Episodes

  • Techstrong Gang - 7/11/2025
    Jul 11 2025

    Alan, Mike, Jon, Camberley Bates, and Ira Winkler explore how smartphones are evolving into AI-powered digital companions and reshaping how we interact with tech daily.

    They also dive into the growing concern over trust in AI outputs, especially following missteps like the Grok AI model under Elon Musk’s leadership.

    Finally, the team discusses how software supply chain security is no longer just a technical issue—it’s now a full-on C-suite priority.

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    41 mins
  • Techstrong Gang - 7/10/2025
    Jul 10 2025

    Alan, Mike, Jon, Garima Bajpai, and Guy Currier (Futurum Group) unpack efforts to cure AI hallucinations and explore how Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are helping teachers harness AI in the classroom 🎓.

    They also look into why the Hunters International ransomware gang is shutting down—what it means for cybersecurity.

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    50 mins
  • Techstrong Gang - 7/9/2025
    Jul 9 2025

    Mike, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella, and Dan O’Brien (Futurum Group) unpack what IT leaders should focus on amid tariff chaos. Then, they dive into CoreWeave’s $9B buyout of Core Scientific—and what it means for the AI infrastructure race.

    Plus, how the U.S. Treasury is turning up the heat on cybercriminals.

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    44 mins
  • Techstrong Gang - 7/8/2025
    Jul 8 2025

    Alan, Mike, JP Morgenthal and Stephen Foskett, president of the Techstrong Field Day arm of Futurum Group, dive into an advance made by Apple that promises to make artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools more efficient before delving into how an AI advance from Microsoft might improve healthcare by more accurately diagnosing symptoms sooner.

    Then the gang takes a look at some recent clean energy advancements that are being made at a time when the U.S. is preparing to roll back investment credits.

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    42 mins
  • Techstrong Gang - 7/7/2025
    Jul 7 2025

    Alan, Mike, Jon, Ira Winkler, Chhaya Gunawat, and Lisa Martin (CMO Advisor, The Futurum Group) explore how open source—with help from Microsoft—is bringing needed transparency to AI tools that generate code.

    They also break down the risks of AI search results being poisoned, and what it means for trust in generative systems.

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    53 mins
  • Techstrong Gang - 7/3/2025
    Jul 3 2025

    Alan, Mike, Jon, and Garima Bajpai reflect on how artificial intelligence is reshaping our understanding of inalienable rights—just in time for Independence Day. They then unpack the DOJ’s massive $14.6 billion healthcare fraud case and ask: who should be held accountable?

    Finally, the gang breaks down GitOps: what it is, why it’s catching on, and where it’s headed in the modern DevOps ecosystem.

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    49 mins
  • Techstrong Gang - 7/1/2025
    Jul 1 2025

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie, JP Morgethal, Futurum Group president Dan O’Brien and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the terms of a settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) that will allow a $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks to proceed.

    Then the gang takes a look at how much energy is being consumed by open source OpenTelemetry agent software that is being used to instrument applications before diving into a study from Microsoft that finds we’re all working too hard.

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    55 mins