Social Health The author of "Frankenstein" wrote an honest book about the end of the world. Jessica Wildfire Sep 27, 2023 Grandfailure September 27 2023 12:24 PM 4 min read Share Email You probably kn

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Future CEOs and other denizens of the C-suite may look back on Nov. 30, 2022, with decidedly mixed emotions. That day, the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, reversed years of research findings about which w

Midjourney 5.2 I've been talking to my buddy Joel Parish about AI since, well, forever (2014?), and dinner last week was more of the same. This time we were riffing about the impact of AI on the econo

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One of the biggest questions right now is, does using copyrighted work to train machine learning models constitute fair use? I think, by the definition set under common law, it does. But it shouldn’t. Let me explain. The implication of fair use under the existing model The concept of fair use…

When I think about Security Obstructionism, a term I love coined by Kelly Shortridge, I picture a set of tools and strategies in the security world that, ironically, seem more focused on slowing things down than actually bolstering security. It’s like when organizations become that notorious…

Obstruction is “a thing that impedes or prevents passage or progress; an obstacle or blockage.” Under this definition, I would include sabotage – deliberate obstruction or damage – as well as passivity, or what I like to term “aggressive passivity” – deliberate non-interference to actuate an…

When Rowan Rosenthal heard about Grindr’s return-to-office mandate during a virtual town hall meeting in August, anxiety, confusion and anger set in. The principal product designer lived within a 25-minute bike ride from the company’s Brooklyn office but instead was required to report to one in Los…

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Linux is subversive. Who would have thought even five years ago (1991) that a world-class operating system could coalesce as if by magic out of part-time hacking by several thousand developers scatter

We've erased death, and now it's killing us. There's thousands of articles out there on morning routines. They'll tell you when to wake up and what yoga poses to do. How many articles out there talk a

That’s been the party line for the past three and a half years among CEOs who are insistent that remote work has no staying power—or that it shouldn’t, at least, among anyone with ambitions of climbing the corporate ladder. Just ask Twitter’s Elon Musk (who has said remote workers are just…

In May, Sputnik International, a state-owned Russian media outlet, posted a series of tweets lambasting US foreign policy and attacking the Biden administration. Each prompted a curt but well-crafted

"Is Rust a great fit for this project?" I get this question quite frequently so I think it's time to write down my thoughts if it can avoid you some painful and costly mistakes. Short answer: no. Comi

Welcome to the Pandemic Roundup : an inclusive, curated selection of new information and fresh perspectives on Covid-19 published every Thursday. Top stories : – US CDC approves new boosters for all;

Photo by Zac Edmonds on Unsplash On the app formerly known as Twitter, I’m known for occasionally going on rants about how it’s good to be normal and average and middle-class . To some degree this is

September 11 2023 9:27 PM 4 min read Share Email If you've ever seen the movie Soylent Green, you know it's not about cannibalism. It's about the banality of social collapse. It's not quick. It's a sl

One in 5 Doctors With Long COVID Can No Longer Work: Survey Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape.If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next

Enlarge / The winning entry, Théåtre D'opéra Spatial , from the Colorado State Fair in August 2022. Jason Allen On Tuesday, the US Copyright Office Review Board rejected copyright protection for an AI

Health-care workers at a hospital on Vancouver Island are sounding the alarm about the fast spread of COVID-19 at the facility in the last few weeks, after public health officials said they would not

Summary Background Case reports suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection could lead to immune dysregulation and trigger autoimmunity while COVID-19 vaccination is effective against severe COVID-19 outcomes.

Something happened to business software. You used to pay for it once, install it, and run it. Whether on someone’s computer, or a server for everyone, it felt like you owned it. And you did. Today, mo

A long time ago, I had this friend. She moved. One day, I went to see her. She drove me around. There was a problem. It would eventually end our friendship. When she drove, she didn't hold the steerin

Biden and his supporters have been bragging about the state of the economy while touting what they call "Bidenomics." His conservative critics are finally admitting what we've tried to say for years:

Unknown to science four years ago, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 has surely generated more research studies than any virus before it. Many of them have to do with the “sequelae” of infecti

Last October, Colin Kahl, then the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, sat in a hotel in Paris and prepared to make a call to avert disaster in Ukraine. A staffer handed him an iPho

Jessica Wildfire Aug 31, 2023 181ef August 31 2023 7:28 PM 3 min read Share Email Anthony Fauci recently went on the BBC to talk about the new surge of Covid cases. He said something remarkable: "The

I've been thinking about all the things that used to be normal. It used to be normal to own someone. It used to be normal to work them to death. It used to be normal for a man to beat his wife and for

In a companywide email sent earlier this year, the tech company’s CEO Satya Nadella warned staff of salary freezes and cuts to the bonus budget. Loren Elliott—Getty Images

Background info Recently I started using a Sophos VM Firewall at home for my own traffic. I know Palo Alto Networks Firewalls on a deeper technical level, but I wanted to experience what other vendors

The AI hype is collapsing faster than the bouncy house after a kid’s birthday . Nothing has turned out the way it was supposed to. For a start, take a look at Microsoft—which made the biggest bet on A

Watch 26 August 2023 Getty Images Some trains were brought to a standstill for a few hours Polish intelligence services are investigating a hacking attack on the country's railways, Polish media say.

Social Health "You Do You," The War on Compassion Jessica Wildfire Aug 21, 2023 Shotprime August 21 2023 9:46 PM 5 min read Share Email Humans don't like feeling empathy. It hurts. Psychologists at Pr

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