• Google Pays Apple to Be More Secure? Petulant, Parental, or Indifferent?

    Updated: 2023-10-31 13:56:34
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. I am fascinated by the allegedly “real” information in this Fortune Magazine write up: “Google CEO Sundar Pichai Swears Under Oath That $26 Billion Payment to Device Makers Was Partly to Nudge Them to Make Security Upgrades and Other Improvements.” As I […]

  • Google Gets into a One in Four Chance to Destroy Humanity? Risky? Nah!

    Updated: 2023-10-31 11:31:56
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. Below is quite a headline in the Blaze online “information” service. Note: The Blaze is sufficiently confident in its ability to attract subscribers that the outfit is moving away from advertising. Okay, let’s see how that works out in an era of […]

  • Google Loves Up Search Engine Optimization

    Updated: 2023-10-31 09:36:00
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. Alphabet, Google, YouTube is definitely a believer in search engine optimization or SEO. How do I know? Consider the reports that relay this allegedly accurate number: $26 billion. Yep, $26 billion paid out to other companies to buy click love. “Google Paid […]

  • Nice Work YouTube: Salacious Accident?

    Updated: 2023-10-31 09:05:00
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. Oops. If this piece from Bang Premier is to be believed, “YouTube Accidentally Allows Users to Upload Unremovable Adult Content.” Of course YouTube doesn’t normally allow porn on the site. However, according to reporting by 404 Media, hidden tags enabled some users […]

  • Does a UK Facial Recognition Case Spell Trouble for AI Regulation?

    Updated: 2023-10-30 10:08:38
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. I noted this Politico article in my feed today (October 30, 2023). I am a dinobaby and no legal eagle. Consequently I may be thinking incorrectly about the information in “An AI Firm Harvested Billions of Photos without Consent. Britain Is Powerless […]

  • AI: Enough of the Terminator and Robots!

    Updated: 2023-10-30 09:35:00
    I read — yes, this is the real title — “Humanoid Robots, Glowing Brains, Outstretched Robot Hands, Blue Backgrounds, and the Terminator. These Stereotypes Are Not Just Overworked, They Can Be Surprisingly Unhelpful.” (I love the SEO influence.) The article includes some suggested images; to wit: To test what’s available. I navigated to Microsoft Bing […]

  • The GOOG and MSFT Tried to Be Pals… But

    Updated: 2023-10-30 09:05:00
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. Here is an interesting tangent to the DOJ’s case against Google. Yahoo Finance shares reporting from Bloomberg in, “Microsoft-Google Peace Deal Broke Down Over Search Competition.” The two companies pledged to stop fighting like cats and dogs in 2016. Sadly, the peace […]

  • Microsoft and What Fizzled with One Trivial Omission. Yep, Inconsequential

    Updated: 2023-10-27 14:37:20
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. I read “10 Hyped-Up Windows Features That Fizzled Out” is an interesting list. I noticed that the Windows Phone did not make the cut. How important is the mobile phone to online computing and most people’s life? Gee, a mobile phone? What’s […]

  • An Interesting Example of Real News. Yes, Real News

    Updated: 2023-10-27 09:35:00
    Note: This essay is the work of a real and still-alive dinobaby. No smart software involved, just a dumb humanoid. I enjoy gathering information which may be disinformation. “The Secrets Hamas Knew about Israel’s Military” illustrates how “facts” can create fear, doubt, and uncertainty. I reside in rural Kentucky, and I have zero ability as […]

  • Will New EU Privacy Oversight Members Be Googley?

    Updated: 2023-10-27 09:05:00
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. The European Union has tried to protect individual privacy and tries to keep US technology companies in line. Unlike some other government constructs, EU countries have agencies to enforce privacy regulations and Tech Crunch reports how Ireland’s DPC “Major Big Tech Privacy […]

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