Google effectively just handed preteens the keys to a digital Ford F-150 and told parents it’s their responsibility to keep their kids safe. In an email to parents last week, as reported in The New York Times and The Verge, Google informed parents that children under the age of 13 Read more…
How Andrej Karpathy approaches his digital hygiene makes emminent sense for the “…computer scientist renowned for his work in machine learning, computer vision, and artificial intelligence.” (source) You and I, though, are not founding members of OpenAI, or founders of Eureka Labs, an AI+Education company. And while we can learn Read more…
The actual quote from Craig Johnson, the author of the Walt Longmire books, is “Stay calm, have courage, and wait for signs.” I love Johnson’s Longmire books. They are filled with wonderful writing, terrific characters, humor, alongside a smattering of Native American mysticism; well, some books more than others. They’re Read more…
Why should you secure your Facebook account with two-factor authentication? Because you don’t want to have to post this: I’ve used Facebook since Jan. 19, 2008. More than 17 years of my memories and messages are sitting on Meta’s servers, and it could all be erased or exploited if a Read more…
With a collection of skills used to send messages, make phone calls, play music, and control connected home devices, Amazon has sold 600 million Alexa-enabled devices since it launched in 2014. Alexa is a voice assistant with an “always on” microphone constantly listening for its wake word. Once heard, Alexa Read more…
Technology is amazing. It helps us stay connected with loved ones. It enables scientific breakthroughs like Microsoft’s recent announcement of a new type of matter. And it makes it possible for more people than ever before to easily know more about us and to do more things with that information Read more…
Change is hard. Change by yourself can seem impossible. I used to be pretty unhealthy. More than 15 years ago, I was pre-diabetic and struggled with frequent back pain. I was a health disaster waiting to happen. That changed when I joined a gym and started taking my health seriously. Read more…
They almost set the hook. Sitting down to write this post, thinking about composing my thoughts into an organized, cohesive story, I checked the inbox and found a note which looked much like this: It goes on, and includes a demand for about $2,000 to be sent to a Bitcoin Read more…
Years ago, I managed a campaign for a state house candidate. We’ve stayed in touch, and I was talking with him recently about my first password manager post. When I finished my harrangue about how too many people don’t use a password manager and, based on a 2024 study, only Read more…
