Analyst Jack Gold joins the show to discuss this and the potential rumors around Qualcomm and Intel merging, as well as Meta’s new AR/VR and AI offerings, and what’s going on with OpenAI and the potential for a Jony Ive-designed stand-alone generative AI device.
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