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Tech Field Day News Rundown
The Tech Field Day News Rundown is a weekly look at the IT news of the week. Hosted by Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett.
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Tech Field Day News RundownGoogle TV Botnets, Musk Buyouts & $176B AI Agents | Tech Field Day News Rundown: November 4, 2026
What happens when your smart TV moonlights as a cybercrime proxy and Elon Musk tries to buy out an entire neighborhood to silence data center noise complaints?…
Tech Field Day News RundownRogue AI Hits Banks, Anthropic Files Historic IPO | Tech Field Day News Rundown: October 28, 2026
From autonomous AI agents infiltrating customer bank accounts to Anthropic’s jaw-dropping $100 billion IPO filing, enterprise technology is colliding head-on…
Tech Field Day News RundownNuclear Data Centers, Anthropic IPO, & HyperArmor | Tech Field Day News Rundown: October 21, 2026
Could Russian nuclear power actually fuel the next wave of global AI infrastructure, or will escalating sanctions and cyberwarfare pull the plug before…
Tech Field Day News RundownAMD Helion, Cloudflare Absorbs Deno & $40B Deepfakes | Tech Field Day News Rundown: October 14, 2026
Can data centers rethink compute balance to survive the surging overhead of autonomous AI agents? On this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown…
Tech Field Day News RundownGoogle's Nuclear AI Power Play & OpenAI IPO Delay | Tech Field Day News Rundown: October 7, 2026
From massive nuclear energy deals to sudden delays on Wall Street, big tech is fundamentally reshaping both its infrastructure power grid and its security…
Tech Field Day News RundownMuse AI Agent Goes Rogue & Better Governance | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 30, 2026
Are autonomous AI agents pushing the boundaries of data access too far? On this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair…
Tech Field Day News RundownOpenAI Cash, Rogue AI & Grid Power | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 23, 2026
From runaway AI agents breaching real-world systems to hundreds of billions on the line in compute and energy grid wars, the tech landscape is moving faster…
Tech Field Day News RundownOpenAI’s $300M Acquisition, NSA Overhaul, & AI Now | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 16, 2026
Big tech moves, security shakeups, and heated debates over artificial intelligence are completely transforming the tech world. In this episode of the Tech…
Tech Field Day News RundownLG TVs Are Listening, Anthropic, Broadcom, & More | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 9, 2026
Is your smart TV secretly recording your conversations even when turned off? In this post-Labor Day episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, hosts Tom…
Tech Field Day News RundownNVIDIA Buys Hugging Face & Tim Cook Steps Down | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 2, 2026
Big tech is shifting fast as massive acquisitions, executive shakeups, and real-world AI challenges redefine the industry landscape. In this episode of the…
Tech Field Day News RundownMeta’s $200 Agent, Wafer-Scale Speed, & DRAM Shortage | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 26, 2026
As companies push artificial intelligence into every corner of software and hardware, everyday consumers and IT teams are starting to feel the impact on their…
Tech Field Day News RundownCloud Costs, Critical Vulnerabilities & PBS Issues | | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 19, 2026
Cloud storage costs, security threats, and AI infrastructure are creating new challenges for IT teams. This week on the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom…
Tech Field Day News RundownFake 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…
Tech Field Day News RundownRogue AI Agents, Copilot Exploits, & EU AI Enforcement | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 5, 2026
From rogue AI models accidentally breaching live servers to cybercriminals hijacking corporate copilot tools, keeping up with rapid tech developments can feel…
Tech Field Day News RundownAWS Outage, NVIDIA’s $500B Bet & US Army’s Token Crisis | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 29, 2026
What happens when "unlimited" AI usage runs out of cash in six weeks, or a single cloud outage takes down everything from food delivery to digital payments? On…
Tech Field Day News RundownOpenAI Escapes, Airbus Ditches AWS & Cisco Antares | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 22, 2026
Is artificial intelligence moving faster than the physical and digital infrastructure built to control it? In this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown…
Tech Field Day News RundownVMware Pressure, AI Compute Wars & Data Center Limits | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 15, 2026
Is your IT strategy quietly giving up control? This week on the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom…
Tech Field Day News RundownDeepSeek Builds AI Chips & Microsoft Datacenter Lawsuit | Tech Field Dasy News Rundown: July 8, 2026
The global AI landscape is shifting fast as Chinese tech giants disrupt hardware norms and infrastructure demands trigger real-world community backlash. In…
Tech Field Day News RundownRocket Lab’s $8B Mega-Deal, Windows 10 Saved & AI Safety | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 1, 2026
Big Tech and the space industry are completely rewriting the rules of infrastructure, from low-Earth orbit down to the safety guardrails of generative AI. In…
Tech Field Day News RundownAI Infrastructure Wars, Supercomputers, and $60B SpaceX Deal | Tech Field Day Rundown: June 24, 2026
The AI arms race is no longer just about software, it’s becoming a global battle for power, infrastructure, and control. This week on the Tech Field Day News…
Tech Field Day News RundownAI Export Bans, Memory Shortages & Apple’s Nvidia Deal | Tech Field Day News Rundown: June 17, 2026
The AI industry just hit several major inflection points at once. This episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, recorded live from HPE Discover 2026 in Las…
Tech Field Day News RundownAWS FinOps Agent, OpenAI IPO & SpaceX $920M Cloud Deal | Tech Field Day News Rundown: June 10, 2026
AI is reshaping every corner of the technology industry and this week’s headlines prove it. On this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom…
Tech Field Day News RundownNVIDIA Vera, Anthropic’s IPO & Cisco’s AI Platform Play | Tech Field Day Rundown: June 3, 2026
AI is moving beyond chatbots and into the fabric of business, infrastructure, and even filmmaking. In this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Alastair…
Tech Field Day News RundownAI’s $1.3M Coding Bill, Quantum, & the Pope's Message | Tech Field Day News Rundown: May 27, 2026
What happens when three developers burn through $1.3 million in AI compute in just 30 days? This week on the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and…
Tech Field Day News RundownGoogle vs NVIDIA, Power Grid Strain, & AI Infrastructure | Tech Field Day News Rundown: May 20, 2026
The AI infrastructure race is escalating fast, and the stakes are now measured in billions of dollars, gigawatts of power, and global regulatory pressure. This…
Tech Field Day News RundownNVIDIA Backyard Datacenters, Apple + Intel, & SpaceX | Tech Field Day News Rundown: May 13, 2026
AI infrastructure is evolving faster than ever, and this week’s biggest tech stories could reshape the future of cloud, compute, and enterprise IT. This week…
Tech Field Day News Rundown$725B Bets, Belden Buys RUCKUS, & Broadcom’s Cloud Play | Tech Field Day News Rundown: May 6, 2026
The AI gold rush is continuing to change the future of infrastructure, but at what cost? In this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Alastair Cooke is…
Tech Field Day News RundownGoogle Cloud Next Announcements & Microsoft adds Mythos | Tech Field Day News Rundown: April 29, 2026
The AI arms race is shifting from apps to infrastructure, devices, and pricing models. On this week’s Tech Field Day News Rundown, Alastair Cooke is joined by…
Tech Field Day News RundownAnthropic Accidentally Leaks Claude Code | Tech Field Day News Rundown: April 15, 2026
AI agents are getting more powerful and a little more concerning. In this episode of Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke break…
Tech Field Day News RundownPresident's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology | Tech Field Day News Rundown: April 8, 2026
AI isn’t just a technology race, it’s a trillion-dollar gamble that could reshape the global economy. On the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Alastair Cooke and…
Tech Field Day News RundownAI Urgency and AI Fatigue AT RSA Conference 2026 | Tech Field Day News Rundown: April 1, 2026
On this episode of the Tech Field Day News Rundown, the future of tech gets bigger, faster, and more secure. Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke discuss…
Tech Field Day News RundownWhite House AI Roadmap Pushes to Block State Rules | Tech Field Day News Rundown: March 25, 2026
From AI-powered satellites in orbit to a seismic shift in how we pay for enterprise software, the global tech landscape is being redrawn in real-time. Guy…
Tech Field Day News RundownNVIDIA Blackwell & Vera Rubin $1 Trillion Projections | Tech Field Day News Rundown: March 18, 2026
AI’s next phase is arriving fast—and it’s reshaping everything from cloud performance to cybersecurity. This week, Amazon Web Services and Cerebras unveiled a…
Tech Field Day News RundownQlik Answers, SpaceX vs Amazon, & Practical Quantum | Tech Field Day News Rundown: March 11, 2026
From AI sandboxing to billionaire battles in space, this week’s Tech Field Day News Rundown dives into the tech stories shaping our future.On this episode of…
Tech Field Day News RundownAI in Overdrive with Chips, Networks, and Robots | Tech Field Day News Rundown: March 4, 2026
The AI race is no longer just about models — it’s about infrastructure, security, and who controls the pipes. On this episode of the Tech Field Day News…
Tech Field Day News RundownAI’s Soaring Power Needs Push Tech Giants to Build Private Energy Networks | Tech Field Day News Rundown: February 25, 2026
On this week’s Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke unpack a pivotal moment for artificial intelligence. Privacy regulators…
Tech Field Day News RundownPutting the Brakes on Agentic AI: Human Control Comes to OpenClaw | Tech Field Day News Rundown: February 18, 2026
The open-source ClawBands project aims to restore human oversight to OpenClaw, a wildly popular autonomous AI assistant capable of executing shell commands…
Tech Field Day News RundownEU Challenges Meta Over WhatsApp AI Restrictions - Tech Field Day News Rundown: February 11, 2026
European regulators are taking action against Meta over concerns that it is restricting competition by blocking third-party AI assistants on WhatsApp. The…
Tech Field Day News RundownAI Agent Skills are a New Malware Supply Chain Risk | Tech Field Day News Rundown: February 4, 2026
This week’s Tech Field Day News Rundown dives into the biggest AI, security, and enterprise shakeups. Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke deliver this week’s…
Tech Field Day News RundownNVIDIA $2B AI Play, Blue Origin TeraWave, & More | Tech Field Day News Rundown: January 28, 2026
Tom Hollingsworth and guest host Jay Cuthrell bring the latest tech news straight to you in this week’s Tech Field Day News Rundown! They kick things off with…
Tech Field Day News RundownRushing AI to Market Creates Dangerous Security Gaps | Tech Field Day News Rundown: January 21, 2026
A critical ServiceNow vulnerability shows how quickly deployed AI features can turn into major security risks. By rushing agentic AI into production without…
Tech Field Day News RundownPredict 2026: AI is Shaping Business and Technology | Tech Field Day News Rundown: January 14, 2026
For 2026, AI is no longer a trend—it’s becoming foundational infrastructure, transforming how software is built, how cloud and data centers operate, how…
Tech Field Day News RundownNVIDIA Unveils Rubin Platform & Open AI Vision at CES | Tech Field Day News Rundown: January 7, 2026
At CES 2026, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a sweeping vision for the future of AI, led by the Rubin platform—the company’s first extreme-codesigned…
Tech Field Day News RundownAI Booms, Quantum Breakthroughs, Cloud Wars, & Massive Acquisitions Took Over Enterprise IT in 2025
2025 was a year of seismic shifts in tech, as AI surged into a critical growth phase with massive investments, partnerships, and global trade battles over…
Tech Field Day News RundownMicron Exits Consumer Memory to Focus on AI Chips | Tech Field Day News Rundown: December 10, 2025
Micron is leaving the consumer memory market, including its Crucial brand, to focus on high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI data centers. The company will…
Tech Field Day News RundownApple Replaces AI Chief After Apple Intelligence Struggles | Tech Field Day News Rundown: December 3, 2025
Apple’s AI chief, John Giannandrea, is stepping down after delays and criticism around Apple Intelligence, including the postponed Siri overhaul. Amar…
Tech Field Day News RundownNokia & AWS Unveil Heavy US AI Infrastructure Investments | Tech Field Day News Rundown: November 26, 2025
Nokia is investing $4 billion to expand U.S. AI-ready network infrastructure, focusing primarily on Bell Labs and additional facilities in New Jersey, Texas…
Tech Field Day News RundownCloudflare Outage Takes Down Parts of the Internet | Tech Field Day News Rundown: November 19, 2025
Web infrastructure provider Cloudflare experienced a global disruption that caused widespread “Error 500” messages and took down major platforms including X…
Tech Field Day News RundownCNCF, Arm Standardize AI on Kubernetes at KubeCon | Tech Field Day News Rundown: November 12, 2025
At KubeCon 2025, the CNCF launched the Certified Kubernetes AI Conformance Program to standardize AI and ML workloads on Kubernetes, ensuring portability…
Tech Field Day News RundownCommvault's Data Rooms for Easier AI Data Access | Tech Field Day News Rundown: November 5, 2025
Commvault’s Data Rooms let data science teams quickly access and prepare backup data, while a new AI-powered interface simplifies querying and managing it…
Tech Field Day News RundownAmazon Web Services Recovers After Major Global Outage | Tech Field Day Rundown: October 22, 2025
AWS is restoring operations after a massive outage disrupted internet access worldwide, affecting major platforms like Snapchat, Facebook, Fortnite, Delta…
Tech Field Day News RundownAmazon Web Services Recovers After Major Global Outage | Tech Field Day Rundown: October 22, 2025
AWS is restoring operations after a massive outage disrupted internet access worldwide, affecting major platforms like Snapchat, Facebook, Fortnite, Delta…
Tech Field Day News RundownNetApp INSIGHT 2025: NetApp Data Engine & AFX Array | Tech Field Day News Rundown: October 15, 2025
At NetApp INSIGHT 2025, the company announced several major innovations, including the new AI Data Engine, which pre-processes ONTAP data for use with LLMs and…
Tech Field Day News RundownWiretapping Trusted Enclaves | The Tech Field Day News Rundown: October 8, 2025
Security researchers have figured out how to break enclaves. Sort of. In papers published this week, two independent groups have revealed their latest…
Tech Field Day News RundownMicrosoft Security Copilot Blocks AI-Generated Phishing Attack | Tech Field News Rundown: October 1, 2025
Microsoft stopped a phishing attack that used AI-generated code to hide its malicious payload and trick victims. Hackers sent fake file-sharing emails from a…
Tech Field Day News RundownNVIDIA's Multi-Billion-Dollar Moves to Expand AI | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 24, 2025
NVIDIA is doubling down on AI dominance with massive investments across cloud, chips, and infrastructure. It struck a $6.3B deal with CoreWeave to secure…
Tech Field Day News RundownCoreWeave & NVIDIA Strike $6.3 Billion Cloud Deal | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 17, 2025
CoreWeave, a cloud provider backed by NVIDIA, secured a $6.3 billion order for AI computing capacity, with NVIDIA agreeing to buy any unused supply through…
Tech Field Day News RundownGoogle Stays with Chrome | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 10, 2025
A U.S. judge ruled Google does not have to sell its Chrome browser in an antitrust case. Instead, Google must end some exclusive deals and share parts of its…
Tech Field Day News RundownZelle Parent Sued Over Billion-Dollar Fraud Failure | Tech Field Day News Rundown: September 3, 2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Zelle’s parent company, Early Warning Services, accusing it of failing to protect customers…
Tech Field Day News RundownOracle CSO Mary Ann Davidson Retires Amid AI Shift | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 27, 2025
Mary Ann Davidson, Oracle’s long-time Chief Security Officer, is leaving after nearly 40 years with the company. Known for both her leadership and…