Podcast appearances and mentions of Sarah Lane

Is AI or “Nightmare Eclipse” the cause of the huge patch drop? Plus an $80 foldable mouse you'll love.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom, Sarah, Robb, and Nica Montford from SnobOS break down what just happened at WWDC.Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane, and Nica MontfordShow notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft shows off its plans for an agentic OS, while the Supernatural VR app gets a new more expensive lease on life.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Xreal's questionably named X by Xreal glasses play to your pocketbook. Meanwhile DuckDuckGo gets a boat from backlash against Google's AI mode.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An 8-year-battle to open up Linux-based TV operating systems finally gets a court date. Plus, Stability can now generate 6 minutes of pro music at a go. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon renames its shopping assistant to Alexa and adds new features. Plus two brothers who wiped out 90 US government databases after being fired. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why everyone loves the new ReMarkable Paper Pure, and why both Chrome and Edge browsers are misbehaving.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did Sony mean to put DRM back on offline games? And what DIDN'T Elon Musk say on the witness stand Tuesday. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Cook steps down as the CEO of Apple with chief of hardware development John Ternus taking the reins. Is this a shrewd move for the Cupertino company? Will Framework latest version of its modular laptop take modular laptops and Linux mainstream? And we see if the panel can out guess the riddles on today's quiz!Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Cook steps down as the CEO of Apple with chief of hardware development John Ternus taking the reins. Is this a shrewd move for the Cupertino company? Will Framework latest version of its modular laptop take modular laptops and Linux mainstream? And we see if the panel can out guess the riddles on today's quiz! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

And at Google Next, Google splits its TPUs and unleashes more powerful workplace agents. Plus, did Anthropic's Mythos escape containment?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Andy Beach.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus a shoe company becomes an AI data center service provider. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And why so many competing tech companies cooperating is actually quite scary.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Link to episode page This week's Department of Know is hosted by Sarah Lane, with guests Jack Kufahl, CISO, Michigan Medicine, and Adam Palmer, CISO, First Hawaiian Bank. Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube. Huge thanks to our sponsor, Vanta Risk and regulation ramping up—and customers expect proof of security just to do business. Vanta's automation brings compliance, risk, and customer trust together on one AI-powered platform. So whether you're prepping for a SOC 2 or running an enterprise GRC program, Vanta keeps you secure—and keeps your deals moving. Learn more at vanta.com/ciso.  

Plus, Google wants to whoop Whoop at wearables and Q-Day gets closer.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, making supercapacitors from bourbon leftovers.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Andy Beach.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vinyl records, cassette tapes and now reel-to-reel tapes are being revived. What's with the surge in popularity in old media formats? We share out thoughts on NVIDIA next generation DLSS 5, which does real-time rendering to add realistic lighting to game frames. And we play a game of guess what this product is based on the name! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Plus, the Pentagon fires back against Anthropic, and Google helps identify more iOS malware. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why improved lighting in games has received a lot of hate, plus, you can now run Doom on the human brain.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, people like the new Samsung Galaxy S26, and why Meta bought Moltbook.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Link to episode page This week's Department of Know is hosted by Sarah Lane with guests John Barrow, CISO, JB Poindexter & Co., and Derek Fisher, Director of the Cyber Defense and Information Assurance Program, Temple University Thanks to our show sponsor, Dropzone AI Here is a number worth knowing before RSAC. The average enterprise SOC sees tens of thousands of alerts a day. Most get triaged. A fraction get thoroughly investigated. The rest sit in the queue or get auto-closed.   Dropzone AI puts AI SOC agents on every one of those alerts. Every alert investigated, end to end, across your full tool stack, around the clock. Over 300 deployments in production today.   They are at RSAC this year. Booth 455. dropzone.ai/rsa-2026-ai-diner All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com  

The next Xbox console will be able to play Xbox games as well as PC games natively, and ChatGPT-5.4 brings agentic computer control to premium users for the first time.Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss all the big announcements Apple made this week including the MacBook Nano, new M5 SoC, and iPad Air. Is Jack Dorsey right to get ahead of it and right when he says “most companies are late?” to replacing people with AI tools, or is this a mistake? And we have a new Zillow Game. Can you guess the correct price for these stunning properties before the staff do? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Also, Andy Beach joins us with opinions about HBO Max and Paramount+ merging. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Andy Beach.Links to the stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leslie Oden and Sarah Lane from the Diabetes Association joni Justin and DJ in The Zone to talk about their Party With A Purpose evernt they have coming up on March 14. at Pleasant Valley Country Club

Plus, Teens are fairly neutral about AI and may not use it for the things you think they do.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, Apple may do a week of announcements in March, and Gemini can now create song jingles.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That's the good news. The bad news is everything else we have to tell you about RAM.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Andy Beach.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Link to episode page This week's Department of Know is hosted by Sarah Lane with guests Jon Collins, Field CTO, GigaOm, and Adam Palmer, CISO, First Hawaiian Bank Thanks to our show sponsor, Conveyor Ever dream of giving customers instant answers to their security questions without ever filling out another questionnaire? Meet Conveyor's new Trust Center Agent. The Agent lives in your Conveyor Trust Center and answers every customer question, surfaces documents and even completes full questionnaires instantly so customers can finish their review and be on their way. Top tech companies like Atlassian, Zapier, and more are using Conveyor to automate away tedious work. Learn more at www. conveyor.com. All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com    

It wrote that headline for us after all. One dev thinks he knows what we all need to do. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google launches Gemini into the Chrome browser and Amazon ends Palm scanning.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A study shows how effective the Apple Watch is at detecting AFib in adults over 65, and Tesla now has at least a couple of unsupervised autonomous robotaxis giving rides in Austin.Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

YouTube's yearly creator letter ends with AI promises, and vertical video dreams. Plus a robot hand that can do way more on its own than you can with your clumsy two attached flesh hands.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Dr Niki.Links to stories discussed in this episoe can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Link to episode page This week's Department of Know is hosted by Sarah Lane with guests Dmitriy Sokolovskiy, senior vice president, information security, Semrush, and Nick Espinosa, host, The Deep Dive Radio Show Thanks to our show sponsor, Dropzone AI How many alerts did your SOC investigate last week? How many sat in the queue untouched? If you don't know those numbers, or you don't like them, Dropzone AI can help. They've helped enterprises like UiPath and Zapier handle ten times more alerts without adding headcount. Their AI SOC agents work around the clock, investigating every alert autonomously. Book a demo and they'll show you exactly how many hours you could recover. Head over to dropzone.ai and request your demo today. All links and the video of this episode can be found on CISO Series.com

Why you might want to let Gemini access your Gmail and Search history. Plus, the new chip shortage isn't RAM, it's glass.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Katzmaier tells us what CNET awarded best overall, and Richard Gunther and Trisha Hershberger fill out the list with their faves.Starring: Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane, Trisha Hershberger, David Katzmaier, Richard Gunther, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Katzmaier tells us what CNET awarded best overall, and Richard Gunther and Trisha Hershberger fill out the list with their faves. Starring: Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane, Trisha Hershberger, David Katzmaier, Richard Gunther, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos. Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Shannon Morse joins us to talk about our favorite things at CES.Starring: Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos.Links to the stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shannon Morse joins us to talk about our favorite things at CES. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos. Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

We're live at CES surrounded by robots, HUGE TVs, and forklifts. We cut through the noise to break down what's really going on at the biggest tech show going.Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang, Joe.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're live at CES surrounded by robots, HUGE TVs, and forklifts. We cut through the noise to break down what's really going on at the biggest tech show going. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang, Joe. Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

It's our 2025 Tech Predictions Show! Tom and Sarah along with Robb Dunewood, Justin Robert Young and David Spark bring their two predictions of what they think will happen to the tech landscape in the year 2025!Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Justin Robert Young and David Spark.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We also get new Gemini and Open AI tools, and Warner stands fast by the Netflix offer.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, EVs are not yet more dangerous than other cars, and Instagram lets you customize Reels.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So why are we still letting humans drive? And Google letting Gemini write headlines isn't going so well. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, peace in the AI music wars, and no, you holding onto your phone longer will not tank the economy.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, the EU wants to reduce personal data protections, and AI was at fault for the Cloudflare outage. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Waymo is the first to offer humans a ride without other humans that use the expressway. Plus, Even Realities makes a smart glass that works with a smart ring. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google opens up its version of Android worldwide, and AI beats the world at forecasting hurricanes this season.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Universal Music just struck a big deal with Udio that legitimizes its music generation platform, and Samsung is bringing its browser to Windows for the first time.Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.