The Digital Ethics Of Automation–Futurum Tech Podcast Episode 042
On this episode of FTP, the Futurum Tech Podcast, we take a look at automation and the ethical issues surrounding automation and whether it enhances worker productivity or replaces workers. Plus, we’ll take a look at the FTC and what they’re doing with Facebook. We’ll take a look at Tesla’s very, very strange week as well as touching on Walmart’s foray into AI-based stores, Kohl’s and Amazon’s new partnership, and Samsung’s attempt to dominate the logic chip market. All this and more on this episode FTP.
5G is Arriving With Its Transformational Potential–Futurum Tech Podcast Episode 039
On this edition of FTP, the Futurum Tech Podcast. We’re taking a dive into the world of 5G. It’s finally starting to arrive here. What is it? What does it mean and what’s it going to look like in 5G years down the road? Plus we’ll be taking a look at Microsoft Dynamics, new NPO Accelerator for Nonprofits. We’re going to talk a bit about Google’s creepy Duplex and AI as well as ethics and AI. What does the world of ethics and AI actually look like and how desperately do we need it? And we’ll be talking about Intel’s Data-Centric announcement, and the latest in Apple’s attempt to conquer India. All of this and more on this edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast.
The Combustible Issue of Breaking Up Tech–Futurum Tech Podcast Episode 036
On this edition of FTP, the Futurum Tech Podcast, we’re going to take a look at monopolies in the digital age and answer the question, should we break up big tech? I’ll give you a clue. The answer is no. We’re also going to take a look at Verizon’s 5G launch, Facebook’s new revenge porn detection engine. We’re going to talk a bit about body area networks and Foursquare. Remember Foursquare? They’re still around and we’re going to take a look at Boeing and the challenge they face with complexity because as we know, complex systems, they can often fail unfortunately spectacularly. All these and more on this episode FTP.
I was wrong about folding phones: They are going to change the mobile industry after all
I was wrong about something. We might as well get that out of the way. It happens, and when it does, it’s usually a good thing. Being wrong is always a learning moment for me, and I usually come out the other side smarter and wiser for it, so everybody wins. Anyway, what I was […]
Mobile World Congress 2019 Preview
Let’s do a quick Mobile World Congress 2019 preview before the show officially kicks off, shall we? Here are my top predictions for this year’s event: 1, 5G-everything… but buyer-beware. 2. AI-Inside. 3. Foldable phones, fake AR glasses other gimmicks will dominate press coverage even though they probably should not. 4. Connected vehicles will […]
Is Apple Leading a Techno Cartel?–Futurum Tech Podcast Episode 030
On this edition of the Futurum Tech podcast, we take a look at Facebook, apple and Google, asking have they become part of the techno cartel? Plus Microsoft’s emotional and empowering Super Bowl campaign, Facebook’s quarterly numbers, Apple’s FaceTime face plant, how you can stream local TV channels for free and how you can download […]
Opinion: It only took a few days of testimony for the FTC’s case against Qualcomm to fall apart – Part 3
How the future of critical US technology investments, US 5G leadership, and US National Security could be irreversibly damaged by a faulty verdict. The FTC’s very strange case against Qualcomm: A recap of what has happened so far. United States District Judge Lucy Koh may be the most powerful person in America right now. […]
Opinion: It only took a few days of testimony for the FTC’s case against Qualcomm to fall apart – Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed how, two years ago, when the FTC first filed its case against Qualcomm in US District Court, outgoing FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen took the extraordinary step of drafting a dissent letter that outlined just how unjustified and ill-advised the FTC’s case against Qualcomm was. She wasn’t wrong. […]
Opinion: It only took a few days of testimony for the FTC’s case against Qualcomm to fall apart – Part 1
Two years ago, when the FTC first filed its case against Qualcomm in US District Court, outgoing FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen took the extraordinary step of drafting a dissent letter that outlined just how unjustified and ill-advised the FTC’s case against Qualcomm was. She wasn’t wrong, and the FTC should have heeded her warning. Following […]
CES, Best Buy & a $7k Alexa-enabled Toilet. Really?–Futurum Tech Podcast Episode 027
It’s CES week and on this edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast we poke some holes in the products that we saw plus the impact of US-China trade wars on PC sales, Apples’ impression of a company that can actually innovate, how Elon Musk is taking the rocket industry back to the ‘50s, a new […]
Fear and Loathing at CES: When shark-jumping isn’t even fun anymore
Don’t get too excited. Alas, this post isn’t going to be a gonzo novella about drug-fueled shenanigans at CES. (I am not even at CES this year, let alone dropping acid or chewing on funky mushrooms.) Today’s notes are going to be far more sober and quick than that. (Albeit less entertaining, I’m sure.) Here’s […]
Opinion: Apple’s troubles don’t have a whole lot to do with trade wars.
If you have been following our articles, weekly podcast, and social media discussions throughout most of 2018, you are probably aware that we predicted some regularity that 2019 would likely be a rough year for Apple. With Apple losing $57 Billion in market value in the day following Tim Cook’s warning to investors, and a […]
