I’ve been playing with artificial intelligence (AI) since Lisp was the state-of-the-art (that is to say, a while). Lately, like everyone else, I’ve been looking at AI a lot more closely. While it’s nifty, I’m not that impressed — but … Continue reading →

Many people were surprised to hear recently that ICQ — the once-popular instant messaging (IM) client — will shut down on June 26. I suspect more people were surprised to hear that ICQ (supposedly short for “I Seek You”) was … Continue reading →

Opinion Oracle is dropping Terraform for OpenTofu, and IBM’s CEO is talking up open source. What does all this mean for both programs? Here’s what I see happening. The Terraform tale has been… interesting. And, with Oracle quietly dumping Terraform…Read … Continue reading →

Contrary to what you might think, the first PC wasn’t the IBM PC, nor was it the Altair 8800, nor, for those of you of a legal turn of mind, 1971’s Kenbak-1. No, you could argue it was C. Gordon … Continue reading →

A few years ago, I saw streaming services already following in cable TV’s footprints with higher rates and similar packages. Now, old-school cable company Comcast is rolling out Xfinity StreamSaver, a package of Netflix Standard with ads, Peacock…Read More

It’s an odd time in the technology job market these days. On the one hand, the overall job market is doing great — an unemployment rate of 3.9%. On the other hand, big tech companies are still cutting people. Regardless, … Continue reading →