The Deep Dive Radio Show and Nick's Nerd News

The new Trump administration is on a tear to fundamentally transform this country and technology isn't immune. We examine how we're vastly expanding AI without and ethical framework, how Net Neutrality being repealed harms consumers, how renters are now forced to use the ISP their landlord gives them and sheer lack of transparency as Elon Musk and his team of unknowns get deep access to the Treasu...

Mark Zuckberg has done more damage to the fabric of society, privacy, democracy and so much more than most humans in modern history. And he's just made his online monster WAY worse. We explore this disaster of humanity and so much more in this beyond important episode.

As we look back at the insanity of 2024, there was one seriously persistent drum beat that was pervasive in everything we did. From tech to politics to every day life, AI is becoming both indispensable and also a burden we didn't know we had previously... We dive into this and so much more! Happy New Year!

With a new incoming Presidential Administration comes a new framework for geo politics. The trade war with China that was simmering is now ramping up and China isn't standing still. We'll explore this, what it means for all of us and also why no one should be using traditional text messaging and phone calls ever again! We're ending the year with A LOT to talk about!

600 million unsuspecting people just helped improve combat operations for urban warfare! The whole point of Pokemon Go was to create a vast database of visual information that could be used for everything from museum tours to Urban Combat to precision missile guidance. This has ramifications for the world. Don't miss this episode.

Disinformation, in part, drove the 2024 election. Real time information was perpetually poisoned by false narratives and the kicker of the whole thing is that Elon Musk openly embraced and encouraged this! If we kill the editorial process and information vetting, there is no coming back from the false realities that are being online and convincing people of things that simply aren't true. This is...

In this contentious election, one of the biggest concerns are those who have a sincere desire to change in the United States and achieve through it coordinated violence. They're organizing and Facebook itself is now making it easier than ever from these extremists to find each other and coordinate. This could make the aftermath 2024 election vastly more difficult and violent. Don't miss this episo...

Show Host Nick Espinosa has consulted on voting cybersecurity and infrastructure in the past so he wanted to dive into this. With all the disinformation on the technological side of voting, it's important to cut through the speculation, hyperbole and downright false information and stick to the facts about just how secure our election actually is. Nick breaks this down as only a veteran of cyberse...

The US's global tech dominance is seriously in jeopardy in the next 3 years... Our data centers are stressing electrical grids so much that the tech industry is bouncing from one market to another searching for locations with the capacity to connect their expanding infrastructure that would consume up to a gigawatt of power, which is about as much as San Francisco uses. In some cases, it's up to 3...

With disinformation rampant in the 2024 election and scammers also exploiting trust, Deepfake pictures, video and audio are dropping a supercharger into this mess. But... can we actually ban them online? California thinks it can! We explore this seriously important topic and much much more!!! Don't miss this episode!

AI models, in many cases, could lead people to place too much trust in the technology. Research on AI-generated misinformation about election procedures published this past February found that five well-known large language models provided incorrect answers roughly half the time—for instance, by misstating voter-identification requirements, which could lead to someone’s ballot being refused. We ex...

2024 is the most contentious election of our lifetimes. Add to that the disinformation and hyperbole of the day… so when a major political campaign gets hacked, the accusations and false information an rampant! We CUT through the noise and get to the facts as only a cybersecurity expert can! We explore this and so much more! Don't miss this episode!

Conspiracies have always been a part of human history. However, in modern times and thanks to the mass information delivery system that is the internet, conspiracies are becoming a dangerous concept for America. We explore this and so much more! Don't miss this episode!

Some of Nick's favorite interviews of all time. A look back at Qanon via a past interview and the future of car tech! Will we have driverless cars soon? Find out here with very special guest Doug DeMuro!

From Amazon denying selling facial recognition to China to Microsoft's newest feature getting everyone hacked to the Internet itself disappearing, and WAY more, these past two weeks have been utterly insane!

The Atlantic and Vox have both signed deals to let OpenAI's Artificial Intelligence models train on their content. What happens to the actual human record when we, the humans, are no longer recording it for ourselves? We explore this beyond important topic and also catch up on the latest news and breaches!

Junior High and High Schools across America are facing a rash of AI generated nude images of students, mostly girls, being spread through their social circles... the law is ambiguous about this which is making it tougher to clamp down on. We discuss this disturbing trend and also catch up on the latest news and breaches.

Junior High and High Schools across America are facing a rash of AI generated nude images of students, mostly girls, being spread through their social circles... the law is ambiguous about this which is making it tougher to clamp down on. We discuss this disturbing trend and also catch up on the latest news and breaches.

AI is moving so fast that both governments and corporations can't actually fully understand the risk involved! That spells disaster... but we may be able to catch up! We explore that plus catchup on the news and more!

Outer Space is the New Wild West! My guest today, Dr. Mike Klipstein former White House National Security Council and Director of National Security Policy and now Senior Public Policy Advisor for Cyber & Space at Baker Donelson, breaks down how SpaceX could start a war! You don't want to miss this beyond fascinating discussion!!

Data Brokers have a TON of data on all us from the social media platforms we use, the apps we play with, and even from our phones directly. But what happens when they go bankrupt? Foreign companies can possibly buy all of our sensitive data! We explore this and also catch up on the latest news and breaches!

Where were you on 9/11? Probably not in the White House Bunker helping to coordinate military response like my guest, Robert Darling, was. You DO NOT want to miss this astonishing interview!

Thanks to social media, we're only being exposed to opinions, news, products and even artistry that only seems to align with who we are. By virtue of this we're less explorative, less social and less creative. We explore this important topic and also catch up on the latest news and breaches!

China has been on a march to be the world's powerhouse for all things medical; from drug production to DNA collection. If they succeed, this becomes a global privacy nightmare, more so than it already is! We explore that serious concern and also catch up on the latest cybersecurity, privacy and tech news and data breaches!

2024 is either going to make us or break us... we either pull out of growing disinformation hole that has been ramping up political violence and threats or we dive in deeper and many will lose reality more than what we're seeing now. That plus how AI and automation will impact us all.