042: The Honeymoon

042: The Honeymoon

“It's all cheaper” In this episode we discuss; C64, Bankys OS, Dave’s Garage, Mythos Preview, GDG, Vmware VE1 Hardware, ACMA Spectrum Licence, cPanel 0 Day, Google & Telstra, Google Fine, Chrome is Leaky, Crowd Strike & Google, Palo Alto Exploit, Mythos Is Going Public, DeepSeek 75 Perc Price Cut, Google Token Price War, Devin Desktop, Minimax M3, NVIDIA RTX, Gemini 35 Napkin Challenge Show Page: GCP Bytes Podcast [https://www.gcpbytes.com.au] Hosts: Stephen Bancroft [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbancroft/], Dave Wall [https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwall85/], Ian Brown [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-brown-au/] Episode Links: Banky’s OS [https://github.com/stevereaver/uaos], Mythos Preview [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/anthropic-opens-claude-mythos-preview-ai-program-to-australia-626399], Sydney Summit 2026 [https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/summit-sydney-2026], GDG Brisbane [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-brisbane-presents-gdg-brisbane-monthly-meetup-june-22-2026/], GDG Sydney [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sydney-presents-gdg-sydney-meetup-june-2026/], GDG Sydney Build [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sydney-presents-building-the-future-with-rag-using-gemma4-amp-antigravity-20-supported-by-mongodb/],GDG Melbourne [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-melbourne-presents-google-deepmind-ai-sprint-hackathon-1/cohost-gdg-melbourne], GDG Melbourne Build [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-melbourne-presents-gdg-melbourne-build-with-ai-event-july/], Vmware VE1 Hardware [https://docs.cloud.google.com/vmware-engine/docs/howto-migrate-ve1-hardware], ACMA Spectrum Licence [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nbn-co-asks-acma-for-spectrum-licence-discount-626110], cPanel 0 Day [https://gbhackers.com/litespeed-cpanel-plugin-0-day-exploited/], Google & Telstra [https://www.lightreading.com/cable-technology/australia-connectivity-surge-google-telstra-deal-and-smap-s-tasmanian-extension], Google Fine [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/google-is-facing-a-high-triple-digit-million-euro-fine-626126], Chrome is Leaky [https://www.csoonline.com/article/4176504/google-leaks-details-for-chromium-bug-that-can-turn-browsers-into-bots.html], Crowd Strike & Google [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/crowdstrike-google-slay-unkillable-glassworm-botnet-targeting-devs-626172], Palo Alto Exploit [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/palo-alto-globalprotect-vpn-auth-bypass-flaw-now-exploited-in-attacks/], Mythos Is Going Public [https://www.testingcatalog.com/anthropic-prepares-mythos-1-for-claude-code-and-claude-security/], DeepSeek 75 Perc Price Cut [https://thenextweb.com/news/deepseek-v4-pro-75-percent-price-cut-permanent], Google Token Price War [https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/22/google-just-triggered-a-1-billion-ai-price-war-doe/], Devin Desktop [https://devin.ai/blog/windsurf-is-now-devin-desktop], Minimax M3 [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2061266317815296322.html], NVIDIA RTX [https://au.pcmag.com/processors/117976/nvidia-rtx-spark-reinvent-pc-computex-2026], Gemini 35 Napkin Challenge [https://jgunnink.substack.com/p/gemini-35-flash-napkin-challenge]

041: The Deletion

“It's Gone” In this episode we discuss; C64 Build, Choice Require Subscription, API Fraud, Antigravity 2.0, Subnautica 2, GDG, Google Summit 2026, 6 Big Google Moves, VCF9.1, Service NSW Dumps Vmware, Australia Post, Google Books, Gemini Transitioning to Antigravity,Another LPE But in Linux, Mythos Marketing Stunt, Mythos Identifies 423 Firefox Bugs, Time Horizons, Click Fix Attack, Appsheet Phising, Github Repo Hack, Skymizer, Linux 7.1 LLM-pocalypse, Gemini Omni, Mythos Going Public, Gemini-3.2-flash-lite-live-preview, Google I/O Show Page: GCP Bytes Podcast [https://www.gcpbytes.com.au] Hosts: Stephen Bancroft [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbancroft/], Dave Wall [https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwall85/], Ian Brown [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-brown-au/] Episode Links: API Fraud [https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/05/15/google-reimburses-register-sources-who-were-victims-of-api-fraud/5241429], GDG Sydney [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sydney-presents-aicamp-build-with-ai-1/], GDG Melbourne [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-melbourne-presents-gdg-melbourne-may26-meetup/], GDG, Perth [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-perth-presents-build-with-ai-perth-2026/], Google Summit 2026 [https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/summit-sydney-2026], 6 Big Google Moves [https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2026/google-cloud-s-6-big-execs-who-left-for-anthropic-openai-and-microsoft-in-2026], VCF9.1 [https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2026/vmware-s-new-vcf-9-1-cuts-customer-costs-for-storage-ai-and-security-comdivision-ceo-explains],Service NSW Dumps Vmware [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/service-nsw-charts-a-path-off-vmwares-container-platform-625898], Australia Post [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/australia-posts-future-it-estate-to-rely-on-13-platform-ecosystems-625879], Google Books [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/googles-android-powered-laptops-are-called-googlebooks-and-theyre-coming-this-year/], Gemini Transitioning to Antigravity [https://developers.googleblog.com/an-important-update-transitioning-gemini-cli-to-antigravity-cli/?utm_source=UI+notification], Another LPE But in Linux [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/parallel-bug-discovery-triggers-premature-linux-lpe-disclosure-625736], Mythos Marketing Stunt [https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/11/anthropics-bug-hunting-mythos-was-greatest-marketing-stunt-ever-says-curl-creator/5238111], Mythos Identifies 423 Firefox Bugs [https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/mozilla-says-anthropics-mythos-preview-and-other-ai-models-helped-it-identify-and-ship-423-firefox-security-bug-fixes-in-just-one-month], Time Horizons [https://metr.org/time-horizons/], Click Fix Attack [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/clickfix-attack-tricks-users-into-hacking-themselves-acsc-warns-625692], Appsheet Phising [https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-appsheet-facebook-phishing-accountdumpling/], Github Repo Hack [https://www.securityweek.com/github-confirms-hack-impacting-3800-internal-repositories/], Skymizer [https://www.techradar.com/pro/tiny-company-steals-amds-thunder-and-challenges-nvidia-with-old-tech-pcie-ai-accelerator-that-runs-700b-llms-locally-sipping-just-240w-thanks-to-decade-old-ddr4-and-28nm-chips],Linux 7.1 LLM-pocalypse [https://removepaywalls.com/https://canartuc.medium.com/linux-7-1-kicinski-called-it-llm-pocalypse-then-deleted-138-000-lines-afa3cb6136dc], Gemini Omni [https://www.testingcatalog.com/googles-gemini-omni-video-model-surfaces-ahead-of-i-o-debut/], Mythos Going Public [https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/claude-mythos-removes-preview-label-on-google-cloud-suggesting-public-launch-imminent], Gemini-3.2-flash-lite-live-preview [https://phemex.com/news/article/gemini-32-model-debuts-on-google-cloud-with-costeffective-inference-82320],Google I/O [https://mashable.com/tech/all-the-gemini-announcements-google-io-2026]

040: The Brownout

“The fridge hates that!” In this episode we discuss; Kubuntu 26.04, Stash, San Fan Store, Legacy SQL, Gemini Ultra, Ask Jeeves, Claude Doubling Limits, Open AI & Musk, Manna, GDG, Tech Companies Charged, X kicks out EU, Fed Gov M365 Licensing, Next In 13 Minutes, 260 Things From Next, Gemini Credit System, Google Doesn’t Care, Firestarter Malware, Shiny Hunters, Cononical DdoS, Copy Fail, AI Sand Boxes, MS to invest $25B, Google to invest $40B, OpenAI Breaks from MS, Firecracker Vms. Show Page: GCP Bytes Podcast [https://www.gcpbytes.com.au] Hosts: Stephen Bancroft [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbancroft/], Dave Wall [https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwall85/], Ian Brown [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-brown-au/] Episode Links: Stash [https://github.com/alash3al/stash],San Fan Store [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/san-francisco-store-managed-ai-agent.html], Jeevs [https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/04/askjeeves_closes],Manna [https://marshallbrain.com/manna1], GDG Brisbane [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-brisbane-presents-build-with-ai-30-gdg-brisbane/], GDG Sydney Meetup [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sydney-presents-gdg-sydney-meetup-may-2026/], GDG Sydney [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-sydney-presents-build-with-ai-build-a-resume-reviewer-with-google-ai-studio/], GDG Canberra [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-on-campus-the-australian-national-university-canberra-australia-presents-build-agentic-ai-flutter-app/cohost-gdg-canberra], GDG Canberra where RAG breaks [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-on-campus-the-australian-national-university-canberra-australia-presents-where-rag-breaks-inside-google-adk-and-how-to-fix-it/cohost-gdg-canberra], GDG Melbourne [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-melbourne-presents-gdg-melbourne-build-with-ai-event-may/], GDG Hobart [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-hobart-presents-build-with-ai-and-level-up-your-web-skills/], GDG Adelaide [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-adelaide-presents-gdg-adelaide-build-with-ai-may-2026/], Tech Companies Charged [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/australia-to-charge-big-tech-companies-two-percent-levy-unless-they-strike-local-news-deals-625416], X kicks out EU [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0589g0dqq7o], Fed Gov M365 Licensing [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/fed-gov-faces-major-m365-licensing-change-625453], Next In 13 Minutes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITPmrhNTzY], 260 Things From Next [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/260-things-we-announced-google-cloud-next-26-google-cloud-ursie/], Gemini Credit System [https://www.testingcatalog.com/google-prepares-credit-system-for-gemini-and-new-image-tools-2/], Google Doesn’t Care [https://thenewstack.io/google-doesnt-care/], Firestarter Malware [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/firestarter-malware-survives-cisco-firewall-patches-625372], Shiny Hunters [https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/24/shinyhunters_claim_cruise_giant_carnivals/], Cononical DdoS [https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/canonical-hit-by-sustained-ddos-attack-disrupting-ubuntu-services-worldwide/], Copy Fail [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/01/cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-vulnerability-enables-linux-root-privilege-escalation/], AI Sand Boxes [https://read.engineerscodex.com/p/every-dev-should-know-about-ai-sandboxes], MS to invest $25B [https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/industry/18068-microsoft-to-invest-25-billion-in-ai-infrastructure-skills-security-in-australia], Google to invest $40B [https://www.reuters.com/business/google-plans-invest-up-40-billion-anthropic-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-04-24/], OpenAI Breaks from MS [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/openai-breaks-off-microsoft-exclusivity-625395], Firecracker Vms [https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker]

039: The Next Show

“Everything has changed.” In this episode we discuss; Youtube Music, Paperclip AI, Caveman, ML Engineer Path, Claude, Filestore, Firestore, Google NEXT, Judo Bank, South32, Intel & Google, Gemini Agent Platform, Google TPU’s, Cloud Run, Claude Mythos, Mythos and Banks, Anthropic & Broadcom, Opus 4.7, GPT 5.5, AI Chat Law Ruling Show Page: GCP Bytes Podcast [https://www.gcpbytes.com.au] Hosts: Stephen Bancroft [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbancroft/], Dave Wall [https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwall85/], Ian Brown [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-brown-au/] Episode Links: Paperclip AI [https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip],Caveman [https://github.com/juliusbrussee/caveman],Filestore [https://dzone.com/articles/finops-for-engineers-turning-cloud-bills],Firestore [https://firebase.blog/posts/2026/03/announcing-ai-studio-integration],Google NEXT [https://www.googlecloudevents.com/next-vegas],Judo Bank [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/judo-bank-hires-ex-bendigo-cio-625008], South32 [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/south32-sues-siemens-over-alleged-software-flaw-625049],Intel& Google [https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/intel-and-google-are-doubling-down-on-ai-cpus-with-an-expanded-partnership/ar-AA20yW2s], Gemini Agent Platform [https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/introducing-gemini-enterprise-agent-platform], Google TPU’s [https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/google-cloud/eighth-generation-tpu-agentic-era/], Cloud Run [https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/serverless/whats-new-for-cloud-run-at-next26], Claude Mythos [https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/claude-mythos-preview-on-vertex-ai], Mythos and Banks [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/ai-boosted-hacks-with-anthropics-mythos-could-have-dire-consequences-for-banks-625020], Anthropic & Broadcom [https://www.ciodive.com/news/anthropic-adds-compute-power-google-broadcom/816886/], Opus 4.7 [https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-7], GPT 5.5 [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/openai-chatgpt-gpt-5-5-ai-model-superapp/], AI Chat Law Ruling [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/ai-ruling-prompts-warnings-from-us-lawyers-your-chats-could-be-used-against-you-625080]

038: The KV Cache

“Billing is stuffed!” In this episode we discuss; Google Billing, Google Plans, Google Home Assist, OpenClaw, Youtube Premium, GitHub, GDG, Apple Hire, Alphabet Has Dropped, Cloud Spending, APRA, China and NVIDIA, Google and Redshift, Mythos, TurboQuant, Gemma4, Claude Code Source Leak. Show Page: GCP Bytes Podcast [https://www.gcpbytes.com.au] Hosts: Stephen Bancroft [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbancroft/], Dave Wall [https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwall85/], Ian Brown [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-brown-au/] Episode Links: GitHub [https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/], GDG Brisbane [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-brisbane-presents-build-with-ai-2026-gdg-brisbane-1/], GDG Melbourne [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-melbourne-presents-gdg-melbourne-april-coding-night-2/], GDG Darwin [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-darwin-presents-build-with-ai-2026/], Apple Hire [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/two-months-after-announcing-gemini-deal-for-siri-apple-hires-ex-google-executive-to-head-ai-push/articleshow/129861423.cms], Alphabet Has Dropped [https://www.investing.com/analysis/alphabet-has-fallen-16-from-its-highs-panic-or-opportunity-200677433], Cloud Spending [https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2026/azure-vs-aws-vs-gcp-vs-oracle-vs-ibm-client-spending-face-off-flexera-report], APRA [https://www.itnews.com.au/news/apra-pulls-data-submission-system-after-security-pentest-624620],China and NVIDIA [https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2026/supermicro-servers-with-nvidia-gpus-sold-to-china-military-linked-universities-report], Google and Redshift [https://itbrief.com.au/story/red-hat-google-cloud-expand-openshift-integration], Ransomware Detection [https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/03/ransomware-detection-and-file-restoration-for-Google-Drive-now-generally-available.html], Mythos [https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/], TurboQuant [https://research.google/blog/turboquant-redefining-ai-efficiency-with-extreme-compression/], Gemma4 [https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/gemma-4/], Claude Code Source Leak [https://www.mindstudio.ai/blog/claude-code-source-code-leak-8-hidden-features]