Though there is never a time not to be patriotic, there are seasons when it is more in the public eye. In May, we celebrate Memorial Day, which, contrary to the opinions of most advertisers, was not founded for the purpose of…
A few years ago, when the media was reeling from reports of a now discredited dossier that included the “Pee-Pee Tape” from Moscow, the technical world was also becoming alarmed about deepfakes, manufactured pictures and videos that were so realistic…
Every now and then, the good guys win. That must be how it felt when members of the Hive Ransomware criminal gang clicked on their dark website and got the following message: “This hidden site has been seized. The Federal…
There’s been a lot of buzz about the new ChatGPT app, an AI tool that can write and debug computer programs, compose music, stories, and student essays; answer test questions (sometimes at a level above the average human); write poetry and…
We are now well into January, the first month of the year. The toy that your kid couldn’t live without is now lying discarded in the back yard. Holiday leftovers are a thing of the past. And by now, even…
One of the big reasons for supply chain failure is, of course, the scarcity of goods, but a recent look at supply chain-oriented job postings reveals another difficulty: the types of jobs being posted are still extremely manual at a…
Climate-change deniers often say that the climate has changed before, and they’re right. But maybe you ought to look at a graphic depiction of just what that climate change involves. The webcomic xkcd may look like the scrawls of a first-grader with…