Digital Ascent

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66 episodes since 2022, newest first. Search by title, number or topic.

  1. 0065The AI Revolution: Are We Building the Future or Breaking Everything? (Interview with AI Engineer Dominic)9 Nov 2026
  2. 0064Wolverine's Mixed Bag, Copilot Wants to Be Your Operating System, & ShinyHunters Takes On the FBI
  3. 0063Gaming Roundtable, Denuvo Sues a Cracker, GTA 6's Billion-Dollar Backlash & a Record Patch Tuesday21 Sep 2026
  4. 0062Sony Kills the Disc, Water Systems Under Siege17 Aug 2026
  5. 0061Nintendo's Extortion Breach, The Snow Shovel Heist & Red Teaming w/ Kyle13 Jul 2026
  6. 0060The Nightmare Eclipse War, Gov Pulls Fable 5, & Summer Game News15 Jun 2026
  7. 0059Interview with Mike (Flightless Squid / Black Lodge Research) & The Shai-Hulud Worm31 May 2026
  8. 0058Linux Under Siege & The Chaotic Eclipse Zero-Days18 May 2026
  9. 0057Interview with Cole Golden (CyberSales), God of War Remake, & Google Quantum Breakthrough20 Apr 2026
  10. 0056Starfield on PS5, Axios Hijacked, & The Claude Code Leak6 Apr 2026
  11. 0055Slay the Spire 2 EA, Pokémon GO Data Harvest, Stryker Cyberattack, & Discord ID Mandate16 Mar 2026
  12. 0054Discord's ID Mandate, OpenClaw Implodes, & Steam Hardware Delays16 Feb 2026
  13. 0053Resident Evil Requiem, Patch Tuesday Instability, & BreachForums Hacked19 Jan 2026
  14. 0052Expedition 33's TGA Sweep & Bootstrapping a Security Program15 Dec 2025
  15. 0051RAM Prices Surge, Cloudflare & Azure Outages, & Gaming Roundtable1 Dec 2025
  16. 0050The Great Azure Outage, Valve's New Hardware, & Arc Raiders' Rise17 Nov 2025
  17. 0049Battlefield 6 Reception, Windows 10 EOS, US Hacks China, and the F5 Hack20 Oct 2025
  18. 0048A Guide to Red Teaming with special guest "Chokept.", plus Borderlands 4 First Impressions15 Sep 2025
  19. 0047Silksong, Chips Act, Another Credit Bureau Spills Your Data1 Sep 2025
  20. 0046Our DEFCON Debrief with C$, plus Battlefield 6's Reception18 Aug 2025
  21. 0045Breaking Internet Speed Records, and When AI Goes Rogue21 Jul 2025
  22. 0044AI Barbie, Xbox Layoffs, and Scattered Spider Attacks7 Jul 2025
  23. 0043Sony Unlocks the World, Copilot Data Leak, and iOS 26 Deep Dive16 Jun 2025
  24. 0042Nightreign Review, Robot Kung Fu, and How to Build a Security Program2 Jun 2025
  25. 0041What We’re Playing, Switch Bricking Warning, and Coinbase’s $400M Hack19 May 2025
  26. 0040Oblivion’s Return, Xbox Price Hikes, and Surviving the Job Hunt5 May 2025
  27. 0039Oblivion Remake Rumors, CVE Crisis, and the 4chan Hack21 Apr 2025
  28. 0038Meet Brandon, Gaming Roundtable, Switch 2 Mayhem, the Return of E-ZPass Scams, and Fast Flux7 Apr 2025
  29. 0037Apple’s AI Delayed, Skype’s Shutdown, and Russia’s Chatbot Manipulation plus Interview with Dave from Kroll17 Mar 2025
  30. 0036Avowed Impressions, Quantum Leaps, the $1.5B Crypto Heist, and Russia’s Cyber Stand-Down3 Mar 2025
  31. 0035Civ 7 Hot Takes, Nvidia’s Melting Cables, and GTA 6’s Release Window17 Feb 2025
  32. 0034Nvidia’s 50-Series Letdown, DeepSeek Drama, and the Growing Supply Chain Threat3 Feb 2025
  33. 0033Digital Ascent's 2025 Revamp, February's Gaming Extravaganza, and the TikTok Ban Saga22 Jan 2025
  34. 0032Encryption Warnings, Gaming Anthologies, and The Game Awards Winners18 Dec 2024
  35. 0031Tech Disruptions & Gaming Sparks: Awards, Reboots, and Bluesky's Surge20 Nov 2024
  36. 0030Cisco Data Breach, Microsoft’s Honeypot Tactics, and Qualcomm-Google AI Partnership23 Oct 2024
  37. 0029AT&T’s $13 Million Settlement, 23andMe’s Data Breach, and Interview with Cybersecurity Attorney Thomas Ritter25 Sep 2024
  38. 0028National Public Data Breach, Black Myth: Wukong’s Success, and more!28 Aug 2024
  39. 0027Snowflake Breach, CrowdStrike Crisis, and Netflix's Gaming Ambitions31 Jul 2024
  40. 0026Snowflake Hack, Microsoft Recall, and Gaming Highlights: Unpacking Industry Shifts26 Jun 2024
  41. 0025IGN Acquisitions, Microsoft Layoffs, Copilot+ PCs, and B-Sides Insights: Unpacking Industry Shifts21 May 2024
  42. 0024XZ Backdoor, Net Neutrality Reinstatement, TikTok Ban, and Ubisoft License Revocation25 Apr 2024
  43. 0023Hacks and Backlash: Apex and Dragon's Dogma8 Apr 2024
  44. 0022Breaking into Computer Science1 Mar 2024
  45. 0021AI Waves: Steering Through Tech Layoffs & Job Futures1 Feb 2024
  46. 0020Technology's Impact on Society1 Jan 2024
  47. 0019Streaming Service Overload1 Dec 2023
  48. 0018Importance of Health and Fitness for IT Workers1 Nov 2023
  49. 0017The Dark Web1 Oct 2023
  50. 0016Story Time with the Guys: Tales of I.T.1 Sep 2023
  51. 0015Microsoft + Activision Blizzard = ?1 Aug 2023
  52. 0014Why do updates suck?1 Jul 2023
  53. 0013Social Media Dos and Don'ts2 Jun 2023
  54. 0012Growing your IT Career1 May 2023
  55. 0011Live Service "Kills" the Suicide Squad1 Apr 2023
  56. 0010Early Access Video Games1 Mar 2023
  57. 0009The Great Debate: Android vs. iOS1 Feb 2023
  58. 0008ChatGPT and the future of Artificial Intelligence1 Jan 2023
  59. 0007Vulnerability Management1 Dec 2022
  60. 0006The New Graphical Processing King - NVIDIA's 40 Series1 Nov 2022
  61. 0005The Changes in Media Medium1 Oct 2022
  62. 0004Anti-Cheat in Online Multiplayer Video Games
  63. 0003Breaking into the IT Industry
  64. 0002Game Subscription Services and Your Rights as a Gamer
  65. 0001Password Hygiene and Password Managers
  66. 0000Introductions and Cybersecurity in GamingThe first episode
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