Coverage of technology developments, tools, and trends relevant to writers and professionals. Examines how technology shapes work, communication, and daily life, with perspective from 20 years in IT leadership.
ObservancesOn January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff and killed all seven aboard. The night before, Thiokol engineers warned the cold could break the booster seals. Allan McDonald refused to sign the launch recommendation.
Artificial IntelligenceReddit is making most of the site logged-in only after Google's AI answers cut its search traffic. A paid login might be worth it. A free one isn't.
BusinessVictoria Chemko of Umami Journeys helps leaders get clear before they adopt AI. She and Richard Lowe talk about digital transformation, AI as an echo chamber and how two introverts built lives that suit them.
Artificial IntelligenceApollo's chief economist says AI has delivered zero payoff outside the tech giants. His charts are real, but margins measure who keeps the gains, and electricity took forty years to show in the numbers.
BusinessWilliam Bessette of The Brilliam Group and Homeward Wise on why companies should understand their processes before implementing AI, treating AI as a digital employee, building foster care software from his own past, and why this AI shift reaches all…
Artificial IntelligenceBig tech plans about $725 billion in AI spending this year. The PHP Foundation took in about $730,000 last year. AI now finds PHP's flaws faster than its small team can fix them, and the AI companies should pay to…
CybersecurityA PHP flaw first reported in 2004 sat unexploited because the work was tedious. AI found a way in two days. What PHP2Shell means for WordPress author websites, and what to check this week.
ObservancesOn September 26, 1983, a Soviet early-warning system reported five American nuclear missiles. Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov called it a malfunction, and he was right. Petrov Day marks the night one officer refused to believe the machine.
Artificial IntelligenceMo Gawdat says a 12-to-15-year AI dystopia starts in 2027. His dates are a long-range guess. His list of harms, from deepfakes to surveillance, is already here, and his fix is the right one.
Artificial IntelligenceChina-linked networks have been caught posing as Americans to push anti-data-center messages. OpenAI and X both found them, and both found they got little traction, because most Americans already oppose data centers nearby.
CybersecurityIranian drones struck Amazon data centers in the UAE and Bahrain in 2026, and AWS now says the Bahrain region can't be recovered. Why defense analysts call data centers key terrain, why cloud redundancy didn't save everyone, and how a…
Artificial IntelligenceA Goodfire researcher argues neural networks are far easier to read than anyone thought. After twenty years running computer operations, here's why I believe him, and why readable has never meant safe.
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