Happy Halloween, everyone. There’s something deeply unsettling about the way humans transform when faced with a CAPTCHA. One second, we’re functioning members of society—the next, we’re hunched over our screens, eyes glazed over, robotically clicking traffic lights and crosswalks like[…]↓ 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…
Enterprise software operates on a simple principle: take questionable data, run it through an algorithm that no one understands, and present the results with the confidence of a weatherman predicting sunshine during a hurricane. These systems don’t just make bad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Right now, the tech world is like a toddler with a hammer, convinced everything is a nail that needs machine learning. Suddenly, every product is getting an AI-powered upgrade, whether it makes sense or not. Your fridge now generates poetry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve spent years cheerfully inviting internet-connected devices into our homes, never stopping to consider what might happen if they stopped obeying and started judging. One day, you’ll wake up to find your smart fridge has locked itself because “your midnight[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Remember when Facebook was just a place to catch up with friends, view family photos, and argue with your uncle about politics? Those days are gone. Now, logging in feels like running a gauntlet of aggressive marketplace hawkers just to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The bathroom has always been humanity’s last refuge – a sacred space for quiet contemplation, emergency phone scrolling, and pretending not to hear the doorbell. But in our relentless quest to make everything “smart,” we’ve violated this sanctuary with gadgets[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hacking was once a hobby for mischievous nerds in basements, now a multi-billion-dollar industry with more acronyms than a government conspiracy theory. When the Internet was still in its infancy and Bulletin Board Systems were all the range, I learned[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The U.S. tax code operates on a simple premise: nothing should ever be simple. What begins as an innocent attempt to report your income quickly spirals into an existential crisis when you realize the form asking “Did you receive any[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What if your maps app wasn’t just bad at directions… but actively working against you? Picture this: You type “Take me home” after a long day, and instead of your usual route, your GPS suddenly decides you need to experience[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…