Hashtag Trending
Hashtag Trending is a daily technology news podcast that covers the biggest stories in tech. It features in-depth interviews on the weekend, providing a deeper look at tech issues and trends. Hosted by Jim Love, the show aims to keep listeners informed about key developments in the technology world.
Episodes
GPT-6 Astra Launches Amid ChatGPT Outage | NVIDIA Buys Hugging Face | Meta Cuts AI Costs
OpenAI unveiled GPT-6 Astra on the same day ChatGPT and Codex suffered a widespread outage lasting just over two hours. There is no evidence the outage was caused by Astra, but the timing was striking. OpenAI is describing Astra as a major step forward, with stronger agentic abilities, advanced cybersecurity capabilities, and what Sam Altman has called the potential to "actually invent new things
Google Dodges Antitrust Breakup, Florida Pulls Flock Cameras, Meta Tests Data Center Robots
im Love covers the biggest tech stories for Thursday, September 3. Google has again avoided a court-ordered breakup. A federal judge rejected the Justice Department's attempt to force the sale of Google's AdX advertising exchange, choosing behavioural remedies instead. The two sides now have 30 days to work on final judgment language, while the DOJ can still appeal. Protect Democracy is suing for
Microsoft 365 Outage Spreads as AI Bug Reports Overwhelm Linux
A Microsoft 365 outage that began with Exchange Online spread across Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, Copilot, Purview, Defender XDR and administrative tools. Microsoft traced the disruption to an authentication configuration error affecting shared infrastructure. Linux kernel maintainers are being overwhelmed by automated and AI-generated bug reports, many of them duplicates or poorly validated. The
Apple's AI Surprise, OpenAI's $1B Ads, OpenClaw 2.0 & MapQuest's Lake Ontario Stand
Tim Cook leaves Apple with an unexpected AI success story as OpenAI reportedly buys tens of thousands of Mac minis and Mac Studios to train computer-use agents. On Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, September 1, Jim Love looks at why Apple Silicon is finding a new role inside some of the world's leading AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic. Also in today's show: OpenAI says advertising in ChatG
OpenAI Cuts Off Cursor Before Astra | IBM Quantum Claim Challenged
OpenAI is cutting off Cursor's direct model access ahead of Astra, while IBM's claimed quantum advantage already faces a classical challenge. Jim Love covers the technology headlines for Monday, August 31, 2026. OpenAI will stop supplying models directly to Cursor on November 12 following Cursor's $60-billion acquisition by SpaceX. OpenAI cites its contract and concerns that model outputs could be
