In this episode, Thaddeus and Gary discuss the continuing fallout from the Equifax breach, the coming day of reckoning for big tech, and Microsoft's killer hardware.

Notes

Microsoft invests $1 billion in Elon Musk-founded OpenAI. The companies will work to build new Azure AI supercomputing technologies.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/22/microsoft-invests-openai-azure-supercomputing/

Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI to develop AI technologies on Azure

https://venturebeat.com/2019/07/22/microsoft-invests-1-billion-in-openai-to-develop-ai-technologies-on-azure/

Microsoft open-sources lnterpretML for explaining black box AI

https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/10/microsoft-open-sources-lnterpretml-for-explaining-black-box-ai/

Microsoft Cloud Powers Record Fourth Quarter Results

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2019-Q4/press-release-webcast

Equifax to pay $575M for data breach, promises to protect data next time. The company promises free credit monitoring and not to screw up with security.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/equifax-to-pay-575m-for-data-breach-promises-to-protect-data-next-time/

$700 MILLION EQUIFAX FINE IS STILL TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE

https://www.wired.com/story/equifax-fine-not-enough/

Apple reportedly in talks to buy Intel’s 5G modem business for $1 billion 27

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/22/20706244/apple-intel-5g-modem-business-1-billion-reports-sale-qualcomm

Thad’s Technology Industry

https://twitter.com/nickwaye/lists/technology-industry

Thad’s Quantum Computing and AI List

https://twitter.com/nickwaye/lists/quantum-computing-and-ai