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Enrique Dans
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Why robot butchers increasingly have the cutting edge
Why robot butchers increasingly have the cutting edge
Algorithms are increasingly being used in industrial robotics, especially in sectors with high variability and where precision is…
Enrique Dans
May 3
It’s Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg!
It’s Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg!
US academic and activist Ethan Zuckerman has put Meta in a tricky situation by bringing legal action against the company for not allowing…
Enrique Dans
May 3
It’s time to face up to the ugly reality of plastic
It’s time to face up to the ugly reality of plastic
Finally, some countries are considering forcing a reduction in global plastic production, aiming to cut it by 40% within 15 years, based on…
Enrique Dans
May 2
The virtues of asynchronous work
The virtues of asynchronous work
Daniel Jiménez of Spanish-language site Haz Magazine emailed me some questions a few days ago for an article on asynchronous work (pdf).
Enrique Dans
Apr 30
AI and musical chairs
AI and musical chairs
The Financial Times has announced the signing of a strategic content licensing agreement with OpenAI to train its generative artificial…
Enrique Dans
Apr 29
Was Germany right to close its nuclear power plants?
Was Germany right to close its nuclear power plants?
A very interesting article in The Conversation, “Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal — and why it won’t go back”, explains the…
Enrique Dans
Apr 29
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Shein joins the gatekeepers, but can it play by the rules?
Shein joins the gatekeepers, but can it play by the rules?
The Chinese fashion platform Shein has just published data on its activities in the European Union, and one thing, unsurprisingly, has…
Enrique Dans
Apr 28
Things aren’t looking good for Apple’s Vision Pro
Things aren’t looking good for Apple’s Vision Pro
Media reports suggest that sales of Apple’s Vision Pro augmented reality device have slowed to the point that demand for pre-purchase…
Enrique Dans
Apr 26
The age of unlimited energy
The age of unlimited energy
How quickly we’ve gone from headlines about skyrocketing electricity prices to headlines about negative prices, even if they’re not for…
Enrique Dans
Apr 25
Is TikTok being scapegoated?
Is TikTok being scapegoated?
President Biden has signed into law measures to force ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, to divest its stake within a year or face a…
Enrique Dans
Apr 25
If EV sales are supposed to be going down, why are they still going up?
If EV sales are supposed to be going down, why are they still going up?
Why are we still being bombarded with false information about EVs? In recent weeks, the media has been awash with stories along the lines…
Enrique Dans
Apr 23
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story
A few weeks ago, some readers may have noticed how a few irresponsible “journalists” applied the golden rule of never allowing the facts to…
Enrique Dans
Apr 23
The unsurprising answer to the question the automotive industry has been avoiding
The unsurprising answer to the question the automotive industry has been avoiding
A very good article in The New York Times, “What happened when a German car factory went all electric”, is about a Volkswagen plant in…
Enrique Dans
Apr 22
Is there an AI bubble?
Is there an AI bubble?
The answer to that question is a simple yes. Of course there’s an AI bubble; there always is when a game-changing technology is adopted so…
Enrique Dans
Apr 21
The United States’ actions delay global decarbonization
The United States’ actions delay global decarbonization
Rumors have been circulating for some months now that Mexico could be the ideal location for rapidly growing Chinese EV makers to set up…
Enrique Dans
Apr 20
For the moment, AI is helping developers, not replacing them
For the moment, AI is helping developers, not replacing them
GitHub Copilot, a code generation and autocomplete wizard developed by Microsoft and OpenAI in 2021, has been widely adopted by the…
Enrique Dans
Apr 19
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