Our guest this week is Ali Fenn, President of ITRenew, a company that is pioneering circular economic models for IT and datacenter hardware. ITRenew transforms used servers, networking, and storage back into new gear, redefining the lifetime value for data center hardware and minimizing environmental impact. 

Section 230, a law that protects online services from lawsuits based on user-created content, is under bipartisan attack. We discuss how Section 230 came to be, how Big Tech is abusing it, and what it might mean for the future of the Internet. 

From employee tracking to COVID contact tracing, companies and governments are increasing their surveillance efforts around the world. This episode we discuss some of the emerging digital surveillance trends taking shape as the pandemic continues.

This episode we cover the most interesting stories in AI, Augmented Reality, Edge Computing, plus more UFOs. 

Our guest this week is Booth Kalmbach, CEO of Trilliott, a business-focused IoT startup at the intersection of RFID 2.0, blockchain, healthcare, and more. Booth is a seasoned startup leader (Trilliott is his 6th software venture), but he's also highly technical and talented engineer. He started his career at IBM, where he authored the seminal patent on "Adaptive Session-Level Pacing", a predecessor to today's TCP protocol widely used in the Internet. Booth shares how RFID 2.0 and augmented reality are transforming asset tracking, healthcare, retail, and more. 

Our guest this week is Thomas Borrel, Chief Product Officer at Polymath, the securities token platform. Thomas tells us all about security tokens and shares his thoughts on the state of crypto, the stimulus, and more. 

This episode we round up some of the interesting stories in machine learning, health, tech for good. Plus we cover recent acquisitions, get into some rat talk, and pick our favorite Ninja Turtles. 

We're joined this week by Zachary Smith, Founder and CEO of Packet, which was recently acquired by Equinix for $335M in January, 2020. Zach shares his experiences and advice as a founder as we discuss his most recent startup success and the future of infrastructure.

Engineers in Italy used 3d printers to create respirator components and you won't believe what happens next. Plus, in its latest ploy to make the Internet worse, EU regulators ask Netflix to slow down (someone should explain how caching works), Israel using surveillance tech to track the virus, and more. 

Our guest this week is Russ Matulich, founder and CEO of RTI, which owns more than  38,110 kilometres of submarine telecommunications cables. Plus, COVID-19 is creating global internet congestion, developers are loving serverless, and Dean Nelson electrocutes himself.