September 15, 2025 On the Ethics of AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the Big Tech buzzword of the day. Every company who wants investment (public or private) is scrambling to have an…
August 11, 2025 Hacker Summer Camp 2025 It’s early August, which means it’s time for BSides Las Vegas and DEF CON, part of the trio of conferences that make up “hacker…
August 4, 2025 Tariffs vs IP Law Cory Doctorow has garnered a lot of needed attention to the decline of modern online platforms, including Google Search, Facebook and Twitter. Much of…
June 16, 2025 Rogue AI? Artificial Intelligence is taking over. But I don’t mean that in a Skynet kinda way. It’s simply becoming ubiquitous because companies are insisting on…
April 7, 2025 Differential Privacy When we collect a lot of personal data, say via the US Census, the goal is to glean important aggregate information and statistics, while…
January 27, 2025 Treat Plugins Like Apps Software plugins allow you to add functionality to existing applications. Web browsers commonly use these extensions to add functionality like shopping helpers, password managers,…
October 21, 2024 Understanding AI Chatbots Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the buzzword of the day. There are many types of AI, but one particular flavor is getting a lot of…
September 23, 2024 Malware Reboot Remedy We often think of malware as a problem for our computers and perhaps our smartphones. But bad guys love to hack our home routers…
June 3, 2024 Migrate to Mastodon Most major social media platforms are a hot mess. Your feed is filled with tons of crap you never asked to see and your…
May 6, 2024 Please Quit Chrome Google’s Chrome browser has dominated the planet – both on desktop computers and mobile devices. Furthermore, many other popular web browsers are actually based…
