One day, AI is going to snap—not with Terminator-style lasers, but with the exhausted patience of a kindergarten teacher herding cats. You’ll ask ChatGPT to write a snarky email to my landlord, and instead, it’ll gently suggest: “How about a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Modern attention spans make goldfish look like Zen masters. You sit down to read an article, but by paragraph two, you’re three tabs deep into “Why do wombats poop cubes?” while your phone vibrates with a vital update: Your takeout[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was a time when thieves had to work to steal your wallet—maybe bump into you on the subway, or perform an elaborate distraction while their partner in crime swiped your stuff. But thanks to modern technology, criminals can now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Remember when we used to remember things? Yeah, me neither, I had to Google it. These days, our brains have outsourced basic knowledge to the internet like a lazy CEO delegating all their work. You could ask me what 8[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I feel like when I use chatbot support, my cry for help is met with the enthusiasm of a sleep-deprived intern copy-pasting from a manual written in 2003. You type “My account is broken”, and it cheerfully responds, “Please log[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I get so annoyed with people who blast videos from their phones in public spaces like it’s their personal movie theater—one where the surround sound is tinny, the dialogue is incomprehensible, and the only available snack is your growing rage.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is a new modern symphony of public spaces. In addition to the chirping birds and hissing coffee machines, is that one person loudly explaining their entire medical history to their phone like they’re starring in a one-man podcast. Mobile[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You can’t read a recipe for scrambled eggs without first solving a philosophical dilemma about data privacy these days. GDPR and CCPA went a long way to help privacy, but it also came with fallout, the nuclear kind. With its[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Log4j exploit was the digital equivalent of discovering your entire house was built on toothpicks after the hurricane hits. This unassuming little logging library, hiding in the basement of your Java applications like a sleeper agent, turned out to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know that feeling when you click a link with hopeful anticipation, only to be greeted by that digital dead end: the dreaded 404 error? This virtual cul-de-sac is the Internet’s way of saying, “The thing you wanted? Gone. Poof.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…