Today’s episode highlights how risk and opportunity are colliding across the technology landscape. A major supply chain attack targeting a widely used JavaScript library underscores the fragility of modern software ecosystems, while significant funding in the wearable space points to continued investor confidence in consumer health tech. At the same time, challenges in orbital infrastructure remind us that innovation at scale—whether in code or space—comes with real-world consequences. Together, these stories reflect a tech environment balancing rapid growth with increasing complexity and vulnerability.

A Wake-Up Call for Software Supply Chains A sophisticated attack on the popular Axios library exposed a critical vulnerability in the open-source ecosystem. By compromising a maintainer’s account, attackers introduced a malicious dependency  ...