With a large enough lever, you could move the world. Technology is that lever. Progress is the fulcrum. Where we go is up to us. Chaos Lever is a weekly, tech news podcast dedicated to tracking new and emerging trends in the enterprise IT landscape, and figuring out why they are terrible.
Chris Hayner
Ned Bellavance
Ned and Chris explore the curious origins of everyday tech terms, like ‘download’ and ’log in,’ and how they became part of our digital lives.
Home Depot’s troubling supply chain data breach, Supermicro’s controversial decision not to fix hackable BMC, and Google ARMs itself at Next.
Ned and Chris discuss the impact of a sophisticated cybersecurity vulnerability, CVE-2024-3094, found in xz compression software by a Microsoft employee.
PCI 7 is quickly coming eventually, Facebook remains awful, SS7 remains insecure, and Email alphabet soup reduces spam.
Ned and Chris discuss the evolution of data center networking technologies, particularly focusing on the rivalry between Ethernet and InfiniBand in the context of AI and high-performance computing.
Medium declares war on AI, Apple silicon security flaws, and FCC broadband standards updated for the 21st century.
AI’s infrastructure, from the coding languages that power the models, to the networking that connects it all. Plus, a look into what effects this has on our planet..
REWIND: We take a moment to reflect on VMware’s past, present, and future given the Broadcom acquisition. Ned is furious about Chris’ distaste for cake. And we all agree WSL on Windows Server is silly.
Unpacking the growing level of phishing scams with the latest data, trends, and defenses in cybersecurity.