Prologue: Lenovo makes laptops. Sometime in late 2014, it started selling laptops with preinstalled Superfish, reverse-image-search software (useful?) which was […]
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DC man’s disingenuous blather reminds me about some ridiculous retail security theater
I once went into a pharmacy to buy a cheap pair of earbuds and found them locked to the rack […]
Your periodic reminder to disregard Google Search
For a little while a couple days ago, Google served up a meaningless AI message and a wall of blank […]
The algorithmic matchmaker
I saw this glorified ad read from Bumble… The company has opted to phase out the swipe function in favor […]
The Canvas hack made me feel both old and glad to be old
So I saw this the other day: An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted […]
The three-layered dumbassery of Cole Allen
There was another attempt on the Assclown’s life a couple weeks ago, this one at a courtiers’ banquet by a […]
An idiot at an Italian TV channel claimed to own Nvidia’s DLSS 5 video
Not this again. Like a lot of people who follow gaming news, I saw the videos in March about Nvidia’s […]
The Platner supremacy
So, Janet Mills dropped out of the Senate race last week. Advantage Platner, I guess. The BDN put out a […]
Verificosis in Massachusetts
Did you notice the other day that when I was agreeing with a sentiment Massachusetts’ Maura Healey expressed, I was […]
Of course there’s a White House app now, and of course it’s worthless
I heard there’s an official White House mobile app now. So I looked at the White House’s sales pitch for […]
Ray of Infamy 