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The Killing IT Podcast


IT authors and entrepreneurs Ryan Morris, Karl Palachuk, and Dave Sobel provide commentary on the changing world of technology opportunities and emerging tech.

We want to expand the discussion from the SMB IT channel to all things tech - with one eye on the future and the other on profits. Join us!

Mar 15, 2022

Topic 1: Hackers without Borders - Welcome to 21st Century Warfare

A new humintarian group emerges in the wake of armed conflicts in Ukraine. Hackers without Borders aim to aid victims of war via the cyberworld. 

https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/were-firefighters-for-victims-of-armed-conflict-hackers-without-borders-co-founder-on-ngos-timely-arrival

Topic 2:  Microsoft finds itself in the middle of a war in the Ukraine


In stopping malware attacks, they find themselves taking sides, and working with our government. Analogies to Detroit carmakers in WWII are natural.


https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-finds-foxblade-malware-on-ukrainian-systems-removing-rt-from-windows-app-store/ 


Topic 3: How Big Technology Systems are Slowing Innovation

The assumption has always been that technology is the source of innovation: new capabilities that enable businesses to do things they couldn’t before and empowering small businesses to compete against large entrenched market leaders. But the latest evidence suggests that technology systems adopted by large firms may be having exactly the opposite effect.

This story is behind a pay wall.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/02/17/1044711/technology-slowing-innovation-disruption/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17aXAtn_6n-xux271KMQdtWBU9FKpyAxu/view?usp=sharing


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