My Take

My Take: Is Amazon’s Alexa+ a Gutenberg moment — or a corporate rerun of history’s greatest co-opt?
Last Friday morning, April 11, I was making my way home from NTT Research’s Upgrade 2025 innovation conference in San Francisco, when it struck me that we’re at a watershed moment. I ...

My Take: NTT’s physicists confront the mystery Big Tech keep dodging — what are we really creating?
SAN FRANCISCO — If large language AI models are shaping our digital reality, then who—exactly—is shaping those models? And how the heck are they doing it? Related: What exactly is GenAI? Those ...

My Take: Here’s why Google’s $32B Wiz grab is the latest Big Tech leap sure to further erode privacy
We’ve seen this movie before. Alphabet, Google’s parent company’s, $32 billion bid for Wiz isn’t just about security and privacy. It’s the latest round in Big Tech’s long-running game of business leapfrog—where ...

My Take: Will decentralizing connected systems redistribute wealth or reinforce Big Tech’s grip?
For the past 25 years, I’ve watched the digital world evolve from the early days of the Internet to the behemoth it is today. Related: Self-healing devices on the horizon What started ...

MY TAKE: Securing the Internet of Everything: why self-healing devices are the next frontier
We’re just getting started down the road to the Internet of Everything (IoE.) Related: IoT growing at a 24% clip To get there – to fully tap the potential of a hyper-interconnected ...

MY TAKE: Here’s why Donald Trump really needs to fully embrace Joe Biden’s cybersecurity EO
As one of his final official acts, President Joe Biden issued a landmark directive, addressing the evolving challenges posed by cyber threats while charting a strategic course toward a more secure digital ...

LW ROUNDTABLE: Predictive analytics, full-stack visualization to solidify cyber defenses in 2025
To wrap up our 2024 year-end roundtable, we turn our attention to new technologies and trends that are emerging to help bridge the gaps. Part four of our four-part series From cybersecurity ...

LW ROUNDTABLE: Compliance pressures intensify as new cybersecurity standards take hold
Today, part three of Last Watchdog’s year-end roundtable zeroes in on the regulatory and compliance landscape. Part three of a four-part series In 2024, global pressure on companies to implement advanced data ...

LW ROUNDTABLE — How 2024’s cyber threats will transform the security landscape in 2025
Continuing our look back at 2024, part two of Last Watchdog’s year-ender roundtable turns its focus to emerging threats vs. evolving defense tactics. Part two of a four-part series The explosion of ...

LW ROUNDTABLE: Wrist Slap or Cultural Shift? SEC Fines Cyber Firms for Disclosure Violations
The compliance variable has come into play in an impactful way. Related: Technology and justice systems The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently laid down the hammer charging and fining four ...