Tech Snippets Today with Joseph Raczynski

This was an incredibly interesting conversation with Steve Fisher design futurist, entrepreneur, and podcaster – co-author of SuperShifts: Transforming How We Live, Learn, and Work in the Age of Intelligence with Dr. Ja-Naé Duane.

In SUPERSHIFTS, Steve and Ja-Nae give an overview of how we are at the end of one 200-year arc and embarking on another. With this new age of intelligence, Duane and Fisher highlight the various catalysts ...

Today we speak with Dr. Anmol Kapoor is a pioneering leader in precision healthcare, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technology who is revolutionizing modern medicine.

23andMe, the genetic testing company, recently filed for bankruptcy.  Could your data now be sold to the highest bidder – it’s possible.  This case serves as a stark reminder that the current model of medical data storage is flawed. If consumers and healthcare...

My mind is blown. David Johnston, Code Maintainer at Morpheus, willingly took on my zany questions with the ease of an Olympic marathoner, graceful and with dogged determination. In this episode, we'll delve into the concept of decentralized AI and its profound implications for our interactions with intelligent agents. Imagine AI systems that operate with a blockchain, ensuring transparency, security, and user sovereignty. The...

Let’s get a little technical today and do a deep dive into Ethereum and other blockchains.  This was an educational discussion with Amir Forouzani, Co-founder & CEO, of Puffer Labs. The world, perhaps the US, is finally waking up to the power and potential of DeFi or decentralized finance. We are beginning to see what I termed in 2017 as the “Tokenization of all Assets” is starting to take shape. Now renamed RWA or Real-World A...

This is a fascinating discussion today about the advancement of chatbots with real value. I speak with Doug Stephen - President, Enterprise Learning Division, CGS and their new product, Cicero.

In a world of Agentic AI, chatbots like Sesame that have real-time interactions, with humanlike voice, intonation, and seemingly empathy, today we get to see this sort of technology in an iteration that helps people use an unscripte...

Join us for an enlightening conversation with Felix Hartmann, the German-American tech entrepreneur, futurist, and asset manager. As the driving force behind a pioneering frontier tech investment firm, Felix has been at the forefront of both crypto asset hedge funds and metaverse venture funds. In this episode, we delve into his unique journey, exploring how his German roots and American experiences have shaped his innovative appro...

We are touching on cybersecurity today. What are the latest scams and technologies that are being used to help people part ways with their assets. It's unfortunate, but staying aware and vigilant is key.

We focus on how you can stop the madness once it has started, with Andy Maus, Head of Cyber Recovery Services at DriveSavers. Ransomware attacks increased by 32% from Q3 to Q4. The fourth quarter was marked by new players emerg...

Today we discuss how emerging technology help help better verify someone is who they say they are. It's no easy task.

Humanity Protocol, founded by Terence Kwok, is a decentralized, privacy-first digital identity blockchain, which has launch of Humanity Foundation, an initiative to advance decentralized identity technology and foster global adoption of Proof of Humanity solutions. The Foundation will be led by its founding dire...

As someone who has overseen teams of customer success and service, this was a very interesting conversation. We are at a point where many of these human services can be replaced by machine.  Listen to what is happening now with Dimitri Masin, CEO and Cofounder at Gradient Labs’.

While AI-powered customer service isn’t new, regulated industries have been left behind due to strict compliance requirements and the high cost of...

This was a wonderful opportunity to speak with Holly Levanto, VP in Booz Allen’s AI practice about the current and future uses of AI.  Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming military operations and strategies, offering unprecedented capabilities in areas such as surveillance, data analysis, and autonomous systems. AI-driven technologies can enhance decision-making processes, improve the precision of weaponry, and opti...

Are you sleeping on the potential of NFTs?  Today I had a fantastic chat with Zach Burks, CEO & Founder at Mintable. As we all know now, NFTs, or non-fungible tokens are a derivative of blockchain technology.  The mania peaked in 2021 with the likes of Bored Apes and CryptoPunks, the latter is still seen as the original grail in the industry, but even Punks have dropped in value from their highs.  Beyond art, we are going to di...

It has been a moment since we stepped back into the LegalTech arena. Today, I am happy to have Rob Scott who is revolutionizing the field of technology law as Chief Innovator of Monjur, a pioneering venture with a laser focus on transforming legal services for IT services firms.

The focus of our discussion was on some of the latest advancements in LegalTech with AI. We did a deeper dive into Contracts-as-a-Service legal so...

Today we focus on migration and technology, and the people caught in the middle.

My guest, Petra Molnar, has written: The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence offers a global story of the sharpening of borders through technological experiments while also introducing strategies of togetherness across physical and ideological borders.

Based on years of researching borderlands ac...

Today, any image, video, or audio can be fabricated to extent that it is nearly, or almost impossible to tell.  This show focuses on how we can combat AI deepfakes, deception and disinformation.  My guest Perry Carpenter - Chief Human Risk Management Strategist at KnowBe4 has written a book, “FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions” Perry has been called a “Deceptionolo...

Did you know that if you are a holder of digital assets, you can take a loan out against those tokens?  Ledn is a company that offers this service.  I met with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Co-Founder and CSO of Ledn for a dynamic conversation about how this works.  

More about the company from CoinDesk:

Cryptocurrency lending company Ledn is offering customers crypto-backed loans where all the assets remain locked up w...

If you have ever wondered what the minds behind the biggest hardware wallet are like, this is for you.  What an amazing conversation with Ian Rogers, CXO at Ledger.  We dove into their newest kid on the block, Ledger Stax.  In this video we get our first hand-on with the device as it hits the mitts of the early adopters.

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Web3 is all about digital freedom. But with freedom comes responsibility. 
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What a world we live in today.  We now have decentralized cloud computing.  This is a thing.  It will be an important means for businesses to access increasingly vital compute. 

I had an amazing opportunity to chat with the founder of Akash, Greg Osuri at Consensus recently.  We dive headlong into the business and why it is a foundational change for enterprises.
   
Akash is a decentralized and open-source cloud c...

I was delighted to have Gerald Heydenreich, Founder of EtherMail.  In case you have not heard, interactions with NFTs, cryptocurrency, and all things blockchain can be a bit painful to control.  Not anymore!

Recently EtherMail launched its Email-as-a-Wallet (EaaW) solution, enabling users to create non-custodial wallets through Gmail or Apple accounts in under one minute – broadening the accessibility of blockchain-based a...

This company is one of the OG in the industry.  I really enjoyed this conversation with Daniel Fogg, CEO at RootstockLabs.  We met at the recent Consensus conference in Austin.  Their combination of history with Bitcoin and what they are doing to build decentralized applications by bringing Ethereum smart contracts to Bitcoin.  This will only better grow the ecosystem for years to come.

From the company:
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