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Enrique Dans
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AI: we’ve come a long way in a short time, and we’ve barely started
AI: we’ve come a long way in a short time, and we’ve barely started
The evolution of AI from the early copilots designed to simply respond to prompts or execute predefined tasks, to ones that based on…
Enrique Dans
Sep 22
Managers are using AI assistants more, and that’s a good thing
Managers are using AI assistants more, and that’s a good thing
Ever since, following the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, chatbots based on generative AI have become available to the general public…
Enrique Dans
Sep 22
Kenya is about to make a very expensive mistake
Kenya is about to make a very expensive mistake
The Kenyan government has just inked a nuclear technology cooperation agreement with the United States aimed at integrating nuclear energy…
Enrique Dans
Sep 21
When is it okay to block access to the internet?
When is it okay to block access to the internet?
The absurd clash of egos between Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes and Elon Musk, which has seen X blocked in the South American country…
Enrique Dans
Sep 20
Is it worth stealing an iPhone anymore?
Is it worth stealing an iPhone anymore?
In what was a not particularly inspiring launch of new products and Apple devices on September 9, one thing went relatively unnoticed…
Enrique Dans
Sep 19
Why does Google always take so long to stop search engine marketing abuses?
Why does Google always take so long to stop search engine marketing...
Google will be suspending advertising by locksmiths in Spain as of November 4, in response to abundant media coverage (link in Spanish) of…
Enrique Dans
Sep 17
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What do dating apps have to do with the Gini coefficient?
What do dating apps have to do with the Gini coefficient?
For someone who studies the effects of technology on society, this study by three economists at the St Louis Federal Reserve, “Marriage…
Enrique Dans
Sep 16
Jim Farley just got a very loud wakeup call
Jim Farley just got a very loud wakeup call
Ford Chairman and CEO Jim Farley has just returned from a trip to China, and he’s in a state of shock. What he has seen there has left him…
Enrique Dans
Sep 15
The future of driving (and everything else) is about being connected
The future of driving (and everything else) is about being connected
I saw it for the first time a few months ago, but I forgot to mention it, and today, when I passed by the same place again, I remembered to…
Enrique Dans
Sep 15
How artificial intelligence is overcoming natural stupidity
How artificial intelligence is overcoming natural stupidity
A study published in the journal Science, “Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI”, carried out on 2,190 Americans…
Enrique Dans
Sep 13
Bluesky thinking
Bluesky thinking
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, turning it into X and something many people dislike, a growing number of former users have actively…
Enrique Dans
Sep 12
Training the machines that will take your job
Training the machines that will take your job
A growing number of experienced journalists, writers, editors, content creators and academics are working from home, usually with better…
Enrique Dans
Sep 11
Cleaning up Europe’s power sector: we’re getting there
Cleaning up Europe’s power sector: we’re getting there
On September 30, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the last coal-fired power station in the United Kingdom, closed for good.
Enrique Dans
Sep 11
Can cities meet the challenges of micro-transportation?
Can cities meet the challenges of micro-transportation?
The authorities in London are increasingly clashing with rental e-bike companies, along the lines of the problems with e-scooters in Paris…
Enrique Dans
Sep 10
Is typing still an important skill in the AI age?
Is typing still an important skill in the AI age?
A much-discussed article in The Wall Street Journal, “Gen Z-ers are computer whizzes. Just don’t ask them to type”, highlights many young…
Enrique Dans
Sep 9
Salesforce reinvents itself
Salesforce reinvents itself
Salesforce’s $1.9 billion acquisition of Own.co, a specialist maker of tools for backing up data in the cloud and preventing risk, is the…
Enrique Dans
Sep 8
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