How do we prepare our cybersecurity for a post quantum world? This week, Technology Now explores how security experts are looking to future-proofing their work. We will examine the hurdles to post-quantum security, the underlying ways in which our data is protected, and we will be delving into the underground world of “harvest now, decrypt later”. Dr Sarah McCarthy tells us more.

This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what can be learnt from it.

About Dr Sarah McCarthy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmccarthyphd/?originalSubdomain=ca

Sources

Quantum computing chip:

https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c791ng0zvl3o

NIST Post Quantum Standards: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-first-3-finalized-post-quantum-encryption-standards

Martian aurora: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasa-observes-first-visible-light-auroras-at-mars/

Rutherford’s Lecture: https://web.lemoyne.edu/giunta/ruth1920.html

James Chadwick: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1935/chadwick/biographical/

Where do you create an AI? This week, Technology Now explores the world of AI factories, dedicated spaces for building bespoke artificial intelligence software. We look into what these factories are, how they work, and we examine the importance of them going forward. Iveta Lohovska tells us more.

This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what can be learnt from it.

More about this week’s guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iveta-lohovska-40210362/?originalSubdomain=at

Energy to train an LLM: https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2024/01/29/data-centres-improved-greatly-in-energy-efficiency-as-they-grew-massively-larger

Today I Learnt:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu9368

This Week in History:

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/testing-general-relativity

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/energy/special-relativity

https://web.lemoyne.edu/giunta/ruth1920.html

How can we prevent people misusing technology to harm others? This week, Technology Now investigates how technology can be used as a weapon against others. We ask how technology has been utilized by bad faith actors in this way and we examine whose responsibility it is to prevent this misuse of technology. Joanne O’Connor from HPE’s cybersecurity organization and founder of Ireland’s National Cyber Security Awareness Taskforce tells us more.

This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Aubrey Lovell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what can be learnt from it.

About Joanne O’Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-oconnor-/?originalSubdomain=ie

Sources:
Refuge, UK Charity: https://refuge.org.uk/news/refuge-calls-for-tech-facilitated-abuse-to-be-a-priority-in-government-vawg-strategy-following-the-charitys-inaugural-tech-safety-summit/

Technology abuse in fast fashion: https://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2024/07/modern-slavery-and-digital-technology-in-fast-fashion-the-transparency-dividend/

Snake Venom:
Snake venom protection by a cocktail of varespladib and broadly neutralizing human antibodies, Glanville, Jacob et al., Cell, Volume 0, Issue 0, 10.1016/j.cell.2025.03.050 External Link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5d0l7el36o

Hubble First Light:
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/overview/hubbles-first-light/
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/observatory/design/optics/hubbles-mirror-flaw/
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/overview/the-history-of-hubble/