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Enrique Dans
On the effects of technology on people, companies and society
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Google searches for a solution to keep it in the game
Google searches for a solution to keep it in the game
Threatened with losing its two-decade domination of the search market to generative chatbots, Google is working hard to create new…
Enrique Dans
Mar 29
European Union: a leader in regulation?
European Union: a leader in regulation?
I have to confess I am fascinated by the EU’s seeming determination to lead global tech regulation, and whether this is a good thing.
Enrique Dans
Mar 28
Pump up the heat!
Pump up the heat!
Heat pumps are enjoying a surge in popularity in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, where they are playing a key role in…
Enrique Dans
Mar 27
When judges decide that reverse is the way forward
When judges decide that reverse is the way forward
Enrique Dans
Mar 26
No in-house AI, no comment
No in-house AI, no comment
The Financial Times has launched a generative algorithm chatbot, Ask FT, based on Anthropic’s Claude and trained with several decades of…
Enrique Dans
Mar 25
Why blocking Telegram in Spain is both disproportionate and futile
Why blocking Telegram in Spain is both disproportionate and futile
Media reports from Spain and also Reuters say that Santiago Pedraz, a judge at the country’s High Court, has ordered the temporary…
Enrique Dans
Mar 24
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It’s not about the money, it’s a matter of principles!
It’s not about the money, it’s a matter of principles!
Writing in late February, I anticipated the problems Meta would face after proposing users in Europe pay €12. 99 a month to prevent their…
Enrique Dans
Mar 23
It’s good to know that the data backs up my decision to decarbonize my life
It’s good to know that the data backs up my decision to decarbonize my life
A couple of days ago I was contacted by Holaluz, a company I have no relation with but have read good things about, to discuss the…
Enrique Dans
Mar 22
Banning TikTok: a simple solution, and the wrong one
Banning TikTok: a simple solution, and the wrong one
The ongoing dilemma with TikTok in the United States illustrates what happens when a government believes that the problem is a social…
Enrique Dans
Mar 21
Why the future belongs to Nvidia
Why the future belongs to Nvidia
Nvidia held a media event (here, on YouTube in its full two-hour version or just the highlights) on Monday. The company is fast becoming a…
Enrique Dans
Mar 20
Serious questions emerge about Apple’s ability to deliver AI on its iPhones
Serious questions emerge about Apple’s ability to deliver AI on its iPhones
Bloomberg reports that Apple is in talks to use Google Gemini to power iPhone AI features.
Enrique Dans
Mar 19
Would you like a side-order of Ozempic with that double cheeseburger?
Would you like a side-order of Ozempic with that double cheeseburger?
A few years ago, when the media began reporting on new anti-obesity treatments based mainly on the discoveries of Denmark’s Novo Nordisk…
Enrique Dans
Mar 18
Why insurers have found themselves in the perfect storm
Why insurers have found themselves in the perfect storm
Insurance is an activity dating back to ancient times, originating in Rhodes around 800 BCE, when people sought to protect themselves from…
Enrique Dans
Mar 17
When the chips are down…
When the chips are down…
The Chinese government has just told the country’s biggest carmakers, such as BYD, Geely and SAIC to source their chips from local…
Enrique Dans
Mar 16
Newspapers are realizing that they’re sitting on a goldmine
Newspapers are realizing that they’re sitting on a goldmine
OpenAI has just announced an agreement with the publishers of El País and Le Monde to use their content to train the Spanish and French…
Enrique Dans
Mar 15
Orwell was right
Orwell was right
Washington’s ever-tougher trade sanctions against China, mainly restricting the export of chip technology, is straining relations between…
Enrique Dans
Mar 14
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