Technology

The West Is Running Out of Explosives

HORIA-RAZVAN BOTIS exposes a little-understood crisis for the Western alliance

Sep 16

The Ghost in the Machine

BACK-TO-SCHOOL ESSAY: How AI is killing take-home assignments and forcing education to rely on labs and tests

Sep 2 •

Measles is back! But ignorance is the real virus

This is what happens when the person who can't do sixth-grade math thinks they're a virologist

Jul 10 •

The AI paradox: Master it - but don't use it?

As schools and companies rush to train people in artificial intelligence, they still punish those who use it “too much.” Tech titan Ronni Zehavi weighs…

Jul 3

A surreal encounter with Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia, wine, and the waning dream of a connected tech utopia

Jun 28 •

Ending the Tyranny of the Feed

THE WAR ON TRUTH, PART V: Social media is the primary delivery system for lies, radicalization and polarization. Time to hold the algorithms…

May 19 •

From Waze to Wiz, Google Bets Big on Israeli Tech — Even in the Eye of the Storm

Deal shows how much upside there is in Israel righting its trajectory

Apr 4 •

Talking Trump and Musk with Grok

Lex Luthor’s AI chatbot has some interesting ideas about its creator

Mar 3 •

Davos Man Has Failed

And to prove it, his antithesis, Orange Man, is back in the White House

Jan 25 •

Facebook is in chaos

Now they want free speech. Two months ago they blocked me for 10 years for no reason with no reasonable recourse. Look elsewhere for a business partner.

Jan 12 •

Reckless predictions for 2025

Will it be world peace - or an end that is well nigh? Perhaps flying AI dolphins?

Jan 3 •

2024: The end of the End of History

THE NEW AUTOCRACY (PART II) - And a review of major trends as we stumble toward 2025

Dec 29, 2024 •

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