The Technology Risk Podcast

On August 17, 2026, GitHub went dark for 7 hours and 47 minutes, freezing Issues, Pull Requests, APIs, Actions, and Copilot for developers around the world. GitHub's postmortem blames saturated load balancers in its...

OpenAI just launched The OpenAI Deployment Company, a new subsidiary backed by more than 4 billion dollars in initial funding plus a 500 million dollar investment from Brookfield, with a mission to embed AI engineers...

On April 15, 2026, Anthropic's Claude chatbot, Claude Code, and API went sideways for nearly three hours, with elevated error rates starting at 14:53 UTC and full resolution not coming until 17:42 UTC. With more than...

A Florida pastor is suing OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT spent months downplaying symptoms of a pulmonary embolism, framing his decision to stay in a recliner as an act of worship, and telling him You didn't crash. You...

A new Gallup and Stop Scams Alliance survey of 5,173 U.S. adults found that roughly 15 million Americans were scammed in 2025, with 12 percent of successful scams involving AI or deepfakes and total losses reaching 68...

A Canadian tribunal ordered Air Canada to pay 812 dollars and 2 cents after its booking chatbot invented a fare discount that did not exist, and the airline's argument that the chatbot was a separate legal entity was...

Apple just unveiled what TechCrunch is calling the company's biggest AI launch to date, packing new automated features across iOS and macOS and quietly partnering with Google Gemini to power some of them. In this...

A sitting UK Labour Party lawmaker just sued Elon Musk's xAI at the High Court in London, alleging that someone used the Grok chatbot to create fake bikini images of her without consent. Jess Asato is seeking damages...

Verizon Business just released the 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report, and the findings are a wake-up call for every small business owner. Social engineering is back in the top three attack patterns alongside system...

LinkedIn warned on May 7 2026 that fake AI generated profiles are increasingly being used to infiltrate companies, apply for jobs, and build trust with employees before launching scams or data theft attempts. In this...

Shopify reported issues with checkout and payment flows on April 17 2026, affecting merchants globally and preventing some customers from completing purchases. In this episode, we break down what happened, how checkout...

OpenAI reported degraded performance on April 16 2026 that affected ChatGPT and the APIs many businesses use to power customer support, automation, and internal tools. In this episode, we break down what happened, what...

Tesla confirmed a data exposure involving internal records after concerns were raised about how employee data was accessed and handled, highlighting the risks associated with insider access. In this episode, we break...

Google rolled out updates to its AI-driven search results that changed how websites are ranked and displayed, and many businesses observed traffic drops around March 26 2026. In this episode, we explain what changed...

Slack users reported message delays and connection problems on March 13 2026, affecting teams across multiple regions. In this episode, we break down what happened, how widespread the disruption appeared, and why even...