Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting-edge PC operating system, 300bps was a fast Internet connection, WordStar was the state-of-the-art word processor, and we liked it!
Steven is a regular contributor to Computerworld, ZDNET, The Register and The New Stack. He has written for technical publications (IEEE Computer, ACM NetWorker); tech business publications (eWEEK, InformationWeek, & InfoWorld); popular technology (PC Magazine, & PC World); and the mainstream press (CBS News, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle & The New York Times).
He won back-to-back Tabbie Awards in 2022 and 2023 for his Computerworld Business Critical Newsletter and too many AZBEE Awards to count.
The political and cultural climate that’s arisen under the Trump administration has allowed research to be cut to the bone while expert wisdom is mocked and ignored. That’s not good for science or tech.
Maybe it's time we rethink just how much we're depending on AI these days, before it blows up in our faces. Just saying!
…And I feel fine — because I use Linux desktop. But now that support has ended for the aging but still popular version of Windows, it’s time to make some tough decisions.
The closer you look, the more this seems like a reasonable question.
It’s hard to see how the company that gave us ChatGPT — or any other AI software company, for that matter — can turn a profit with the level of spending we’re seeing.
This? This is it? Instead of being broken up, Google gets a slap on the wrist.
Lonely people are turning to AI chatbots for friendship and romance, but it's an emotional trap.
Microsoft is now a $4 trillion company, but that's cold comfort for all those ex (and soon to be ex) employees who helped make that achievement possible.
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