• Short Cuts? Nah, Just Business as Usual in the Big Apple Publishing World

    Updated: 2024-06-28 09:52:00
    This essay is the work of a dinobaby. Unlike some folks, no smart software improved my native ineptness. One of my team alerted me to this Fortune Magazine story: “Telegram Has Become the Go-To App for Heroin, Guns, and Everything Illegal. Can Crypto Save It?” The author appears to be Niamh Rowe. I do not […]

  • Some Tension in the Datasphere about Artificial Intelligence

    Updated: 2024-06-28 09:37:00
    This essay is the work of a dinobaby. Unlike some folks, no smart software improved my native ineptness. I generally try to avoid profanity in this blog. I am mindful of Google’s stopwords. I know there are filters running to protect those younger than I from frisky and inappropriate language. Therefore, I will cite the […]

  • Perfect for Spying, Right?

    Updated: 2024-06-28 09:07:00
    And we thought noise-cancelling headphones were nifty. The University of Washington’s UW News announces “AI Headphones Let Wearer Listen to a Single Person in a Crowd, by Looking at them Just Once.” That will be a real help for the hard-of-hearing. Also spies. Writers Stefan Milne and Kiyomi Taguchi explain: “A University of Washington team […]

  • Can the Bezos Bulldozer Crush Temu, Shein, Regulators, and AI?

    Updated: 2024-06-27 13:20:39
    This essay is the work of a dumb dinobaby. No smart software required. The question, to be fair, should be, “Can the Bezos-less bulldozer crush Temu, Shein, Regulators, Subscriptions to Alexa, and AI?” The article, which appeared in the “real” news online service Venture Beat, presents an argument suggesting that the answer is, “Yes! Absolutely.” […]

  • Smart Software and Non-Essential Jobs Rubble-ized

    Updated: 2024-06-27 09:37:00
    This essay is the work of a dinobaby. Unlike some folks, no smart software improved my native ineptness. I am not convinced that the end of the world is nigh. I am amused by the accelerationists and the “put on the brakes” crowd. I do find it interesting that some suggest the banking sector will […]

  • Nerd Flame War: AI AI AI

    Updated: 2024-06-27 09:04:00
    The Internet is built on trolls and their boorish behavior. The worst of the trolls are self-confessed “experts” on anything. Every online community has their loitering trolls and tech enthusiasts aren’t any different. In the old days of Internet lore, online verbal battles were dubbed “flame wars” and XDA-Developers reports that OpenAI started one: “AI […]

  • Microsoft: Not Deteriorating, Just Normal Behavior

    Updated: 2024-06-26 09:33:00
    This essay is the work of a dinobaby. Unlike some folks, no smart software improved my native ineptness. Gee, Microsoft, you are amazing. We just fired up a new Windows 11 Professional machine and guess what? Yep, the printers are not recognized. Nice work and consistent good enough quality. Then I read “Microsoft Admits to […]

  • X: The Prominent (Fake) News Source

    Updated: 2024-06-26 09:07:00
    Many of us have turned away from X, formerly Twitter, since its Musky takeover and now pay it little mind. However, it seems many Americans still trust the platform to deliver their news. This is concerning, considering “X Has Highest Rate of Misinformation As a New Source, Study Finds.” Citing a recent Pew Research study, […]

  • Prediction: Next Target Up — Public Libraries

    Updated: 2024-06-26 00:54:29
    This essay is the work of a dinobaby. Unlike some folks, no smart software improved my native ineptness. The publishers (in spirit at least) have kneecapped the Internet Archive. If you don’t know what the online service does or did, it does not matter. I learned from the estimable ShowBiz411.com site, a cultural treasure is […]

  • Falling Apples: So Many to Harvest and Sell to Pay the EU

    Updated: 2024-06-25 09:33:00
    This essay is the work of a dinobaby. Unlike some folks, no smart software improved my native ineptness. What’s goes up seems to come down. Apple is peeling back on the weird headset gizmo. The company’s AI response — despite the thrills Apple Intelligence produced in some acolytes — is “to be” AI or vaporware. […]

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