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The Internet Isn’t Dead

It’s just resting.

Privacy, Politics, and Porn

The theory of the Internet clashes with its reality.

The Enshittification of Google?

Has the search goliath gotten worse?

US vs. Google

The Justice Department claims the search giant abused its power.

John Warnock, 1940-2023

The Adobe cofounder who revolutionized printing is gone at 82.

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Phone Numbers

When something simple isn’t so simple.

Mil, Mali, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off

A simple typo misdirected millions of emails intended for the US military.

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A Golden Age for Medicine

Decades of innovation may be coming to fruition.

Beachy Weather

The weatherman don’t know which way the wind blows.

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Should We Trade Our Smartphones for Flip Phones?

As much as we complain about them, they’ve become indispensable for most of us.

Unreasonable Propriety?

Vague terms of use.

Rethinking STEM Credentialing

Should we reform the way we train a high-tech workforce?

The 4th Amendment in a Zero Privacy World

Should the government need a warrant to get information it can buy on the open market?

19th Century Transportation in a 21st Century World

Train I ride, sixteen coaches long.

The Changing Nature of the Internet

Why Google isn’t AltaVista.

Montana Bans TikTok

Who knew they got cell reception?

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Fee-For-Service Cars?

Will consumers put up with monthly fees on top of hefty sticker prices?

AM Radio’s Slow Demise

Car manufacturers are slowly removing an old format.

Will AI Kill All the Jobs?

Some predict a fundamental restructuring of the economy.

Dark Web Dragnet

International law enforcement agencies have made hundreds of arrests.

Barring Kids From Social Media

An odd set of Senators have a really bad idea.

Biden Wants 54% of New Cars to Be EVs by 2030

A wildly ambitious goal.

Getting Paid for Internet Content

Who should pay whom for what?

Are eBooks Books and eLibraries Libraries?

A pending lawsuit seeks to settle those questions.

Microsoft Going All-in On AI

The future is here, whether we like it or not.

FCC Cracks Down on Scam Texts

Some long-overdue safeguards are being implemented.

Spying on Ourselves

Should we expect privacy from our own cameras?

The Experts Were Wrong on COVID

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

Self Promotion: An Interview On Becoming Trauma Informed

A brief primer on trauma and a link to an interview and paper on being trauma informed

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The Value Of Cultivating Some Self Doubt

Tips for how to check yourself before you wreck yourself.

One App to Control Them All?

I somehow missed Google’s launch of a service that solves the biggest annoyance of streaming.

WokeGPT?

The controversial AI has some interesting programming quirks.

Who Does Netflix Think They Are, Anyway?

Understandable efforts to protect their market share are alienating customers who think they’re doing nothing wrong.

Jupiter Keeps Adding Moons!

The science-education gap.

Can Bloggers Be Replaced by AI?

You be the judge.

Labor Saving Technology That Creates More Work

ChatGPT is just the latest example of a perverse phenomenon.

We’re Doomed! Doomed!

We’re all gonna die, folks.

Cool Free Event: Disclosing Government Content Moderation Requests

A free panel on how transparent social media platforms should be about government requests

Roman Concrete Healed Itself

Why millenia-old concrete outlasts its modern version.

Electric Vehicles and Cold Weather

A big problem with a simple solution.

Ban All the Lawyers?

Facial recognition technology and its uses.

Fusion Clean Energy ‘Breakthrough’ Made

The Energy Department is expected to make a big announcement tomorrow.

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Why So Many Die on American Roads

Traffic deaths are going down in most of the world. Not here.

Apple Not Happy About USB C Mandate

The company is begrudgingly complying with the EU’s requirement.

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Vicious Cycle of Air Conditioning

Making ourselves cooler is making the earth warmer.

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Perpetuating A Fentanyl Hysteria

When belief is more important than facts

Twitterless

Elon backs out.

Google Builds Blog Troll

The company’s new AI technology looks awfully familiar.

SCOTUS Blocks Texas Social Media Law (for Now)

A slim majority upheld an injunction, kicking the can down the road.