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On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, host Olivier Blanchard was joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Ron Westfall. They discuss what organizations need to know about the EU's newly proposed guidelines for artificial intelligence and Apple's hit to the bottom line as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. They also cover the T-Mobile Sprint merger and what they think is ahead in the telecoms market and explored thoughts about the role automation will play in 5G operations. Lastly, they cover news that Google is cracking down on Google Play apps that track location in the background, along with the FTC's probe into high tech acquisitions over the course of the last decade. Let's dive in.

THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE

• Apple warns revenue will be lower than expected because of coronavirus impact.
• The T-Mobile Sprint merger is a go — here's a look ahead at what's next.
• Google cracks down on Android apps tracking location in the background.
• Automation is the key to successful 5G operations.
• Big Tech braces for sprawling FTC acquisitions review.

This Week's Tech Bites Winner: Facebook. Political Advertising. Continues to be best described as "nightmarish."

Our Crystal Ball: We explore when and how the U.S. will develop or adopt guardrail guidelines for artificial intelligence. What do you think? Want to know what we think, well, you'll need to listen to the podcast. And if you've not yet taken a moment to subscribe, do it — you won't be sorry.

INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Olivier Blanchard (@OABlanchard) and Ron Westfall (@SirRonSolicon). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show, email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumPodcast on Twitter. To learn more about Futurum Research please visit www.futurumresearch.com.

DISCLOSURE: Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast (and all related written notes and materials) is a newsletter/podcast intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice and no investment advice is offered or implied by this podcast.

On this week's episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, Shelly Kramer is joined by her colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard. In our Main Dive, we tackled this week's news of the injunction issued by a judge in the case filed by Amazon protesting the award of the Pentagon's $10Bn 10-year Department of Defense contract (referred to as the JEDI contract) to Microsoft.

THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE

• Update on the FTC vs. Qualcomm case that's going before the 9th Circuit Court
• FBI warns software providers about hacking
• Ohio man arrest for running Bitcoin mixing service that laundered $300 million
• Bugs in Bluetooth low energy chips might just be somewhere near you
• Big Tech braces for sprawling FTC acquisitions review

This Week's Tech Bites Winner: Plastic surgery images and invoices leak from unsecured database.

Our Crystal Ball: We circle back and talk about the situation between Amazon, the US Government and how it relates to the award of the DoD JEDI contract. What should we expect from it?

INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Shelly Kramer (@ShellyKramer) and Olivier Blanchard (@OABlanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show, email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumPodcast on Twitter. To learn more about Futurum Research please visit www.futurumresearch.com.

DISCLOSURE: Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast (and all related written notes and materials) is a newsletter/podcast intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice and no investment advice is offered or implied by this podcast.

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series, is sponsored by SAP and Vistex. Daniel Newman is joined by Richard Whittington, Senior Vice President of Media and Entertainment for SAP and Amos Biegun, Global Head of Rights and Royalties for Vistex. Today they are talking about media entertainment. For everybody out there that wants to think about this even at a simpler level, they're going to talk about what's going on with content and streaming and what you're listening to in those little earbuds every day.

INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features host Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show, email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumPodcast on Twitter. To learn more about Futurum Research please visit www.futurumresearch.com.

DISCLOSURE: Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast (and all related written notes and materials) is a newsletter/podcast intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice and no investment advice is offered or implied by this podcast.

In the latest episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Chris James, CEO of Scaled Agile. Chris and his company focus on building frameworks to help organizations move digital transformation forward as seamlessly as possible. After all, digital transformation is no longer just about technology. It's the blending of technology and humans as the industry evolves, which means businesses of all kinds are affected and could use some guidance dealing with constant change. INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV) and Scaled Agile's Chris James (@ChrisJamesSAI). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show, email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumPodcast on Twitter. To learn more about Futurum Research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. DISCLOSURE: Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast (and all related written notes and materials) is a newsletter/podcast intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice and no investment advice is offered or implied by this podcast. ###

On this week's edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast, how the coronavirus may change tech trade shows in the future. Apple gets fined by the EU, Google earnings analysis, the space race heats up again and Britain points the way to Huawei 5G network compromise. THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > Alphabet's 4th quarter 2019 results show promising growth > Nvidia's GE Force NOW eliminates wait lists and opens memberships to all > Apple is being fined by France's DGCCRF for slowing down old iPhones > NASA is now questioning Boeing about potential glitches with the CST-100 Starliner > Britain's plan to contain Huawei's involvement with 5G networks This week's Tech Bites Winner: The US government purchases location data for millions of cell phones, allegedly to track and locate undocumented immigrants. The ethical issue here is not the legitimacy of these agencies' mission - from immigration enforcement and border protection to fighting human trafficking - but rather the potential slippery slope of warrantless mass surveillance being enabled by the private sector, and remaining unchecked by a not-always-tech-savvy US courts system. Our Crystal Ball: How will new technologies help event organizers get around the threat of epidemics? You'll have to tune into the podcast to hear our predictions INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Olivier Blanchard (@OABlanchard), Sarah Wallace (@sarah_wallace) and James Kobielus (@jameskobielus). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show, email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumPodcast on Twitter. To learn more about Futurum Research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. DISCLOSURE: Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast (and all related written notes and materials) is a newsletter/podcast intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice and no investment advice is offered or implied by this podcast. ###

In this week's episode of Futurum Tech Podcast we cover news of IBM's CEO Rometty stepping down and the rise of the technologist in enterprise leadership roles. THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > Cyberattacks and e-skimming on the rise > EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, voting to push for charging cable standard > Huawei surpasses Apple to become the second largest smartphone vendor globally > UPS investment in EVs and what's ahead > British telcos must rethink planned 5G investments This week's Tech Bites Winner: U.S. Colleges are quietly trying to install location tracking apps on students' phones. Privacy invasion or a great way to track attendance? Our Crystal Ball: What do you think we will be talking about when we mention IBM a year from now? What will be the main topic or what will be the biggest change between IBM in 2020 and IBM in 2021? INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Shelly Kramer (@ShellyKramer,) Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans), and Olivier Blanchard (@OABlanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show, email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumPodcast on Twitter. To learn more about Futurum Research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. DISCLOSURE: Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast (and all related written notes and materials) is a newsletter/podcast intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice and no investment advice is offered or implied by this podcast. ###

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Zendesk's Shawna Wolverton, SVP of Product, and Sarah Reed, CX Leader/Event Creator. Together, they discussed the latest trends in customer experience, what customer experience leaders should think about for years ahead, and more. INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV, Shawna Wolverton (@shawnawol)and Sarah Reed (@stealeyreed). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show, email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumPodcast on Twitter. To learn more about Futurum Research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. DISCLOSURE: Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast (and all related written notes and materials) is a newsletter/podcast intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice and no investment advice is offered or implied by this podcast. ###

This week we take a look at Atlassian and the collaboration space. Can this company upend the way we collaborate and the market? Plus, we take a look at how CIOs are aging up in the industry. We'll talk about cloud, we'll talk about Tencent, gaming, and 2020, is it the year of the chip? THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > The Average Age of CIOs Nudges Higher > Cloud Native Computing Foundation Annual Report > YouTube Content Moderators Must Acknowledge that a Side of PTSD Might Well Come With the Job > China-based Tencent Offers $148M to Acquire Funcom Games > Intel's Q4 earnings This week's Tech Bites Winner: Tinder's new panic button is kind of a loser. Designed supposedly for safety, is only available if you download the Noonlite app, a free app that will enable those safety features in the Tinder app. Our Crystal Ball: What's next in the collaboration space? You'll have to tune into the podcast to hear our predictions. Oh, and if you've not yet hit the "subscribe" button, do that. We promise to only bring the good stuff. INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans), Shelly Kramer (@ShellyKramer) andRon Westfall (@SirRonSilicon). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show, email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumPodcast on Twitter. To learn more about Futurum Research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. DISCLOSURE: Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast (and all related written notes and materials) is a newsletter/podcast intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice and no investment advice is offered or implied by this podcast. ###

Elon Musk, Space Travel, and its impact on the tech industry. In this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast we explore the giant impact this will have across multiple industries and more. THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > Microsoft and Samsung team up > Smaller rivals are now joining the growing chorus singing "Break up Big Tech's Monopoly" > Google launches online coding course in Python to train workers for tech jobs > Mojo Vision puts augmented reality screen on contact lens > Visa's acquisition of Plaid This week's Tech Bites Winner: Intrepid analyst Olivier Blanchard presented a story about activist group Avaaz, who discovered that some of the biggest companies in the world are unknowingly funding climate misinformation by advertising on YouTube. Our Crystal Ball: In the Crystal Ball segment of the show, we always circle back to discuss the main dive topic. In this case, we predict what's going to happen with space travel. When will we see the first people on Mars? Our answers might surprise you. INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Olivier Blanchard (@OABlanchard), Shelly Kramer (@ShellyKramer) and Sarah Wallace (@sarah_wallace). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show, email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumPodcast on Twitter. To learn more about Futurum Research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. DISCLOSURE: Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast (and all related written notes and materials) is a newsletter/podcast intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice and no investment advice is offered or implied by this podcast. ###

Is CES better called 'The Connected Ecosystem'? Our thoughts on that, the good and the bad about AI dominating this year's show, highlights from Intel, and Deeplite and more. THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > CPU-based edge AI > State of the Fitness Tracker Market > What Deeplite's up to > Andes Technology > The exciting things to expect from Android in 2020 This week's Tech Bites Winner: For the Tech Bites portion of our show, we cover weirdness from Teen Vogue. Business insider reported that Teen Vogue posted a well-polished and positive piece on how Facebook is "securing" the 2020 elections. It looks like sponsored content. It smells like sponsored content. It is sponsored content. At least Teen Vogue says it was sponsored content by posting a note at the top of the article. Facebook then denies it, saying the article is not sponsored content. Then it changes course and says, oh wait, we guess it was sponsored content. And then, Teen Vogue deletes the entire story. Get it together, Teen Vogue. We expect more from you. Our Crystal Ball: We circle back to CES and our predictions on what the main technology or technology category will be for the 2021 show. Without hesitation, all three of us have an answer … you'll have to listen to the show to find out what it is! INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Olivier Blanchard (@OABlanchard), Shelly Kramer (@ShellyKramer) and James Kobielus (@jameskobielus). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show, email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumPodcast on Twitter. To learn more about Futurum Research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. DISCLOSURE: Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast (and all related written notes and materials) is a newsletter/podcast intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice and no investment advice is offered or implied by this podcast. ###