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Fake Airplane Wi-Fi, NVIDIA AI, & Cloud Security | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 12, 2026
When mid-air Wi-Fi scares meet massive enterprise AI investments, IT teams are forced to rethink both security and cloud strategy.
On this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, hosts Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke break down a fake Wi-Fi network detected on a Delta flight post-DEF CON that temporarily shut down inflight internet.
They also explore NetApp acquiring JetStream Software to ease VMware cloud disaster recovery, along with NVIDIA releasing open-source tools like Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard to cut enterprise AI costs.
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