Best FinOps Weekly Podcasts (2026)

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Why Executives Can't Afford to Ignore FinOps Anymore 34:42

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Our FinOps Weekly Courses: https://learn.finopsweekly.com In this episode of FinOps Weekly, we talk with Borja Martinez from NTT Data about the importance of FinOps dashboards for executives. Learn about the key roles FinOps play in business value, cost control, and decision-making. We also discuss the unexpected business value FinOps can uncover, …

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Why Automation Without Governance Breaks FinOps (And How to Fix It) ft. Zak Ali, Invesco | Ep #51 38:25

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Can FinOps really be automated? Or do humans still need to stay in the loop? In this episode of FinOps in Action, I sit down with Zak Ali, Global Lead for Cloud FinOps and Cloud Modernization at Invesco. Zak unpacked the real-world risks of over-automation, why “humans in the loop” still matter, and how to drive FinOps adoption without mandates or …

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FinOps Gaps: From Theory to Production 18:54

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Join us as we talk with Olfa from Azure Cloud Academy about why FinOps implementations often take longer than expected. We explore the gaps between FinOps theory and real-world production, the importance of understanding business value, and the role of cultural practices in achieving cloud cost efficiency. Discover the common pitfalls, including ow…

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Re-Air: Data Visibility, Collaboration & Optimizing Spend ft. Dann Berg, Squarespace | Ep # 50 38:55

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What does it really take to drive action in FinOps…. without chasing engineers? In this re-air episode of FinOps in Action, I sit down with Dann Berg, Cloud FinOps Lead at Squarespace, to revisit one of our most practical and mindset-shifting conversations. Dann shares how the most effective FinOps teams create accountability without micromanagemen…

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The 30-Day FinOps Plan Every AWS Team Needs Now 50:42

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AWS FinOps Updates: https://finopsweekly.com/news/aws-cost-optimization-finops-updates/ Join Victor Garcia and AWS Technical Account Manager Loïc Fournier for an in-depth breakdown of the most impactful AWS re:Invent announcements for FinOps practitioners. Discover how Database Savings Plans, Compute Optimizer automation, and new cost management fe…

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The Green Shift: Transitioning .NET Services Across Architectures 44:49

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Anne Currie is joined by Sara Bergman to explore what the shift to greener computing really looks like in practice, using .NET and modern CPU architectures as a concrete example. They unpack why moving from traditional x64 systems to more efficient ARM-based platforms can cut costs and carbon, how runtime environments like .NET make architectural t…

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CR118: Christmas special! Return to the simulation with Anders Indset, Author & Philosopher 1:30:13

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From all of us at Cloud Realities, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! Back in our December 2022 Christmas special, we explored the far reaches of reality, asking whether we live in a simulation and if that even matters. Now, we return to that question with fresh perspectives and new challenges… In this last Cloud Realities podcast of 2025, Dave, Esmee and Rob ret…

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English Teacher to FinOps Author: How She Did It 35:20

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FinOps Cashflow Newsletter: https://finopscashflow.com Welcome to a special episode of the FinOps Weekly Podcast! This week, Victor Garcia sits down with Alexa Abbruscatto, FinOps thought leader and creator of the FinOps Cashflow Newsletter—to explore the evolving world of FinOps, the power of community, and actionable strategies for cloud cost man…

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Top 4 Insights Every FinOps Leader Needs Going into 2026 ft. Alon Arvatz | Ep #49 10:09

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What did the world’s top FinOps practitioners learn in 2025? What should you change in your practice heading into 2026? In this episode of FinOps in Action, I sit down to talk through key takeaways from 2025. I look back on dozens of interviews with FinOps leaders across industries to surface the four most repeated and most impactful insights from …

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Shifting from Cost-Cutting to Business Value for Executive Buy-in | Compilation | Ep 48 24:27

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How do leading companies shift FinOps from cost-cutting to strategic business value? In this special compilation episode of FinOps in Action, we tackle one of the toughest challenges facing FinOps programs: showing business value to gain executive buy-in for the FinOps program. Featuring: Emily Cornock - Suncorp Group Zach Johnson - Splunk Tammy Bu…

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The Week in Green Software: Tokens, Antarctica and SCI for AI 54:03

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This Week in Green Software, Chris Adams and Asim Hussain round up the latest stories shaping sustainable tech. From new research on AI and energy use to policy shifts, tooling updates, and signals from the wider climate and software communities, the discussion connects the dots on what matters right now and why. It’s a fast-moving snapshot of the …

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CRSP08: State of AI 2025 pt.3: AI Unplugged - from data to sovereign intelligence with Johanna Hutchinson, BAE Systems 42:58

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In this last episode of the special AI mini-series, we now explore the human side of transformation, where technology meets purpose and people remain at the center. From future jobs and critical thinking to working with C-level leaders, how human intervention and high-quality data drive success in an AI-powered world. This week Dave, Esmee , Rob si…

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The Real Secret to FinOps Adoption 33:26

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Join us as Katya delves into the world of FinOps, providing insights on explaining the concept to teams, adapting practices to different stakeholders, and optimizing cloud resources effectively. Discover common misconceptions, the importance of tailored communication, and successful strategies for integrating FinOps education into corporate process…

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Death by Dashboard: Why FinOps Needs Stories, Not More Charts ft. Gilad Katz, Riskified | Ep #47 41:18

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Is “death by dashboard” holding your FinOps program back more than you realize? In this episode of FinOps in Action, I sit down with Gilad Katz, FinOps Lead at Riskified, to explore why world-class FinOps isn’t about knowing every technical detail or pushing engineers to make changes; it’s about neutrality, trust, and telling the right story with d…

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Root and Branch and SCI-Web 1:00:48

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Host Chris Adams talks with Adam Newman and Oli Winks of Root & Branch about their new Software Carbon Intensity Web model for measuring the real carbon footprint of websites. They break down why current methods miss the mark, how their bottom-up approach captures actual energy use across servers, networks and devices, and why better measurement ca…

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CR117 Redesigning industries with AI with Scott Hanselman, Microsoft 48:57

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AI is transforming software development—redefining roles, creativity, and community, while challenging developers to embrace ambiguity, orchestrate specialized agents, and stay human through empathy and curiosity. Will AI make developers more creative, or will we forget how the machine really works under the hood? This week Dave, Esmee , Rob sit do…

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How to Build FinOps Into Your Pipeline 44:07

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Check Glassity at https://glassity.cloud/?utm_source=yo... Manual cost optimization is a losing battle. If you are still chasing engineers to tag resources or manually checking dashboards for waste, you are creating a bottleneck. The future of FinOps is AUTOMATION. In this episode, we dive deep into how to build a "Self-Driving" FinOps practice by …

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CRLIVE58 AWS re:Invent 2025: European Digital Sovereign Futures with Mustafa Isik, AWS + Team reflections on re:Invent 2025 1:13:02

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Live from the iconic Venetian in Las Vegas, we’re rolling out an exclusive mini-series dedicated to AWS re:Invent 2025! Tune in as we sit down with AWS visionaries and take the pulse of the industry on everything shaping the future, Cloud innovation, GenAI, Agents, and the hottest trends making waves. And because what happens in Vegas doesn’t alway…

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CRLIVE57 AWS re:Invent 2025: Financial Renovation with Scott Mullins, AWS 30:38

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Live from the iconic Venetian in Las Vegas, we’re rolling out an exclusive mini-series dedicated to AWS re:Invent 2025! Tune in as we sit down with AWS visionaries and take the pulse of the industry on everything shaping the future, Cloud innovation, GenAI, Agents, and the hottest trends making waves. And because what happens in Vegas doesn’t alway…

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Why People Skills Matter More Than Dashboards in FinOps ft. Zach Johnson, Splunk | Ep #46 44:26

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How do you turn FinOps from a reporting function into part of the company’s operating system? In this episode of FinOps in Action, I sit down with Zach Johnson, Head of FinOps & Cloud Platforms at Splunk to unpack why world-class FinOps isn’t about dashboards or reports, it’s about business value, executive alignment, and proactive decision-making.…

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The Week in Green Software: Thirsty AI 47:15

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When artificial intelligence grows, so does its thirst. Chris Skipper hosts sustainability expert Valeria Salis, digging into the hidden cost of powering AI: the massive volumes of water needed to cool the data centers. From submerged servers off China’s coast to European communities pushing back on tech infrastructure, they discuss the environment…

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CRLIVE56 AWS re:Invent 2025: Driving Innovation in Automotive and Energy & Utilities with Rob Boetticher and Howard Gefen, AWS 55:04

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Live from the iconic Venetian in Las Vegas, we’re rolling out an exclusive mini-series dedicated to AWS re:Invent 2025! Tune in as we sit down with AWS visionaries and take the pulse of the industry on everything shaping the future, Cloud innovation, GenAI, Agents, and the hottest trends making waves. And because what happens in Vegas doesn’t alway…

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CRLIVE55 AWS re:Invent 2025: re:Accelerating Europe with Tanuja Randery, AWS 34:31

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Live from the iconic Venetian in Las Vegas, we’re rolling out an exclusive mini-series dedicated to AWS re:Invent 2025! Tune in as we sit down with AWS visionaries and take the pulse of the industry on everything shaping the future, Cloud innovation, GenAI, Agents, and the hottest trends making waves. And because what happens in Vegas doesn’t alway…

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CRLIVE54 AWS re:Invent 2025: Making it real in Industries with Tim Murnin, AWS 31:15

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Live from the iconic Venetian in Las Vegas, we’re rolling out an exclusive mini-series dedicated to AWS re:Invent 2025! Tune in as we sit down with AWS visionaries and take the pulse of the industry on everything shaping the future, Cloud innovation, GenAI, Agents, and the hottest trends making waves. And because what happens in Vegas doesn’t alway…

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CRLIVE53 AWS re:Invent 2025: Driving Cloud and AI success through collaboration with Chandra Pinapala, AWS 39:28

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Live from the iconic Venetian in Las Vegas, we’re rolling out an exclusive mini-series dedicated to AWS re:Invent 2025! Tune in as we sit down with AWS visionaries and take the pulse of the industry on everything shaping the future, Cloud innovation, GenAI, Agents, and the hottest trends making waves. And because what happens in Vegas doesn’t alway…

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Why Rightsizing is Nonsense in FinOps (and What to Do Instead) 46:34

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Our FinOps Weekly Courses: https://learn.finopsweekly.com Discover what truly defines a mature FinOps expert practice and the hidden skills, mistakes, and mindset shifts that separate beginners from real expert. Why AWS CostSlayer (Rick Triana) says that rightsizing is nonsense in FinOps. Newsletter FinOps Weekly: https://newsletter.finopsweekl…

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CR116: Unlocking Cloud for critical missions with Danny Polaine, Thales 47:45

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Accelerating cloud adoption to drive innovation across domains like space, identity, and naval systems presents unique challenges. Success depends on aligning organizational culture, governance, financial models, and regulatory frameworks to enable collaboration, scalability, and software-defined capabilities. This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob speak …

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Stop Treating FinOps Like a One-Time Project ft. Borja Martínez, NTT DATA Inc. | Ep #45 27:48

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Are you treating FinOps like a one-time project instead of an ongoing value engine? In this episode of FinOps in Action, I sit down with Borja Martínez, EMEA FinOps Lead at NTT DATA Inc, to explore why successful FinOps starts with understanding your company’s business context, not just its cloud bill. Borja shared how his unconventional path from …

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Weekly Tech News: The Cloudflare Outage and the Dangerous Centralization of the Cloud 32:14

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On November 18, 2025, a routine database permission change at Cloudflare triggered a cascade of failures that took down major platforms including X, ChatGPT, and Canva for six hours. The technical details are revealing: an oversized "feature file" in their Bot Management system exceeded software limits, causing routing failures across their global …

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Evolution of Databases Part III: Navigating the Vector Database Landscape 32:37

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In this technical deep-dive, Tim O'Brien shifts from vector database theory to practice, providing a comprehensive survey of "The Contenders" in the vector database market as of late 2025. Building on Part 2's foundation on embeddings and similarity search, this episode equips developers and data architects with crucial insights for navigating a ra…

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CRLIVE52 Microsoft Ignite 2025: Scaling AI agents responsibly + Ignite 2025 team reflections with Yina Arenas, Microsoft 1:03:57

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Hello San Francisco - we're arrived for Microsoft Ignite 2025! The #CloudRealities podcast team has landed this week in San Francisco, we're bringing you the best updates right from the heart of the event. Join us to connect AI at scale, cloud modernization, and secure innovation—empowering organizations to become AI-first. Plus, we'll keep you upd…

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CRLIVE51 Microsoft Ignite 2025: Undercover Cloud with Alistair Speirs, Microsoft 40:50

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Hello San Francisco - we're arrived for Microsoft Ignite 2025! The #CloudRealities podcast team has landed this week in San Francisco, we're bringing you the best updates right from the heart of the event. Join us to connect AI at scale, cloud modernization, and secure innovation—empowering organizations to become AI-first. Plus, we'll keep you upd…

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Why Cost Optimization Isn’t the Goal – Value Is ft. Erik Norman, British Airways | Ep #44 44:11

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Is “cost optimization” the wrong goal for FinOps? In this episode of FinOps in Action, I sit down with Erik Norman, FinOps Lead at British Airways, to unpack why true FinOps maturity isn’t about cutting costs, it’s about creating value. Erik shared how a disastrous “do not delete” incident early in his FinOps career shaped his philosophy: that unde…

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CRLIVE50 Microsoft Ignite 2025: Safe and responsible agentic implementation with Rob Lefferts, Microsoft 27:18

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Hello San Francisco - we're arrived for Microsoft Ignite 2025! The #CloudRealities podcast team has landed this week in San Francisco, we're bringing you the best updates right from the heart of the event. Join us to connect AI at scale, cloud modernization, and secure innovation—empowering organizations to become AI-first. Plus, we'll keep you upd…

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CRLIVE49 Microsoft Ignite 2025: Innovating at the frontier with John Link, Microsoft 29:55

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Hello San Francisco - we're arrived for Microsoft Ignite 2025! The #CloudRealities podcast team has landed this week in San Francisco, we're bringing you the best updates right from the heart of the event. Join us to connect AI at scale, cloud modernization, and secure innovation—empowering organizations to become AI-first. Plus, we'll keep you upd…

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Evolution of Databases Part II: Understanding Vector Databases - AI Turns Everything Into Numbers 32:15

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Following up on Part 1's journey from Oracle-dominated shops to today's polyglot persistence landscape, this episode dives into what might be the strangest twist yet in database evolution: vector databases. These aren't just another specialized NoSQL variant—they represent a fundamental shift in how we think about storing and retrieving information…

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CRLIVE48 Microsoft Ignite 2025: From business applications to AI business solutions with Jonathan Hunt, Microsoft 24:23

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Hello San Francisco - we're arrived for Microsoft Ignite 2025! The #CloudRealities podcast team has landed this week in San Francisco, we're bringing you the best updates right from the heart of the event. Join us to connect AI at scale, cloud modernization, and secure innovation—empowering organizations to become AI-first. Plus, we'll keep you upd…

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CRLIVE47 Microsoft Ignite 2025: The evolution and future of Co-pilot(s) with Rob Cromwell, Microsoft 37:37

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Hello San Francisco - we're arrived for Microsoft Ignite 2025! The #CloudRealities podcast team has landed this week in San Francisco, we're bringing you the best updates right from the heart of the event. Join us to connect AI at scale, cloud modernization, and secure innovation—empowering organizations to become AI-first. Plus, we'll keep you upd…

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Evolution of Databases Part I: 20 Years - How Databases Changed While DBAs Vanished 34:52

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In 1999, every production system had its Albert—a database administrator who typed with two fingers, knew every table and index by heart, and could prevent disasters with a well-timed "no." Today, developers juggle PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, and DynamoDB in a single application, often without a database specialist in sight. The numbers tell …

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Today's News: Sleepy Pickle Attack Exposes Critical Vulnerability in Machine Learning Supply Chain (November 16, 2025) 9:58

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A team of researchers from Columbia University, Brown University, Purdue, Google, and Technion has uncovered a devastating supply chain attack vector that threatens the entire machine learning ecosystem. The "Sleepy Pickle" attack exploits how Python's pickle serialization format can execute arbitrary code when loading ML models - a vulnerability a…

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Archive.today Under Attack, AWS's Biggest Deprecation Ever, and AI Clocks That Fail Like Dementia Patients (November 15, 2025) 13:22

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A shadowy French organization is weaponizing European law to censor Archive.today through DNS-level blocking, claiming the site hosts illegal content without ever notifying Archive.today itself. AdGuard DNS investigated and uncovered evidence of a sophisticated attack vector: bad actors using fabricated legal threats and potential lawyer impersonat…

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NPM Under Attack: IndonesianFoods Worm Turns Open Source Rewards Into Crypto Mining 8:02

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The npm registry faces an unprecedented attack as the IndonesianFoods worm demonstrates a new paradigm in supply chain threats. Unlike traditional malware that steals credentials, this self-propagating worm publishes 12 packages per minute while exploiting the TEA Protocol blockchain reward system. By embedding tea.yaml files and creating circular …

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Tech News for November 13, 2025: Microsoft Patch, Rust 1.91.1, IBM's Quantum Loon, NYTimes OpenAI Order 23:30

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Microsoft released its November 2025 Patch Tuesday, addressing 63 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2025-62215—a Windows Kernel elevation-of-privilege zero-day already exploited in the wild. The release coincides with the first Windows 10 Extended Security Update, marking a critical transition point for organizations still running the legacy OS. The R…

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How to Win Buy-In for FinOps: From Resistance to Results ft. Tammy Burnitt, UiPath | Ep #43 38:26

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Can empathy, sales skills, and gamification be the secret to driving FinOps success? In this episode of FinOps in Action, I sit down with Tammy Burnitt, Director of FinOps at UiPath. Tammy discussed her 25 years of experience in IT and capacity management and how she founded the FinOps program during her time at Shell. Tammy shared how she transfor…

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CR115: Power of data in complex industries with Chris Carter, BAE Systems 44:49

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Digital intelligence is reshaping how organizations work, and success depends on integrating multiple domains, using real-time analytics, and ensuring strong cyber protections as data grows and risks increase This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob talk with Chris Carter, Director - Key Accounts and Australia at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, to explore…

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Beautiful and Dangerous: Auroras and Potential Risks 30:04

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When we witness the Northern Lights dancing across the sky, we're seeing the visible aftermath of explosions that release more energy than billions of nuclear bombs. The Sun fuses 600 million tons of hydrogen into helium every second, occasionally blasting billions of tons of charged particles toward Earth in Coronal Mass Ejections that can cross 9…

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Quantum Hype Cycle Exposed: When Tech Journalism Fails (Plus Linux Goes Microsoft, Container Escapes, and Rivers as People) 28:12

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Tech journalism's quantum confusion reached peak absurdity a few weeks ago as outlets recycled Google's December 2024 Willow chip announcement as breaking news. The real story—Google's October 2025 "Quantum Echoes" algorithm achieving 13,000x speedups—got lost amid journalists' confusion over separate announcements spanning three years. This episod…

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The Hidden Cost of Feeling Productive: AI Coding and (Expensive) Automation Bias 31:12

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The real cost of AI coding tools isn't just measured in dollars—it's measured in the dangerous gap between feeling productive and actually being productive. When developers kick off multiple AI agents in parallel, watching them work simultaneously creates a powerful dopamine hit that feels like incredible productivity. But this feeling masks a seri…

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Technology News: The Mark Zuckerberg You've Never Heard Of 4:35

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Three stories dominate today's tech landscape, each revealing how complexity can create unexpected problems. First, Maciej Mensfeld tracked down an almost-impossible bug in Ruby's FFI library where Hash objects were mysteriously becoming String objects. The culprit was missing write barriers in the Foreign Function Interface—without them, Ruby's ga…

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The Incredible Machine: When Corporate Theater Met the Dawn of Unix 27:24

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"The Incredible Machine" was Bell Labs' 1968 promotional masterpiece—complete with scientists in full suits, dramatic red lighting, and demonstrations of light pens drawing circuits on graphics displays. The film showcased computer-generated music and the iconic "Daisy Bell" performance that inspired HAL 9000 in "2001: A Space Odyssey." It was corp…