by jnelson | Aug 23, 2017 | Interesting Items, News, Our Blog, Warnings
Artificial intelligence has made some incredible strides lately. Self-driving cars, talking virtual assistants, interconnected appliances and humanoid robots are no longer the stuff of sci-fi, but are becoming part of the human landscape. Researchers are excited...
by jnelson | Jan 14, 2017 | How the Net Works, News, Our Blog, Warnings
Complex technologies like computers are, well, complicated, incredibly complicated. Not even their designers can anticipate how they will behave in every possible situation, which is why there are beta testers and bug reports. Engineers build machines to perform...
by jnelson | Dec 13, 2016 | Events, News, Our Blog
Shocked, horrified, or thrilled by the outcome, millions of Americans the day after the popular vote breathed sighs of resignation or relief or even profound despair. Most were just glad that the long nightmarish ordeal of the presidential election was finally over....
by jnelson | Oct 15, 2016 | News, Our Blog, Warnings
Whether you’ve been immersed in the mad circus that is the 2016 Presidential Election or hiding under a rock to avoid it all, you may have missed certain ominous signs recently in the news. These signal a terrifying new reality: cyberwar, international conflict...
by jnelson | Sep 15, 2016 | How the Net Works, News, Security
Poor Mark Zuckerberg. You’d think that being co-founder and CEO of Facebook, the largest and most successful social media empire ever upon whom billions depend, would be a pretty sweet gig. But the baby-faced billionaire gets no respect. His own page on Facebook...