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01 May 2025, 16:31
Technology
World is a project involving giant orbs that scan your iris from the mind of everyone's favorite, trustworthy, "I promise this isn't for profit" tech guy Sam Altman.
24 Apr 2025, 16:31
The AI hardware category has been a right doozy so far, with product after product releasing to big hype, then offering little in the way of substance or function before dying as quickly as they arrived, typically setting fire to millions of dollars in the process.
16 Apr 2025, 16:31
Sorry folks, I'm off on another "doomer" rant again.
01 Apr 2025, 16:31
Art without intention
21 Mar 2025, 17:31
"Mark Zuckerberg has been clear about his intentions: He believes that the future of 'social media' is a bunch of human beings scrolling through and arguing about AI-generated content on his many platforms.
14 Mar 2025, 17:31
Dead Internet Theory is the belief that the majority of internet posts, traffic and users have been replaced by bots and AI-generated content.
04 Mar 2025, 17:31
After over two years and tens (or hundreds?) of billions of dollars spent, generative AI is still nothing more than a tech demo fuelled by what ifs, what could be's and what probably won't be's.
20 Feb 2025, 18:54
On the same day Microsoft revealed Majorana 1, a computer chip that makes a genuine step forward toward quantum computing, Apple unveiled another iPhone, only this time a bit smaller and a bit cheaper.
14 Feb 2025, 17:03
I was only writing last week about my worry that AI agents — if widely adopted and then depended upon — will kill our own agency.
06 Feb 2025, 17:35
In the last decade or so — the algorithm era — Big Tech companies have meticulously designed systems that try to control what we see, hear and engage with.
29 Jan 2025, 17:58
Read to the end to enjoy OpenAI getting mad at people stealing their work
23 Jan 2025, 17:33
If I had even a million bucks to my name, you would likely not hear from me ever again.
16 Jan 2025, 17:38
The Internet of Things has been a bit of a failed product strategy.
09 Jan 2025, 17:28
Meta has had a week, and it's only, *checks calendar,* the second week of the year.
16 Dec 2024, 17:31
I think we've reached the point where the Internet—once a tool that offered us the entire world of information at our fingertips—is now completely unusable.
06 Dec 2024, 17:31
The perpetrator of the first great data heist was Facebook.
27 Nov 2024, 17:26
In the relentless pursuit of making the world a better place (read: making shitloads of money, normally at our expense), our tech overlords continue to destroy legacy tech and throw a torrent of new technologies at us.
21 Nov 2024, 17:37
When we reflect on 2024, we'll remember it as many things, but most of all — we'll remember it as the year of slop.
14 Nov 2024, 17:31
The word of the year is a silly and often controversial bit of social commentary.
01 Nov 2024, 17:31
Tech companies are trying to hide the chocolate sauce and the sprinkles
25 Oct 2024, 16:02
A harrowing glimpse into our future
23 Oct 2024, 16:31
"At the end of the day… it all comes down to one simple, absolute truth: Tumbler.com looks fucking stupid."
10 Oct 2024, 16:31
The idea of technology thinking for you might sound fun on paper, but in reality, if we stop thinking, we're doomed to become drooling zombies, aimlessly living until our overlords decide to send us our next prompt.
03 Oct 2024, 16:32
Mark Zuckerberg, the genius who envisioned there would be one billion people in the Metaverse — he only got that wrong by a billion and nearly blew up his company in the process — is now bullish on wearable glasses.
26 Sep 2024, 16:36
Brownlee is risking his reputation for the sake of a $50-a-year cash-grab wallpaper app full of ads and low-resolution images that track your location.
