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Sneaky Sidewalk
Don’t worry. Amazon has opted you in. It’s up to you to opt out.
On June 9, Amazon quietly activated technology embedded, as far back as">...
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Ransomware
Ransomware
We are not under threat of war. We are in a war already. It’s a different kind of war, fought with ones and zeros, not guns. It is a cyberspace inva">...
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Amazon Oligarchy
Amazon Oligarchy
Convenience is the temptress of Big Tech.
Amazon can get you anything you want to buy and deliver it the next day. By providing such convenience, ">...
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High-Tech Firefighting
High-Tech Firefighting
Fire spotting and firefighting have gone high tech in keeping with the cyber-times we live in. Given our latest episode with Santa Monica Mountain wil">...
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Human Barcode
Human Barcode
“IBM and the Holocaust” by Edwin Black is a stunning, shattering warning to the modern world of the dangers involved in data collection and a bitt">...
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EMR—Electronic Medical Records
EMR—Electronic Medical Records
Remember when the wall behind the doctor’s office receptionist was lined with paper charts? Yours was filed there with everyone else’s medical rec">...
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A Distributed Web
A Distributed Web
By Paula LaBrot
There is so much craziness going on in the oligarchic tech world right now…so many politically entwined, power hungry, greedy scary, dark behaviors ">...
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The Dragon Flies
The Dragon Flies
All Things Connected
I have had a love affair with the Columbia Space Shuttle and the whole NASA space program, but I was beyond pissed tod">...
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Contract for the Web
Contract for the Web
I have been thinking about the internet a lot lately.
The early inventors and users had such high ideals about its use. Tim Berners-Lee, Sir Tim Ber">...
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Man, Machine and Musk
Man, Machine and Musk
If you think implants are just about teeth, ask Elon Musk about curing neurological disorders from memory and hearing loss to paralysis and">...
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Media Literacy and Civility
Media Literacy and Civility
On September 11, 2001, I woke up. I groped for the remote to ignite the television. I saw a plane crash into a building and heard lots of screaming. I">...
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Sniffing Dogs and Covid
Sniffing Dogs and Covid
I love dogs, so, it is a great pleasure to bring this information to you, dear readers.
Roger Caras, American wildlife photographer, wildlife pres">...
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