IoT Coffee Talk

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #237 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Debbie, Rob, Marc, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:BAD KARAOKE! "Man in the Box", Alice in Chains Merry New Year!Is Big Tech a conspiracy game?Taking down IBMMassive GenAI supercomputing for the greater good?Why tech historians are essential to avoiding historical mistakesWindows, the most open operating system!!!Robotic rightsUse their crap at your own risk - It's all on you. Deal?The growing cybercriminal economy - $9.2 billion and growing fast!KYC for generative AI?Is Duck Duck Go the future of search? Are the days of Big Tech numbered?In the search for real in an age of fake and synthetic engagementTwitter is just really an MQTT broker!Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #236 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Debbie, Pete, Rob, Dimiti, Bill, Marc, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:BAD KARAOKE! "Spain", Chick Corea Why we don't care about global warming - the 5th Element answerChange and confusion - the state of tech policy in the U.S.CV2X is approved but is it a big deal?Human-centric digital future - Data Diva's good workGenAI supercomputing - why? The answer is 42.The giving season is also the tech layoff season? What?Scaling law BINGOThe Agentic AI layoff - the great offloading of humanity and empathyOur emerging culture of offloading our humanity to AIWe select profit over humanity whether you like it or notCutting cables under the sea - the new form of digital warfareCyber Resilience - enforceable? A formula for security or inflation, or both?The case for SysBOM (System Bill of Materials). The industry will catch on in five yearsThanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #235 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Pete, Rob, Marc, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:BAD KARAOKE! "Crying in the Rain", WhitesnakeApple Intelligence is now here, but what do we think? Will it move the AI needle?Why you should watch Rick BeatoMusic creativity like tech entrepreneurship?Why ageism in tech is stupidHormones or wisdom and experience? What counts in entrepreneurship?Is Mark Zuckerberg the ultimate founder?Is Facebook a GenAI supercomputing Apple versus other hyperscaler Oranges?Facebooks massive GPU supercomputing scaling lawWhy does Apple Intelligence suck?You have priority junk mail! Courtesy of GenAI!When a camera is no longer a cameraWhat happened to smart cities?Smart cities are not for those with short attention spansRob's sleeping digital twin platform looking for a Prince CharmingUnified Namespace - a MQTT Broker?Why software architecture and language choice matterWhy you need to show up for IoT Stars in BarcelonaThanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #234 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Jan, Dimitri, Marc, Bill, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:BAD KARAOKE! "Among The Living", AnthraxApple Intelligence is now here, but what do we think? Will it move the AI needle?What happens when two AI avatars start to argue with each other?Can GenAI speak Klingon?Can we have good agentic AI without good GenAI?Digital transformation is not about pontification. It's real work.The commoditization of AI and all those prompt engineers.The rest of the world is 2-years behind IoT Coffee Talk on GenAI.Taking a GenAI hammer to a box full of screws.The future of GenAI and RAG - Cascading, multi-layer hallucinationsOverreliance - Misguided trust in GenAIThanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #233 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Pete, Dimitri, David, Rob, Bill, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:BAD KARAOKE! "Any Way You Want It", JourneyApple Intelligence is now here, but what do we think? Will it move the AI needle?Covid is still a thing and it is the origin story of IoT Coffee TalkUsing IoT to handle crisis, then what?Essential travel advice to avoid consuming human emissions and airborne diseaseThe cone of gaseous silence methodStupidity is not only a great driver of innovation, it can also be a huge marketThe IoT game is about perpetual pivotHow Delta Airlines can dramatically raise their NPSSmart cities could be real according to Bill!The only thing you need to know about generative AISomehow we got on the topic of horse cuisine Apple drops M4 Pro and M4 Max and new MacsLeonard and Rob are looking for a gullible VC to give us $7 trillion for a RISC-V fabThanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #232 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Pete, Stephanie, Debbie, Steve, Bill, and Leonard jump on Web3 on a rare Friday taping to talk about:BAD KARAOKE! "Panama", Van HalenWhy does no one care about IoT?RISC-V, did Arm just make them a potential superstar of silicon IP?Arm stirs up licensing drama with Qualcomm, again!Steve Brumer is safe but the Milton catastrophe is real!The Data Diva gives birth to a major Federal recommendation for Consumer IoT Privacy Protection! Congrats!Debbie shows the auto industry a thing or two about consumer privacySecurity and privacy are differentiators and areas of innovationHow Bill really needs to take blockchain back! Why he won't!Why privacy is such a misunderstood thingDropping old knowledge to solve new conflations and misunderstandingCan you build quality, secure, and privacy protecting value to your customers? Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #231 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Pete, David, Rob, and Leonard jump on Web3 live from Lenovo Tech World 2024 in Bellevue, WA to talk about:BAD KARAOKE! "Spoonman", SoundgardenHow to catch rocket boosters with chopsticksWhat happens when we prioritize the things that don't matter?The pay off of returning the chewy ribeye at a really fancy restaurantHype distraction and why it is not a good thing for progressThe advantage of being a systems integrator (A.K.A. plumber)We keep coming back to the identity crisis of "IoT" and now "AI" companiesWhy wireless is important - Our experience at IoT Stars in AustinLeonard claims he was the first vLogger before YouTube!! How is that possible!?Breaking down Embedded World North America 2024 and MWC Las Vegas 2024After all these years, who is getting 5G right? How will the promise of 5G be realized for all?Why IT and CT are commercial oil and water?Why everyone gets open wrong? Techno Religion!Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #230 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Pete, Marc, Stephanie, and Leonard jump on Web3 live from Embedded World North America 2024 in Austin, TX to talk about:BAD KARAOKE! "Voodoo Chile", Stevie Ray Vaughn (Jimi Hendrix)IoT Stars and Embedded World come to North America in 2024!Yes, IRF is better than virtual, no argument!How reality unleashes the giganticness of Marc Pous.10 years of IoT Stars and the IoT hype!They why of AI...... Sustainability and climate change, anyone?Monkey brains, the next generation quantum AI computing platform!Why industrial AI is nowhere near as easy as people think.The orders of the AI "data" problem.The IoT Coffee Talk crew hugs it out!Pete proves his limited nerdiness and Star Trek knowledgeWhere is IoT going according to IoT Stars?Strong margaritas and really poor Spanish.Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #229 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Pete, Rob, Stephanie, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:BAD KARAOKE! "Seattle Grunge Special", Pete BernardWhy fostering inclusion of women in tech is important and inspirational - Cadence Fem.AI"No automation allowed!" What do you say to that?Managing change against the proposition of automation.Fear China because we aren't innovating fast enough.Supercomputing is for the governments. Is sovereign AI going to be a thing?Attention is everything and ours (human) seem to be getting shorter and shorter.Stephanie has a multi-core, hyper threaded brain!Going viral is not by intent but by silly accident according to Rob. Find out why!Does Larry Ellison take advice? The great mystery of the Oracle of Oracle.The IoT Influencer's Samson Effect.Cerebras IPO poised to shake the GenAI supercomputing landscape for NVIDIA.Qualcomm is in the GenAI data center game. You just didn't know. What are MSOs doing with GenAI. The reality!How to go viral? Be P. Diddy? Don't blame us. Blame the algorithm.Self-inflicted supply chain crisis. Why you must hoarding cat litter and pizza sauce.We don't like change because it figuratively means a tiger is going to eat us.The AI-proof career - plumbing. Digital twins are worthless if you can't make stuff work in the real world. Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #228 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Rob, Marc, David, Ryan, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:* BAD KARAOKE! "Feel Your Love", Van Halen* Catering to the universal human 15 second attention span!* AI is acquiring and expanding its attention as we shorten ours. What does it mean?* Why telcos subconsciously get in their own way with IoT* Is there a "We" in "Telco" or "IoT"?* Rob discovers that being an analyst is all about the glamor of it all!* How to make storage sexy again... make it about AI!* The speed of IoT - what is it and why does it matter?* Why IoT projects get cancelled - because you called it an IoT project?* Depreciation is the vendor's greatest sales cycle foe!* The religion of open tech and the burden of Kumbaya!* The missing holistic thinking about IoT... after all these years.* Why plumbers make more than IoT people.* The Things Conference 2024 - tracking the evolution of the IoT mindsetThanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #227 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Rob, Bill, David, Dimitri, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:* BAD KARAOKE! "Implosion", Leonard Lee (inspired by Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption")* Exploding IoT - Beepers gone wild!* The importance of SysBOMs which IoT Coffee Talk invented!* Is the Back to the Office trend now the new Work from Home?* How squirrels are FTTH's worst enemy.* Vulnerabilities are everywhere and how do we unlearn to live with them?* Did Apple get the Metaverse right?* Ask Avatar Leonard. Answers to the universe.* Cyber enterprise implosion - the future of cyberthreats* The cost of security paid in risk to the enterprise* If you can't spell cybersecurity, we can't sell it (33:20)* FAFO, people!* The Pinball Arcade - the AI business pivot* Bill's Asteroids hustle - 3 ships for a quarter, please.Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #226 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Pete, Rob, Dimitri, and Leonard jump on Web3 live to talk about:* BAD KARAOKE! "Born In The USA", Bruce Springsteen* A moment of silence* Trading 9/11 stories and close calls* Rob is at Oracle World 2024 acting like an analyst* Oracle and AWS have a hell-freezes-over moment* The visions of the visionary Larry Ellison* Why did thin computing never really take off and catch on?* Pete hunts down his Yeti tumbler from Intel at AI Hardware & Edge AI event* What is up with Intel?* Lenovo, the business that IBM should have never had a fire in the belly for* Will the iPhone 16 drive a "super cycle"? Rob wants to know!* Apple proves that you can't charge of GenAI. Good news or bad news?* Do you trust developers? Leonard and Dimitri build the case of App StoresThanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #225 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Marc, Bill, Steve, and Leonard jump on Web3 live from Berlin to talk about:* BAD KARAOKE! "Rock You Like A Hurricane", The Scorpions (Germany's greatest rock band!)* Leonard complains about the tiny coffees in Berlin.* Marc gives Leonard tourism advice in the great city of Berlin.* Lenovo Innovation World 2024 - The Great Convergence of AI PC Silicon* Will the AI PC make a difference and will Copilot+ PC land or flop?* Intel's Lunar Lake is a big deal for Intel. It's more important than you think.* Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Series. Can it disrupt the PC industry?* Why the channel is important and why it can make or break you.* What the hell is an NPU and why will it matter in a PC and anywhere else?* What went wrong with Intel... or did it? A victim of impatience and perspective?* Why Leonard doesn't talk valuation as a tech and industry analyst.* The velocity of markets and deal flow - why it defines different IoT games. * Business is a tough thing. Why do we treat it like it is easy... HBS?Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #224 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Marc, Rob, Bill, Dimitri, Pete, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:* Looking back on the pre-Bad Karaoke days of IoT Coffee Talk* Is NVIDIA the center of our universe? What will happen on NVIDIA Day?* Does NVIDIA have a play in edge and IoT?* Is cloud repatriation a real thing? Michael Dell seems to think so.* Jumping off the VMware ship. How could cloud repatriation be possible?* K8 and serverless - the ultimate cloud lock-in glue!* Cloud economics were never visible because we didn't do FinOps.* Do you need to grow your IT group again?* FinTech is not FinOps!!!!* Why surveys are mostly misguiding.* How Hock Tan shook the world and might have disrupted the cloud narrative.* The ruthless and painful reinvention of VMware and the future of cloud.* The residual value of GenAI beyond the hype implosion.* Hot Chips 2024 takes on the future of GenAI computing.* Why industrial policy in advance economies is tougher* When will we start to water crops with Gatorade? When we fail to ask good questions. Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #223 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Jan, Rob, Bill, Stephanie, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:* BAD KARAOKE: "Not My Slave", Oingo Boingo* Why 5G needs to clean up its own hype mess. Not 6G!* Why intercontinental remote sidewalk surgery won't be happening in 6G.* Rob tries to talk guitar!* What happened to MEC (Multi-Access Edge Computing)* What would the impact be if your unified namespace was hacked?* Rob tries not to give investment advice.....* Timing is everything to get value out of evolutionary tech* Why are we still so confused about Digital Twin? Does it matter?* The definition of stupid insanity. Why do we do it?* Rob gets into analyst mode talking about AMD's announced acquisition of ZT Systems* The IoT Coffee Talk lump of coal methodology and frameworkThanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #222 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Pete, Rob, Bill, Dimitri, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:* BAD KARAOKE: "Limelight", Rush* From vinyl to streaming* Why digital history sets the context for today's digital transformations* AIoT!! - Our transitional branding* The branding transformation roadmap going from AIoT Coffee Talk to Misguided* How GenAI cybersecurity autonomy could be the risk we fear* Sexy social engineering - the new frontier of cyber threats and attacks* Battlestar Galactica might be the only solution* Why "open" is not intrinsically secure regardless of the variety* Airport innovation and how to get all of your data stolen there* Is the Dark Web the unified namespace of cybercrime?* The fine line between intelligence and cybercrime* The vision for our future was set in the 20's of the last century.* The IoT Coffee Talk gang contemplate different approaches to selling outThanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #221 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Pete, Rob, David, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:* BAD KARAOKE: "Yakety Sax" (The Benny Hill Theme Song), Boots Randolph* Would "The Benny Hill Show" and "Blazing Saddles" ever see a theatrical release today?* Given that nobody seems to care for IoT, should we rebrand the show?* Who is in the right? Delta? Microsoft? CrowdStrike?* Highly misguided collective perspective. What does it mean?* The history of Microsoft in 5 minutes.* What is going on with the economy? Recession? Correction?* The GenAI industry profit trail.* Will there be another mobile moment?* 10 billion passwords leaked. What do you do?* Rob's goes from analyst to Marvel movie critic - Dead Pool & Wolverine* Revisiting IoT as a service. SaaS it!* When the you fail by the numbers. How does that happen?* The IoT tomato gallery.Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #220 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Bill, Pete, Rob, David, Eric, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:* BAD KARAOKE: "5150", Van Halen* Rob goes to the Dark Side! (Congrats for your new gig at IDC!)* The dedicated private cloud and the edge cloud according to Rob of IDC!* Was outsourcing and getting rid of your IT folks a bad idea?* Eric talks about begging for a box before CI/CD, DevOps, and the Cloud.* What do TinyML and Space Force have in common?* What did we think about the CrowdStrike "Outage"?* The IoT Coffee Talk Scooby-Doo session - CrowdStrike root cause analysis* Rob drops some logic onto the CrowdStrike situation.Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #219 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Stephanie, Bill, Ryan, Dimitri, Pete, Rob, Steve, Marc, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:* BAD KARAOKE: "Thriller", Michael Jackson* I'm gonna replace your job AI. What is it?* Rob and Pete figure out how to make foldable smartphones the next big thing!* The history of Sun Microsystems and the impact of Java* Slow as JIT!* How did containers come about and what does it have to do with Java?* The gang talks about code portability again after four years!* Bill slaps Java Xbox posers!* Java Beans and EJBs in the house!* Python, the real slug of languages.* Pick your horse and ride it!Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.

Welcome to IoT Coffee Talk #218 where we have a chat about all things #IoT over a cup of coffee or two with some of the industry's leading business minds, thought leaders and technologists in a totally unscripted, organic format. Thanks for joining us. Sit back with a cup of Joe and enjoy the morning banter.This week, Stephanie, Bill, Ryan, Dimitri, Pete, Rob, Steve, Marc, and Leonard jump on Web3 to talk about:* BAD KARAOKE: "Don't Stop Believing", Journey* The state of AI-generated goatees - Is it good enough?* The key to good AI is context. Why is it so hard but easy to imagine and assume?* Ryan dives in to private wireless solutions in his new gig!* The secret to customer centricity - solving problems.* AT&T data breach. Is this a look into our future of privacy and cybersecurity?* The asymmetry of the IP rights fight against the big LLM guys.* Is Amazon a monopolistic marketplace or just hyper competitive?* Why foldable smartphones are still just 1 to 2 percent of units sold.* Another debate about IoT "scalability". * The Gap of the Ugly is where the money is at!* The shifting thesis of Generative AI revolution!* Spain wins the European Cup with the help of immigrants!* The infamous AI-powered churro maker business case! Start of the revolution we have been hoping for?Thanks for listening to us! Watch episodes at http://iotcoffeetalk.com/. We support Elevate Our Kids to bridge the digital divide by bringing K-12 computing devices and connectivity to support kids’ education in under-resourced communities. Please donate.