Aug 13, 2024 | AI, Amazon, Android, Apple, business, Google, Microsoft, search
AI arrived so quickly! You can be forgiven for not knowing how to interpret what’s going on in the tech industry. In 2024, AI combines massive investments with unrealistic hype. It appears to be a bubble with no practical applications, like pet rocks, Tamagotchis, and...
Jun 11, 2024 | AI, Apple, business, computers, laptops, Microsoft, news, Privacy, security
There was a full-page ad in the New York Times on Friday for the new Samsung “Bespoke AI” washer/dryer combo. Seriously. Of course “AI laundry” is marketing crap. I’ll bet some business advertised “Crypto Ovens” a couple of years ago. It’s meaningless and stupid. AI...
May 7, 2024 | AI, augmented reality, business, Facebook, glasses, hardware, Quest, virtual reality, Vision Pro
Atech revolution brings changes to the world that are unpredictable. Our first exposure to AI has been chatbots. Very clever chatbots! They’re getting better all the time at conversing as if they’re human. They rewrite emails and summarize subjects and write computer...
May 2, 2024 | AI, business, Internet, Microsoft, mobile
AI is going to change things that you use every day. The changes will be profound, perhaps more fundamentally important than the internet or the computer or the iPhone. The speed at which things change will be faster than anything you’ve ever lived through before. You...
Oct 11, 2023 | Apple, augmented reality, business, Facebook, games, hardware, virtual reality
The Quest 3, Meta’s new VR headset, is now on sale. If you’ve ever thought about trying virtual reality, it’s time to jump in. The Quest 3 has excellent specs for the price. It is sufficiently improved over anything before that it tips the scales if you’re...
Aug 15, 2023 | augmented reality, business, Facebook, hardware, virtual reality
VR – virtual reality – is about to get its moment in the sun. That means increased sales for a new generation of devices and games, but more importantly it reflects an uptick in consumer recognition and curiosity, which is the next step on the long road to the next...
