Enrique Dans
On the effects of technology on people, companies and society
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Could TikTok be about to go down the tubes in the United States this week?
Could TikTok be about to go down the tubes in the United States this week?
We enter a week that will see some key decisions made about TikTok; as things stand, it doesn’t look good for the Chinese-owned social…
Using ChatGPT to fire guns: what could possibly go wrong?
Using ChatGPT to fire guns: what could possibly go wrong?
Albert Einstein is credited with (rightly or wrongly) noting that “two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not…
Zuckerberg has bent the knee to Trump: be afraid, be very afraid
Zuckerberg has bent the knee to Trump: be afraid, be very afraid
Mark Zuckerberg’s recent decision at the behest of Brendan Carr, Donald Trump’s choice to lead the FCC, to replace fact-checking on his…
Quantum computing: it’s a crying shame, but for the moment, it’s pie in the sky
Quantum computing: it’s a crying shame, but for the moment, it’s pie in the sky
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s prediction at CES that quantum computing is perhaps two decades away has spread panic in the markets, driving…
We’ve tried banning technology in education before, let’s not make the same mistake with AI
We’ve tried banning technology in education before, let’s not make the same mistake with AI
After several years during which more and more schools and colleges have moved to ban smartphones, backed by government policy and against…
How Nvidia’s Project Digits is about to democratize AI
How Nvidia’s Project Digits is about to democratize AI
Nvidia has announced at CES that it has created a desktop AI supercomputer called Project Digits. The ground-breaking machine is powered by…
Sometimes, new technology can feel like going round in circles
Sometimes, new technology can feel like going round in circles
Last month, a passenger in a Phoenix Waymo self-driving taxi found himself trapped in the vehicle after it arrived at the city’s airport…
What Tesla’s drop in sales tells us about the growing popularity of EVs
What Tesla’s drop in sales tells us about the growing popularity of EVs
The news that Tesla’s year-on-year drop in sales, the first time this has happened to the EV pioneer, has been wrongly interpreted by many…