IT SPARC Cast is a digest of the IT news over the last week, with insights, opinions, and a little sarcasm from 2 experts each with over 20 years of experience working in IT or for IT vendors.

CVE of the Week: Follow up on PowerSchool Breach thatExposed 60 Million Student Records
9:28
CVE of the Week: Follow up on PowerSchool Breach thatExposed 60 Million Student Records
Signal vs Recall, Google Meet’s Real-Time Translation, and Google Beam’s 3D Telepresence
19:18
Signal vs Recall, Google Meet’s Real-Time Translation, and Google Beam’s 3D Telepresence
Top Twenty Most Influential IT Pioneers That You Never Heard Of (Part 2)
45:26
Top Twenty Most Influential IT Pioneers That You Never Heard Of (Part 2)
Cisco’s Quantum Bet, Disney Hackers, and OpenAI News Round Up
40:03
Cisco’s Quantum Bet, Disney Hackers, and OpenAI News Round Up
Top Twenty Most Influential IT Pioneers That You Never Heard Of (Part 1)
42:30
Top Twenty Most Influential IT Pioneers That You Never Heard Of (Part 1)
Top 10 Biggest Networking Companies That No Longer Exist
42:58
Top 10 Biggest Networking Companies That No Longer Exist
AI Hallucinations, Quantum Leaps, and the Certpocalypse
37:14
AI Hallucinations, Quantum Leaps, and the Certpocalypse
Top 10 Most Likely Ways You’ll Be Breached
48:54
Top 10 Most Likely Ways You’ll Be Breached
Drones, Doom, and Data Sovereignty
33:06
Drones, Doom, and Data Sovereignty
Top 10 Most Notorious Hackers (and Hacker Groups) That Got Away With It
27:24
Top 10 Most Notorious Hackers (and Hacker Groups) That Got Away With It
Microsoft AI Co-Pilot Conquers Patch Tuesday
32:19
Microsoft AI Co-Pilot Conquers Patch Tuesday
Top 10 Hackers That Ran Afoul of the Law and Then Made Good
39:12
Top 10 Hackers That Ran Afoul of the Law and Then Made Good
Signal Flare & Coding Is Dead?
41:20
Signal Flare & Coding Is Dead?
Top 10 Most Influential Operating Systems You Never Heard Of
36:53
Top 10 Most Influential Operating Systems You Never Heard Of
Windows 10’s Final Countdown & The Data That Could Doom You
33:18
Windows 10’s Final Countdown & The Data That Could Doom You
Top 10 Biggest Operating System Flops Of All Time
34:33
Top 10 Biggest Operating System Flops Of All Time
AI Agents, Generalist Robotics, Superbugs & Remote Work Wins
36:10
AI Agents, Generalist Robotics, Superbugs & Remote Work Wins
Top Ten: Technologies Older Than You Think
42:00
Top Ten: Technologies Older Than You Think
Unifi’s 10Gig WiFi 7 Upgrades & The Hidden Dangers of IoT
34:53
Unifi’s 10Gig WiFi 7 Upgrades & The Hidden Dangers of IoT
Data Privacy Under Attack: Apple, the UK, and the Global Encryption Crackdown
39:48
Data Privacy Under Attack: Apple, the UK, and the Global Encryption Crackdown
Ubiquiti’s WiFi 7 Bait & Switch, Employee Surveillance, and the Danger of Old CVEs
39:31
Ubiquiti’s WiFi 7 Bait & Switch, Employee Surveillance, and the Danger of Old CVEs
Disney’s AI Disaster, Microsoft’s Free Office, and Weaponized AI Lawsuits
40:35
Disney’s AI Disaster, Microsoft’s Free Office, and Weaponized AI Lawsuits
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s Rant: Is Remote Work Really to Blame?
28:24
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s Rant: Is Remote Work Really to Blame?
AI Hallucinations in Court, Quantum Computing Breakthroughs & Major Palo Alto Firewall Vulnerability
34:17
AI Hallucinations in Court, Quantum Computing Breakthroughs & Major Palo Alto Firewall Vulnerability
EU’s $200B AI Gamble, Workday’s AI Agent Platform, and the UK’s War on Privacy
32:24
EU’s $200B AI Gamble, Workday’s AI Agent Platform, and the UK’s War on Privacy
Adobe’s AI Contracts, OpenAI vs. Open Source, and DeepSeek’s Major Security Breach
30:57
Adobe’s AI Contracts, OpenAI vs. Open Source, and DeepSeek’s Major Security Breach
Listener Q&A - Elon Musk, RTO, and Selling Remote Work to the C-Suite
26:58
Listener Q&A - Elon Musk, RTO, and Selling Remote Work to the C-Suite
RTO Inequity, DeepSeek’s Privacy Red Flags, and Apple Silicon Security Risks
32:21
RTO Inequity, DeepSeek’s Privacy Red Flags, and Apple Silicon Security Risks
Who Owns Your Time? Setting Work Expectations in the Remote Work Era
30:53
Who Owns Your Time? Setting Work Expectations in the Remote Work Era
South Carolina Goes Nuclear, Stargate Project Launches, and TikTok Privacy Concerns
28:37
South Carolina Goes Nuclear, Stargate Project Launches, and TikTok Privacy Concerns