Virginia Tech’s walk-off Hail Mary touchdown reversed after review; No. 7 Miami avoids upset
Virginia Tech thought they had upset No. 7 Miami on the road, but the victory was almost literally ripped out of their hands. With three seconds left and a four-point lead, Hokies quarterback Kyron Drones fired a shot into the back of the end zone into a swarm of both Hokies and Hurricanes. To the […]
Cronyism or collaboration? Biden and Big Tech’s solution to AI energy crisis exposes green energy lies
Earlier this month, executives from some of the most influential Big Tech companies met with the Biden administration To discuss strategies to deal with the impending crisis caused by energy-intensive training of AI. Government officials, including Chief of Staff to the President Jeff Zients, National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard, National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi, and […]
‘We’ve lost several really good founders’: Inside tech’s ayahuasca zombie dropout problem
You might not be interested in the Amazonian plant drugs that lure spirituality-hungry techies into the care of indigenous shamans, but ayahuasca culture is of interest to the tech industry, and whether you like it or not, it affects all of us. In X, it's an endemic problem. Many veteran trippers claim it's not life-ruining, […]
Founder mode: Dare to vibe with tech’s latest buzzword
Scroll through today, past, and X photograph As I watched Kamala Harris, wearing her Apple earbuds and holding her phone to the side of her head as she dodged reporters' questions, I realized why I called her the first cyborg candidate, the first word cloud candidate. Then I remembered Apple Vision Pro. Remember that? I […]
How the J6 witch hunt escalated Big Tech’s control over speech
The federal government’s digital crusade against all who breached the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, launched a new era of strong weaponization of Big Tech that continues to accelerate. While many Americans look at modern-day Britain and feel fortunate that freedom of speech here has not declined to the same extent as it has […]
Tech’s most mysterious and controversial new account followed me on X. Is it the Antichrist?
Is it a bot or a human? The internet is a place where you can’t really tell for sure, and technologists debate it. Follow — the account that appeared out of nowhere and appeared to have keen inside information about impending breakthroughs in so-called “artificial general intelligence” or, more ominously, so-called “artificial superintelligence,” drew immediate […]