Alan, Mike, Jon, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella and Futurum Group president and COO Dan O'Brien celebrate Thanksgiving by discussing the degree to which advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing bode well for the future.

Alan, Mike, JP Morgenthal, Hope Lynch, Evgeniy Karam and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, delve into the alarming rise in the number and size of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Then the gang discusses why Texas and Tennessee have emerged as the top two states in the U.S. where artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are likely to be deployed before examining why Nokia is pledging $4 billion to improve AI networking in the U.S.

Alan, Mike, Jack Poller, Ira Winkler, Jeff Reich and Chris Short discuss the odds that demand for agentic artificial intelligence (AI) will be realized to the point that justifies current investment levels in infrastructure. Then the gang takes a look at the degree to which AI is about to transform cybersecurity—for better or worse—before diving into why the European Union (EU) is investigating Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft.

Mike, Jon, Fred Wilmot, Gina Rosenthal and Barbara Roos dive into the future of DevOps and software engineering in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) before assessing the degree to which observability might be unified following a move by Palo Alto Networks to acquire Chronosphere for $3.35 billion. Then the gang looks into the impact the Cloudflare outage had this week as disruptions to crucial IT services appear to keep on coming.

Mike, Jon, Teri Robinson and Futurum Group analyst Guy Currier dive into the latest artificial intelligence (AI) alliances made by Microsoft before taking a look at how the arrival of Gemini 3 models from Google might impact the great AI race. Then the gang delves into the latest and greatest in high performance computing (HPC) and supercomputer trends that were highlighted at the SC 2025 show that took place this week in St. Louis.

Alan, Mike, Chris Blask, Chhaya Gunawat and Sid Nag delve into the degree new artificial intelligence (AI) models from NVIDIA will advance physics before discussing the rise of minister for artificial intelligence (AI) as a new role in governments around the world.

Then the gang takes a look at the degree to which batteries might help mitigate the AI energy crisis.

Alan, Mike, JP Morgenthal, Hope Lynch and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into a JP Morgan report that questions the size of the return that will be generated by the billions of dollars being invested in artificial intelligence (AI) before debating to what degree AI might create a need for more software engineers. Then the gang turns its attention to the state of networking following a Tech Field Day event.

Alan Shimel, Camberley Bates, Garima Bajpai, Jack Poller, Guy Currier, and Mitch Ashley discuss how the technology sector has shifted from championing innovation and the common good to being driven by self-interest, rising valuations, and job cuts tied to artificial intelligence investments.

The gang then turns to the state of the GPU market, examining chip design trends, alternative processing units, and concerns about inflated valuations and limited manufacturing options as demand for AI accelerates.