Feb 8, 2023 | AI, business, Google, Microsoft, news
A lot of people write words. Many of them do a modest amount of research and draw on a modest amount of creativity, then they put a modest amount of work into their words. That has been enough for many people to make an adequate living until now. New technology allows...
Feb 1, 2023 | business, Google, news, search, web_services
Remember the parable of the blind men and the elephant? Each person draws different conclusions about the elephant based on their limited experiences. ChatGPT is the elephant in the room. There are wild disagreements raging online about every single aspect of ChatGPT....
Sep 10, 2022 | bruceb, domains, Google, news
On September 11, 1997, I registered the domain name “bruceb.com.” Four days later Larry Page and Sergey Brin registered the name “Google.com.” I expect Google will congratulate itself on its anniversary later this week, like it did five years ago. Pfft. I know who the...
Jul 13, 2022 | augmented reality, business, news
Three weeks ago Drew Perkins, the CEO of Mojo Vision, wore a feature-complete augmented reality smart contact lens at the company’s labs in Saratoga, CA. He could “interact with a compass to find my bearings, view images, and use an on-screen teleprompter.” To be...
Jun 29, 2022 | augmented reality, business, law, news, Privacy, security
I’ve been writing about privacy for a long time. I wrote a series of articles about location tracking and a useful overview of data brokers and a long series of articles about privacy and trust. Most recently I wrote a cautionary article about why privacy concerns...
Mar 28, 2022 | business, cybersecurity, law, news, Politics, security
Right from the outset, let’s agree to keep in mind that the Russia/Ukraine cyberwar may never heat up. The important developments in the next few days and weeks will likely happen only in the real world of guns and bombs. So set aside the cyberwar for a minute. Focus...