Bernie Sanders on AI: “Slow It Down!”

The episode covers Apple researchers’ Ferret-UI Light, a 3B-parameter on-device model that interprets on-screen interfaces using a two-pass crop-and-zoom approach, positioned against reported OpenAI smart-speaker work with Jony Ive, Amazon’s generative-AI Alexa rollout, and Google’s Gemini integration, with Apple emphasizing privacy and local processing. Walmart is highlighted for offering free Google-backed AI training to its […]

Anthropic AI Security Shakes Wall Street

AI-Accelerated FortiGate Breaches, Amazon Kiro Prod Disruption, Claude Code Security, Salt Typhoon Warning, and Youth Radicalization Risks Episode of Cybersecurity Today (hosted by David Shipley) covering: a Russian-speaking hacker using AI-written automation tools to breach 600+ Fortinet FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries by exploiting weak passwords and exposed management interfaces without MFA, with advice to […]

Hollywood vs. AI Video, Data Loss in Gemini, and Perplexity’s New Terms | Project Synapse

The episode opens with a conversation about Saturday morning cartoons before shifting to recent breakthroughs in AI video generation from ByteDance’s “SeaDance” (with “SeeDream” as its image generator). Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one […]

CISA Orders Emergency Patch for Actively Exploited Dell Flaw

CISA Orders Emergency Patch for Actively Exploited Dell Flaw; Texas Sues TP-Link; Massive ID Verification Data Leak; SSA Database Leak Allegations Host Jim Love covers four cybersecurity stories: Cybersecurity Today would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one […]

Can You Jailbreak An F35

F-35 ‘Jailbreak’ Talk, AMC Rejects AI Film, Gmail Training Confusion, and the AI Productivity Paradox Host Jim Love covers four stories: Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that’s built for performance and […]

Hashtag Trending Tech Roundup

Discord Age Verification Backlash, Tesla Robotaxi Crash Rate, YouTube Outage & Amazon Kills Blue Jay Robot Host Jim Love covers several tech headlines: Discord’s age verification rollout prompts user defections that push TeamSpeak beyond capacity, with concerns centering on third-party verification (including Persona) and broader trust issues; Discord says limited Persona use in the UK […]

Info Stealers and OpenClaw: They’ll Steal Your Soul

Info Stealers Target OpenClaw, a Robot Vacuum API Flaw Exposes Thousands, Best Buy Fraud Shows Zero Trust Context, and Canada Goose Data Leaked via Supplier The episode covers multiple security incidents and lessons. Hudson Rock details how an info stealer malware infection can vacuum OpenClaw data, including authentication tokens, master keys, device private cryptographic keys, […]

Pentagon Threatens To Drop Anthropic

In this episode of Hashtag Trending, host Jim Love covers reports that the Pentagon may cut ties with Anthropic over Claude’s usage restrictions, after a $200M Department of Defense contract and disagreements about limits related to weapons development, surveillance, and violence. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this […]

OpenClaw Joins OpenAI

Host Jim Love returns after the holidays. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that’s built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt The episode covers ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 AI […]