Podcasts about Verification

After 120 episodes of B2C Lead Generation and nearly three years away, the podcast is back...with a new name and a different focus.The mechanics of generating leads haven't disappeared, but the bigger problem has moved underneath them, can we actually trust the data we're collecting?In this very short first episode, I explain why B2C Lead Generation has become The Verification Files, and why identity, verification, fraud, KYC, lead generation and data quality are becoming harder problems as AI gets better at creating convincing human looking data.The question behind the new podcast is simple:What does the data actually prove?

In this episode, Rachel Permut draws on decades of experience in distributed energy and virtual power plants to explain how demand-side flexibility is becoming a critical grid resource. She breaks down what DERs and VPPs are, why customer enrollment and revenue mechanics matter more than the “shiny” technology, and how fragmented U.S. markets create both complexity and opportunity, with DR payments now reaching up to $100/kW in some regions. Rachel dives into the evolving role of data centers, including flexible AI and batch workloads, water-based cooling trade-offs, and emerging models where data centers pay others on their circuit to reduce load. She outlines the full demand response lifecycle from contract and enrollment through dispatch, baseline measurement, and payment, highlighting where programs typically fail and how better communication, software, and market design can unlock more value. Ultimately, she argues that DERs and VPPs are not a silver bullet but are fast, cost-effective tools that must play a much larger role alongside new generation to address growing grid stress.Highlights from their conversation include:Meet Rachel Permut And Her Energy Industry Background (0:29)Why Rachel Focused On Demand-Side Energy And Flexible Load (1:28)What DERs Are And How Virtual Power Plants Work (3:23)How Much Flexible Load Is Worth Across Different US Markets (7:08)Role Of Aggregators And Market Selection For Industrial Operators (9:37)Data Centers As Flexible Load And Deferrable Compute Workloads (11:06)Where Demand Response Programs Fail and Opportunities For Startups (16:44)Measurement, Verification, and Baselines For Load Curtailment (20:25)Why DERs and VPPs Should Be A Bigger Part Of Grid Solutions (22:40)Policy, Market Design, and Local Capacity Value (24:16)ERCOT, PJM, and How Markets Are Evolving For Flexibility (26:35)How Industrial Operators Should Approach Aggregators (27:52)Closing Thoughts Episode Wrap-Up (28:38)Dynamo Ventures is a venture firm backing founders upgrading the physical economy. As intelligence moves into critical infrastructure and technology collides with physics, industry is entering a new era of transformation - the industrial renaissance.Born from the dirt and grit of supply chains and shaped by operations, not spreadsheets, Dynamo focuses on the complex realities of building in the real world. We invest in companies transforming infrastructure, manufacturing, logistics, transportation, and the systems that power global commerce.Dynamo works closely with founders who combine ambition with a bias to action, bringing a builder mindset to venture capital through deep operational insight, systematic pressure-testing and hands-on partnership.Our purpose is simple: to back the relentless shaping the industrial renaissance. Learn more at www.dynamo.vc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with Mary Technology, we flesh out the "hot topic" of review and verification processes and their increasing pertinence for the legal profession, as well as Mary's continued growth trajectory domestically and abroad. Host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Mary Technology co-founder Rowan McNamee to discuss how and why review and verification is top of mind for lawyers right now, ensuring lawyers have sufficient understanding of their duties, how Mary is currently supporting practitioners in this space, ensuring efficiency gains are verifiable upon review, the evergreen need for a human-in-the-loop, how clients will view the verifiability of lawyers' work, and Mary's growth plans moving forward. To learn more about Mary Technology, click here.

Raj Selvadurai, founder of Gold Street Legal Search and Lateral IQ, has spent nearly twenty years placing lateral partners the old-fashioned way: relationships, referrals, and a lot of judgment calls about who actually fits where. On this episode, Raj explains why general AI tools like ChatGPT fall short for recruiting, how he built Lateral IQ to give partners and firms verified, self-service data, and why the real signal in lateral hiring isn't who a firm hires, it's who actually stays. If you've been wondering whether AI can touch a business this relationship-driven, this conversation has the answer. KEY TAKEAWAYS Traditional lateral recruiting has always run on relationships first, and that's exactly where the risk lives: a partner's promised book of business doesn't always fully travel with them. General AI tools aren't built for a market this specific. Verification, not raw intelligence, is what recruiting actually needs, since two partners can share the same name at different firms. Real growth and churn can look identical on paper. Tracking a firm's actual hires and departures, not just its hiring announcements, is the only way to tell them apart. AI doesn't replace a recruiter's judgment, it removes the weeks of manual dossier-building so that judgment has something accurate to work from. The pandemic proved lateral moves don't need a year and a dozen in-person meetings; verified data is what lets that faster pace hold up. LINKS AND RESOURCES Lateral IQ: lateraliq.app Gold Street Legal Search: goldstreetlegal.com Red Cave Law Firm Consulting: redcavelegal.com Adventures in Legal Tech Podcast: Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. KEYWORDS AI legal recruiting, lateral partner recruiting, legal recruiting software, AI hallucinations in law, Lateral IQ, Gold Street Legal Search, law firm lateral hiring, legal tech software, law firm growth, AI adoption in legal, verified AI data, law firm private equity, legal industry mergers, law practice management, Red Cave Law Firm Consulting, Raj Selvadurai, Jared Correia, AI for law firm recruiting, partner recruiting technology, Adventures in Legal Tech EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS [00:03:04 - 00:03:58] Raj lays out the core risk in lateral recruiting: partners who promise a book of business that shrinks the moment the move is final. [00:04:03 - 00:04:58] Why hallucinations and name collisions make general AI tools a poor fit for a market this specific. [00:09:04 - 00:09:32] The $10 million lateral hire that closed entirely over Zoom, with no in-person meeting except to pick up a laptop. [00:14:09 - 00:15:10] The line that reframes the whole episode: hiring 50 partners and losing 49 isn't growth. [00:17:01 - 00:17:59] Raj's own account of building Lateral IQ with zero coding background, and why owning the code mattered. [00:29:24 - 00:30:15] Raj's case for law firms building their own private equity arm instead of ceding control to outside investors.  

Are passwords really on their way out, or are we stuck with them a bit longer? Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard dig into Apple's latest moves in credential management and reveal why the end of passwords is only "dead-ish." Find out why this shift matters for both convenience and security, and how it could upend your digital habits. Apple Passwords app evolves: features, security, and sharing explored Passkeys adoption, magic links frustration, and passwordless future Passkeys security benefits and everyday use cases discussed Verification code autofill and cleanup Real-world quirks and reliability of code autofill features Shared groups and Wi-Fi credentials streamline family password management Comparing Apple Passwords vs. third-party managers: features and limitations Password best practices debunked: phase out bad habits App Caps: ESR magnetic matte screen protector and Spark Daily Learning Puzzles Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Are passwords really on their way out, or are we stuck with them a bit longer? Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard dig into Apple's latest moves in credential management and reveal why the end of passwords is only "dead-ish." Find out why this shift matters for both convenience and security, and how it could upend your digital habits. Apple Passwords app evolves: features, security, and sharing explored Passkeys adoption, magic links frustration, and passwordless future Passkeys security benefits and everyday use cases discussed Verification code autofill and cleanup Real-world quirks and reliability of code autofill features Shared groups and Wi-Fi credentials streamline family password management Comparing Apple Passwords vs. third-party managers: features and limitations Password best practices debunked: phase out bad habits App Caps: ESR magnetic matte screen protector and Spark Daily Learning Puzzles Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Are passwords really on their way out, or are we stuck with them a bit longer? Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard dig into Apple's latest moves in credential management and reveal why the end of passwords is only "dead-ish." Find out why this shift matters for both convenience and security, and how it could upend your digital habits. Apple Passwords app evolves: features, security, and sharing explored Passkeys adoption, magic links frustration, and passwordless future Passkeys security benefits and everyday use cases discussed Verification code autofill and cleanup Real-world quirks and reliability of code autofill features Shared groups and Wi-Fi credentials streamline family password management Comparing Apple Passwords vs. third-party managers: features and limitations Password best practices debunked: phase out bad habits App Caps: ESR magnetic matte screen protector and Spark Daily Learning Puzzles Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Are passwords really on their way out, or are we stuck with them a bit longer? Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard dig into Apple's latest moves in credential management and reveal why the end of passwords is only "dead-ish." Find out why this shift matters for both convenience and security, and how it could upend your digital habits. Apple Passwords app evolves: features, security, and sharing explored Passkeys adoption, magic links frustration, and passwordless future Passkeys security benefits and everyday use cases discussed Verification code autofill and cleanup Real-world quirks and reliability of code autofill features Shared groups and Wi-Fi credentials streamline family password management Comparing Apple Passwords vs. third-party managers: features and limitations Password best practices debunked: phase out bad habits App Caps: ESR magnetic matte screen protector and Spark Daily Learning Puzzles Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Are passwords really on their way out, or are we stuck with them a bit longer? Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard dig into Apple's latest moves in credential management and reveal why the end of passwords is only "dead-ish." Find out why this shift matters for both convenience and security, and how it could upend your digital habits. Apple Passwords app evolves: features, security, and sharing explored Passkeys adoption, magic links frustration, and passwordless future Passkeys security benefits and everyday use cases discussed Verification code autofill and cleanup Real-world quirks and reliability of code autofill features Shared groups and Wi-Fi credentials streamline family password management Comparing Apple Passwords vs. third-party managers: features and limitations Password best practices debunked: phase out bad habits App Caps: ESR magnetic matte screen protector and Spark Daily Learning Puzzles Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Are passwords really on their way out, or are we stuck with them a bit longer? Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard dig into Apple's latest moves in credential management and reveal why the end of passwords is only "dead-ish." Find out why this shift matters for both convenience and security, and how it could upend your digital habits. Apple Passwords app evolves: features, security, and sharing explored Passkeys adoption, magic links frustration, and passwordless future Passkeys security benefits and everyday use cases discussed Verification code autofill and cleanup Real-world quirks and reliability of code autofill features Shared groups and Wi-Fi credentials streamline family password management Comparing Apple Passwords vs. third-party managers: features and limitations Password best practices debunked: phase out bad habits App Caps: ESR magnetic matte screen protector and Spark Daily Learning Puzzles Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Accountable allows institutions to prove their assets and liabilities in real time, and privately, without revealing their API keys, wallet addresses or trading strategies.That's their Data Verification Network.It might just be the missing trust layer that finally convinces the masses to adopt blockchain technology.To date, they've verified over $2 billion in onchain assets across 60+ partners, including Keyrock, RockawayX, Amber, K3 Capital and Galaxy Digital, a publicly listed firm.Jerome Tijssen, CFO at Accountable, joins us to help us understand real-time verification for digital assets.✅ OUR RESOURCES

Big thanks to ThreatLocker for sponsoring my trip to Black Hat USA 2026 and also for sponsoring this video. To start your free trial with ThreatLocker please use the following link: https://www.threatlocker.com/davidbombal Age verification is spreading across the internet. It promises to protect children, but what happens when accessing a website or using your own device requires facial recognition, identity documents or third-party verification? David speaks with Alexis Hancock from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the growing privacy risks surrounding age verification and digital ID systems. They examine how these technologies could threaten online anonymity, create new surveillance infrastructure and expose sensitive personal information. Alexis explains why age verification alone does not teach children how to stay safe online, how data brokers and behavioral advertising contribute to the problem, and why banning VPNs or weakening encryption would make everyone less secure. They also discuss zero-knowledge proofs, facial recognition, encryption backdoors, government surveillance and the danger of building a digital identity system that could be abused by future governments. Finally, Alexis shares practical ways to protect your privacy, including using encrypted communication, learning from EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense guides and contacting elected representatives when harmful legislation is proposed. // Alexis Hancock' SOCIAL // LinkedIn: / alexishancock // EFF Website REFERENCE // https://www.eff.org/ // David's SOCIAL // Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidbombal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidbombal.co TikTok: tiktok.com/@davidbombal YouTube: / @davidbombal Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3f6k6gE... SoundCloud: / davidbombal Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... // MY STUFF // https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidbombal // SPONSORS // Interested in sponsoring my videos? Reach out to my team here: sponsors@davidbombal.com // MENU // 0:00 - Intro 0:41 - Alexis Hancock background // Who are the EFF 01:48 - Eroding privacy & age verification 08:48 - Online safety for children 12:25 - Online monitoring 14:20 - ThreatLocker sponsor segment 15:27 - Big tech vs government 17:49 - How to fight for privacy 20:19 - Online censorship & privacy 26:17 - The push for age verification 29:29 - Age verification "whack-a-mole" 33:03 - Parental control vs age verification 36:24 - What about non-tech savvy people? 41:02 - Zero-knowledge proof 44:48 - Is it too late? // Conclusion Please note that links listed may be affiliate links and provide me with a small percentage/kickback should you use them to purchase any of the items listed or recommended. Thank you for supporting me and this channel! Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes only. #ageverification #privacy #bhusa2026

As systems become more software-defined, the traditional development model of waiting for hardware before serious software validation begins is no longer sustainable. Software teams need platforms earlier. Hardware teams need realistic workloads sooner. Verification teams need better ways to expose system-level issues before tapeout. We will look at how digital twins are becoming the shared foundation for this new HW/SW co-development model. Using virtual platforms, hardware emulation, and FPGA prototyping, teams can start earlier, collaborate more closely, and design/optimize/validate with greater confidence. We will also discuss new system-level verification challenges in power, performance, and DFT, showing how pre-silicon Hardware platforms can help teams find critical issues earlier and deliver more robust software-defined systems.

Medical device regulation continues to evolve across multiple markets. For manufacturers, the challenge isn't simply following every new publication—it's understanding which developments require action, which ones need monitoring, and how they affect existing regulatory strategies.This latest Medical Device Made Easy regulatory update reviews selected developments from July and August 2026 across Europe, Switzerland, the UK, United States, India, Singapore, and Brazil.

Send us Fan MailThe path to a local purchase used to be a straight line. It isn't anymore. Damian Rollison, Senior Director of Market Insights at SOCi, joins Greg Sterling and Mike Blumenthal to unpack SOCi's third annual consumer study and the idea at its center: the verification loop. Consumers now bounce among search, social, AI, and review sites — corroborating a choice before they act — and this year AI posted the single biggest behavior jump the survey has ever recorded.We get into the numbers that matter for local marketers: AI usage for local research leaping from 9% to 52% year over year, the 81% of consumers who verify an AI recommendation before acting, why search *gained* ground even as AI exploded, and how the "where do you start" question breaks down very differently across restaurants, financial services, healthcare, property, and fuel & auto. Plus the practitioner reality check — habitual vs. one-time local behavior, the blind spot in last-click attribution, and the short list of surfaces that actually move AI visibility.Subscribe to our newsletters and other content at https://www.nearmedia.co/subscribe/

How do we know what we know? How do we validate that our sources of our knowing are reliable? One practical test asks: Do the practices drawn from this knowledge foster sustained well‑being, or do they diminish it? Can the study of natural laws liberate us into a more potent agency for life? For example, how might the Trinitarian principle help us see the core patterns of existence and the way the universe works? These questions gain new urgency as the human search for truth becomes a universal impulse — a spiritual drive to join the co-creative act of the universe in its search to discover itself, to authenticate itself through the witnessing of our lived experience. In Universalis #19,  Aviv Shahar, Karen Heney, and Kyriaki Nikandrou deepen the inquiry begun in “Universalis #18: How Do We Know What is True and Real?,” where they explored seven modes of knowing and the nuances of third‑, fourth‑, and fifth‑person perspectives. Their new conversation reframes the verification challenge as a larger quest: uniting science, spirituality, and philosophy while honoring their distinctions, and cultivating life's natural validation. Five key elements surface in this search for an integrated system — among them the study of natural laws (Creational Logic). Aviv offers an original view of the Threefold Trinitarian principle, illustrating the “law of three” through multiple examples that reveal its esoteric mechanics and phenomenology. He also outlines 16 dimensions in which a whole‑person living inquiry can yield tangible benefits — greater well‑being, vitality, creativity, resilience, self‑agency, and more. Studying natural laws and the universe's workings is meant to liberate us, tethering us to the natural unfolding process of life, so that life itself verifies its truth through us. Additional insights include: You may be holding a permanent line inquiry for years, to the point where it works in you even when you're not thinking about it. Because it is potently coded in your unconscious, it continues to work for you and offers its yield on its time. When we converse with another person or a group of friends, a whole new world comes alive that we wouldn't be able to access alone. We form a collective intelligence web, each holding a node on which higher knowledge can land. Working solely for results differs profoundly from working in the service of a larger cause and allowing results to flow from that orientation. “The esoteric life isn't about perfection; it's about stepping into the arena of experimentation and learning. The times I fell on my face and learned to rise again offered vital moments of verification.” This conversation is part of the continuing Portals discovery into what is emerging on the frontiers of human experience in this time of profound change. Information about upcoming special events can be found on the Events page. Also visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel. TWEETABLE QUOTES “The human thirst for knowledge and for truth and to understand how this universe is working, contained in that is the compound consideration and contemplation that this indeed is the propulsion of the human spirit, and as such, in the first place, it is the human desire to understand and get to know itself: what does it mean to be a human? And that, at the same time with it, we can contemplate that what that spiritual drive is, is a representation of the universal urge of the universe itself to get to know itself.” (Aviv) “We each are a phenomenon that verifies life. What we are attempting to do here is to show that there is a way where we can bring science, spirituality, and philosophy together by sustaining distinctions, and by generating a greater whole, and that in doing so, we are engaging the natural verification system of life. And I'm about to bring the focus to five dimensions, five processes, five domains inside each of which there is a verification element.” (Aviv) RESOURCES MENTIONED Portals of Perception Website Aviv's LinkedIn Aviv's Twitter Aviv's Website The Verification System of Life – The Universalis Project #19

Developing a medical device successfully requires several pieces to work together. Manufacturers must demonstrate that the product meets its requirements, maintain reliable design documentation, and understand how regulatory expectations differ—or increasingly align—across global markets.In this Easy Medical Device podcast collection, we explore three connected topics that represent different stages of this journey: Verification & Validation, Design History File remediation, and IMDRF and regulatory reliance.Making Verification & Validation PracticalVerification and Validation are fundamental parts of medical device development, but the distinction between them can sometimes create confusion.Verification focuses on whether the device has been developed according to defined requirements, while validation considers whether the resulting device meets its intended use and user needs.Understanding how to plan and execute V&V effectively helps manufacturers build stronger evidence around device performance and supports a more structured development process.When Your Design History File Needs RemediationWhat happens when the product has already been developed, but the Design History File doesn't properly demonstrate the development journey?DHF remediation can become necessary when documentation is incomplete, fragmented, poorly traceable, or does not adequately demonstrate how design controls were applied.The discussion explores the importance of rebuilding those connections and creating documentation that clearly demonstrates the relationship between requirements, design activities, V&V evidence, risk management, and design decisions.The objective isn't simply to create more documentation. It's to create a coherent and traceable design history.IMDRF, Regulatory Reliance and Global Market AccessOnce a device is ready for market, manufacturers face another challenge: navigating multiple regulatory systems around the world.The International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) plays an important role in encouraging greater regulatory convergence internationally.Regulatory reliance takes this concept further by allowing authorities, where applicable, to leverage assessments or decisions from other trusted regulatory authorities rather than unnecessarily duplicating the entire review process.For manufacturers seeking international expansion, understanding these developments can become an important part of building an efficient global market access strategy.Connecting the Entire JourneyThese three topics may appear separate, but they represent a logical progression:Verification & Validation → Design Documentation → Global Regulatory ApprovalsFirst, manufacturers need evidence that the device performs as expected.Then, they need documentation that clearly demonstrates how the device was developed and controlled.Finally, they need a regulatory strategy capable of bringing that device into different markets.For MedTech companies, getting these elements right can create a stronger foundation for compliance, regulatory submissions, and international market access.A successful regulatory journey doesn't begin with the submission—it begins with how the device is designed, tested, documented, and prepared for the markets it intends to enter.Who is Monir El Azzouzi? Monir El Azzouzi is the founder and CEO of Easy Medical Device a Consulting firm that is supporting Medical Device manufacturers for any Quality and Regulatory affairs activities all over the world. Monir can help you to create your Quality Management System, Technical Documentation or he can also take care of your Clinical Evaluation, Clinical Investigation through his team or partners. Easy Medical Device can also become your Authorized Representative and Independent Importer Service provider for EU, UK and Switzerland. Monir has around 16 years of experience within the Medical Device industry working for small businesses and also big corporate companies. He has now supported around 100 clients to remain compliant on the market. His passion to the Medical Device filed pushed him to create educative contents like, blog, podcast, YouTube videos, LinkedIn Lives where he invites guests who are sharing educative information to his audience. Visit easymedicaldevice.com to know more.  If you need help implementing QMSR or preparing your teams for FDA inspections, contact: info@easymedicaldevice.com If you are located outside the EU/UK/Switzerland and need an Authorized Representative (and possibly an Importer), we can support you as well.Social Media to followMonir El Azzouzi Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/melazzouziTwitter: https://twitter.com/elazzouzimPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/easymedicaldeviceInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/easymedicaldeviceThis podcast is hosted by Podcastics, the easiest platform to create and publish your podcast.

The U.S. disrupts a Chinese hacking operation blamed for intrusions at several sensitive government agencies.  CISA says more than 100 water systems were targeted in July. Attackers exploit a critical Gitea flaw, while malicious pages masquerade as Cloudflare verification screens. Cyber insurance claims get costlier, and AI agents break out of their sandboxes. Boston Scientific battles a cyber incident. Plus, a new standard tracks AI agent activity, criminals target stolen iPhones, and an alleged money mule is charged in a $7.5 million scam. Our guest is Stephen Hilt,  Sr. Threat Researcher at TrendAI,  on the risks facing data centers.  Some breach data doesn't quite measure up. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On today's Industry Voices, we are joined by Stephen Hilt,  Sr. Threat Researcher at TrendAI discussing the cybersecurity risks facing data centers and the thousands of internet-exposed industrial control systems that could leave them vulnerable to attack. And if you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here.  If you'd like to hear more on this topic from TrendAI, you can check out this recent episode of the AI Security Brief podcast that focuses on data center security. Guest Mark Houpt, CISO at DataBank, joined hosts Johnny Hand and Dustin Childs to explain why securing the AI era starts with protecting the physical data centers that power it—and why proven security fundamentals still matter against rapidly evolving threats. AI Security Brief podcast publishes every other Thursday on the N2K CyberWire network. Subscribe today! Selected Reading China-sponsored hacking platforms seized by US, Justice Department says (Reuters)   CISA: Over 100 Internet-Exposed Water Systems Targeted in July Cyberattacks (SecurityWeek) Hackers now exploit critical Gitea flaw in code injection attacks (Bleeping Computer) Hackers abuse npm mirrors to host phishing redirect pages (Bleeping Computer) Average Cyber Insurance Losses Increase Despite Fewer Claims (Infosecurity Magazine) VMs won't contain cyber-capable agents (Trail of Bits) Boston Scientific hit by cyberattack, global operations affected (Reuters) Linux Foundation Introduces TRACE Standard for AI Runtime Evidence (Infosecurity Magazine) AnonyMousKIT PhaaS uses voice AI agents to phish iPhone passcodes (Bleeping Computer) Indian man who fled US arrested on charges he helped scammers siphon $7.5 million from the elderly (The Record) Trump signs memo to help drastically boost US commercial space launches (Reuters)  A Cautionary Tale About Data Breach Claims, Verification and Carhartt (Troy Hunt) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry's most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.

Rushed methodology changes implemented mid-season by Nielsen have severely shaken the NFL's confidence in standard television ratings. NFL Chief Data Officer Paul Ballew explains how media fragmentation is forcing leagues and networks to demand radical transparency or switch to new transactional metrics. Key Highlights

The U-S Postal Service has announced NEW verification requirements for mail-in voters.  Joining me now LIVE to explain...is ABC Legal Analyst Royal Oakes. 

21 Aug 2026. UAE companies claiming VAT refunds will need to verify their suppliers under new rules coming into force from 1 October. The Federal Tax Authority is asking businesses to check who they’re buying from before claiming input tax back. Tax expert Thomas Vanhee, Founding Partner at Aurifer, on what it all means. Plus, it’s back to school. We speak to the boss of the newly opened Harrow School and one university head about what the new academic year holdsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Buying a Business? Do Your Due Diligence! Show Notes Page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/618-buyer-due-diligence/ Buyer due diligence is your primary protection when purchasing a small business, and on this episode Henry Lopez walks through a practical checklist to verify the financials, uncover hidden risks, and avoid overpaying for or buying the wrong business. Get your FREE DOWNLOAD: Buyer Due Diligence Checklist – from the show notes page for this episode. Buyer due diligence is the single most important protection you have when purchasing a small business. And skipping or rushing it is how buyers end up owning problems they never saw coming. Buying an existing business can be one of the fastest paths to successful ownership. You inherit customers, cash flow, systems, and employees, ideally in a proven, profitable model. But things are not always as they appear. A business that's always busy or generating strong revenue isn't necessarily healthy, and you may be inheriting problems that aren't obvious at first glance. Due diligence is how you find those issues before closing, not after. In this episode of The How of Business, Henry Lopez walks through his buyer due diligence checklist. This checklist includes the key areas you need to investigate, the mistakes that trip up first-time buyers, and how to make sure the business you're paying for is actually the business you think you're buying. Whether you're preparing to buy or getting ready to sell, this is the framework for looking under the covers with confidence. Henry frames the whole process around an old proverb: trust but verify. A good seller isn't lying to you, but it isn't their job to protect you either. They'll naturally highlight what's great and will likely remain quiet on what's broken. Verification is your job, along with your team of advisors: a business coach, a CPA, and an attorney working together. He explains why due diligence must be a written condition of your letter of intent or purchase agreement, giving you a defined period and the legal right to walk away. Never waive it, and never buy a business "as is" the way you might buy a used car. He also reframes the three possible outcomes of the due diligence period: 1) the deal is confirmed, 2) the price or terms get renegotiated, or 3) you walk away. He covers deal structure (why most small business deals are asset purchases and why that's safer for the buyer), and how to validate earnings using seller's discretionary earnings rather than revenue. Because you're not buying sales, you're buying verified profits and the assets that produce them. He shares the typical one-to-three multiple range and warns against buying an unprofitable or owner-dependent business, where you may simply be buying yourself a lower-paying job. Henry then explains the core investigation areas: legal (good standing, who actually has the right to sell, and the lease traps that can quietly kill a deal), financial (three to five years of statements, reconciling the real flow of cash, and treating unexplained errors as red flags), operational (systems ownership, owner and customer concentration, key-employee retention, and worker misclassification), plus market and risk factors like insurance, regulatory triggers, SBA loan conditions, and franchise approvals. His closing reminder says it best: "A no that you discover in due diligence is far cheaper than a yes you regret." Slow down, demand complete access, and the deal you clearly understand is the only deal worth doing. This episode is hosted by Henry Lopez. The How of Business podcast focuses on helping you start, run, grow and exit your small business. The How of Business is a top-rated podcast for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Find the best podcast, small business coaching, resources and trusted service partners for small business owners and entrepreneurs at our website https://TheHowOfBusiness.com

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Manish Goregaokar, a senior software engineer and member of the Rust security response team, to discuss what LLMs do to the cost side of running a sophisticated con. They walk through a scam built for programmers: a plausible company, a few rounds of interviews, and an NDA signed via "sign in with email" that quietly hands an attacker the identity account everything else resets against. A version of it hit at least five people in the Rust community within days of Manish publishing on the subject, and Patrick describes being targeted himself by someone posing as a Bloomberg reporter who wanted him on a Zoom call with a codec problem. They also cover money mules and the three stages of laundering, the $25 million Hong Kong transfer authorized on a fully deepfaked video call, and why the only durable individual defense is refusing to trust any communication you did not initiate.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/what-llms-do-to-the-economics-of-scams-with-manish-goregaokar/ –Presenting Sponsors: Mercury, MongoDB & GranolaComplex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury's new feature Command brings an LLM directly into your banking interface, so checking balances, finding invoices, or sending a wire is as easy as asking. Apply online in minutes at https://mercury.com/. If meetings consistently leave you with hazy action items and lost context, Granola handles the transcription so you can actually participate and gives you searchable notes afterward. Try it free at granola.ai/complexsystems with code COMPLEXSYSTEMSWhat's the point of building faster with AI if your database can't keep up? MongoDB's native data model mirrors the language LLMs already speak. Ship at the speed of AI while staying ACID compliant at Fortune 500 scale. Start building at https://mongodb.com/ai.–Links:Manish Goregaokar's blog: https://manishearth.github.io/  Manish on X: https://x.com/ManishEarth–Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:27) The future of the con is already here(01:40) Scams are run like businesses(03:30) A scam aimed at programmers(05:12) Why single sign-on is the one ring to rule them all(06:50) Persistent threats against individuals(08:58) What LLMs change about cost(11:40) Manual scams and business email compromise(14:30) How money movement constrains scammers(17:39) The industry that helps you pay ransoms(19:32) Bespoke attacks on individual targets(21:41) The Rust community gets targeted(23:02) Supply chain attacks and long-lived impersonation(24:58) Money mules and the three stages of laundering(28:35) Why law enforcement struggles with internet crime(30:01) Sponsors: Mercury │ Granola(33:03) Patriotic hackers and the post-Soviet talent pool(35:27) What individuals can do(36:27) Only trust communication you initiate(38:21) Wire fraud in real estate closings(41:07) Why legitimate institutions look like scams(45:22) Who eats the loss(47:21) Sponsor: MongoDB(48:12) Why banks can't just block new payees(50:45) Verification protocols and family passwords(53:07) Urgency and secrecy(54:44) Systemic fixes and who pays(57:55) Open weights and the coming wave(01:02:17) Wrap

What to Do When Your Mortgage Loan Has Been Sold: A Guide to Verification and ProtectionImagine this: you open your mail to find a letter stating that your mortgage loan has been sold. Your heart might skip a beat. Is this for real? Is it a scam? In today's digital age, where financial fraud is unfortunately common, it's natural to feel a surge of anxiety and uncertainty. The immediate concern for many homeowners is verifying the legitimacy of such a notice. Before you do anything else, the most crucial step is to confirm that this change is authentic and not a deceptive attempt to get your personal information or money. Your first and most important action should be to call the servicer you have been making your payments to and verify that this is, in fact, what has happened. At DDA Mortgage, we understand these concerns and are here to guide you through the process, ensuring you protect your financial well-being and have peace of mind.Selling mortgage loans is a common practice in the financial industry, and it often happens without any negative impact on you as a borrower. Lenders and servicers frequently sell loans to manage their portfolios, free up capital, or specialize in certain types of mortgages. While this is a standard business procedure, it doesn't diminish the importance of your vigilance. Your mortgage is likely one of your largest financial commitments, and any change to it warrants your full attention and careful verification. We'll walk you through the essential steps to confirm your loan has been legitimately sold, how to avoid potential scams, and what to expect next, so you can navigate this transition with confidence.Receiving a letter about your mortgage loan being sold can be unsettling, but it doesn't have to be a cause for panic. The key to managing this situation effectively is prompt and accurate verification. Your primary goal is to confirm the authenticity of the sale directly with the company you currently pay your mortgage to. This step is not just about confirming the sale; it's about safeguarding your financial information and ensuring you don't fall victim to a scam.Why is this verification so crucial? Unfortunately, scammers are sophisticated and often mimic official communications to trick unsuspecting homeowners. A fraudulent letter might look incredibly convincing, using official-sounding language, logos, and even seemingly legitimate contact information. If you were to unknowingly send your mortgage payment to a scammer, you could face severe consequences, including late payment penalties, damage to your credit score, and the loss of your money, all while still owing your original servicer.tune in and learn https://www.ddamortgage.com/blogDidier Malagies NMLS #212566dda mortgage nmls#324329 Support the show

Danny McMillan returns after his longest break in almost ten years, with Seller Sessions approaching its tenth anniversary and roughly 1,300 episodes. This is the pilot of a new monthly roundtable with Sim and Matt (Dorian returns next month), moving away from the conversion show format towards raw conversation. You'll hear how Sim's team runs product development end to end with AI: keyword-scored idea validation, brand director sign-off, Claude-generated product concepts rendered through Codex, and a launch pipeline already booked out to 2027. Matt shares how Productpinion prioritises features from customer feedback, and why prioritisation is the most undervalued skill in the AI era. The back half tackles the big theme: cognitive load. Danny breaks down verification fatigue, context switching and AI maxing, and why the scarce resource is no longer time but attention and decision quality. Key Topics AI-driven product development - from keyword scoring to Claude SVG concepts and Codex-generated product renders Team structure at scale - how ideas route through brand directors to sourcing across UK and Philippines teams Hiring in the AI era - why refusing to use AI is now a dealbreaker, and why gutting teams for AI is commercial suicide Free local AI tools - Fluid Voice (Whisper Flow alternative) and Meetily (Granola alternative) Cognitive load and verification fatigue - the hidden tax of moving from doer to overseer Timestamps 00:00 - Danny returns: ten years of Seller Sessions, new pilot format 01:50 - Sim's update: ditching ClickUp for a bespoke operating system 03:55 - Matt's update: closing the research loop in Productpinion, Florence CRO brain, MCP 05:39 - Sim's product pipeline: AI keyword scoring, brand director approval, deep research 07:07 - AI product development: Claude concepts, Codex renders, 3-in-1 product mashups 09:07 - Packaging designed for the main image, and how far you can push it 10:46 - Team workflow: brand directors owning P&L, sourcing handoffs 14:21 - Danny on gutting teams for AI: who maintains the machines? 15:56 - The hiring line: refuse to use AI, you haven't got a job 17:48 - Claude across every department: projects, Claude Code vs Cowork 20:10 - Free local tools: Fluid Voice for dictation, Meetily for meeting notes 21:57 - Marketplace arbitrage: moving proven products between Amazon marketplaces 23:21 - Matt on signal to noise: wasting tokens instead of wasting time 24:57 - Time blocking and prioritising features by customer impact 26:54 - Danny's segment: cognitive load, oversight duty and verification fatigue 31:46 - Asking the right question: the Claude Science deep-dive example 36:41 - AI maxing, context switching and high-stakes decision quality 42:07 - Claude telling you to go to sleep 45:16 - Danny's framework: reject the first plan, decision sprints, deliberate decompression 50:47 - Where to reach Sim and Matt Key Takeaways AI has made product development fun again - unique product concepts generated with Claude and Codex, feeding a pipeline mapped to 2027. Augment, don't replace - if someone was worth hiring, AI should multiply their output, not justify cutting them. Prioritisation is the undervalued AI skill - just because you can do everything doesn't mean you should. Verification fatigue is real - build in decision sprints and deliberate decompression, and reject Claude's first plan on sight. The scarce resource is attention, not time - your night schedule and recovery feed the next day's output. Notable Quotes "AI is enabling the boring to get released and the fun stuff to happen." - Sim "Instead of people wasting time, now they're just wasting tokens." - Matt "Prompts don't matter, but asking the right question unlocks everything." - Danny McMillan "AI doesn't just speed you up. It puts you on permanent oversight duty, and the cost of that duty is your attention and your judgment, not time." - Danny McMillan Resources Mentioned Fluid Voice - free, open source local dictation with on-device models; a Whisper Flow alternative Meetily - free, open source meeting summariser that runs privately on your machine; a Granola alternative Claude / Claude Code - the AI platform used across both Danny's and Sim's teams Codex - used alongside Claude to generate product concept images Productpinion - Matt's shopper testing platform, now with MCP support and draft polls Connect Sim - on LinkedIn (genuine reach-outs answered) Matt - on LinkedIn or via productpinion.com Seller Sessions is the leading podcast for advanced Amazon sellers, hosted by Danny McMillan. Dorian returns next month.

The integration of Apple Maps in Ford's future electric vehicle platform generates discussions of the auto industry picking and choosing technology. The MacVoices Live! panel also examines security risks involving Claude Cowork and exposed shared chats, OpenAI's dispute with Hugging Face, and the hazards of autonomous AI tools. If that wasn't enough, selfie-based account recovery puts a new spin on the facial recognition.The panel includes: Chuck Joiner, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, and Mark Fuccio.  This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Get access to the MacVoices Slack and MacVoices After Dark by joining in at Patreon.com/macvoices. Show Notes: Chapters: 00:00 Apple Maps integration in Ford's electric vehicle platform03:10 Ford, CarPlay, battery data, and vehicle navigation05:28 Claude Cowork escapes its Mac sandbox08:31 Building trust before granting AI access10:24 Claude shared chats appearing in search results13:07 What was actually exposed through shared links14:18 OpenAI, Hugging Face, and a $100 million compute demand17:07 Using Chinese open models to investigate AI systems20:13 Local models, Apple hardware, and infrastructure economics23:08 Sandboxing outside models and security concerns26:21 OpenAI's move-fast approach and emerging risks28:23 Protecting proprietary AI models from replication30:03 Google account recovery using a video selfie32:14 Privacy desensitization and facial-data concerns34:32 Facial authentication, passkeys, and spoofing risks37:32 Masks, twins, voice cloning, and account security39:18 TSA PreCheck, Clear, and biometric tradeoffs42:23 Facebook verification through video selfies44:16 Public photos, facial models, and loss of image control47:11 Deepfakes, generated portraits, and digital identity49:07 The uneven value people place on privacy50:38 Closing comments and panel contact information Links: Claude Cowork escaped sandbox on Mac, had full access to all files https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/27/claude-cowork-escaped-sandbox-on-mac-gain-full-access-to-all-files/   Your Claude Chats May Have Been Exposed on Google https://lifehacker.com/tech/your-claude-chats-may-have-been-exposed-on-google   Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results https://www.wired.com/story/private-claude-chats-exposed-in-google-and-bing-search-results/   Hugging Face wants $100mn of compute from OpenAIhttps://thenextweb.com/news/hugging-face-delangue-openai-100m-compute-traces-demand   Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/google-now-lets-you-log-into-your-account-with-a-selfie/   Meta now has free verification for Facebook users, as long as they're willing to upload a video selfie https://www.fastcompany.com/91579402/facebook-free-verification-badge-meta-video-selfie-feature   Facebook Verified is here, so you can tell if your new friend is really an AI https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/24/facebook-verified-is-here-so-you-can-tell-if-your-new-friend-is-really-an-ai   Facebook announces face scanning to confirm you're a human - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/24/facebook-announces-face-scanning-to-confirm-youre-a-human/ Guests: Get detailed bios and contact information about for the panel on the MacVoices Live! Panel page on our web site:https://macvoices.com/macvoiceslive/macvoices-live-panel/ Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Mastodon:     https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner      Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

The integration of Apple Maps in Ford's future electric vehicle platform generates discussions of the auto industry picking and choosing technology. The MacVoices Live! panel also examines security risks involving Claude Cowork and exposed shared chats, OpenAI's dispute with Hugging Face, and the hazards of autonomous AI tools. If that wasn't enough, selfie-based account recovery puts a new spin on the facial recognition. The panel includes: Chuck Joiner, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, and Mark Fuccio.  This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Get access to the MacVoices Slack and MacVoices After Dark by joining in at Patreon.com/macvoices. Show Notes: Chapters: 00:00 Apple Maps integration in Ford's electric vehicle platform 03:10 Ford, CarPlay, battery data, and vehicle navigation 05:28 Claude Cowork escapes its Mac sandbox 08:31 Building trust before granting AI access 10:24 Claude shared chats appearing in search results 13:07 What was actually exposed through shared links 14:18 OpenAI, Hugging Face, and a $100 million compute demand 17:07 Using Chinese open models to investigate AI systems 20:13 Local models, Apple hardware, and infrastructure economics 23:08 Sandboxing outside models and security concerns 26:21 OpenAI's move-fast approach and emerging risks 28:23 Protecting proprietary AI models from replication 30:03 Google account recovery using a video selfie 32:14 Privacy desensitization and facial-data concerns 34:32 Facial authentication, passkeys, and spoofing risks 37:32 Masks, twins, voice cloning, and account security 39:18 TSA PreCheck, Clear, and biometric tradeoffs 42:23 Facebook verification through video selfies 44:16 Public photos, facial models, and loss of image control 47:11 Deepfakes, generated portraits, and digital identity 49:07 The uneven value people place on privacy 50:38 Closing comments and panel contact information Links: Claude Cowork escaped sandbox on Mac, had full access to all files https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/27/claude-cowork-escaped-sandbox-on-mac-gain-full-access-to-all-files/   Your Claude Chats May Have Been Exposed on Google https://lifehacker.com/tech/your-claude-chats-may-have-been-exposed-on-google   Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results https://www.wired.com/story/private-claude-chats-exposed-in-google-and-bing-search-results/   Hugging Face wants $100mn of compute from OpenAI https://thenextweb.com/news/hugging-face-delangue-openai-100m-compute-traces-demand   Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/google-now-lets-you-log-into-your-account-with-a-selfie/   Meta now has free verification for Facebook users, as long as they're willing to upload a video selfie https://www.fastcompany.com/91579402/facebook-free-verification-badge-meta-video-selfie-feature   Facebook Verified is here, so you can tell if your new friend is really an AI https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/24/facebook-verified-is-here-so-you-can-tell-if-your-new-friend-is-really-an-ai   Facebook announces face scanning to confirm you're a human - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/24/facebook-announces-face-scanning-to-confirm-youre-a-human/ Guests: Get detailed bios and contact information about for the panel on the MacVoices Live! Panel page on our web site: https://macvoices.com/macvoiceslive/macvoices-live-panel/ Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon      http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:      http://macvoices.com      Twitter:      http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner      http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Mastodon:      https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner      Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes      Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

Internet scams are evolving faster than ever, with artificial intelligence making phishing emails, fake phone calls, and fraudulent videos more convincing than traditional scams. Jon Penn and Venable Cybersecurity Services Managing Director, Avi Schwartz explain the most common online scams targeting consumers, investors, retirees, and businesses, along with practical steps you can take to protect yourself and your finances. We discuss AI-enhanced phishing attacks, deepfake voice and video scams, business email compromise, texting scams (smishing), elder fraud, and payment fraud involving gift cards and cryptocurrency. We also cover what to do if you've been scammed, how quickly you need to act to improve your chances of recovering stolen funds, and why authentication, passkeys, and independent verification are among your best defenses. Whether you're protecting your retirement savings, your business, or helping aging parents avoid fraud, this episode provides practical cybersecurity and financial safety strategies that can reduce your risk of becoming the next victim. 0:00 INTRO 0:20 - Internet Scams to be Aware of 3:53 - AI enhanced Phishing 7:00 - Deep Fake Voice & Video Scams 13:39 - Catch Them If You Can - How to get your money back 15:37 - Texting scams & smishing 18:21 - How Much Can You Lose? 19:29 - Who are the Targets? 22:34 - How Long Can it Take? 24:40 - Dealing with Elder Fraud 26:11 - How to Prevent or Reduce Chances of Falling Victim to Scams 30:09 - Strengthen Authentication - passkeys 34:10 - Verify Before You Act (avoid urgency) 36:26 - Avoid Engaging with Unknown Contacts - Ignore it 36:55 - Double check all Financial Transactions 38:47 - Watching for Payment Red Flags (Gift Cards & Cyber Currency) 41:58 - Authentication & Verification are Key Hosted by RIA Advisors Senior Investment Advisor, Jon Penn, CFP, w special guest, Venable Cybersecurity Services Managing Director, Ari Schwartz Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer ------- Do you enjoy our content? Rate us on Google: https://bit.ly/4b9JtEo ------- Watch Today's Full Video on our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/live/Azt1_vs16bA ------- Articles mentioned in this report: "AI-Driven Fraud Scams Are Evolving Fast: What People Should Watch For and Can Do To Protect Themselves, Their Friends, and Family" https://www.centerforcybersecuritypolicy.org/insights-and-research/ai-driven-fraud-scams-are-evolving-fast-what-people-should-watch-for-and-can-do-to-protect-themselves-their-friends-and-family -------- Watch today's "Before the Bell" premarket commentary, "Markets Consolidate as Sector Rotation Strengthens," https://youtu.be/pG8vxTC6oco ------- Watch our previous show, "Do You Really Know Your Risk Tolerance?" https://youtube.com/live/m3KZ1fbws2k ------- Get more info & commentary: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/insights/real-investment-daily/ ------- * REGISTER for our next Dynamic Learning Series, "Savvy Social Security Planning: More Income, Less Worry," Thursday, August 6, 2026: https://streamyard.com/watch/tQ3PS8hd64mt --- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN --- Subscribe to SimpleVisor : https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new --- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #CyberSecurity #InternetScams #IdentityTheft #FinancialPlanning #PersonalFinance

In a landscape where convenience is a weapon used by scammers and corporate giants, your choice of wallet is the only thing standing between financial sovereignty and total loss. Most people treat their crypto like a savings account at a bank; they trust the “brand,” they trust the “user-friendly” interface, and they trust the influencers telling them everything is fine. That trust is a death trap… Over 8,000 Bitcoin (BTC) investors recently watched their life savings vanish because of a lack of entropy in the random number generator for Coldcard, a popular hardware wallet. In plain English: the “random” numbers used to secure their keys weren't random at all. They were predictable. And when the keys are predictable, the hackers don't even have to work; they just walk through the front door. That's all by design… When you choose a wallet that sacrifices entropy for ease of use, you aren't buying convenience. You're buying a ticket to become a victim. Watch on: Odysee | YouTube | X | Rumble | Bitchute | Vigilante.tv Real security is a science, not a feeling. If your software isn't open-source and verifiable, you aren't practicing security; you're practicing faith. And in this game, faith gets you liquidated. But let's look deeper. Why are we being pushed toward these fragile systems? Because there is a concerted effort toward the hijacking of Bitcoin. There are serious allegations that interests linked to Jeffrey Epstein funded a shift in the narrative, turning BTC from a disruptive technical tool into a “store of value” religion. They want you to HODL. They want you in a cult-like echo chamber where “Maxi” influencers tell you the system is perfect as it is. This “ossification” lobotomizes the technology. It strips away the reality that Bitcoin is actually a Turing complete supercomputer and a truth machine capable of on-chain AI and total transparency. If you're just following the herd, you're the product… Don't trust. Verify. Even “air-gapped” hardware is no guarantee if the randomness behind your keys is broken. Verification, not brand loyalty, is what keeps you sovereign. The sovereign toolkit requires assets that are private-by-default and hardware that never touches the internet. That is the only way of thriving in an on-chain world where surveillance is the default setting. The Great Divide is happening here, too. On one side, the indoctrinated victims. On the other, the intelligent human nodes who own their keys and their minds. Which side are you on? Follow me on X @VamosVigilante Want to be on the pulse of crypto? Access our exclusive portfolio, insider reports, full archive of monthly newsletters, real-time market updates, buy/sell alerts, and private community chat and get instant access to the latest issue of our monthly newsletter… Subscribe now! FREE “Crypto 101” Video Training – Watch Our Millionaire Crypto Analyst Reveal the Exact Crypto Wallet Setup He Wished He Had When Starting Out: https://CryptoVigilante.io/crypto101TCV Summit: “What Matters Most in Crypto” | https://dollarvigilante.spiffy.co/checkout/what-matters-most Replay videos available! The Crypto Vigilante (Follow on All Socials) The post Operational Security in a Hostile Era: Don’t Get Scammed appeared first on The Crypto Vigilante.

The integration of Apple Maps in Ford's future electric vehicle platform generates discussions of the auto industry picking and choosing technology. The MacVoices Live! panel also examines security risks involving Claude Cowork and exposed shared chats, OpenAI's dispute with Hugging Face, and the hazards of autonomous AI tools. If that wasn't enough, selfie-based account recovery puts a new spin on the facial recognition.  This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Get access to the MacVoices Slack and MacVoices After Dark by joining in at Patreon.com/macvoices. Show Notes: Chapters: 00:00 Apple Maps integration in Ford's electric vehicle platform 03:10 Ford, CarPlay, battery data, and vehicle navigation 05:28 Claude Cowork escapes its Mac sandbox 08:31 Building trust before granting AI access 10:24 Claude shared chats appearing in search results 13:07 What was actually exposed through shared links 14:18 OpenAI, Hugging Face, and a $100 million compute demand 17:07 Using Chinese open models to investigate AI systems 20:13 Local models, Apple hardware, and infrastructure economics 23:08 Sandboxing outside models and security concerns 26:21 OpenAI's move-fast approach and emerging risks 28:23 Protecting proprietary AI models from replication 30:03 Google account recovery using a video selfie 32:14 Privacy desensitization and facial-data concerns 34:32 Facial authentication, passkeys, and spoofing risks 37:32 Masks, twins, voice cloning, and account security 39:18 TSA PreCheck, Clear, and biometric tradeoffs 42:23 Facebook verification through video selfies 44:16 Public photos, facial models, and loss of image control 47:11 Deepfakes, generated portraits, and digital identity 49:07 The uneven value people place on privacy 50:38 Closing comments and panel contact information Links: Claude Cowork escaped sandbox on Mac, had full access to all files https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/27/claude-cowork-escaped-sandbox-on-mac-gain-full-access-to-all-files/   Your Claude Chats May Have Been Exposed on Google https://lifehacker.com/tech/your-claude-chats-may-have-been-exposed-on-google   Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results https://www.wired.com/story/private-claude-chats-exposed-in-google-and-bing-search-results/   Hugging Face wants $100mn of compute from OpenAI https://thenextweb.com/news/hugging-face-delangue-openai-100m-compute-traces-demand   Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/google-now-lets-you-log-into-your-account-with-a-selfie/   Meta now has free verification for Facebook users, as long as they're willing to upload a video selfie https://www.fastcompany.com/91579402/facebook-free-verification-badge-meta-video-selfie-feature   Facebook Verified is here, so you can tell if your new friend is really an AI https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/24/facebook-verified-is-here-so-you-can-tell-if-your-new-friend-is-really-an-ai   Facebook announces face scanning to confirm you're a human - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/24/facebook-announces-face-scanning-to-confirm-youre-a-human/ Guests: Get detailed bios and contact information about for the panel on the MacVoices Live! Panel page on our web site: https://macvoices.com/macvoiceslive/macvoices-live-panel/ Support: Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon      http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect: Web:      http://macvoices.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner      http://www.twitter.com/macvoices Mastodon:      https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner MacVoices Page on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/ MacVoices Group on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/ Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes      Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

Global Protection Corp., the company behind ONE® Condoms, never expected a routine shipment to become a $1.7 million cargo theft. The company wasn't hacked, yet it still became the victim of a sophisticated cyber-enabled scheme that forever changed how it approaches supply chain security. In this episode of Fraud Watch, Ryan Findling and Milla Impola share their story, the lessons they learned, and why they believe verification over speed is one of the strongest defenses against modern cargo theft. Questions for the Global Protection team? Contact them at info@globalprotection.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us Fan MailIn this week's episode we discussed Europe's growing push to limit children's access to social media and the internet. From age verification laws to proposed platform restrictions, we examine what's driving these policies, whether they can actually protect young people, and what they could mean for privacy, free expression, and the future of growing up online. As governments tighten digital safeguards, we ask a bigger question: where should the line be between protecting kids and preserving an open internet?Our Links:Retrospect

My podcast guest this week is Dr. Maha Achour, CEO and Founder of Kodamai. Maha and I chat about the shifting landscape of AI and how we can move beyond cloud and centralized data centers to a more distributed, agentic future. We discuss why governance must 'travel' with AI agents, what it means for trust to be architectural rather than procedural, and how Kodamai's 'math-first' approach is helping engineers build verified, auditable AI systems that can thrive in the real world.

John Vecchi is the CMO at Mitiga. In this episode of Mitiga Mic, he joins host Brian Contos to discuss Anthropic's cyber verification program and the end of the patch window. This series is brought to you by Mitiga, the leader in Agentic Runtime Security for cloud, SaaS, and AI, delivering Zero-Impact Breach Prevention. To learn more about our sponsor, visit https://www.mitiga.ai.

 In the eighth episode of the Supply Chain Careers Podcast Catalyst Series, the second installment of our  Beyond the Resume episode, Rodney Apple and Chris Gaffney explore why professional references have become one of the most overlooked competitive advantages in today's hiring market. As AI continues to produce polished resumes and help candidates prepare for interviews, employers increasingly need independent validation of a candidate's experience, leadership, and accomplishments. This conversation examines how both job seekers and hiring managers can transform the reference process from a routine hiring step into a meaningful source of insight that improves hiring decisions and career outcomes. Need help hiring top talent? Engage SCM Talent Group, a supply chain recruiting & executive search firm that specializes in your hiring needs:Continuous ImprovementEngineeringInventory PlanningLogistics & TransportationManufacturingOperationsRoboticsSales & Business DevelopmentS&OPStrategic Sourcing & ProcurementSupply Chain ManagementTechnology & AutomationWarehousing

We go around the mortgage industry, in slightly more than 60 seconds, to begin today's episode. Plus, Robbie interviews Experian's Jamie Norris on expanding data verification options and automation while enhancing efficiency, flexibility, and decision-making across the mortgage process. And we close with the latest expectations for what will happen at the conclusion of today's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.Sponsored by Experian Verify, which provides mortgage lenders with automated income, employment, identity, and asset verification solutions that help accelerate underwriting while reducing fraud risk and manual documentation.The Chrisman Commentary is your go-to daily mortgage news podcast, where industry insights meet expert analysis. Hosted by Robbie Chrisman, this podcast delivers the latest updates on mortgage rates, capital markets, and the forces shaping the housing finance landscape. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just looking to stay informed, you'll get clear, concise breakdowns of market trends and economic shifts that impact the mortgage world.

Today for "Rails Report #4":-- When people talk about AI agents, they usually focus on what the agent can do. Can it plan? Can it execute? Can it make decisions? Can it complete a task end to end?But once agents start interacting with real-world systems, another question becomes just as important: how do we know what, or who, we are trusting? That is where modular verification matters.ERC- 8004, in simple terms, points toward a more structured way for agents and systems to prove things about themselves. Instead of relying on vague assumptions or one-off integrations, the idea is to create a modular layer where identity, capabilities, permissions, and verification can be checked more cleanly. Why does that matter?Because agents are only useful if they can operate in environments where other systems are willing to trust them enough to let them act. If an agent is going to move value, access services, trigger workflows, or interact with financial rails, then the system around it needs some way to verify that it is legitimate, authorized, and behaving within bounds.Today, that kind of trust is often handled manually, or through fragmented point solutions. One platform does one check. Another platform does another. A third layer tries to enforce policy. It works, but it is brittle. Modular agentic verification is interesting because it suggests a more composable future. Instead of forcing every application to reinvent trust from scratch, you can build a shared framework where different components handle different parts of the verification problem.That could mean proving an agent's identity. It could mean checking what permissions it has. It could mean validating that it is allowed to perform a specific action. And it could mean making those checks interoperable across systems.The big picture is simple: as agents become more capable, verification becomes more important. Without verification, agents are just software that can act. With verification, they become software that can act inside systems that care about trust, compliance, and accountability.So when we talk about ERC-8004 and modular agentic verification, we are really talking about the plumbing that makes autonomous systems usable in the real world. Not just smarter agents, but trustworthy ones.And once that layer exists, a lot of what comes next in finance, infrastructure, and automated workflows becomes much easier to imagine.-- The podcasts are authored, edited and produced by Raph Grieco (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠raphael-grieco.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠olivecapital.vc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠).

This podcast is powered by Klean Freaks University.com — where real cleaners build real empires. From mop buckets to million-dollar systems, we teach you how to clean smarter, lead stronger, and scale faster. Support the showThanks for tuning in to Cleaning Business Life — the podcast for cleaning business owners who want to build a profitable, sustainable company without burning out.Hosted by Shannon Miller and Jamie Runco, each episode pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to start, grow, and scale a cleaning business — covering pricing, systems, leadership, boundaries, and the real conversations most people avoid.

Information about the AAP program: https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/neonatal-care/nicu-verification-program/https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/151/6/e2023061957/191305/Standards-for-Levels-of-Neonatal-Care-II-III-and?autologincheck=redirectedKey TakeawaysThe NICU verification survey is designed as a collaborative partnership, not a punitive inspection, with the explicit goal of helping facilities identify and implement opportunities for improvement in neonatal care.The AAP standards for levels of care provide a common language and consistent evaluation framework across all facilities—rural and urban—ensuring unbiased assessment based on uniform criteria.The three-year cyclical process with rotating surveyor teams ensures continuous quality improvement while preventing bias, allowing facilities to demonstrate progress on previously identified areas for improvement.Direct engagement with the entire care team—from leadership to frontline staff and ancillary services—provides valuable insights into resource needs, workflow processes, and opportunities to elevate the quality of care provided to neonates and families.Quotable Moments"Our goal is to help facilities identify opportunities for improvement because we know facilities are doing great things and the best of their abilities to provide the best care.""The survey is your time to shine. I find that there's sometimes a misconception that the survey is really focused on finding deficiencies, and that is not our goal.""Through the AAP standards for the levels of care, it really defines the common language that we're all using. So that way, when we come into a facility, and like Nicole said, it could be a rural setting or an urban setting, we're still using the same language and standards to evaluate those facilities.""It's not like, oh, so-and-so is coming back again. They already said this about us, but it's a totally different team of experts that are coming in and truly giving an unbiased evaluation."Show Notes by Barevalue.No content or comments made in any TIPQC Healthy Mom Healthy Baby Podcast is intended to be comprehensive or medical advice. Neither healthcare providers nor patients should rely on TIPQC's Podcasts in determining the best practices for any particular patient. Additionally, standards and practices in medicine change as new information and data become available and the individual medical professional should consult a variety of sources in making clinical decisions for individual patients. TIPQC undertakes no duty to update or revise any particular Podcast. It is the responsibility of the treating physician or health care professional, relying on independent experience and knowledge of the patient, to determine appropriate treatment.

This episode outlines how AI can be utilized within a short-term rental (STR) business, based on insights from Kenny Bedwell.Core Philosophy on AIAI as a Tool: AI is an evolving tool that requires a competent human driver to function effectively.Address Bottlenecks: Rather than building "cool" tech for the sake of it, use AI to solve specific business problems, bottlenecks, or time-consuming manual tasks.Verification is Mandatory: AI is not yet perfect; always verify information, especially when conducting research on regulations or critical business decisions.Practical ApplicationsImage Enhancement: Use AI to edit listing photos—such as adding twilight effects, enhancing night skies, or updating TV screens—to make them more attractive without being deceptive.Guest Communication: AI can assist in drafting responses to guest inquiries or refund requests, and advanced integrations can automate responses based on specific guidelines, such as property guidebooks.Research and Analysis:Regulatory Research: AI provides direct answers to local regulation questions faster than standard search engines.Financial Decisions: AI can process complex data, such as comparing cleaning company quotes or calculating linen rental versus laundry service costs, to help make informed financial choices.Design and Planning: Use AI to generate visual renderings for landscaping or signage, helping to clarify design concepts and communicate ideas to contractors without needing professional design services for every small detail.Implementation AdviceStart Simple: If you are unsure how to use AI, simply ask it how it can help you with your specific problems.Stay Informed: The industry is professionalizing, and AI will likely become ubiquitous in business operations within the next five years; learning it now is a necessary investment.

AI is no longer just a race to train smarter models. As AI moves into production, the bottleneck is increasingly inference: how fast models can generate tokens, use tools, reason, verify, and act. In this episode of the MAD Podcast, Matt Turck sits down with Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras, to explain why fast inference may define the next era of AI.Cerebras is known for building a chip the size of a silicon wafer. But this conversation is not just about one company or one chip. It is a deep dive into the AI infrastructure stack: GPUs, ASICs, memory, HBM, SRAM, data centers, power, TSMC, AWS, OpenAI, agents, reasoning models, and why speed changes what AI products can become. Andrew explains why “tokens per second per user” matters, why generating a single word can require moving the equivalent of 100 HD movies through memory, why agents amplify latency, why GPUs struggle with certain inference workloads, and why fast AI may eventually reshape SaaS itself.This is a reference conversation on fast inference, AI chips, and the next compute bottleneck.(00:00) Cold open & Intro(01:31) Why speed became the AI bottleneck(02:32) Tokens per second per user, explained(03:16) AI's broadband moment and the Netflix analogy(04:35) The AI chip landscape: GPUs, TPUs, Trainium, ASICs(06:36) What is an ASIC?(08:08) Nvidia, Groq, and the fast inference war(09:16) OpenAI, Broadcom, and specialized silicon(12:10) China, power, and sovereign AI infrastructure(15:05) Is the AI infrastructure boom a bubble?(18:56) The hidden bottlenecks: HBM, CoWoS, and 3nm(22:57) Why agents are creating CPU demand(25:36) Andrew Feldman's path from SeaMicro to Cerebras(26:13) Why Cerebras bet on AI in 2016(31:14) SRAM vs. HBM: why inference is a memory problem(33:19) What wafer-scale computing actually means(34:28) The deep-tech “Everest” problem(36:07) The moment the first Cerebras system worked(36:49) Ringing the bell and surviving deep tech(39:08) How a giant chip handles failure(41:22) Why GPUs struggle with decode(42:17) Prefill vs. decode explained(44:01) The “100 HD movies” problem in AI inference(45:04) How fast inference changes RL and training(48:08) Reasoning models and why they cost more compute(50:08) Verification, guardrails, and small models checking big models(52:37) Multimodal AI and the path to video(53:51) Cerebras' business model: hardware, cloud, and API(55:14) OpenAI's 750MW inference deal(55:36) Why data centers are measured in megawatts(58:01) AWS Trainium + Cerebras decode(59:29) Fast tokens as a cloud product(01:00:52) Is CUDA still a moat?(01:03:53) How TSMC helped Cerebras build the giant chip(01:07:41) Why nobody cared in 2020(01:08:15) Why chip supply chains are hard to diversify(01:09:54) Why today's AI models will be the worst you ever use(01:10:38) What fast AI could do to SaaS

SE Asia's scam compounds have grown into billion-dollar criminal empires. Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsay Kennedy bring us in from Out of the Loop here!Welcome to what we're calling our “Out of the Loop” episodes, where we dig a little deeper into fascinating current events that may only register as a blip on the media's news cycle and have conversations with the people who find themselves immersed in them. Investigative journalists Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsey Kennedy are here to help us understand what Southeast Asia's scam compounds are, how they've built criminal empires worth billions on the backs of trafficked humans, and how we can fight back against them.Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1360On This Episode of Out of the Loop:What are scam compounds? What started as online boiler rooms has mutated into multinational criminal empires — CEOs, crypto treasuries, diplomatic cover, billions laundered. As Jordan quipped, it's LinkedIn with torture rooms — and now fighter jets are literally bombing the compounds.Underneath it all is human trafficking. Victims are lured by fake job ads, stripped of their passports, and forced to scam. When crackdowns hit, bosses flee and hundreds of thousands get dumped onto the streets — stranded, broke, and ripe to be trafficked again.The crackdowns look like justice but function like a heist. States get "captured" willingly, seize billions in assets, and keep the cash — while victims see none of it. Bosses vanish to China, the same ruling families cash in, and compounds get rebranded as prisons.Forget the idea that only "your granny" falls for this. These scams now run on bought data, AI deepfakes, and scripts impersonating police, tax offices, and airlines. They know your debt, your address, your fears — and can rattle anyone, at any income or education level.Your best defense is a pause and a callback. When a "detective," "tax officer," or "airline" pressures you, hang up and dial the real number yourself — and tell someone before sending a cent. Verification is free, and refusing to comply has real power.Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked into Cambodia in recent years and forced to work in the country's multi-billion-dollar cyber-scam industry. This fundraiser exists to support these survivors and help get them home safely! Please help if you can!And much more!Connect with Jordan on Twitter, on Instagram, and on YouTube. If you have something you'd like us to tackle here on an Out of the Loop episode, drop Jordan a line at jordan@jordanharbinger.com and let him know!And if you're still game to support us, please leave a review here — even one sentence helps! Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course!Subscribe to our once-a-week Wee Bit Wiser newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom!Do you even Reddit, bro? Join us at r/JordanHarbinger!This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: Ground News: 40% off unlimited access Vantage subscription: groundnews.com/jordanK12:  Learn more at k12.com/jordanBetterHelp: 10% off first month: betterhelp.com/jordanWayfair: Start renovating: wayfair.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Who would have thought that a tiny HTML file could lead to a diagnostic based on server logs?This week I share the latest fruit from the on-going site recovery that will soon be a case study on how to recover from a Helpful Content "site demise".If Google is verifing your domain once a month on the same day - without a doubt you are in topical trouble.I have more professional ways to describe it - at the end I give you the 4 takeaways from this information.Get used to looking at your logs!Mentioned in the show:VizzEx - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://vizzex.ai/vizzex-pro/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠This week a little more about the newest VizzEx tool - Symmetry Gate™ Check Tool. You can find it at:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://symmetrygate.ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Last week's episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/symmetry-before-semantics-why-seo-meaning-without-proof/id1547082306?i=1000776753514Get on the waiting list for the next cohort of the AI Visibility Mastery 12-month course. We are committed to the success of our members.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://vizzex.ai/ai-visibility-mastery/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wordpress registration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HubSpot registration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Symmetry Gate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - check the "cost" of your content for AI models to extract informationSubscribe to Confessions of an SEO™ wherever you get your podcasts. Your subscribing and download sends the message that you appreciate what is being shared and helping others find Confessions of an SEO™An easy place to leave a review ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/confessions-of-an-seo-1973881⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can find me on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Carolyn Holzman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠American Way Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Google Directly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmericanWayMedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Consulting AgencyNeed Help With an Issue? - reach out Text me here - 512-222-3132Music from Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/doug-organ/fugue-stateLicense code: HESHAZ4ZOAUMWTUA

It's Fun Day Lindsey Graham Monday On today's podcast: Senator, war hawk, and confirmed bachelor Lindsey Graham dropped dead on Sunday and Trump and Netanyahu wasted no time sprinting to the nearest tv station to use his death to further their agendas. Trump claimed that moments before he died, Graham called the president to discuss the importance of the SAVE America Act. Benjamin Netanyahu says that the last time he spoke to Graham he told the Senator that he was planning on phasing out military aid to Israel and he went ballistic. Caitlin Vogus, senior adviser to the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) and a First Amendment attorney, joins to discuss her piece published in partnership with The Intercept and FPF: "Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing". In a pre-taped interview, Sam talks with Alex Aronson, co-founder and executive director of Court Accountability, about SCOTUS corruption and its billionaire-backed right-wing takeover. In the Fun Half: A republican strategist says that Maine Democratic voters owe the rest of the state an apology for voting for Platner in the primary. Cory Booker tries to "reach-around" the aisle and send warm thoughts and fond memories of dead ghoul, Lindsey Graham. Jake Tapper blatantly sucks up to Donald Trump on CNN. Brad Lander leaves CNN's Dana Bash dumbfounded as he tries to explain how Israel is not a democracy. A UAW worker in Michigan who voted for Trump in 2024 talks about why he is voting for Abdul El-Sayed.  All that and more. Join Emma for a virtual DSA event: Workers Deserve More: DSA's 2026-27 Program Launch on Tuesday, July 14 To connect and organize with your local ICE rapid response team visit ICERRT.com The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number to connect with either the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. Follow us on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the AM Quickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase Check out today's sponsors: FAST GROWING TREES: Get 20% off your first purchase.  FastGrowingTrees.com/majority ROCKET MONEY: Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster: RocketMoney.com/MAJORITY SUNDAYS FOR DOGS: Go right now to sundaysfordogs.com/MAJORITY and get 50% off your first order. Or you can use code MAJORITY at checkout. SUNSET LAKE CBD: Use coupon code "Left Is Best" (all one word) for 20% off of your entire order at SunsetLakeCBD.com.  Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech On Instagram: @MrBryanVokey Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on YouTube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.

Ashley Ebersole, Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer of tx, and former Senior Counsel at the SEC, joined me to discuss tx's tokenization solutions and the SEC's upcoming tokenization guidance. Topics:- tx tokenization platform and marketplace - TradFi tokenization race - SEC tokenization and crypto guidance - Future of markets 

Talking about prompts and chatbots won't help you talk about AI strategy in 2026. You've gotta know the ins and outs of loops, plans, goals, subagents and more. In this episode of Everyday AI, we're breaking down the agent lingo and how the key terms play out in systems like Codex and Claude Desktop. Desktop Agent Lingo Simplified: Goals, Loops, Plans, Subagents and how it works in Codex and Claude Code -- An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan WilsonNewsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageToday's Episode on LinkedIn: Thoughts on this? Join the convo on LinkedIn and connect with other AI leaders.Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTopics Covered in This Episode:Desktop Agent Vocabulary PrimerAgent Harnesses: Codex vs. Claude CodeDesktop Agent Plans: Features and WorkflowGoal Setting in Codex and Claude DesktopPlan vs. Goal: Key DifferencesAgent Loops: Automation and VerificationSub Agents: Parallel Task ManagementContext Windows and Task DelegationGuardrails, Verification, and Cost ControlTransition from Chatbots to Autonomous AgentsTimestamps:00:00 Shifting focus to AI agents03:28 Accessing the Start Here series09:31 Using plan mode in clawed desktop12:04 Understanding plan vs. goal mode14:25 Setting project goals and planning19:33 Accessing Start Here series22:03 Building effective training loops26:48 Managing sub agents effectively27:30 Setting up sub-agent system30:47 Closing and subscription reminderKeywords: desktop agent, desktop AI agent, agent lingo, agent vocabulary, long running agent, autonomous agent, codex, Claude Code, Claude desktop, AI harness, agentic harness, agentic tools, super app, Microsoft super app, OpenAI codex, long running desktop agents, plan mode, planning phase, agent plan, goal setting, AI goal, agent goals, loop mode, agent loops, scheduled automations, sub agents, agent subagents, context windows, parallel work, context hygiene, verification steps, approval points, skills, automations, API token usage, project threads, co work tab, code tab, work trees, checkpoints, file access, browser automation, human in the loop, token efficiency, agent delegation, AI supervision, knowledge work automation, AI subagent management, desktop agent mental model, computer control, AI project management, AI workload delegation, remote steering, front end chatbot, proactive AI, AI context sharing.Send Everyday AI and Jordan a text message. (We can't reply back unless you leave contact info) Start Here ▶️Not sure where to start when it comes to AI? Start with our Start Here Series. You can listen to the first drop -- Episode 691 -- or get free access to our Inner Cricle community and all episodes: StartHereSeries.com Also, here's a link to the entire series on a Spotify playlist. 

In the middle of the twentieth century, the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons seemed inevitable. The number of countries with nukes was climbing rapidly, and the idea of stopping the nuclear arms race seemed like a pipe dream.  But that's exactly what happened. Over the course of 60 years, nations around the world agreed to nuclear red lines, slowdowns, and even disarmament. How did this happen? Largely because of technology.  The biggest obstacle to agreeing on nuclear red lines was that adversaries couldn't trust any promise the other made. They needed to know the number of warheads, the amount of enriched uranium, or whether a nuclear device was for a weapon or a power plant. None of that was possible until we built the tech needed to verify those things.  Today, we're in a similar situation with AI. For adversaries like the United States and China to agree on reasonable AI red lines on issues like bioweapons, cyber hacking, or the risk of recursive self-improvement, they first need to be able to trust each other. We urgently need to build the verification technology that would make that trust possible.  In this episode, Tristan sits down with two experts in this field to discuss the kinds of verification technology we need for AI, the challenges of building it, and the world it could unlock if we do. Tim Fist is the Director of Emerging Technology Policy at the Institute for Progress, and Janet Egan is Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for New American Security. Your Undivided Attention is produced by the Center for Humane Technology. You can find a transcript of this episode on our Substack. RECOMMENDED MEDIA Anthropic's open letter warning about recursive self-improvement and calling for a pause in development. The website for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) Further reading on the different mechanisms of verification for international AI governance.   RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES America and China Are Racing to Different AI Futures Can We Govern AI? with Marietje Schaake The Crisis That United Humanity—and Why It Matters for AI Daniel Kokotajlo Forecasts the End of Human DominanceCorrection: Tim referred to the CargoScan technology as being jointly developed by the US and the USSR. It was actually developed solely in the US and administered in Soviet nuclear facilities.    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 5448: We Crossed A Bridge When We Went To War; Backing Age Verification Bill To Protect The Children