• FOGINT: France Gears Up for More Encrypted Message Access

    Updated: 2025-03-12 09:53:00
    Yep, another dinobaby original. Buoyed with the success of the Pavel Durov litigation, France appears to be getting ready to pursue Signal, the Zuck WhatsApp, and the Switzerland-based Proton Mail. The actions seem to lie in the future. But those familiar with the mechanisms of French investigators may predict that information gathering began years ago. […]

  • AI Hiring Spoofs: A How To

    Updated: 2025-03-12 09:46:22
    Be aware. A dinobaby wrote this essay. No smart software involved. The late Robert Steele, one of first government professionals to hop on the open source information bandwagon, and I worked together for many years. In one of our conversations in the 1980s, Robert explained how he used a fake persona to recruit people to […]

  • Survey: Kids and AI Tools

    Updated: 2025-03-12 09:37:00
    Our youngest children are growing up alongside AI. Or, perhaps, it would be more accurate to say increasingly intertwined with it. Axios tells us, "Study Zeroes in on AI’s Youngest Users." Write Megan Morrone cites a recent survey from Common Sense Media that examined AI use by children under 8 years old. The researchers surveyed […]

  • AI and Jobs: Tell These Folks AI Will Not Impact Their Work

    Updated: 2025-03-12 09:07:00
    The work of a real, live dinobaby. Sorry, no smart software involved. Whuff, whuff. That’s the sound of my swishing dino tail. Whuff. I have a friend who does some translation work. She’s chugging along because of her reputation for excellent work. However, one of the people who worked with me on a project requiring […]

  • Microsoft: Marketing Is One Thing, a Cost Black Hole Is Quite Another

    Updated: 2025-03-11 09:53:00
    Yep, another dinobaby original. I read “Microsoft Cuts Data Centre Plans and Hikes Prices in Push to Make Users Carry AI Cost.” The headline meant one thing to me: The black hole of AI costs must be capped. For my part,  I try to avoid MSFT AI. After testing the Redmoanians’ smart software for months, […]

  • Microsoft Sends a Signal: AI, AIn’t Working

    Updated: 2025-03-11 09:37:00
    Another post from the dinobaby. Alas, no smart software used for this essay. The problems with Microsoft’s AI push were evident from the start of its AI push in 2023. The company thought it had identified the next big thing and had the big fish on the line. Now the work was easy. Just reel […]

  • Automobile Trivia: The Tesla Cybertruck and the Ford Pinto

    Updated: 2025-03-11 09:07:00
    Another post from the dinobaby. Alas, no smart software used for this essay. I don’t cover the auto industry. However, this article caught my eye: “Cybertruck Goes to Mardi Gras Parade, Gets Bombarded by Trash and Flees in Shame: That’s Gotta Hurt.” The write up reports: With a whopping seven recalls in just over a […]

  • AI and Two Villages: A Challenge in Some Large Countries

    Updated: 2025-03-10 10:09:00
    This blog post is the work of a humanoid dino baby. If you don’t know what a dinobaby is, you are not missing anything. Ask any 80 year old why don’t you? We used AI to translate the original Russian into semi English and to create the illustration. Hasta la vista a human Russian translater […]

  • A French Outfit Points Out Some Issues with Starlink-Type Companies

    Updated: 2025-03-10 09:53:00
    Another one from the dinobaby. No smart software. I spotted a story on the Thales Web site, but when I went back to check a detail, it had disappeared. After a bit of poking I found a recycled version called “Thales Warns Governments Over Reliance on Starlink-Type Systems.” The story must be accurate because it […]

  • From $20 a Month to $20K a Month. Great Idea… or Not?

    Updated: 2025-03-10 09:37:00
    Another post from the dinobaby. Alas, no smart software used for this essay. OpenAI was one of many smart software companies. If you meet the people on my team, you will learn that I dismissed most of the outfits as search-and-retrieval outfits looking for an edge. Search definitely needs an edge, but I was not […]

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