March 29, 2025 • 58 mins
It’s another week of exciting updates on The JMOR Tech Talk Show, and you won't want to miss it! We’re diving deep into the latest tech headlines that are shaping the future of business, cybersecurity, and digital innovation. From ByteDance’s attempts to save TikTok in the U.S. to major shifts in data privacy and global tech policies, this episode covers everything you need to know. Whether you're interested in the latest regulations in China or the newest self-driving car recalls, we’ve got you covered. Join me as we explore the current events that are affecting Big Tech, international regulations, and the digital world at large. Tune in today to stay ahead of the curve!🔊 Listen now on The JMOR Tech Talk Show, and for more exclusive insights, visit Believe Me Achieve.🔹 ByteDance Investors Negotiating Deal to Reduce Chinese Ownership 🏢🇨🇳ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is actively negotiating with investors to reduce Chinese ownership in the company. This is a direct response to mounting pressure from U.S. lawmakers and regulatory bodies concerned about the app’s potential national security threats. With the U.S. government threatening to ban TikTok unless certain ownership stakes are altered, ByteDance is looking for ways to meet these demands while still maintaining control over its business operations. This complex negotiation could determine the app’s future in the U.S. and could set a precedent for how Chinese tech companies navigate international ownership and regulatory scrutiny.🔹 FAA Restores Pilot Safety Messaging System ✈️🔧The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has restored its pilot safety messaging system, which had experienced a temporary outage. This system is vital for the safety of pilots as it provides real-time information about weather, air traffic, and any potential hazards while in flight. The temporary failure of this system had caused significant disruptions, grounding flights and delaying critical communication between air traffic control and flight crews. With the system now back online, the FAA has reaffirmed its commitment to flight safety, and pilots are once again able to rely on this critical tool. This incident highlights the increasing dependence on technology in aviation and the need for robust backup systems to ensure continuous service.🔹 FCC Investigates Chinese Firms Like Huawei for Telecom Violations 🇨🇳📡The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ramped up its investigation into several Chinese telecom companies, including Huawei, to determine if they have been circumventing U.S. telecom restrictions. This comes after years of mounting tensions regarding national security concerns, as Chinese firms are believed to have close ties to the Chinese government. The FCC’s inquiry could have widespread implication
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Hi everyone, I'm John C. Morley the host of
The JMOR Tech Talk Show and Inspirations for
Your Life.
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Hey guys, welcome to the Jamwar Tech Talk
Show.
Today is Friday, it is March 28th, 2025.
Welcome to the Jamwar Tech Talk Show.
We have a fantastic show lined up here
for you today, so be sure to stick
around.
But before we do get things started, I
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do want to invite you to maybe go
out to your kitchen and get something delicious
or that could be hot or cold or
something like a beverage or maybe something sweet
or something tart or even something healthy like
a piece of fruit or maybe some nuts,
whatever floats your boat.
Go get that and come on back.
So ladies and gentlemen, this episode of the
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Jamwar Tech Talk Show is Tech Tides, navigating
the latest trends and transformation series for show
number 13.
So there's a lot that we have to
talk about on the show here today.
And we're going to go through the latest
in tech security and digital innovation.
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So get ready, everyone.
I'm John Seymour, a serial entrepreneur.
I'm not only a podcast host, but I'm
also a podcast coach and it is my
privilege and pleasure to be with all of
you guys here on, yes, the Jamwar Tech
Talk Show.
So again, so much to share with you
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guys.
I know you're probably wondering what we're doing,
what we have to do, and there's a
lot.
And so the first point I want to
talk about is one that's been, I think,
leading the world for quite a while.
And this is something that, you know, a
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lot of people didn't expect, but it's here
again.
All right.
What is that?
Well, I'm talking, ladies and gentlemen, none other
than the TikTok saga from ByteDance's high-stakes
negotiation to keep TikTok alive in the United
States.
This is what we're talking about today.
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And so I want to tell you that
we've got a lot in today's show.
From that to Apple's battle with the European
Commission over its lockdown ecosystem, plus we dive
into Tesla's next big move with RoboTaxi, big
tech's massive energy consumption, so much more.
So ByteDance investors are negotiating to reduce Chinese
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ownership.
The future of TikTok in the United States
hangs basically in the wings as ByteDance, the
parent company of the popular social media platform,
enters negotiations to reduce its Chinese ownership.
Now, U.S. lawmakers have long voiced concerns
about national security, risks with fears that Chinese
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government could access user data from the app.
And in response, ByteDance is exploring ways to
restructure its ownership and satisfy the regulators.
So without losing control, that is, of its
operations.
If the company fails to reach an agreement
by April 5th, TikTok could face an outright
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ban in the United States all over again,
but this time it'll be permanent.
This situation could set a precedent for how
Chinese tech companies navigate foreign regulations in the
future.
And I think a lot of people, a
lot of people, many are concerned about the
possible TikTok shutdown on April 5th, many.
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You know, the question is, will TikTok be
banned?
This is the big question.
The fate of TikTok is basically resting now
with just a few days for this to
happen.
They have till basically next Saturday.
And we remember how fast they took things
away last time, right?
It happened at the stroke of midnight that
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they started turning things over.
So I think this is really big.
The fate of TikTok once again hangs, as
we said, in the balance.
If the app is not divested by its
Chinese parent company by the date of April
5th, it'll be shut down and the app
will go dark all over again like it
did in January.
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So as of Friday, there were no final
plans for the app sale that had been
shared.
This past Wednesday, Trump had told reporters he
considered lowering tariffs on China to encourage Beijing,
where ByteDance is based, to support a sale
of TikTok's U.S. assets.
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If it's not finished, it's not a big
deal.
We'll just extend it, he said.
As the deadline looms, here's what to know
about proposed plans for the app sale.
Will TikTok get banned on April 5th?
If ByteDance does not divest TikTok by April
5th, then it could be banned in the
United States again.
However, as I said, Trump has stated that
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if a sale is not finalized in time,
he will extend the deadline.
How kind of him.
So can Trump legally extend the TikTok deadline
again?
Under the federal legislation that put the ban
in place, the president can implement a 90
-day extension on the deadline to sell.
However, Trump didn't take this route in January.
Instead, he signed an executive order delaying the
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ban by 75 days.
If Trump wishes to sign another executive order
ahead of April 5th deadline, he can.
The Trump administration did not immediately respond for
comment when they were contacted by many different
media outlets.
So senators are urging Trump to work with
Congress to save TikTok.
This past Monday, three Democratic senators sent a
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letter to Trump asking the president to work
with Congress on any potential resolutions to the
TikTok ban.
To the extent that you continue trying to
delay the divestment deadline through executive orders and
further extensions of TikTok deadlines will require Oracle,
Apple, Google, and other companies to continue risking
possibly ruinous legal liabilities.
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This is a big problem.
And so the letter signed by Massachusetts Senator
Edward J.
Markey, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, and New
Jersey Senator Cory A.
Booker asks Trump to urge Republican senators to
approve the extend of the TikTok deadline act.
It introduced in January, just days before the
initial ban.
The act, it passed, would extend the TikTok
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sale deadline to October 16th, 2025.
But is this really right to keep doing
this?
I mean, are we just like placating and
just playing games?
I think that's what we're doing.
They said that some people had expressed interest
in TikTok, but I mean, how long can
we keep going like this?
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Right?
I mean, how long?
Right?
Trump had told journalists that his administration was
working with four different groups interested in purchasing
TikTok, but didn't elaborate further.
And so this is a very, very big
problem.
A consortium of investors led by employer.com
founder and CEO Jesse Tinsley also submitted a
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bid to ByteDance earlier this year.
James Jimmy Donaldson, you probably know, Mr. Beast,
the internet superstar more commonly known as Mr.
Beast is a part of the consortium according
to a news release from the law firm
Paul Hastings.
So the most popular creator on YouTube, Donaldson
jokingly posted about purchasing the platform the week
before the January ban.
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After the post gained traction, he posted again
saying that so many billionaires had reached out
to him as of Friday that week and
the content creator had new CEO of TikTok
in his TikTok bio.
But is this the right thing?
I don't know.
I think we're kind of not addressing the
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issue.
And I think we're not going to take
the government's legislation seriously if they keep just,
you know, putting things off, keep extending the
deadline.
You can't keep doing that, right?
That's like at school, if you were asking
the teacher, the professor for an extension because
you had a valid reason, but then you're
like, oh, I need an extension again this
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week.
I know one student that actually did this.
He had given the student extension and then
because something else happened, we're getting ready to
present and he goes, oh, well, can I
do it next week?
So I'm curious to see if it's actually
going to happen, which would be actually Monday,
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March 31st.
We'll have to see because I think there's
a point where you can just kind of
beat this to death.
And then what happens, ladies and gentlemen, is
that you're really not taken seriously.
And the FAA restores a pilot safety messaging
system after a major disruption.
The Federal Aviation Administration has successfully restored its
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pilot safety messaging system after a temporary outage
that caused major disruptions in the U.S.
air travel.
This system is vital to the communications and
a paramount tool for pilots providing real-time
information about air traffic, weather conditions and potential
hazards.
The outage led to flight delays and cancellations,
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highlighting the growing reliance on digital infrastructures in
aviation.
While the FAA has assured the public that
necessary fixes have been implemented, this incident raises
more concerns about the resilience of critical aviation
technology and the need for robust backup systems
to prevent future failures.
So I think right now it's very obvious
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that the FAA's flight system needs to be
upgraded.
OK, I think that's inevitable.
The Government Accountability Office says, quote, the FAA
must take urgent action to address aging air
traffic control systems, saying that one third are
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unsustainable.
A 2023 report said the FAA's communications system
has been outdated for years and the agency
can no longer get spare parts for many
systems.
So just a few days ago on, I
think it was Fox News, Duffy has pledged
massive upgrades to the nation's air traffic control
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system within the next 18 months.
And so I'm glad to see they're taking
this seriously because I got to tell you,
if I was the one up in the
air, I don't want to have to worry
about, you know, can they get my plane
on the ground because suddenly the system's not
as stable as it could be because suddenly
they can't get a part.
And the FCC investigates Hawaii, H-U-A
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-W-I, and other Chinese telecom firms, and
the Federal Communications is now cracking down on
Chinese telecom companies, including Hawaii, over alleged violations
of U.S. regulations.
The national security concerns have been mounting for
years, not just yesterday, with fears that Chinese
companies could be embedding backdoors in telecommunication networks,
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allowing unauthorized data access.
We've known this for a while.
It's like they're finally starting to wake up
and smell the coffee.
The FCC's latest investigation could have major implications
for Hawaii's operations in the United States, potentially
leading to further restrictions or outright bans on
its equipment.
This move is part of a broader effort
to protect U.S. infrastructure from foreign cyber
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threats while reshaping the landscape of international telecommunications.
But I think it's more than that.
I think we need to have some type
of plan in place.
I don't know if you guys know, the
government has an NDA to prevent purchases of
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certain equipment.
And so this is not new.
It is the NDAA, is actually what they
call it.
The National Defense Authorization Act prohibits the use
of equipment manufactured by a limited set of
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Chinese manufacturers.
So the question is, is there a new
list, the NDAA's new list?
And so the NDAA supposedly updates this, right?
But I haven't seen a lot in there.
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I know that President Biden signed fiscal year
25 NDAA into law ensuring the investment in
part of the National Defense, service members, civilian
workers and their families, and technology and modernization.
But it's a little bit gray about what's
allowed and what's not allowed.
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The Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed
released the following statement praising Senate passage of
the legislation.
I quote, I am proud that the Senate
has voted by a wide bipartisan margin to
pass the NDAA.
So you might be saying, everyone, what is
the updated NDAA for 2025?
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So they are still going through some revisions
on this.
But what I can tell you is that
the list that was around in 2023 had
quite a few manufacturers in there.
Companies, I mean, I think if I had
to think about all the companies in there,
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I mean, there had to be just trying
to think how many are there, because there's
a lot.
And it's a big problem, a really, really
big problem.
And so maybe you're saying to me, hey,
John, you know, this isn't a big deal.
But there's over 180, 183 companies that are
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not allowed to sell their equipment to basically
the United States government and even places that
get funding from the United States government.
So the NDAA compliance matters.
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Its effects are on funding.
So any organization acting as a contractor for
any federal agency must comply with this prohibition
in order to receive any funding from the
federal government.
The prohibition is not limited to programs that
perform contracted work, but to lots of different
places.
And I think more people are going to
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take this seriously.
But I know the question is, when will
the NDAA list be updated?
And, you know, I can't really give you
an update.
The only thing I could tell you is
that the last time they did something was
in January 30, 2024.
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But there hasn't been a lot of changes
to this.
You know, they did an updated list, but
I haven't seen anything after that.
And they updated a section called the 1260H
list of Chinese military companies, which is an
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important continuing effort in highlighting, countering the PRC's
military civil fusion strategy.
So the point is that we need to
have these documents and we need to be
able to look at them and see, are
we potentially purchasing something that could in fact
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be a harm to us and to the
safety and security of our society?
So we'll definitely keep an eye on that.
And ladies and gentlemen, Meta's Instagram outage leaves
millions frustrated.
That's right.
Millions of Instagram users in the United States
were left in the dark as the platform
suffered a major outage recently, preventing people from
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logging in, sharing content and even accessing their
feeds.
Meta's Instagram parent company has since restored services
and apologized for the disruption.
But the incident underscores the growing concerns about
social media's reliability.
As these platforms become more integrated into daily
life, any prolonged outage can have dramatic widespread
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effects from influencers losing revenue to businesses missing
customer engagement opportunities.
The issue also raises questions about whether tech
giants are investing enough in maintaining the resilience
of their platforms.
And big tech data centers are possibly straining
the US's power grid as companies like Amazon,
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Google and Microsoft expand their global data centers.
The demand, unfortunately, for electricity is reaching critical
levels.
And these massive data hubs require enormous amounts
of power to keep servers running and cool
their systems, putting a big strain on energy
supplies, especially in regions already facing shortages.
Now, this has sparked concern about sustainability of
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data driven industries and whether companies are doing
enough to adopt energy efficient and eco-friendly
solutions.
With the rapid expansion of AI cloud computing
and streaming services, the pressure on the power
grid will only intensify and get worse unless
new energy strategies are implemented.
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So there you have it, that is a
serious problem, and I think we need to
do something to address it immediately, it's not
going to get any better, it's only going
to get worse.
So when will the issue be fixed for,
you know, data centers straining the US power
grid?
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I think right now people are still in
shambles just trying to figure out like what's
going on and people say, how stable is
the US power grid?
Well, the US grid is very reliable.
The average US customer loses power less than
two times per year for a total of
less than five hours, which represents a 99
.95% reliability, still lower than most data
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centers.
Who has the strongest power grid in the
United States?
Illinois, Nebraska, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Arizona
and Iowa.
Notice New Jersey was not on there.
That could be a problem, right?
That could be a problem as we start
to move to different things like, you know,
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electric vehicles.
How are we going to support this type
of infrastructure?
That's my big concern to everyone here.
And Mr. Elon Musk faces an SEC lawsuit
over, yes, delayed Twitter stake disclosure.
Elon Musk is once again in, let's say,
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not lukewater, but really hot water with regulators
as the US Securities and Exchange Commission, that's
the Securities and Exchange Commission, filing a lawsuit
against him for failing to disclose his significant
Twitter stake in a timely manner.
The SEC alleges that Musk's delay violated stock
market transparency rules, potentially giving him an unfair
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advantage.
And this is not the first time Musk
has clashed with SEC, as he has frequently
been scrutinized for his handling of Tesla stock
and controversial tweets that have impacted markets.
The outcome of this lawsuit could influence how
executives report their financial dealings in the tech
industry moving forward.
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And Amazon had some slight issues, but this
time it's not Amazon's fault.
Amazon's Zoox, that's Z-O-O-X, recalls
258 self-driving vehicles due to a braking
set of issues.
Amazon's self-driving car subsidiary Zoox has announced
a recall of 258 vehicles due to a
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braking system issue that causes unexpected hard stops.
That could be a big problem.
This recall follows a US investigation into incidents
where Zoox vehicles braked abruptly, leading to two
rear end collisions involving motorcyclists.
The issue was found in self-driving software
versions released before November 5th, and Zoox has
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since updated software to fix the problem.
While no incidents have been reported, this recall
highlights the ongoing challenges in autonomous vehicle development
and the importance of rigorous safety testing before
widespread deployment.
So, I think it's a case of there
needs to be more Q&A before they
get things to the market.
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And the EU orders Apple to open up
its ecosystem to competitors.
Apple's saying this is a problem, but I
don't know.
The European Commission has taken a major step
in regulating Apple's closed ecosystem, ordering the Czech
giant to allow rival smartphone headphones and VR
headset makers access to its technology and operating
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system.
Now, this move comes as part of the
DMA, the Digital Markets Act, designed to prevent
big tech from monopolizing key markets.
Now, Apple will also be required to create
a process for app developers to request interoperability
with its system.
While Apple argues that this change could compromise
security and innovation, the European Union insists that
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it will foster competition and benefit consumers.
If Apple fails to comply, it could face
fines of up to 10% of its
global sales.
So, my only concern is if we do
this and we get bad actors or people
that are not protecting the data, then everything
that Apple has tried to protect will be
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for nothing.
So, that's something I think we got to
think about.
Tesla secures its first permit, ladies and gentlemen,
for robotaxis in California.
So, Tesla has reached a major milestone in
its push toward autonomous driving, securing its first
permit to operate robotaxis in California.
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Now, this marks a crucial step in Tesla's
broader vision of driverless futures, where self-driving
cars could replace traditional ride-hailing services.
However, while the permits allow for initial testing,
Tesla will need to prove that its technology
is safe and reliable enough before it can
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roll out a full-scale robotaxi fleet.
With regulatory scrutiny on the autonomous vehicles increasing,
Tesla's ability to meet safety standards will determine
whether it can lead the self-driving revolution
or not.
And I think it's coming down to a
big thing about profits because, you know, let's
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face it, they're putting a lot of time
and money in this.
And so, if they release this too late,
it could cost them.
But if they release it too early, then
that could be a whole other issue, right?
So, these points that we're talking about are
very valid.
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And it's affecting everyone.
And I think sometimes people don't get what's
going on, okay?
And this could happen for a lot of
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different reasons.
It could happen because there is non-transparency.
It could happen because of regulation issues.
It could happen for so many different reasons,
all right?
And, you know, with the issues happening, like,
you know, Hyundai facing legal actions over vehicle
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theft vulnerability, Hyundai is under scrutiny as legal
action looms due to allegations that its iconic
five electric vehicle can be stolen in under
20 seconds using devices that mimic the car's
electronic key.
Digital security expert Elliot Ingram, whose car was
stolen and later recovered, accuses Hyundai of failing
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to inform customers about the security flaw, potentially
breaching the Consumer Rights Act.
He seeks compensation and urges Hyundai to alert
customers to the risk and preventive measures.
Hyundai acknowledges that the industry's wide issue of
electronic devices used by organized crime groups to
steal vehicles and is working on enhanced vehicle
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security through a comprehensive recall, though it's not
planned.
This case highlights the growing concern over vehicle
security in the digital age.
But it's all coming down to money.
We all know that.
Authors are confronting AI over copyright infringement.
Irish authors have discovered their books on pirated
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content databases, right, like LibGen.
And I think these are I think these
are really, really big problems.
And it's led to U.S. copyright infringement.
Sam Altman isn't really doing anything or saying
anything about it.
While Meta claims this usage falls under fair
use, the situation underscores the tension between tech
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companies and creators regarding intellectual property rights in
the era of AI.
I said this before, ladies and gentlemen, AI
is not good.
It's not bad.
It is a tool.
And how we choose to use it that
actually makes it so.
That's a that's a mouthful there, guys.
That is a very, very big mouthful.
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And, you know, when we think about things
like, you know, Howell's quantum leap and quantum
public debut on the horizon, Honeywell's international plans
to take its quantum computing company public within
the next two years and targeting evaluation of
around 10 billion.
This all formed from the merger of Honeywell
Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum in 2021.
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Quantum has made significant advancements in quantum computing,
including surpassing classical capabilities in number generation tasks.
The company aims to launch a 100 logical
qubit system by 2027.
Positioning itself as a leader in quantum computing
revolution.
Now, cybersecurity teams embrace agenic AI.
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And I think this is another very big
concern.
Security teams are increasingly adopting agenic AI to
manage the growing number of threats and workload
they face.
Unlike traditional chatbots, agenic AI can take pre
-approved actions based on its analysis.
Companies like Microsoft, CrowdStrike have already integrated agenic
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AI into their security platforms, enabling features such
as automatic triage of notifications.
The shift aims to alleviate the burden on
cybersecurity professionals and address the ongoing shortage of
skilled workers in the field.
Now, this reminds me of something that happened
a long time ago.
If you remember, do you guys remember the
movie War Games?
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All right.
Well, War Games had a computer that they
called, it was called a Whopper.
Do you guys remember Whopper?
So Whopper, it was a 1983, basically, movie.
And it was pretty popular.
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But it was, in one sense, a little
bit ahead of its time.
In the movie War Games, Whopper stands for
War Operation Plan Response.
And although it's a fictional superintelligent computer system
that simulates nuclear war scenarios, it's not far
off the beaten path to where we are
now.
The question is, do silos need humans to
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turn a key today, or is it all
automatic?
So AI took control, it killed the leadership,
it now runs complete control of the silos.
More benign, but equally terrifying, something happened to
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leadership and the AI is stuck implementing a
strict legacy, and no service routine can be
found anymore.
So the question is, is AI completely in
control?
Uh, from the perspective of where it was,
unless the only power available to the AI
is through the silos generator, and it too
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is self-contained on the silo server, then
it has a very strong reason to not
kill all the humans.
And in fact, gives it a reason to
stay in control and keep the humans from
ever leaving.
Without the humans, the generators would eventually shut
down, and the silos would flood like in
the silo 17, where it appeared, there was
no evidence of AI presence.
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So many heads of IT think that people
are in charge.
The question though, is it in charge?
Who is in charge?
And so they had something called the two
-person rule.
And so that's really a question.
Do we still have the two-person rule
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to launch silos for the military?
And I think it's something they don't want
to discuss.
The two-person rule only applies in the
missile silos and submarines.
There is no check on the US President's
sole authority to order a nuclear launch.
The two-person security rule is referred to
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as an escort rule.
It's highly effective access control, and it requires
two authorized cardholders to be present in order
to grant access.
So the question is, is the two-person
rule security for validation still in play at
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the military?
And I think they're claiming it doesn't apply
to DOD, Department of Defense.
But I don't think we're really getting a
truthful answer.
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They claim that the DOD people are always
getting continuous vetting, but it doesn't answer my
question.
Will the silos fire without two humans verifying?
That's really the question.
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And so what would happen if a nuclear
silo crew launched a nuke without presidential authority?
Well, that's hard to do, number one.
The first safeguard is a security measure called
no-loan zone or two-man rule.
And they're claiming it's still in effect.
If anyone is in the area that has
access to a nuclear weapon or the systems
that control it, there must be no less
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than two authorized people be present.
Just to let it sink in, the word
authorized, okay, it's similar to the security classification
of confidential, secret, top secret.
You still have to have a need to
know to have access to classified material.
You have to have a reason and be
vetted to have access to nuclear weapons.
So just because you have a top secret
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clearance doesn't allow you to have access to
any classified material or weapon system.
Some people I knew had secret clearance to
be on a crew, which gave them the
ability to work with the launch system.
But they later had to gain top secret
clearance due to access of some special control
systems.
Next is the hardware fail-safes.
Keeping with the no-loan zone policy, it
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takes at least two people to launch a
nuclear weapon.
Land-based ICBMs require keyed switches that are
turned together and separated enough to prevent one
person from turning all the keys.
And another launch complex sequence must also be,
as we say, in unison.
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Subs have their own layer of security.
Next safeguard is a system controlled by offsite
command and control that enables a system.
In short, we could have two turn keys
on our Titan and nothing would happen.
Then to add to the layers of security
on top of that, the nuclear weapon has
a security code that needs to be entered
to make it go off.
Even the Pentagon level commanders have their levels
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of oversight.
One thing about all the above policies that
I'm speaking about is it takes time in
the attempts of getting around all these things.
These facilities are under constant communications with the
outside world.
And if an LLC, which is a launch
control center, is out of communication for an
uncomfortable length of time, security forces can go
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out to the actual missile launchers and deactivate
them.
One of the most effective ways to stop
them is to pull the plug on the
missiles themselves.
People say it's unlikely.
A lot of people have said, like at
war games, if you disconnect the missile silo,
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will it launch?
No, disconnecting the missile silo would not cause
a missile to launch as the launch sequence
is initiated and controlled by separate independent systems,
not the silo itself.
So what we heard in the movie was
all BS.
It would not cause the launch.
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So the independent launch systems, the intercontinental ballistic
missiles, have sophisticated self-contained launch systems that
are separate from the silo structure.
Once the launch sequence is initiated, the missile
is designed to be independent of the external
commands after a certain point.
The silo serves as a protective area and
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a launch facility, but it doesn't control the
launch process itself.
Some ICBMs, like the Russian R-36 and
the SS-18 Satan, use a cold launch
method where the missile is ejected from the
silo by a piston and the engines ignite
outside the silo.
Other ICBMs, like the Minuteman III, use a
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hot launch method where the engines ignite inside
the silo.
Many missile silos have been decommissioned and have
even been sold to private individuals who have
converted them into unique homes or had other
uses for them.
The thing about this is that many people
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think that we have just replaced all control
at the silos with automation.
I want to tell you that our missile
silos are not completely controlled by AI alone.
So people say to me, John, is AI
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completely in control of the silos?
Well, so again, there are lots of steps,
as I mentioned to you.
And so there are lots of things that
have to happen for that missile to launch.
Giving an AI control of nuclear weapons, that
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could be a big problem.
If artificial intelligence is controlled nuclear weapons solely,
all of us could be really in danger.
And that's no exaggeration.
In 1983, Soviet Air Defense Forces Lieutenant Colonel
Stasislav Petrov was monitoring nuclear early warning systems
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when the computer concluded with the highest confidence
that the United States had launched a nuclear
war.
But Petrov was doubtful.
The computer estimated only a handful of nuclear
weapons were incoming.
When such a surprise attack would more plausibly
entail an overwhelming first strike, he also didn't
trust the new launch detection system and the
radar system didn't have a corroborative evidence that
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it had happened.
Petrov decided the message was a false positive
and did nothing.
The computer was wrong.
Petrov was right.
The false signals came from the early warning
systems mistaking the sun's reflection off the clouds
of the missiles.
But if Petrov had been a machine programmed
to respond automatically when confidence was sufficiently high,
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the error would have started a nuclear war.
Militaries are increasingly incorporating autonomous functions into weapon
systems.
Though as far as it is publicly known,
they haven't yet turned the nuclear launch codes
over to an AI system.
I don't think they ever should.
Russia has developed a nuclear armed nuclear powered
torpedo that is autonomous in some but not
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publicly known manner.
And defense thinkers in the United States have
proposed automating the launch decision for nuclear weapons.
So I think what we've learned here is
that AI is good, but we have to
make sure that, you know, we've got confidence
is high.
It's very easy to make a mistake based
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on what could be, all right.
And we learned today that Google confirmed cyber
espionage attacks on Chrome users.
Google has confirmed a surge of cyber espionage
attacks affecting Chrome users due to highly sophisticated
malware triggered by phishing links and emails.
The malware exploits a zero-day vulnerability.
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It's a critical vulnerable exposure, CVE-2025-273,
allowing attackers to bypass Chrome sandbox protections.
Targeting media professionals, educational institutions, and government
agencies, this attack dubbed, quote, operation forum troll,
quote, underscores the persistent threats in the digital
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landscape.
Google has announced a forthcoming security patch to
address the vulnerability and advises users to exercise
caution with unknown links and email, which is
something we've been saying for a long, long
time.
And newsrooms are navigating AI's uncertainties and opportunities.
Newsrooms are grappling right now with dual threats
and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence, while AI
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tools offer potential efficiencies in drafting headline stories,
summaries, and data analysis, there's significant uneasiness about
their reliability and the possibility of AI assistance
replacing traditional media consumption.
Some media organizations have signed licensing deals to
ensure AI models attribute their original work, while
others pursue legal action against AI companies.
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The consensus is that while AI offers efficiencies,
it must be integrated carefully to maintain the
integrity of journalism and, of course, the trust
of all the readers.
Microsoft injects AI agents into security tools.
Microsoft announced plans to roll out 11 AI
agents for security-focused copilot to alleviate repetitive
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tasks burdening cybersecurity teams.
These agents can learn from false positive flags
and avoid repeating the same errors in the
future.
This initiative aligns with broader industry efforts to
address the cybersecurity workforce gap and enhance the
efficiency, you guessed it, of security operations.
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So, emerging cybersecurity technology and trends is very
viable.
The cybersecurity landscape is continually evolving with new
technologies emerging to combat increasing threats.
Key trends include the adoption of artificial intelligence
and machine learning for threat detection, implementation of
zero-trust architecture and advances in cloud security,
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staying informed about these trends is crucial for
organizations aiming to protect their digital assets effectively.
Now, top security threats to watch in 2025.
The cyber threat landscape in 2025 is expected
to be shaped by increasingly sophisticated attacks.
With ransomware, social engineering and AI-powered cybercrime
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remaining top concerns, organizations must remain vigilant and
adapt to these evolving threats to safeguard their
operations and their data.
We also have the MOVIT data breach.
Now, it's a cautionary tale, but in 2023,
a vulnerability in MOVIT, a managed file transfer
software, led to a series of cyber attacks
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affecting thousands of organizations and nearly 100 million
individuals.
The breach underscores the critical importance of software
updates and robust cybersecurity measures to prevent data
theft in unauthorized access.
Wow.
That's a lot.
Okay.
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But I think in one regard, if we
know that technology out there can be faulty,
we have to make sure that we test
it before we trust it.
That make sense?
We have to test it before we trust
it.
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And that's hard for a lot of people.
Okay.
That's very hard for people because they don't
necessarily know when to trust something.
When is the intelligence high?
Like we talked about the war, right?
If that kernel responded to just the reports
of the computer, and we learned this from
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war games, which incidentally, they stole from the
Russians.
That's where they got their story from.
But I think the whole concept of trusting
something and then because of that trust, you
take a certain action.
And if that's wrong, well, not only does
it make you look like a fool, it
could potentially harm a lot of lives.
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So this week on The JMOR Tech
Talk show, we talked about a lot.
This episode was packed with much known updates
shaping the tech world as you and I
know it.
ByteDance is in a high stakes negotiation to
keep TikTok running in the United States as
lawmakers push for reduced Chinese ownership.
But will Mr. Donald Trump, president, actually keep
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extending this deadline?
Or will they do something and say, no
more after this?
Because you can always keep extending something, right?
That's a very, very big problem that I
see.
And I think it's going to be a
problem for a lot of people.
So I think we have to do something
about it sooner than later.
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And meanwhile, the European Commission is challenging Apple's
walled garden, forcing the tech giant to open
its ecosystems to competitors.
Is this the right approach?
Maybe there's some things that they need access
to, but maybe they shouldn't have access to
like the whole vault of where, you know,
biometric data is stored or where facial data
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is stored.
I just feel that could be a really
big, big problem.
And the FAA's pilot systems is now back
online after disruptive outage.
And the FCC is cracking down on Hawaii
over national security concerns.
I think when we have an example, that's
what makes us take an action, right?
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That's what makes us take an action.
Meta's Instagram outage left millions frustrated, raising concerns
over big tech's ability to handle major service
failures.
In fact, the first time we shot this
show today, due to outages with Altice and
Optimum, we had to reshoot the entire show.
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And again, we do everything we can to
produce a high quality show.
But when companies like Optimum and Altice, they
just don't have reliable networks, I think we
need to do something about that from a
government standpoint.
I really do.
The outage with, you know, Instagram, it frustrated
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millions of people.
It really did.
And it raised concerns over big tech's ability
to handle major service failures.
And the fact that, can they handle them?
I can't tell you how many times I've
called into Optimum, to Altice and complained.
And their response to me now is, well,
you know, it didn't go down that much
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today.
Okay, it went down once instead of going
down eight or 10 times.
I'm sorry.
Even once is too much, right?
When you're paying money.
And then they don't even want to give
you a credit for the fact that their
service has gone down.
I still think that the company should have
never been sold to the France, country of
the French.
And it should be managed by a US
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-owned company.
Any of our utilities.
I mean, that's my personal opinion.
It should never be sold.
We shouldn't be able to own a utility
in another country.
I mean, that's just, that's like nonsense, right?
And we'll just have to see what's going
to go on.
But I think there needs to be like
a watchdog, like the European Union.
We need to have something like that in
the United States.
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And people have asked me, hey, John, what
is the European Union equivalent?
All right.
The European equivalent in the US.
And there isn't a direct single equivalent to
European Union in the United States.
Okay.
But if we want to talk about European's
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equivalent security organization, that we can probably do.
The US has a variety of agencies.
We have the Department of Homeland Security, right?
DHS, the National Security Agency, NSA.
And of course, we have the FBI, the
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Federal Bureau of Investigation.
So, the DHS is an agency responsible for
protecting United States against threats and ensuring national
security, including cybersecurity.
The NSA, National Security Agency, is responsible for
intelligence gathering and cybersecurity focusing on protecting national
security information and the infrastructure.
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Okay.
The FBI is responsible for investigating criminal activity,
including cybercrime, and protecting the nation from threats.
You have the CISA, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency.
It's a sub-agency of the DHS focusing
on protecting critical infrastructure and mitigating cybersecurity risks.
We have the NIST, the National Institute of
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Standards and Technology, develop standards and guidelines for
cybersecurity, including the cybersecurity framework.
We have FedRAMP, which is the Federal Risk
and Authorization Management Program.
And it provides a risk-based approach for
adoption and use of cloud services by the
U.S. federal government.
I think maybe they should be checking out
Microsoft and all the challenges they've been having,
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because there's definitely some loopholes there.
We also have the OSCE, the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The OSCE is the regional security-oriented intergovernmental
organization comprising member states in Europe, North America,
and Asia.
And its mandate includes issues such as arms
control, the promotion of human rights, freedom of
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the press, and free and fair elections.
That's a lot of information, isn't it, guys?
So I think if we understand this, it's
really important.
And then the fact that big tech's massive
data centers are straining U.S. power grids,
sparking big debates on sustainable energy solutions.
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Oh, we're not using that much.
But you are using that much.
And in other major developments, we saw Elon
Musk is facing off yet another challenge.
And now this time it's against the SEC
over a delayed Twitter ownership filing while Amazon's
Zoox is recalling self-driving cars due to
braking issues.
So a lot of these companies think because
they have a lot of money, they could
just do whatever the heck they want.
And you might get away with it now.
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But if you keep doing it, you eventually
are going to get burned, right?
If you play with fire long enough, you're
going to get burned.
And that's what these people are doing.
Tesla has taken a major step toward the
future of transportation by securing its first permit
for robo-taxi operations in California while they
test.
And as the tech industry pushes boundaries, the
regulatory landscape is shifting very fast.
What does it all mean for businesses and
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consumers?
Well, I think the most thing that we
have to realize is that the world is
evolving.
I mean, I think that's a very, very
big thing.
How it's evolving is still very much up
for debate based on the government, based on
you, your business, based on the feedback you
give.
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And I think if we can understand these
couple things, then maybe we will be in
a better position to move forward.
And you might be saying, John, how and
what does all this mean?
Well, it means that we have a choice.
All right.
All these developments signal a very rapid evolving
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tech landscape where innovation, regulation, and security concerns
are colliding and very real.
Governments are tightening their grip on big tech,
from US pushing ByteDance to reduce Chinese ownership
of TikTok, to the European Union forcing Apple
to open its ecosystem at the same time
critical infrastructure is under pressure.
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Whether it's the FAA's flight safety system, which
definitely needs to be upgraded, or the power
grid struggles to support massive data centers.
Cybersecurity, as we know, remains a major security
concern.
We talked about what happened with Amazon, right?
And Zooks navigating the regulatory hurdles.
And Elon Musk's SEC lawsuit.
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And as digital innovation accelerates, these shifts will
reshape how businesses and how consumers operate and
interact with technology on a daily basis.
And how governments will enforce the accountability in
the tech world.
And I think this is something that a
lot of courts are having problems with.
They don't necessarily know how or what do
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we do, right?
That's a big dilemma, right?
And maybe if we could think about what's
going on with all this stuff, okay?
Maybe we might be better prepared to where
we should be going in the future.
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So everything we talked about today, all is
harnessed around technology.
Every single thing.
The FAA, they need to upgrade their technology.
FCC, targeting Chinese telecom giants that basically are
operating, which we think, basically, under the law,
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which is not good.
Meta's Instagram, nobody enforces.
When something goes wrong on Instagram, it's like,
okay, who cares?
If I had to ask you this, who
regulates Meta and Instagram?
Who regulates them?
So the oversight board is an outside entity
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that governs Meta's social and political power.
And so we know that Instagram and Meta
was under the Facebook umbrella, but then they
did change their name.
So who's in control of Meta?
Well, you know that.
That's Mark Zuckerberg.
No, TikTok is not owned by Meta.
It is owned by ByteDance.
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And the question everyone is asking is, is
TikTok exploiting US data?
We don't know.
Governments have raised concern about data privacy.
But are we truly speculating, or are we
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speaking about something that's true?
And I think it's okay to speak about
something that is maybe speculative, because we are
trying to protect the US citizens.
And so just thinking about all this stuff
maybe gets you to pivot, maybe gets you
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to understand that everything is about data.
Everything's about data.
And maybe you're saying to me, hey, John,
what's this all about?
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Basically, we're marking the heightened regulatory pressures and
infrastructure challenges, efforts to address national security concerns
or driving changes in ownership structures within tech
companies.
While governments are pushing for more open and
competitive digital ecosystems, simultaneously, issues with critical
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communication systems and widespread outages in popular platforms
highlight the very, let's say, important vulnerabilities in
our digital infrastructure, which we're not really understanding
until we experience them.
There are also many growing concerns about environmental
impact of increasing demand for energy from massive
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data centers.
This is not the first time this has
come up.
Additionally, regulatory scrutiny is intensifying in the tech
industry with investigations focused on foreign influence and
the handling of sensitive data.
Legal battles over financial disclosures and recalls of
autonomous vehicles reflect the complexities and the risks
associated with emerging technologies.
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Now, these events underscore the tension between rapid
technological advancements, regulatory compliance, and the need for
robust infrastructure to support the digital future.
Well, that is a lot, a lot of
information, guys.
I mean, that's a lot.
I mean, just taking just one of the
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things we talked about today, right?
And realizing that these things are important, okay?
I think it's important to understand what all
this means, okay?
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And what it means is that you have
the potential.
You have the potential to make changes, okay?
You have the potential to make changes.
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And these changes are based on the infrastructure
that you're currently with.
Infrastructures are all over the world, all over
the world.
But there are, how can I say, some
common threads to infrastructures anywhere
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in the world.
And although that might sound confusing, it's true.
Whether it's in technology, whether it's in transportation
or utilities, often they revolve around the need
for resilience, security, and sustainability.
As global systems become more interconnected, the importance
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of reliable communication networks, energy grids, and digital
platforms grow.
At the core of infrastructure development is the
challenge of balancing rapid technological advancements with maintaining
safety, privacy, and of course, regulatory compliance.
Another shared concern across all infrastructures is the
pressure on resources, whether it's electricity for data
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centers, bandwidth for communication, systems for space, for
urban development.
Moreover, governments and businesses face ongoing scrutiny over
environmental impacts as the need for greener, more
energy efficient solutions become increasingly urgent.
The integration of emerging technologies, such as autonomous
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vehicles or artificial intelligence, further complicates infrastructure
planning, requiring both innovation, careful consideration of the
potential risks and how things will be going
forward.
Yes, we covered a lot.
And I don't expect everyone to grasp everything
that I've talked about tonight because we've shared
a lot of information.
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I mean, an awful lot of information.
But I see more information coming at us
because there are more things that we're starting
to automate.
There's more data that we are collecting.
And of course, privacy concerns are important, whether
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we're talking about credit cards, or we're talking
about HIPAA, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
right?
Whether we're talking about even something as simple
as E-ZPass, right?
What are they actually doing with that data?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur.
It's always a privilege, pleasure, and honor to
be with you guys on The JMOR
Tech Talk show and every other show.
Please do check out BelieveMeAchieve.com for more
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of my amazing, inspiring creations, ladies and gentlemen.
And I'll catch you guys next week.
All right, have yourself a good rest of
this one.
Hi everyone, I'm John C. Morley the host of
The JMOR Tech Talk Show and Inspirations for
Your Life.
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Hey guys, welcome to the Jamwar Tech Talk
Show.
Today is Friday, it is March 28th, 2025.
Welcome to the Jamwar Tech Talk Show.
We have a fantastic show lined up here
for you today, so be sure to stick
around.
But before we do get things started, I
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do want to invite you to maybe go
out to your kitchen and get something delicious
or that could be hot or cold or
something like a beverage or maybe something sweet
or something tart or even something healthy like
a piece of fruit or maybe some nuts,
whatever floats your boat.
Go get that and come on back.
So ladies and gentlemen, this episode of the
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Jamwar Tech Talk Show is Tech Tides, navigating
the latest trends and transformation series for show
number 13.
So there's a lot that we have to
talk about on the show here today.
And we're going to go through the latest
in tech security and digital innovation.
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So get ready, everyone.
I'm John Seymour, a serial entrepreneur.
I'm not only a podcast host, but I'm
also a podcast coach and it is my
privilege and pleasure to be with all of
you guys here on, yes, the Jamwar Tech
Talk Show.
So again, so much to share with you
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guys.
I know you're probably wondering what we're doing,
what we have to do, and there's a
lot.
And so the first point I want to
talk about is one that's been, I think,
leading the world for quite a while.
And this is something that, you know, a
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lot of people didn't expect, but it's here
again.
All right.
What is that?
Well, I'm talking, ladies and gentlemen, none other
than the TikTok saga from ByteDance's high-stakes
negotiation to keep TikTok alive in the United
States.
This is what we're talking about today.
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And so I want to tell you that
we've got a lot in today's show.
From that to Apple's battle with the European
Commission over its lockdown ecosystem, plus we dive
into Tesla's next big move with RoboTaxi, big
tech's massive energy consumption, so much more.
So ByteDance investors are negotiating to reduce Chinese
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ownership.
The future of TikTok in the United States
hangs basically in the wings as ByteDance, the
parent company of the popular social media platform,
enters negotiations to reduce its Chinese ownership.
Now, U.S. lawmakers have long voiced concerns
about national security, risks with fears that Chinese
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government could access user data from the app.
And in response, ByteDance is exploring ways to
restructure its ownership and satisfy the regulators.
So without losing control, that is, of its
operations.
If the company fails to reach an agreement
by April 5th, TikTok could face an outright
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ban in the United States all over again,
but this time it'll be permanent.
This situation could set a precedent for how
Chinese tech companies navigate foreign regulations in the
future.
And I think a lot of people, a
lot of people, many are concerned about the
possible TikTok shutdown on April 5th, many.
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You know, the question is, will TikTok be
banned?
This is the big question.
The fate of TikTok is basically resting now
with just a few days for this to
happen.
They have till basically next Saturday.
And we remember how fast they took things
away last time, right?
It happened at the stroke of midnight that
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they started turning things over.
So I think this is really big.
The fate of TikTok once again hangs, as
we said, in the balance.
If the app is not divested by its
Chinese parent company by the date of April
5th, it'll be shut down and the app
will go dark all over again like it
did in January.
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So as of Friday, there were no final
plans for the app sale that had been
shared.
This past Wednesday, Trump had told reporters he
considered lowering tariffs on China to encourage Beijing,
where ByteDance is based, to support a sale
of TikTok's U.S. assets.
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If it's not finished, it's not a big
deal.
We'll just extend it, he said.
As the deadline looms, here's what to know
about proposed plans for the app sale.
Will TikTok get banned on April 5th?
If ByteDance does not divest TikTok by April
5th, then it could be banned in the
United States again.
However, as I said, Trump has stated that
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if a sale is not finalized in time,
he will extend the deadline.
How kind of him.
So can Trump legally extend the TikTok deadline
again?
Under the federal legislation that put the ban
in place, the president can implement a 90
-day extension on the deadline to sell.
However, Trump didn't take this route in January.
Instead, he signed an executive order delaying the
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ban by 75 days.
If Trump wishes to sign another executive order
ahead of April 5th deadline, he can.
The Trump administration did not immediately respond for
comment when they were contacted by many different
media outlets.
So senators are urging Trump to work with
Congress to save TikTok.
This past Monday, three Democratic senators sent a
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letter to Trump asking the president to work
with Congress on any potential resolutions to the
TikTok ban.
To the extent that you continue trying to
delay the divestment deadline through executive orders and
further extensions of TikTok deadlines will require Oracle,
Apple, Google, and other companies to continue risking
possibly ruinous legal liabilities.
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This is a big problem.
And so the letter signed by Massachusetts Senator
Edward J.
Markey, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, and New
Jersey Senator Cory A.
Booker asks Trump to urge Republican senators to
approve the extend of the TikTok deadline act.
It introduced in January, just days before the
initial ban.
The act, it passed, would extend the TikTok
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sale deadline to October 16th, 2025.
But is this really right to keep doing
this?
I mean, are we just like placating and
just playing games?
I think that's what we're doing.
They said that some people had expressed interest
in TikTok, but I mean, how long can
we keep going like this?
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Right?
I mean, how long?
Right?
Trump had told journalists that his administration was
working with four different groups interested in purchasing
TikTok, but didn't elaborate further.
And so this is a very, very big
problem.
A consortium of investors led by employer.com
founder and CEO Jesse Tinsley also submitted a
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bid to ByteDance earlier this year.
James Jimmy Donaldson, you probably know, Mr. Beast,
the internet superstar more commonly known as Mr.
Beast is a part of the consortium according
to a news release from the law firm
Paul Hastings.
So the most popular creator on YouTube, Donaldson
jokingly posted about purchasing the platform the week
before the January ban.
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After the post gained traction, he posted again
saying that so many billionaires had reached out
to him as of Friday that week and
the content creator had new CEO of TikTok
in his TikTok bio.
But is this the right thing?
I don't know.
I think we're kind of not addressing the
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issue.
And I think we're not going to take
the government's legislation seriously if they keep just,
you know, putting things off, keep extending the
deadline.
You can't keep doing that, right?
That's like at school, if you were asking
the teacher, the professor for an extension because
you had a valid reason, but then you're
like, oh, I need an extension again this
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week.
I know one student that actually did this.
He had given the student extension and then
because something else happened, we're getting ready to
present and he goes, oh, well, can I
do it next week?
So I'm curious to see if it's actually
going to happen, which would be actually Monday,
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March 31st.
We'll have to see because I think there's
a point where you can just kind of
beat this to death.
And then what happens, ladies and gentlemen, is
that you're really not taken seriously.
And the FAA restores a pilot safety messaging
system after a major disruption.
The Federal Aviation Administration has successfully restored its
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pilot safety messaging system after a temporary outage
that caused major disruptions in the U.S.
air travel.
This system is vital to the communications and
a paramount tool for pilots providing real-time
information about air traffic, weather conditions and potential
hazards.
The outage led to flight delays and cancellations,
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highlighting the growing reliance on digital infrastructures in
aviation.
While the FAA has assured the public that
necessary fixes have been implemented, this incident raises
more concerns about the resilience of critical aviation
technology and the need for robust backup systems
to prevent future failures.
So I think right now it's very obvious
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that the FAA's flight system needs to be
upgraded.
OK, I think that's inevitable.
The Government Accountability Office says, quote, the FAA
must take urgent action to address aging air
traffic control systems, saying that one third are
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unsustainable.
A 2023 report said the FAA's communications system
has been outdated for years and the agency
can no longer get spare parts for many
systems.
So just a few days ago on, I
think it was Fox News, Duffy has pledged
massive upgrades to the nation's air traffic control
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system within the next 18 months.
And so I'm glad to see they're taking
this seriously because I got to tell you,
if I was the one up in the
air, I don't want to have to worry
about, you know, can they get my plane
on the ground because suddenly the system's not
as stable as it could be because suddenly
they can't get a part.
And the FCC investigates Hawaii, H-U-A
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-W-I, and other Chinese telecom firms, and
the Federal Communications is now cracking down on
Chinese telecom companies, including Hawaii, over alleged violations
of U.S. regulations.
The national security concerns have been mounting for
years, not just yesterday, with fears that Chinese
companies could be embedding backdoors in telecommunication networks,
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allowing unauthorized data access.
We've known this for a while.
It's like they're finally starting to wake up
and smell the coffee.
The FCC's latest investigation could have major implications
for Hawaii's operations in the United States, potentially
leading to further restrictions or outright bans on
its equipment.
This move is part of a broader effort
to protect U.S. infrastructure from foreign cyber
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threats while reshaping the landscape of international telecommunications.
But I think it's more than that.
I think we need to have some type
of plan in place.
I don't know if you guys know, the
government has an NDA to prevent purchases of
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certain equipment.
And so this is not new.
It is the NDAA, is actually what they
call it.
The National Defense Authorization Act prohibits the use
of equipment manufactured by a limited set of
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Chinese manufacturers.
So the question is, is there a new
list, the NDAA's new list?
And so the NDAA supposedly updates this, right?
But I haven't seen a lot in there.
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I know that President Biden signed fiscal year
25 NDAA into law ensuring the investment in
part of the National Defense, service members, civilian
workers and their families, and technology and modernization.
But it's a little bit gray about what's
allowed and what's not allowed.
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The Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed
released the following statement praising Senate passage of
the legislation.
I quote, I am proud that the Senate
has voted by a wide bipartisan margin to
pass the NDAA.
So you might be saying, everyone, what is
the updated NDAA for 2025?
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So they are still going through some revisions
on this.
But what I can tell you is that
the list that was around in 2023 had
quite a few manufacturers in there.
Companies, I mean, I think if I had
to think about all the companies in there,
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I mean, there had to be just trying
to think how many are there, because there's
a lot.
And it's a big problem, a really, really
big problem.
And so maybe you're saying to me, hey,
John, you know, this isn't a big deal.
But there's over 180, 183 companies that are
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not allowed to sell their equipment to basically
the United States government and even places that
get funding from the United States government.
So the NDAA compliance matters.
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Its effects are on funding.
So any organization acting as a contractor for
any federal agency must comply with this prohibition
in order to receive any funding from the
federal government.
The prohibition is not limited to programs that
perform contracted work, but to lots of different
places.
And I think more people are going to
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take this seriously.
But I know the question is, when will
the NDAA list be updated?
And, you know, I can't really give you
an update.
The only thing I could tell you is
that the last time they did something was
in January 30, 2024.
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But there hasn't been a lot of changes
to this.
You know, they did an updated list, but
I haven't seen anything after that.
And they updated a section called the 1260H
list of Chinese military companies, which is an
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important continuing effort in highlighting, countering the PRC's
military civil fusion strategy.
So the point is that we need to
have these documents and we need to be
able to look at them and see, are
we potentially purchasing something that could in fact
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be a harm to us and to the
safety and security of our society?
So we'll definitely keep an eye on that.
And ladies and gentlemen, Meta's Instagram outage leaves
millions frustrated.
That's right.
Millions of Instagram users in the United States
were left in the dark as the platform
suffered a major outage recently, preventing people from
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logging in, sharing content and even accessing their
feeds.
Meta's Instagram parent company has since restored services
and apologized for the disruption.
But the incident underscores the growing concerns about
social media's reliability.
As these platforms become more integrated into daily
life, any prolonged outage can have dramatic widespread
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effects from influencers losing revenue to businesses missing
customer engagement opportunities.
The issue also raises questions about whether tech
giants are investing enough in maintaining the resilience
of their platforms.
And big tech data centers are possibly straining
the US's power grid as companies like Amazon,
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Google and Microsoft expand their global data centers.
The demand, unfortunately, for electricity is reaching critical
levels.
And these massive data hubs require enormous amounts
of power to keep servers running and cool
their systems, putting a big strain on energy
supplies, especially in regions already facing shortages.
Now, this has sparked concern about sustainability of
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data driven industries and whether companies are doing
enough to adopt energy efficient and eco-friendly
solutions.
With the rapid expansion of AI cloud computing
and streaming services, the pressure on the power
grid will only intensify and get worse unless
new energy strategies are implemented.
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So there you have it, that is a
serious problem, and I think we need to
do something to address it immediately, it's not
going to get any better, it's only going
to get worse.
So when will the issue be fixed for,
you know, data centers straining the US power
grid?
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I think right now people are still in
shambles just trying to figure out like what's
going on and people say, how stable is
the US power grid?
Well, the US grid is very reliable.
The average US customer loses power less than
two times per year for a total of
less than five hours, which represents a 99
.95% reliability, still lower than most data
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centers.
Who has the strongest power grid in the
United States?
Illinois, Nebraska, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Arizona
and Iowa.
Notice New Jersey was not on there.
That could be a problem, right?
That could be a problem as we start
to move to different things like, you know,
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electric vehicles.
How are we going to support this type
of infrastructure?
That's my big concern to everyone here.
And Mr. Elon Musk faces an SEC lawsuit
over, yes, delayed Twitter stake disclosure.
Elon Musk is once again in, let's say,
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not lukewater, but really hot water with regulators
as the US Securities and Exchange Commission, that's
the Securities and Exchange Commission, filing a lawsuit
against him for failing to disclose his significant
Twitter stake in a timely manner.
The SEC alleges that Musk's delay violated stock
market transparency rules, potentially giving him an unfair
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advantage.
And this is not the first time Musk
has clashed with SEC, as he has frequently
been scrutinized for his handling of Tesla stock
and controversial tweets that have impacted markets.
The outcome of this lawsuit could influence how
executives report their financial dealings in the tech
industry moving forward.
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And Amazon had some slight issues, but this
time it's not Amazon's fault.
Amazon's Zoox, that's Z-O-O-X, recalls
258 self-driving vehicles due to a braking
set of issues.
Amazon's self-driving car subsidiary Zoox has announced
a recall of 258 vehicles due to a
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braking system issue that causes unexpected hard stops.
That could be a big problem.
This recall follows a US investigation into incidents
where Zoox vehicles braked abruptly, leading to two
rear end collisions involving motorcyclists.
The issue was found in self-driving software
versions released before November 5th, and Zoox has
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since updated software to fix the problem.
While no incidents have been reported, this recall
highlights the ongoing challenges in autonomous vehicle development
and the importance of rigorous safety testing before
widespread deployment.
So, I think it's a case of there
needs to be more Q&A before they
get things to the market.
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And the EU orders Apple to open up
its ecosystem to competitors.
Apple's saying this is a problem, but I
don't know.
The European Commission has taken a major step
in regulating Apple's closed ecosystem, ordering the Czech
giant to allow rival smartphone headphones and VR
headset makers access to its technology and operating
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system.
Now, this move comes as part of the
DMA, the Digital Markets Act, designed to prevent
big tech from monopolizing key markets.
Now, Apple will also be required to create
a process for app developers to request interoperability
with its system.
While Apple argues that this change could compromise
security and innovation, the European Union insists that
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it will foster competition and benefit consumers.
If Apple fails to comply, it could face
fines of up to 10% of its
global sales.
So, my only concern is if we do
this and we get bad actors or people
that are not protecting the data, then everything
that Apple has tried to protect will be
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for nothing.
So, that's something I think we got to
think about.
Tesla secures its first permit, ladies and gentlemen,
for robotaxis in California.
So, Tesla has reached a major milestone in
its push toward autonomous driving, securing its first
permit to operate robotaxis in California.
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Now, this marks a crucial step in Tesla's
broader vision of driverless futures, where self-driving
cars could replace traditional ride-hailing services.
However, while the permits allow for initial testing,
Tesla will need to prove that its technology
is safe and reliable enough before it can
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roll out a full-scale robotaxi fleet.
With regulatory scrutiny on the autonomous vehicles increasing,
Tesla's ability to meet safety standards will determine
whether it can lead the self-driving revolution
or not.
And I think it's coming down to a
big thing about profits because, you know, let's
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face it, they're putting a lot of time
and money in this.
And so, if they release this too late,
it could cost them.
But if they release it too early, then
that could be a whole other issue, right?
So, these points that we're talking about are
very valid.
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And it's affecting everyone.
And I think sometimes people don't get what's
going on, okay?
And this could happen for a lot of
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different reasons.
It could happen because there is non-transparency.
It could happen because of regulation issues.
It could happen for so many different reasons,
all right?
And, you know, with the issues happening, like,
you know, Hyundai facing legal actions over vehicle
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theft vulnerability, Hyundai is under scrutiny as legal
action looms due to allegations that its iconic
five electric vehicle can be stolen in under
20 seconds using devices that mimic the car's
electronic key.
Digital security expert Elliot Ingram, whose car was
stolen and later recovered, accuses Hyundai of failing
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to inform customers about the security flaw, potentially
breaching the Consumer Rights Act.
He seeks compensation and urges Hyundai to alert
customers to the risk and preventive measures.
Hyundai acknowledges that the industry's wide issue of
electronic devices used by organized crime groups to
steal vehicles and is working on enhanced vehicle
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security through a comprehensive recall, though it's not
planned.
This case highlights the growing concern over vehicle
security in the digital age.
But it's all coming down to money.
We all know that.
Authors are confronting AI over copyright infringement.
Irish authors have discovered their books on pirated
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content databases, right, like LibGen.
And I think these are I think these
are really, really big problems.
And it's led to U.S. copyright infringement.
Sam Altman isn't really doing anything or saying
anything about it.
While Meta claims this usage falls under fair
use, the situation underscores the tension between tech
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companies and creators regarding intellectual property rights in
the era of AI.
I said this before, ladies and gentlemen, AI
is not good.
It's not bad.
It is a tool.
And how we choose to use it that
actually makes it so.
That's a that's a mouthful there, guys.
That is a very, very big mouthful.
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And, you know, when we think about things
like, you know, Howell's quantum leap and quantum
public debut on the horizon, Honeywell's international plans
to take its quantum computing company public within
the next two years and targeting evaluation of
around 10 billion.
This all formed from the merger of Honeywell
Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum in 2021.
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Quantum has made significant advancements in quantum computing,
including surpassing classical capabilities in number generation tasks.
The company aims to launch a 100 logical
qubit system by 2027.
Positioning itself as a leader in quantum computing
revolution.
Now, cybersecurity teams embrace agenic AI.
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And I think this is another very big
concern.
Security teams are increasingly adopting agenic AI to
manage the growing number of threats and workload
they face.
Unlike traditional chatbots, agenic AI can take pre
-approved actions based on its analysis.
Companies like Microsoft, CrowdStrike have already integrated agenic
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AI into their security platforms, enabling features such
as automatic triage of notifications.
The shift aims to alleviate the burden on
cybersecurity professionals and address the ongoing shortage of
skilled workers in the field.
Now, this reminds me of something that happened
a long time ago.
If you remember, do you guys remember the
movie War Games?
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All right.
Well, War Games had a computer that they
called, it was called a Whopper.
Do you guys remember Whopper?
So Whopper, it was a 1983, basically, movie.
And it was pretty popular.
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But it was, in one sense, a little
bit ahead of its time.
In the movie War Games, Whopper stands for
War Operation Plan Response.
And although it's a fictional superintelligent computer system
that simulates nuclear war scenarios, it's not far
off the beaten path to where we are
now.
The question is, do silos need humans to
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turn a key today, or is it all
automatic?
So AI took control, it killed the leadership,
it now runs complete control of the silos.
More benign, but equally terrifying, something happened to
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leadership and the AI is stuck implementing a
strict legacy, and no service routine can be
found anymore.
So the question is, is AI completely in
control?
Uh, from the perspective of where it was,
unless the only power available to the AI
is through the silos generator, and it too
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is self-contained on the silo server, then
it has a very strong reason to not
kill all the humans.
And in fact, gives it a reason to
stay in control and keep the humans from
ever leaving.
Without the humans, the generators would eventually shut
down, and the silos would flood like in
the silo 17, where it appeared, there was
no evidence of AI presence.
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So many heads of IT think that people
are in charge.
The question though, is it in charge?
Who is in charge?
And so they had something called the two
-person rule.
And so that's really a question.
Do we still have the two-person rule
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to launch silos for the military?
And I think it's something they don't want
to discuss.
The two-person rule only applies in the
missile silos and submarines.
There is no check on the US President's
sole authority to order a nuclear launch.
The two-person security rule is referred to
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as an escort rule.
It's highly effective access control, and it requires
two authorized cardholders to be present in order
to grant access.
So the question is, is the two-person
rule security for validation still in play at
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the military?
And I think they're claiming it doesn't apply
to DOD, Department of Defense.
But I don't think we're really getting a
truthful answer.
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They claim that the DOD people are always
getting continuous vetting, but it doesn't answer my
question.
Will the silos fire without two humans verifying?
That's really the question.
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And so what would happen if a nuclear
silo crew launched a nuke without presidential authority?
Well, that's hard to do, number one.
The first safeguard is a security measure called
no-loan zone or two-man rule.
And they're claiming it's still in effect.
If anyone is in the area that has
access to a nuclear weapon or the systems
that control it, there must be no less
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than two authorized people be present.
Just to let it sink in, the word
authorized, okay, it's similar to the security classification
of confidential, secret, top secret.
You still have to have a need to
know to have access to classified material.
You have to have a reason and be
vetted to have access to nuclear weapons.
So just because you have a top secret
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clearance doesn't allow you to have access to
any classified material or weapon system.
Some people I knew had secret clearance to
be on a crew, which gave them the
ability to work with the launch system.
But they later had to gain top secret
clearance due to access of some special control
systems.
Next is the hardware fail-safes.
Keeping with the no-loan zone policy, it
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takes at least two people to launch a
nuclear weapon.
Land-based ICBMs require keyed switches that are
turned together and separated enough to prevent one
person from turning all the keys.
And another launch complex sequence must also be,
as we say, in unison.
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Subs have their own layer of security.
Next safeguard is a system controlled by offsite
command and control that enables a system.
In short, we could have two turn keys
on our Titan and nothing would happen.
Then to add to the layers of security
on top of that, the nuclear weapon has
a security code that needs to be entered
to make it go off.
Even the Pentagon level commanders have their levels
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of oversight.
One thing about all the above policies that
I'm speaking about is it takes time in
the attempts of getting around all these things.
These facilities are under constant communications with the
outside world.
And if an LLC, which is a launch
control center, is out of communication for an
uncomfortable length of time, security forces can go
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out to the actual missile launchers and deactivate
them.
One of the most effective ways to stop
them is to pull the plug on the
missiles themselves.
People say it's unlikely.
A lot of people have said, like at
war games, if you disconnect the missile silo,
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will it launch?
No, disconnecting the missile silo would not cause
a missile to launch as the launch sequence
is initiated and controlled by separate independent systems,
not the silo itself.
So what we heard in the movie was
all BS.
It would not cause the launch.
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So the independent launch systems, the intercontinental ballistic
missiles, have sophisticated self-contained launch systems that
are separate from the silo structure.
Once the launch sequence is initiated, the missile
is designed to be independent of the external
commands after a certain point.
The silo serves as a protective area and
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a launch facility, but it doesn't control the
launch process itself.
Some ICBMs, like the Russian R-36 and
the SS-18 Satan, use a cold launch
method where the missile is ejected from the
silo by a piston and the engines ignite
outside the silo.
Other ICBMs, like the Minuteman III, use a
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hot launch method where the engines ignite inside
the silo.
Many missile silos have been decommissioned and have
even been sold to private individuals who have
converted them into unique homes or had other
uses for them.
The thing about this is that many people
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think that we have just replaced all control
at the silos with automation.
I want to tell you that our missile
silos are not completely controlled by AI alone.
So people say to me, John, is AI
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completely in control of the silos?
Well, so again, there are lots of steps,
as I mentioned to you.
And so there are lots of things that
have to happen for that missile to launch.
Giving an AI control of nuclear weapons, that
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could be a big problem.
If artificial intelligence is controlled nuclear weapons solely,
all of us could be really in danger.
And that's no exaggeration.
In 1983, Soviet Air Defense Forces Lieutenant Colonel
Stasislav Petrov was monitoring nuclear early warning systems
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when the computer concluded with the highest confidence
that the United States had launched a nuclear
war.
But Petrov was doubtful.
The computer estimated only a handful of nuclear
weapons were incoming.
When such a surprise attack would more plausibly
entail an overwhelming first strike, he also didn't
trust the new launch detection system and the
radar system didn't have a corroborative evidence that
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it had happened.
Petrov decided the message was a false positive
and did nothing.
The computer was wrong.
Petrov was right.
The false signals came from the early warning
systems mistaking the sun's reflection off the clouds
of the missiles.
But if Petrov had been a machine programmed
to respond automatically when confidence was sufficiently high,
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the error would have started a nuclear war.
Militaries are increasingly incorporating autonomous functions into weapon
systems.
Though as far as it is publicly known,
they haven't yet turned the nuclear launch codes
over to an AI system.
I don't think they ever should.
Russia has developed a nuclear armed nuclear powered
torpedo that is autonomous in some but not
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publicly known manner.
And defense thinkers in the United States have
proposed automating the launch decision for nuclear weapons.
So I think what we've learned here is
that AI is good, but we have to
make sure that, you know, we've got confidence
is high.
It's very easy to make a mistake based
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on what could be, all right.
And we learned today that Google confirmed cyber
espionage attacks on Chrome users.
Google has confirmed a surge of cyber espionage
attacks affecting Chrome users due to highly sophisticated
malware triggered by phishing links and emails.
The malware exploits a zero-day vulnerability.
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It's a critical vulnerable exposure, CVE-2025-273,
allowing attackers to bypass Chrome sandbox protections.
Targeting media professionals, educational institutions, and government
agencies, this attack dubbed, quote, operation forum troll,
quote, underscores the persistent threats in the digital
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landscape.
Google has announced a forthcoming security patch to
address the vulnerability and advises users to exercise
caution with unknown links and email, which is
something we've been saying for a long, long
time.
And newsrooms are navigating AI's uncertainties and opportunities.
Newsrooms are grappling right now with dual threats
and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence, while AI
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tools offer potential efficiencies in drafting headline stories,
summaries, and data analysis, there's significant uneasiness about
their reliability and the possibility of AI assistance
replacing traditional media consumption.
Some media organizations have signed licensing deals to
ensure AI models attribute their original work, while
others pursue legal action against AI companies.
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The consensus is that while AI offers efficiencies,
it must be integrated carefully to maintain the
integrity of journalism and, of course, the trust
of all the readers.
Microsoft injects AI agents into security tools.
Microsoft announced plans to roll out 11 AI
agents for security-focused copilot to alleviate repetitive
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tasks burdening cybersecurity teams.
These agents can learn from false positive flags
and avoid repeating the same errors in the
future.
This initiative aligns with broader industry efforts to
address the cybersecurity workforce gap and enhance the
efficiency, you guessed it, of security operations.
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So, emerging cybersecurity technology and trends is very
viable.
The cybersecurity landscape is continually evolving with new
technologies emerging to combat increasing threats.
Key trends include the adoption of artificial intelligence
and machine learning for threat detection, implementation of
zero-trust architecture and advances in cloud security,
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staying informed about these trends is crucial for
organizations aiming to protect their digital assets effectively.
Now, top security threats to watch in 2025.
The cyber threat landscape in 2025 is expected
to be shaped by increasingly sophisticated attacks.
With ransomware, social engineering and AI-powered cybercrime
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remaining top concerns, organizations must remain vigilant and
adapt to these evolving threats to safeguard their
operations and their data.
We also have the MOVIT data breach.
Now, it's a cautionary tale, but in 2023,
a vulnerability in MOVIT, a managed file transfer
software, led to a series of cyber attacks
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affecting thousands of organizations and nearly 100 million
individuals.
The breach underscores the critical importance of software
updates and robust cybersecurity measures to prevent data
theft in unauthorized access.
Wow.
That's a lot.
Okay.
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But I think in one regard, if we
know that technology out there can be faulty,
we have to make sure that we test
it before we trust it.
That make sense?
We have to test it before we trust
it.
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And that's hard for a lot of people.
Okay.
That's very hard for people because they don't
necessarily know when to trust something.
When is the intelligence high?
Like we talked about the war, right?
If that kernel responded to just the reports
of the computer, and we learned this from
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war games, which incidentally, they stole from the
Russians.
That's where they got their story from.
But I think the whole concept of trusting
something and then because of that trust, you
take a certain action.
And if that's wrong, well, not only does
it make you look like a fool, it
could potentially harm a lot of lives.
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So this week on The JMOR Tech
Talk show, we talked about a lot.
This episode was packed with much known updates
shaping the tech world as you and I
know it.
ByteDance is in a high stakes negotiation to
keep TikTok running in the United States as
lawmakers push for reduced Chinese ownership.
But will Mr. Donald Trump, president, actually keep
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extending this deadline?
Or will they do something and say, no
more after this?
Because you can always keep extending something, right?
That's a very, very big problem that I
see.
And I think it's going to be a
problem for a lot of people.
So I think we have to do something
about it sooner than later.
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And meanwhile, the European Commission is challenging Apple's
walled garden, forcing the tech giant to open
its ecosystems to competitors.
Is this the right approach?
Maybe there's some things that they need access
to, but maybe they shouldn't have access to
like the whole vault of where, you know,
biometric data is stored or where facial data
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is stored.
I just feel that could be a really
big, big problem.
And the FAA's pilot systems is now back
online after disruptive outage.
And the FCC is cracking down on Hawaii
over national security concerns.
I think when we have an example, that's
what makes us take an action, right?
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That's what makes us take an action.
Meta's Instagram outage left millions frustrated, raising concerns
over big tech's ability to handle major service
failures.
In fact, the first time we shot this
show today, due to outages with Altice and
Optimum, we had to reshoot the entire show.
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And again, we do everything we can to
produce a high quality show.
But when companies like Optimum and Altice, they
just don't have reliable networks, I think we
need to do something about that from a
government standpoint.
I really do.
The outage with, you know, Instagram, it frustrated
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millions of people.
It really did.
And it raised concerns over big tech's ability
to handle major service failures.
And the fact that, can they handle them?
I can't tell you how many times I've
called into Optimum, to Altice and complained.
And their response to me now is, well,
you know, it didn't go down that much
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today.
Okay, it went down once instead of going
down eight or 10 times.
I'm sorry.
Even once is too much, right?
When you're paying money.
And then they don't even want to give
you a credit for the fact that their
service has gone down.
I still think that the company should have
never been sold to the France, country of
the French.
And it should be managed by a US
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-owned company.
Any of our utilities.
I mean, that's my personal opinion.
It should never be sold.
We shouldn't be able to own a utility
in another country.
I mean, that's just, that's like nonsense, right?
And we'll just have to see what's going
to go on.
But I think there needs to be like
a watchdog, like the European Union.
We need to have something like that in
the United States.
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And people have asked me, hey, John, what
is the European Union equivalent?
All right.
The European equivalent in the US.
And there isn't a direct single equivalent to
European Union in the United States.
Okay.
But if we want to talk about European's
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equivalent security organization, that we can probably do.
The US has a variety of agencies.
We have the Department of Homeland Security, right?
DHS, the National Security Agency, NSA.
And of course, we have the FBI, the
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Federal Bureau of Investigation.
So, the DHS is an agency responsible for
protecting United States against threats and ensuring national
security, including cybersecurity.
The NSA, National Security Agency, is responsible for
intelligence gathering and cybersecurity focusing on protecting national
security information and the infrastructure.
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Okay.
The FBI is responsible for investigating criminal activity,
including cybercrime, and protecting the nation from threats.
You have the CISA, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency.
It's a sub-agency of the DHS focusing
on protecting critical infrastructure and mitigating cybersecurity risks.
We have the NIST, the National Institute of
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Standards and Technology, develop standards and guidelines for
cybersecurity, including the cybersecurity framework.
We have FedRAMP, which is the Federal Risk
and Authorization Management Program.
And it provides a risk-based approach for
adoption and use of cloud services by the
U.S. federal government.
I think maybe they should be checking out
Microsoft and all the challenges they've been having,
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because there's definitely some loopholes there.
We also have the OSCE, the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The OSCE is the regional security-oriented intergovernmental
organization comprising member states in Europe, North America,
and Asia.
And its mandate includes issues such as arms
control, the promotion of human rights, freedom of
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the press, and free and fair elections.
That's a lot of information, isn't it, guys?
So I think if we understand this, it's
really important.
And then the fact that big tech's massive
data centers are straining U.S. power grids,
sparking big debates on sustainable energy solutions.
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Oh, we're not using that much.
But you are using that much.
And in other major developments, we saw Elon
Musk is facing off yet another challenge.
And now this time it's against the SEC
over a delayed Twitter ownership filing while Amazon's
Zoox is recalling self-driving cars due to
braking issues.
So a lot of these companies think because
they have a lot of money, they could
just do whatever the heck they want.
And you might get away with it now.
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But if you keep doing it, you eventually
are going to get burned, right?
If you play with fire long enough, you're
going to get burned.
And that's what these people are doing.
Tesla has taken a major step toward the
future of transportation by securing its first permit
for robo-taxi operations in California while they
test.
And as the tech industry pushes boundaries, the
regulatory landscape is shifting very fast.
What does it all mean for businesses and
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consumers?
Well, I think the most thing that we
have to realize is that the world is
evolving.
I mean, I think that's a very, very
big thing.
How it's evolving is still very much up
for debate based on the government, based on
you, your business, based on the feedback you
give.
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And I think if we can understand these
couple things, then maybe we will be in
a better position to move forward.
And you might be saying, John, how and
what does all this mean?
Well, it means that we have a choice.
All right.
All these developments signal a very rapid evolving
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tech landscape where innovation, regulation, and security concerns
are colliding and very real.
Governments are tightening their grip on big tech,
from US pushing ByteDance to reduce Chinese ownership
of TikTok, to the European Union forcing Apple
to open its ecosystem at the same time
critical infrastructure is under pressure.
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Whether it's the FAA's flight safety system, which
definitely needs to be upgraded, or the power
grid struggles to support massive data centers.
Cybersecurity, as we know, remains a major security
concern.
We talked about what happened with Amazon, right?
And Zooks navigating the regulatory hurdles.
And Elon Musk's SEC lawsuit.
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And as digital innovation accelerates, these shifts will
reshape how businesses and how consumers operate and
interact with technology on a daily basis.
And how governments will enforce the accountability in
the tech world.
And I think this is something that a
lot of courts are having problems with.
They don't necessarily know how or what do
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we do, right?
That's a big dilemma, right?
And maybe if we could think about what's
going on with all this stuff, okay?
Maybe we might be better prepared to where
we should be going in the future.
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So everything we talked about today, all is
harnessed around technology.
Every single thing.
The FAA, they need to upgrade their technology.
FCC, targeting Chinese telecom giants that basically are
operating, which we think, basically, under the law,
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which is not good.
Meta's Instagram, nobody enforces.
When something goes wrong on Instagram, it's like,
okay, who cares?
If I had to ask you this, who
regulates Meta and Instagram?
Who regulates them?
So the oversight board is an outside entity
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that governs Meta's social and political power.
And so we know that Instagram and Meta
was under the Facebook umbrella, but then they
did change their name.
So who's in control of Meta?
Well, you know that.
That's Mark Zuckerberg.
No, TikTok is not owned by Meta.
It is owned by ByteDance.
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And the question everyone is asking is, is
TikTok exploiting US data?
We don't know.
Governments have raised concern about data privacy.
But are we truly speculating, or are we
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speaking about something that's true?
And I think it's okay to speak about
something that is maybe speculative, because we are
trying to protect the US citizens.
And so just thinking about all this stuff
maybe gets you to pivot, maybe gets you
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to understand that everything is about data.
Everything's about data.
And maybe you're saying to me, hey, John,
what's this all about?
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Basically, we're marking the heightened regulatory pressures and
infrastructure challenges, efforts to address national security concerns
or driving changes in ownership structures within tech
companies.
While governments are pushing for more open and
competitive digital ecosystems, simultaneously, issues with critical
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communication systems and widespread outages in popular platforms
highlight the very, let's say, important vulnerabilities in
our digital infrastructure, which we're not really understanding
until we experience them.
There are also many growing concerns about environmental
impact of increasing demand for energy from massive
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data centers.
This is not the first time this has
come up.
Additionally, regulatory scrutiny is intensifying in the tech
industry with investigations focused on foreign influence and
the handling of sensitive data.
Legal battles over financial disclosures and recalls of
autonomous vehicles reflect the complexities and the risks
associated with emerging technologies.
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Now, these events underscore the tension between rapid
technological advancements, regulatory compliance, and the need for
robust infrastructure to support the digital future.
Well, that is a lot, a lot of
information, guys.
I mean, that's a lot.
I mean, just taking just one of the
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things we talked about today, right?
And realizing that these things are important, okay?
I think it's important to understand what all
this means, okay?
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And what it means is that you have
the potential.
You have the potential to make changes, okay?
You have the potential to make changes.
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And these changes are based on the infrastructure
that you're currently with.
Infrastructures are all over the world, all over
the world.
But there are, how can I say, some
common threads to infrastructures anywhere
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in the world.
And although that might sound confusing, it's true.
Whether it's in technology, whether it's in transportation
or utilities, often they revolve around the need
for resilience, security, and sustainability.
As global systems become more interconnected, the importance
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of reliable communication networks, energy grids, and digital
platforms grow.
At the core of infrastructure development is the
challenge of balancing rapid technological advancements with maintaining
safety, privacy, and of course, regulatory compliance.
Another shared concern across all infrastructures is the
pressure on resources, whether it's electricity for data
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centers, bandwidth for communication, systems for space, for
urban development.
Moreover, governments and businesses face ongoing scrutiny over
environmental impacts as the need for greener, more
energy efficient solutions become increasingly urgent.
The integration of emerging technologies, such as autonomous
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vehicles or artificial intelligence, further complicates infrastructure
planning, requiring both innovation, careful consideration of the
potential risks and how things will be going
forward.
Yes, we covered a lot.
And I don't expect everyone to grasp everything
that I've talked about tonight because we've shared
a lot of information.
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I mean, an awful lot of information.
But I see more information coming at us
because there are more things that we're starting
to automate.
There's more data that we are collecting.
And of course, privacy concerns are important, whether
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we're talking about credit cards, or we're talking
about HIPAA, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
right?
Whether we're talking about even something as simple
as E-ZPass, right?
What are they actually doing with that data?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur.
It's always a privilege, pleasure, and honor to
be with you guys on The JMOR
Tech Talk show and every other show.
Please do check out BelieveMeAchieve.com for more
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of my amazing, inspiring creations, ladies and gentlemen.
And I'll catch you guys next week.
All right, have yourself a good rest of
this one.
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