In what’s not a joke; Meta, also known as Facebook which owns Instagram, announced plans to offer an ad-free subscription experience for its European users. Users can pay €9.99 for an ad-free Facebook timeline. The subscription service will be available to users over 18, and only to those in the European Union. UK users are exempt...
We’ve been talking a lot about newsworthy incidents involving AI. While not exactly headline making, there’s been constant action by advocates and academics to push AI practitioners to build ethical and safe systems using AI technology. After years of AI professionals, mostly women, sounding the alarm on the potential dangers of AI, and witnessing a...
It’s only been talked about. It’s barely seen. It’s not even out yet. Somehow, TIME magazine has proclaimed Humane’s AI Pin as one of the Best Inventions of 2023. What Is the AI Pin? Humane is heralding the AI Pin as a revolution in smartphone technology. It is an Internet connected micro device that magnetically...
At the time of this writing, 41 states have joined in a federal law suit against Meta the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The states claim Meta and its application organizations have mislead the public regarding the harmful effects of social media on mental health. In response, Meta said it was, “disappointed,” about...
I know you get sick of us covering Elon Musk but he makes a lot of news. He continues to make news even as his social network struggles to keep users while servicing billions in debt. As Elon Musk picked Twitter fights with Wikipedia, an extraordinarily useful Internet property, banks were struggling to unload Twitter...
I was asked today, “when are you sharing the Annual Gift Guide? It’s October!” I guess it’s shopping season and a great gift for techno geeks who game or are gear heads is a high speed router. WiFi 7 is the latest wireless communications standard to hit the technology marketplace. WiFi 7 is an upgrade...
I get it. As a business owner, I hated how the global economy was inherently unfair. The US market is the freest and most dynamic market in the world. While we continuously let any and all players enter US marketplaces, it wasn’t easy doing business abroad. My own travails in penetrating markets in Europe and...
When El Jefe slid me yet another story on AI I started to huff and puff. But, when I saw the purpose of AI was a good one, I was delighted. University of Nebraska student, Luke Farritor, joined a worldwide competition to translate ancient Roman scrolls which were once lost in the cataclysmic aftermath of...
For decades, NASA’s spacesuits have lagged behind the stylish and technologically cool spacesuits of movies and fiction. Astronauts’ first suits looked like they were made of tin foil. The Space Shuttle era saw a massive redesign that added a large amount of bulk to the suit. Needless to say, they weren’t stylish. But if I...
The iron from that meteorite and the iron from your blood have common origin in the core of a star.” Neil deGrasse Tyson Look out when science is sciencing. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned to Earth less than two weeks ago. The mission crashed into an asteroid, collected a sample of asteroid dirt, and brought the...