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Enrique Dans
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The great post-pandemic middle-manager cull
The great post-pandemic middle-manager cull
I predicted it in the midst of the pandemic, in June 2021, and now it’s coming to pass: the realization that videoconferencing was the key…
Enrique Dans
Dec 4
Why flow batteries are going to change our energy matrix
Why flow batteries are going to change our energy matrix
An interesting article in The Washington Post, “These batteries could harness the wind and sun to replace coal and gas” explains the…
Enrique Dans
Dec 2
The Libra project: sometimes our politicians do act in our best interests
The Libra project: sometimes our politicians do act in our best int...
David Marcus, the man behind Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, which he attempted to launch in 2020, has decided to reveal all, posting a…
Enrique Dans
Dec 2
It’s a no brainer: banks that use generative AI will have the edge
It’s a no brainer: banks that use generative AI will have the edge
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal discusses the impact of leading Spanish bank BBVA’s purchase in May of 3,000 ChatGPT licenses…
Enrique Dans
Dec 1
A Sora tale
A Sora tale
On Tuesday, a group of artists who were participating in the closed beta of Sora, the video generation algorithm created by OpenAI…
Enrique Dans
Nov 30
Cryptocurrency tumblers are legal again… for the moment
Cryptocurrency tumblers are legal again… for the moment
A U.S. federal Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the government’s sanctions against Tornado Cash, a company that anonymizes…
Enrique Dans
Nov 29
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AI is changing faster than most people realize
AI is changing faster than most people realize
Perhaps it’s still too soon to be able to explain in a reasonably accessible way the transition underway in AI; it may be a new area for…
Enrique Dans
Nov 28
How is AI impacting the world of software development?
How is AI impacting the world of software development?
GitHub, the largest open-source repository, owned by Microsoft since June 2018, has recently published several studies on the use of its AI…
Enrique Dans
Nov 27
Bluesky: no clouds on the horizon, for the moment
Bluesky: no clouds on the horizon, for the moment
As more and more X users abandon what they see as a toxic social network in the wake of Elon Musk’s role in Donald Trump’s victory, Bluesky…
Enrique Dans
Nov 26
Banning smartphones in schools only perpetuates the spread of disinformation
Banning smartphones in schools only perpetuates the spread of disinformation
The Sunday edition of leading Spanish daily El País focuses on disinformation, carrying a series of reports, opinion pieces and interviews…
Enrique Dans
Nov 25
Is Amazon any different to the supermarket chains that sell their own brand products?
Is Amazon any different to the supermarket chains that sell their own brand products?
Reuters reports that the EU is investigate Amazon next year for favoring its own brand products on its online marketplace, which as anybody…
Enrique Dans
Nov 24
Have you taken care of your digital inheritance?
Have you taken care of your digital inheritance?
Japan’s National Center for Consumer Affairs (NCAC) has just published a set of suggestions for what it calls “digital end-of-life…
Enrique Dans
Nov 23
What rhymes with algorithm?
What rhymes with algorithm?
The results of an experiment published in the journal Nature seemingly shows that poetry generated using AI without any human participation…
Enrique Dans
Nov 22
What lies in store for Big Tech under Donald Trump?
What lies in store for Big Tech under Donald Trump?
Donald Trump’s ongoing appointments to key positions (an anti-vaxxer overseeing Health, a man facing criminal charges as Attorney General…
Enrique Dans
Nov 20
Does it make sense to criticize Coca-Cola for using AI in its Christmas ad?
Does it make sense to criticize Coca-Cola for using AI in its Christmas ad?
Coca-Cola has decided to pay homage to a classic Christmas ad from 1995, which itself harked back to an earlier era, “Holidays are coming”…
Enrique Dans
Nov 20
Now you know: don’t test Gemini’s patience
Now you know: don’t test Gemini’s patience
The accompanying tongue lashing comes at the end of lengthy back and forth between Google’s generative assistant, Gemini, and a university…
Enrique Dans
Nov 19
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