4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (596+ words) Twenty-five years ago, I sat near the front of the room while then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs rolled out Apple’s digital hub strategy, a vision in which the Mac would become the central manager of all manner of portable digital devices....

5+ day, 5+ min ago   (617+ words) A slew of recent studies indicate that AI isn’t dramatically displacing workers. At the same time, there were no indicators that the fast-moving technology is creating a lot of jobs, even as AI skills remain in high demand. Stanford University…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (691+ words) By now, you probably know my stance on Gemini and other generative AI gobbledegook — right? In short: It’s an insanely powerful form of technology (obviously). But it’s also wildly inaccurate and ineffective as an all-purpose answer engine, and by cramming…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (731+ words) Back in April 2025, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) proudly proclaimed that it had prevailed in a landmark antitrust case against Google’s ad business. Yeah. Right. You see, just last week, US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema rejected the DoJ’s…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (912+ words) When it comes to productivity these days, we’re got two competing concepts to consider: That’s particularly true in the domain of the desktop browser, where so many of us do so much of our work in 2026. The browser in many…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (873+ words) Have you heard the buzz? Good vibrations are officially here on Android — at least, on Google’s latest homemade Pixel gizmos. The vibration options vary not only in their patterns — with presets such as “Buzz,” “Heartbeat,” “Bumps,” and “Swirl” — but also…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (503+ words) After a week of using Google’s new Pixel 11 phones, two seemingly at-odds realities are crystal clear in my mind: Interestingly enough, these two realities manage to exist harmoniously — because they’re both very much accurate and very much true. The real…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (653+ words) Starting at $1,299 with 256GB of storage, the Pixel 11 Pro XL features a 6.8-in. Super Actua LTPO OLED display, Google’s new Tensor G6 processor, a 5115mAh battery and an updated triple-camera system. Google also pledges seven years of operating system, Android security and Pixel…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (139+ words) Computerworld Google has paid $10 million in a bankruptcy auction for a large amount of data from the defunct Spirit Airlines, Bloomberg Law reports The purchase includes 100 million emails, 500 million messages, data from Microsoft Teams, as well as information on revenue,…...

1+ mon, 36+ min ago   (172+ words) Today, embedded systems are so common that you’d have a hard time looking in any direction without seeing a device which contains one – if you know where to look. Lately, a movement toward embedded as a platform is creating new…...