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Are We Programming Ourselves Out of Existence? Aug. 29, 2025
Imagine this: As you lie comfortably in a padded chair, your cerebral cortex remotely controls a rob... Read More
Can AI Remind Us That Connection Is What We're Searching For? Jul. 18, 2025
Lately, when I tell people that I am a writer, the conversation inevitably turns to artificial intel... Read More
Home Wi-Fi Snoops and Solar Kill Switches: China's Digital Backdoor War Escalates May. 21, 2025
On May 14, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick received a letter written by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.... Read More
An AI Bot Won't Take Your Job. Will It? Feb. 19, 2025
Corporate powers are telling us not to worry our little heads about the humanoid robotics they're in... Read More
It's Time to End the EV Racket Feb. 14, 2025
Because of their modern designs, we might be led to believe that electric cars are technological mar... Read More
Disappearing Messages Don't Work -- and They're Great Jan. 06, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Fifteen years ago it was unfathomable — and a bad idea — to imagine that your digital me... Read More
Attempts at a Technological Solution To Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than Good Dec. 30, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
There is widespread concern today about the use of generative AI and deepfakes to create fake videos... Read More
Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events -- and Beyond Dec. 23, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Sports stadiums around the country have begun using face recognition to identify ticket holders, thr... Read More
Milley and Schmidt Consider Wars of the Future Aug. 07, 2024
The think piece has this compelling title: "America Isn't Ready for the Wars of the Future." Foreign... Read More
The Long History of Discrimination in Job Hiring Assessments Jun. 03, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Applying for jobs can be a difficult and frustrating experience: You're putting forward your qualifi... Read More
Educators Must Embrace AI as a Supplemental Learning Tool May. 17, 2024
When the 2024 spring semester ended earlier this month, I found myself thinking more about how techn... Read More
Laughter and Connection in the Digital Age Apr. 29, 2024
Dear Annie: The recent letter about giving children experiences instead of things really struck a ch... Read More
Young Americans Struggle to Find True Joy in Today's Digital World Apr. 19, 2024
The 2024 World Happiness Report, which is a collaboration with Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research... Read More
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them To Be Independently Evaluated Mar. 25, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
American communities are being confronted by a lot of new police technology these days, a lot of whi... Read More
Information Drives Home Sales Progress Feb. 27, 2024
Dear Monty: As a former real estate agent, you don't have any idea what you're talking about. Yep, t... Read More
Delete, Please Feb. 26, 2024
I have a love-hate relationship with the delete button on my computer keyboard, but not so much on m... Read More
Technology: Not All It's Advertised To Be Feb. 17, 2024
I am reminded, on occasion, of my advancing age. It's never pleasant, the flash of awareness that co... Read More
The Apple Vision Pro Future Feb. 07, 2024
This week, I tried out the Apple Vision Pro. That's the device you've been seeing on the news: the b... Read More
Delicate White Wines Feb. 06, 2024
Just 40 years ago, wine was a kind of hit-or-miss beverage. But times change, and today almost every... Read More
Time for a Step-back Look at New Technology Jan. 26, 2024
Time moves on and things change — as we know, not always for the better. Examining our relatio... Read More
