Is CES better called ‘The Connected Ecosystem’? Our thoughts on that, the good and the bad about AI dominating this year’s show, highlights from Intel, and Deeplite and more. THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > CPU-based edge AI > State of the Fitness Tracker Market > What Deeplite’s up to > Andes Technology > The exciting things to expect from Android in 2020 This week's Tech Bites Winner: For the Tech Bites portion of our show, we cover weirdness from Teen Vogue. Business insider reported t...
Jan 13, 2020•20 min
CES 2020, the Consumer Electronics Show happening this week in Las Vegas, will offer up some winners and some losers – we let you know what to expect. Plus the latest on deep fake technologies, Intel’s quantum computing chips, VMware’s shift to the cloud, and how Russia is edging closer to shutting off the global Internet – all this and more on this week’s edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast. THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > Deep Fakes go TikTok > Intel’s new Cryogenic Horse Ridge Chip for Quantum ...
Jan 03, 2020•46 min
In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast — The Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Bill Lobig, Vice President of IBM’s Content Services, to discuss how the way we manage content has evolved. After all, content is the cornerstone of the internet, and the way we treat it is changing—thanks to developing technology. More specifically, in this podcast, Bill noted that there are two types of content: structured data and unstructured data—and we treat them differently. The unstructured...
Dec 27, 2019•21 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast — Interview Series, Daniel Newman sat down with Des Cahill, Chief Marketing Officer of Oracle CX. Together, they went over what makes Oracle’s customer data platform (CDP) stand out from the competition, as well as what’s in store for the future of this type of platform. Thank you to Oracle for sponsoring this edition of Futurum Tech Podcast. INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV). If you haven't already, please subs...
Dec 21, 2019•20 min
Always on surveillance by way of that phone in your pocket (and some creepy data visualizations that’ll give you pause), the bias that’s inherent in facial recognition systems, and a discussion around the Apple, Amazon, Google partnership on smart-home protocols are just a few of the topics covered in this week’s Futurum Tech Podcast. Check it out — it might be the most interesting thing you’ve listened to all week. THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > Another Facebook data leak > Amazon, Google and Ap...
Dec 20, 2019•51 min
In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast — Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Automation Anywhere’s Chief Strategy Officer, Stephen DeWitt, to discuss RPA and its emerging evolution to intelligence. Automation Anywhere develops robotic process automation (RPA) software, which uses bots to complete important processes. And as CSO, Stephen’s role is to look further ahead than the here and now. This is especially important because the RPA space is going through a period of growth, ...
Dec 17, 2019•20 min
The era of simultaneous translation is upon us. In our podcast today, host Olivier Blanchard is joined by fellow analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans for a discussion about simultaneous translation, exciting new functionality that mobile devices are going to be affording, and what the future of conversations is going to look like — especially on Android devices. THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > New Features Coming to Android Phones in 2020 are Pretty Cool > Pandora Launches Interactive Voice A...
Dec 13, 2019•44 min
We did a massive global research study in partnership with SAS, surveying over 4,000 consumers and brands to explore the state of Customer Experience: Where we are now, and where consumers and brands expect to be over the course of the next decade. Our research showed that there are five key things driving the evolution of customer experience and Fred and I discussed those key drivers and shared some data points from our study. THIS WEEK’s FAST FOUR > Russian nationals in a massive hiking and...
Dec 06, 2019•49 min
In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes back Intel’s Kristie Mann, Sr. Director of Product Management for Intel’s Optane DC Persistent Memory products. In the first part of the interview, Daniel and Kristie explored the impact memory has had on businesses. In this episode, the two dig a bit deeper into Optane technology to understand how it works in the real world technological ecosystem. Thank you to Intel for sponsoring this edition of Futur...
Dec 05, 2019•20 min
In this special edition episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Kristie Mann, Sr. Director of Product Management for Intel’s Optane DC persistent memory products. Over the course of the last year, Futurum Research and Intel partnered to do some extensive research around memory in compute and the future of memory and the data center. Our society has come to depend on data consumption and creation for almost all aspects of our lives — and our data architecture ...
Nov 25, 2019•19 min
In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes IBM’s Z Team Melissa Sassi, IBM Z Startup Program Manager, and Meredith Stowell, Vice President of the IBM Z Ecosystem, to discuss IBM Z Day and IBM’s efforts to democratize skill-building throughout the world. Thank you to IBM for sponsoring this edition of Futurum Tech Podcast in partnership with Futurum Research. INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV). If you haven'...
Nov 24, 2019•18 min
In the main dive for today’s episode of Futurum Tech Podcast, we take a look at our recently published research report, The State of Automation 2019: RPA, AI, and Intelligent Automation, developed in partnership with Automation Anywhere. Our research shows that more than half of U.S. companies have implemented some form of automation —either Robotic Process Automation (RPA) or AI-powered Intelligent Automation — and that the majority of those who’ve not yet implemented automation into business o...
Nov 15, 2019•40 min
Earlier this week rumors started to circulate about an audacious move by Xerox to acquire its much larger competitor HP. What are the prospects for the acquisition to succeed? What are the downsides and will it be enough to revive the prospects of both companies? We talk about potential branding outcomes and key areas of potential breakthrough like 3-D printing, and other interesting things about the bold takeover bid. THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > Facebook employees chafed at what they perceived a...
Nov 08, 2019•38 min
In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Rebecca Gott, IBM Distinguished Engineer. Rebecca has worked for IBM for 20 years and currently focuses on blockchain on the IMB Z and LinuxONE Team. Daniel and Rebecca take a deep dive into blockchain use cases in today’s business environment. Thank you to IBM for sponsoring this edition of Futurum Tech Podcast, and for their continued commitment to using tech for good. INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast...
Oct 28, 2019•20 min
What is going on at Facebook and does it does it bode for its long-term business model? And can we put a value on news feeds curated by journalists? We talk about Zuck's testimony this week, and other interesting things about the technology giant’s behavior. THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile have just announced that they are joining forces to deliver RCS messaging in the US for Android smartphones in 2020. > NVIDIA's debuts its Smart Everything Revolution prop...
Oct 25, 2019•42 min
We take a main dive into the topic of Amazon, and whether we are looking at a company that might be described as America’s newest military giant. THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > Facebook playing favorites with news outlets in advance of news page launch > Google says it’s going to fix that “oops” in its new Pixel 4 > U.S. Firms reportedly show initial interest in Huawei’s 5G licensing proposal > On the Apple front, the news du jour is that the company started selling the locally assembled iP...
Oct 18, 2019•35 min
We take a look at what the internet is worth. Can we put a value on free? That's the question Jerome Powell recently discussed at a meeting of economists, and we think that working to figure out the value of free services to the economy is an interesting discussion. We also cover the partnership between Porsche and Boeing in an urban air mobility initiative, the US exploring funding for Huawei rivals, Ericsson and Nokia in the rollout of 5G domestically, and we touch on the move by China to requ...
Oct 11, 2019•45 min
Deepfake videos are video forgeries that make people seem to be doing or saying things they didn’t actually do or say. As you might imagine these manipulated videos can have a big impact on people who are “featured” in them. California’s Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law a couple of laws aimed at affording some protection as it relates to deepfake videos used in both politics and porn. AB 730 is intended to offer protection to political candidates, and makes it illegal to distribute...
Oct 04, 2019•30 min
With Amazon’s 14 announcements on hardware ranging from various iterations of its Echo and Ring devices, to eyeglass frames, to even a smart oven, it’s clear that Amazon aims to be everywhere, and collecting your data and analyzing your buying habits in the process. In this Main Dive, the Futurum team talks about the privacy implications of this move, Amazon’s competitors in this arena, and what’s ahead. THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > Uber and Lyft Driverless Cars > DoorDash Security Breach > ...
Sep 27, 2019•38 min
In this special edition episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, Daniel Newman welcomes Daniel Krook, CTO of the Call for Code Global Initiative and Code and Response Team at IBM. IBM helped launch Call for Code in May 2018 in partnership with the United Nations and a wide range of other public and private partners to inspire developers to use code to solve the world’s most pressing problems. In this episode, Krook provides an update on last year’s winners and names the top finalists of this year’s ...
Sep 23, 2019•23 min
In this special edition episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, Daniel Newman takes a look at the concept of the cognitive enterprise—the effort to bring new technologies and operational models into one’s enterprise as part of digital transformation with interviewee Gene Chao, Vice President and General Manager of IBM Automation. In his work, Gene manages IBM’s global automation business unit, covering software, platforms, and services both to outside clients and IBM. Thanks to IBM for sponsoring t...
Sep 20, 2019•19 min
This episode covered many topics. We started with the Apple Event. It was a good launch, but it simply wasn’t good enough for Apple. The Watch was the best in show and sadly over the past couple of years the Airpods and Watches have been more exciting than the iPhones, iPads and Macbooks. The company is clearly moving toward more recurring subscription revenue, and that will be good for the bottom line, but are the true gamers going to get all that jazzed about Arcade? THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE >...
Sep 13, 2019•37 min
There are many exciting ways that AI and other emerging technologies will change the future of work in the next decade. In this Interview Series Futurum Tech Podcast, Daniel Newman sits down with and Greg Bowen, CTO and SVP of Digital Acceleration at Dell Digital and Edward Bagden, Associated Director of Flight Operations and Safety at LIFT Academy. They discuss trends and challenges with AI they see coming with the future of work. They also discuss Dell’s study, Realizing 2030 , which forecasts...
Sep 10, 2019•31 min
This episode covered a variety of topics, including our Main Dive on the indictment of the Capital One hacker, Suzanne Thompson, some additional lawsuits that have been filed related to this case, one of which is against GitHub and Amazon and, most importantly, how the timing for any bad press related to Amazon’s AWS is not ideal. Amazon and Microsoft are the two finalists for the $10B DoD JEDI cloud infrastructure contract that is due to be awarded literally any day now. As such, any press, esp...
Aug 29, 2019•30 min
We have to talk about privacy issues and invasion of privacy way too much these days, as it happens all the time now. Recently it came out that contractors working for Microsoft listened to audio of Xbox users in order to improve the consoles voice commands. Not only did they listen to audio, it was sometimes recorded. Talk about an invasion of privacy! THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > Facebook privacy “change” is kind of a shell game > VMWare makes two significant acquisitions in one day, in advan...
Aug 23, 2019•40 min
We dive into wearables and their past, present and what we can expect in the future. We also discuss fails vs successes and what we think will work in the next 2-3 years. THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > Data breaches on a daily basis > Do not install your Microsoft Surface’s August firmware updates–for now > Good news for Chromebook users > Enterprise security software tops B2B sales > Bluetooth security issues This week's Tech Bites Winner: Facebook doesn’t listen to your Messenger messa...
Aug 16, 2019•35 min
Samsung introduced the Note 10. Some were disappointed in the $1000 price point considering there weren’t that many improvements, other than the design and a really beautiful new screen. It’s safe to say they will most likely be adding incremental improvements over the next 24 months or so. THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE > Microsoft and Samsung partner up. Will they present a challenge to Apple? > Huawei introduces the Harmony OS > Salesforce acquires Click Software > Microsoft and Amdocs exp...
Aug 09, 2019•32 min
Elon Musk invested $100M in an organization called Neuralink. Neuralink is building tiny devices that are potentially going to be implanted in our brain. It’s a little chip with thousands of wires measuring 1/10th the width of a human hair. Musk is outwardly outspoken about the fact that the size is important because we aren’t going to want large chips implanted in our brains, only small chips. Funny or scary? What are the potential impacts to healthcare, humanity and ethics? THIS WEEK’s FAST FI...
Jul 31, 2019•36 min
If modems are a commodity why did Apple just pay $1B to acquire one? Apple’s acquisition of Intel’s modem business is not only a bargain cost-wise but a great deal for Apple AND Intel from a focus and control perspective. Apple gains 2,200 high-end engineers ready to take modems to the next level, control over a key component in its iPhone products, and over 17,000 wireless patents, while Intel sheds a product and development line that was an increasingly unprofitable distraction. A predictable ...
Jul 26, 2019•42 min
The recent “Russia is stealing your photos” meme highlights both the fear of data privacy (or just Russians perhaps) and the truth around most app Terms of Service (which nobody ever really reads, do they?). The real issue here isn’t Russia (as memes and certain fear-driven news networks might suggest) but the granting of “perpetual, royalty-free” rights to data that we share with *many* popular apps, from “social quizzes” to “here’s what I’ll look like in 10 years if I ever go missing and you n...
Jul 18, 2019•52 min
