Practical Technology

I’m a writer. That means many of my fellow writer buddies are worried sick about losing their jobs. Indeed, no one will say, “We laid people off because we could replace them with ChatGPT for $20 a month.” But that’s actually already happening. I’m…Read More

Congress has never been the quickest off the mark when it comes to making laws dealing with technology. Now, even as AI takes over creative writing and art, Congress continues to sit idle. As legislators endeavor to comprehend generative AI programs…Read More

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in Santa Clara, CA, billed itself as “the financial partner of the innovation economy” and had more than $342 billion in deposits — including money from many influential venture capitalists, start-ups and tech firms. That…Read More

I’ve used one Linux desktop or the other for decades now. But, I’m a Unix and Linux expert. For most people who just want a desktop and its applications to just work — thank you very much — the hundreds of different Linux desktops and dozens of…Read More

I don’t remember watching West Virginia University (WVU) lose to California on March 21, 1959 in that year’s heart-breaking (for us) NCAA National Championship. But my dad tells me we watched the game on TV. Quite a few years later, I’m still a WVU…Read More

Last year, GitHub’s CSO Mike Hanley announced that all users who upload code to the site must enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023… or else. Many security problems later, GitHub has decided it’s not going to…Read More