Building an AI That Learns Like an Analyst
Most AI-driven security tools lean on retrieval-augmented generation: pull relevant precedent, drop it into the context window, let the model reason over it. It works, but it has a cost problem and a consistency problem. The more data you feed...
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The Hidden Risk in PE Market Research: Single-Source Data
Survey data plays a critical role in commercial due diligence, helping firms understand TAM, evaluate market dynamics, assess buyer behavior, and validate investment theses under compressed timelines. As survey-driven insights increasingly influence acquisition decisions, growth strategies, and valuation assumptions, confidence...
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Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday Is A Sign It’s Time To Rethink The Process
Microsoft Patch Tuesdays are getting bigger. In a blog post published July 9, Windows and Devices EVP Pavan Davuluri explained that AI is now helping Windows engineers find security flaws that used to sit undiscovered in the code for years,...
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Buying Tech Without Training Is a Multi Billion Dollar Strategy for Failure
It began, as these things often do, with a nostalgic scroll through my social media feed. I was on Facebook when a post from one of my old IBM colleagues caught my eye. We were reminiscing about the “good old...
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What Makes a DLP Solution Effective for Remote Teams?
The rise of remote work has changed the way security teams think about where sensitive data lives and how it moves. Today, these sensitive assets are no longer confined to office networks, on-prem servers, and managed devices. Instead, it’s spread...
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Why AI Will Humble Regulators
Illinois has chosen to move before Washington. Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act on July 6, 2026, adding transparency, accountability and audit requirements for the largest artificial intelligence developers. The law applies to companies generating more...
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‘Pompeii: Out of Time’ Series Reframes History as Survival Story
Everybody knows how the Pompeii story ends. Vesuvius blows, ash falls, people die. It’s one of history’s most famous disasters. It usually gets told the same way: a city frozen in time, caught off guard, no chance to run. A...
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Recovery Confidence and the New Reality of Ransomware
The data coming out of 2025 shows a clear shift in how ransomware operates, and in how organizations need to think about resilience. Disclosed ransomware attacks rose by nearly 50% year over year — a record high — while an...
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Most AI Problems Are Really Capitalism Problems
Bruce Schneier joins me on this episode of the TechSpective Podcast to talk about hacking, power, and why so much of what gets blamed on AI might actually be something else. Schneier is one of the most well-known and respected...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2026: The Gear That Made the Away Mission
Every July, San Diego Comic-Con becomes its own ecosystem. Four days of panels, interviews, demonstrations, chance hallway conversations, and enough walking to make any fitness tracker feel validated. This year, I’ll be spending part of my time behind the microphone...
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Navigating How the Rapid Enterprise Push Toward Localized AI Mandates a Radical Shift in Cloud Strategy
We are currently witnessing a profound architectural inversion in the world of enterprise computing that will define the next decade of corporate IT strategy. For the better part of a decade, conventional IT wisdom dictated that all significant computing workloads...
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How to Use Threat Intelligence Reports to Make Better Security Decisions
As new cyber attack patterns emerge, researchers often update their latest threat intelligence reports. For teams that know how to use them, these reports are among the most powerful inputs available for making smarter security decisions. A threat intelligence report...
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The Case For Rebooting Democracy With AI
Beth Simone Noveck joins me on this episode of the TechSpective Podcast to talk about her book, Reboot, AI and the Race to Save Democracy. She’s a professor at Northeastern, where she leads the Burns Center for Social Change. She...
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Agentic Computers Redefine the Enterprise Workspace as AMD Initiates the Next Hardware Revolution
We are standing on the precipice of a monumental shift in how humans interact with machines. For over four decades, the personal computer has been a fundamentally passive device. It waits for a keystroke, a mouse click, or a touch...
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The Two Mistakes Slowing Down AI Adoption (and How to Overcome Them)
Companies are investing in AI at record levels, yet most are still struggling to translate it into measurable business value. The well-known MIT study, State of AI in Business 2025, concludes that 95% of enterprise GenAI pilots have failed to...
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The Real Threat to Sharks Isn’t What You Think
National Geographic’s SharkFest kicks off its 14th summer on July 5 with “Hammerhead Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory,” streaming on Disney+ and Hulu and airing on National Geographic. Gregory, an Emmy and BAFTA-winning cinematographer, spends the special in Mexico’s...
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