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Isaac Asimov Tried To Warn Us
Isaac Asimov published the novella “The Mule” in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in 1945. A few years later it became the second half of Foundation and Empire, the second book of the Foundation trilogy. Asimov’s Foundation books are among the most celebrated…
“Optimize Enjoyment”: Remembering Jim Rowson
“Celebrate while you still can Cause any second it may end . . .” – Oingo Boingo, No One Lives Forever Jim Rowson passed away peacefully on December 26, 2024 at age 70 from…
The Rise And Fall Of Browser Home Pages
Remember browser home pages? You do? I wouldn’t have guessed, you must be older than you look. All the rest of you children, gather round the fire, let me take you back to a…
Seeing The World Through Rose-Colored Glasses (Literally)
These two photos look identical to me. What I see looks like the photo on the right. I have mild deuteranomaly – red-green colorblindness. Eight percent of men are red-green…
Your Apartment, But Make It Game Of Thrones
Some demos were posted this week that make it easier to picture how technology can change reality. The picture above shows a laptop in a perfectly normal apartment with a Game of…
Mixed Reality Goes Mainstream – Meta Quest 3 And Alien Puffballs
An alien spaceship has blasted a hole in my ceiling and is landing on the floor in front of my bookcases. It’s a game on the Meta Quest 3 headset named “First Encounters.” My…
AI Glasses Might Invade Privacy (But That’s Old News)
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have cameras in the frames. You can take pictures and shoot videos, then upload them. It’s a fast and convenient way to record a moment without pulling…
Google NotebookLM & AI Podcasts
Take a minute – literally just one minute – and listen to the beginning of one of these podcast conversations about recent books. Each is about ten minutes long but just listen…
Digital Sorcery In A Swiss Museum
The first exhibit in the Swiss National Museum in Zurich has historical books in glass cases, a granite relief map of the Saint-Gotthard mountain range in the Swiss Alps, and…
What Has AI Done For You Lately?
AI is improving apps and services that we use every day, but that’s not the whole story. There are more important developments powered by AI going on now behind the scenes. I’ve…
Schrodinger’s AI: It’s A Bubble And Not A Bubble
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….
The Windows Laptop Mess
The Windows laptop market is in disarray. There are some good reasons to wait a year before buying a new computer. (Or buy a Mac. They’re pretty magical.) Your next PC might be…
The Scariest Cyber Security Story Of 2024
I’ve got a scary story about technology for you. Nope, not the Crowdstrike meltdown. Here’s one you might have missed. China has hacked into our power grid. The NSA, FBI, and…
Smart Glasses Get Smarter
It’s the middle of 2024 and our world is all AI, all the time. AI dominates tech news and the financial world. Giant companies are spending unbelievable amounts of money to…
AI Hype In Overdrive
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…
AI And The Future Of AR Glasses
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…