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Neo” Has Stunned the Tech World", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2026/03/24/apple-macbook-neo-impacts", "published_at": "2026-03-24T17:35:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d76d9d1f79", "title": "When Data Centers Destroy Communities", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2026/03/11/data-centers-destroy-communities", "published_at": "2026-03-11T14:46:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d76e6ec84f", "title": "Why You Shouldn’t Use Google’s Chrome “Auto Browse” Agentic AI, or Any Other Agentic AI From Other Firms", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2026/02/03/do-not-use-agentic-ai", "published_at": "2026-02-03T16:07:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d76ee3add5", "title": "Why Proposed “Blocking Technologies” for 3D Printers Are a Terrible Idea", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2026/01/27/3d-printers-blocking", "published_at": "2026-01-27T19:15:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d76ee94e04", "title": "Coding with Gemini: Cheerful, 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"https://lauren.vortex.com/2025/03/25/doge-destroying-social-security-seniors", "published_at": "2025-03-25T16:42:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d77393ec78", "title": "Holding Social Media Responsible: Time To Change Section 230?", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2025/01/07/holding-social-media-responsible-section-230", "published_at": "2025-01-07T18:25:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d7739557a2", "title": "The Helpful Google Ombudsman (Who Doesn’t Exist)", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2025/01/03/google-ombudsman", "published_at": "2025-01-03T18:38:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d773a72eda", "title": "More Bipartisan Madness: Commerce Department Proposes Yet Another Insane Chinese Drone Ban That Could Cost Lives", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2025/01/02/more-insane-drone-bans-proposed", "published_at": "2025-01-02T17:59:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d77452f0ff", "title": "AI Is Dooming Google, but Not in the Way Its CEO Believes", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/12/29/google-doom-ai-sundar", "published_at": "2024-12-29T17:06:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d774aa8de8", "title": "[What say you, Spock?] My Proposed Terminology to Describe Bypassing Social Media Face ID Age Verification Systems", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/12/24/terminology-bypassing-face-age-verification", "published_at": "2024-12-24T15:51:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d774ab2b72", "title": "Insanity: Drone Hysteria and Bans Put Lives at Risk", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/12/19/insanity-drone-hysteria-and-bans-put-lives-at-risk", "published_at": "2024-12-19T18:20:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d77581e920", "title": "Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Is Doomed", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/11/28/australias-under-16-social-media-ban-is-doomed", "published_at": "2024-11-28T16:38:12+00:00" }, { "id": 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"https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/05/24/what-google-should-do-about-their-search-generative-ai-overview-answers", "published_at": "2024-05-24T16:31:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d7772f3a59", "title": "Generative AI Is Being Rammed Down Our Throats", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/05/21/generative-ai-is-being-rammed-down-our-throats", "published_at": "2024-05-21T15:18:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d7779eef5a", "title": "Evil", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/05/18/evil", "published_at": "2024-05-18T16:29:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d7783cd657", "title": "The Nightmare of Google Account Recovery Failures", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/05/16/the-nightmare-of-google-account-recovery-failures", "published_at": "2024-05-16T18:32:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d778e6156c", "title": "Google and Seniors", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2024/05/09/google-and-seniors", "published_at": 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"2023-08-16T18:02:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d77d1f849a", "title": "Artificial Intelligence at the Crossroads", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/07/13/artificial-intelligence-at-the-crossroads", "published_at": "2023-07-13T16:24:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d77e1dd859", "title": "Thoughts on AI Regulation", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/06/29/thoughts-on-ai-regulation", "published_at": "2023-06-29T16:56:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d77e45c6e1", "title": "A Proposal for “Enhanced Recovery Services” for Locked Out Google Accounts", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/05/24/google-locked-out-accounts-enhanced-recovery", "published_at": "2023-05-24T16:09:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d77e5b61e7", "title": "An Example of a Very Sad Google Account Recovery Failure — and How It Affects Real People", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/05/17/google-account-recovery-failure-sad", "published_at": 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Media Is Probably Doomed", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2022/10/04/social-media-is-probably-doomed", "published_at": "2022-10-05T01:00:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d781f35c7f", "title": "How to Fix Google’s Gmail Political Spam Bypass Plan", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2022/08/03/how-to-fix-googles-gmail-political-spam-bypass-plan", "published_at": "2022-08-03T17:30:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d782634a6e", "title": "Google’s Horrible Plan to Flood Your Gmail with Political Garbage", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2022/07/13/googles-horrible-plan-to-flood-your-gmail-with-political-garbage", "published_at": "2022-07-13T17:40:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1ca-7302-9c8c-a9d782f088a0", "title": "My Thoughts About Google’s New Blog Post Regarding Health-Related Data Privacy", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2022/07/01/my-thoughts-about-googles-new-blog-post-regarding-health-related-data-privacy", "published_at": 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"2021-03-23T17:47:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c0eee8bf", "title": "How the “News Link Wars” Could Wreck the Web", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2021/02/18/how-the-news-link-wars-could-wreck-the-web", "published_at": "2021-02-18T18:36:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c112e246", "title": "The Big Lie About “Cancel Culture” and Demands to Change Section 230", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2021/02/15/the-big-lie-about-cancel-culture-and-demands-to-change-section-230", "published_at": "2021-02-15T19:27:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c207e20b", "title": "The Challenges of Moderating User Content on the Internet (and a Bit of History)", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2021/01/15/moderating-ugc", "published_at": "2021-01-15T18:05:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c2c9b348", "title": "The Right’s (and Left’s) Insane Internet Content Power Grab (repost with new introduction)", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2021/01/10/right-left-internet-power-grab-repost-new-intro", "published_at": "2021-01-10T17:27:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c35e76f7", "title": "Recommendation: Do Not Install or Use Centralized Server Coronavirus (COVID-19) Contact Tracing Apps", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2020/04/27/recommendation-do-not-install-or-use-centralized-server-coronavirus-covid-19-contact-tracing-apps", "published_at": "2020-04-27T19:48:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c36a389a", "title": "Coronavirus Reactions Creating Major Internet Security Risks", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-reactions-creating-major-internet-security-risks", "published_at": "2020-03-18T17:26:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c4292776", "title": "Iowa Screams: Don’t Trust High-Tech Elections!", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2020/02/08/iowa-screams-dont-trust-high-tech-elections", "published_at": "2020-02-08T18:08:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c439fb06", "title": "How Some Software Designers Don’t Seem to Care About the Elderly", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2020/01/17/how-some-software-designers-dont-seem-to-care-about-the-elderly", "published_at": "2020-01-17T19:43:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c517a2e0", "title": "The Right’s (and Left’s) Insane Internet Content Power Grab", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/08/10/the-rights-and-lefts-insane-internet-content-power-grab", "published_at": "2019-08-10T17:15:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c593d73b", "title": "Another Breach: What Capital One Could Have Learned from Google’s “BeyondCorp”", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/07/30/another-breach-what-capital-one-could-have-learned-from-googles-beyondcorp", "published_at": "2019-07-30T17:31:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c61128b2", "title": "Earthquakes vs. Darth Vader", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/07/06/earthquakes-vs-darth-vader", "published_at": "2019-07-06T15:25:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c626054a", "title": "YouTube’s Public Videos Dilemma", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/06/03/youtubes-public-videos-dilemma", "published_at": "2019-06-03T22:11:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c698fa95", "title": "A Major New Privacy-Positive Move by Google", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/05/01/a-major-new-privacy-positive-move-by-google", "published_at": "2019-05-02T02:31:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c7086a5e", "title": "Could AI Help Prevent Mass Shootings?", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/04/29/could-ai-help-prevent-mass-shootings", "published_at": "2019-04-29T17:09:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c7cc0aba", "title": "Pressuring Google’s AI Advisory Panel to Wear a Halo Is Very Dangerous", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/04/02/pressuring-googles-ai-advisory-panel-to-wear-a-halo-is-very-dangerous", "published_at": "2019-04-02T18:59:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c8a68ac3", "title": "Don’t Blame YouTube and Facebook for Hate Speech Horrors", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/03/19/dont-blame-youtube-and-facebook-for-hate-speech-horrors", "published_at": "2019-03-19T18:21:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9c9765737", "title": "As Google’s YouTube Battles Evil, YouTube Creators Are at a Crossroads", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/02/23/as-googles-youtube-battles-evil-youtube-creators-are-at-a-crossroads", "published_at": "2019-02-23T19:44:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9ca6691b1", "title": "Another Positive Move by YouTube: No More General “Conspiracy Theory” Suggestions", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/02/10/another-positive-move-by-youtube-no-more-general-conspiracy-theory-suggestions", "published_at": "2019-02-11T01:54:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9cb225c91", "title": "Another Massive Google User Trust Failure, As They Kill Louisville Fiber on Short Notice", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/02/07/another-massive-google-user-trust-failure-as-they-kill-louisville-fiber-on-short-notice", "published_at": "2019-02-07T20:27:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9cb66b47e", "title": "Google Users Panic Over Google+ Deletion Emails: Here’s What’s Actually Happening", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/02/04/google-users-panic-over-google-deletion-emails-heres-whats-actually-happening", "published_at": "2019-02-04T17:25:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9cb9e3dbe", "title": "Google’s Google+ Shutdown Emails Are Causing Mass Confusion", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/02/02/googles-google-shutdown-emails-are-causing-mass-confusion", "published_at": "2019-02-02T17:14:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9cc0ffcf8", "title": "If Google Cared: The Tool That Could Save Google+ Relationships", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/02/01/if-google-cared-the-tool-that-could-save-google-relationships", "published_at": "2019-02-01T23:53:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9ccef18ea", "title": "Google Finally Speaks About the G+ Shutdown: Pretty Much Tells Users to Go to Hell", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/30/google-finally-speaks-about-the-g-shutdown-pretty-much-tells-users-to-go-to-hell", "published_at": "2019-01-30T22:01:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9cdddccae", "title": "Google’s G+ User Trust Betrayal Gets Worse and Worse", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/29/googles-g-user-trust-betrayal-gets-worse-and-worse", "published_at": "2019-01-29T19:59:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9ce8ca38c", "title": "Paid “Ad-Free” YouTube Premium Is Now Showing Ads", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/26/paid-ad-free-youtube-premium-is-now-showing-ads", "published_at": "2019-01-27T01:17:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9cf0f2bae", "title": "An Important Message from “Google” about Google+ !", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/22/an-important-message-from-google-about-google", "published_at": "2019-01-22T18:47:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9cffeaf29", "title": "Another Awful Google Accessibility Failure: The New “Google Contacts”", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/17/another-awful-google-accessibility-failure-the-new-google-contacts", "published_at": "2019-01-17T20:14:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d0c5e1d4", "title": "Thanks Google! — YouTube Cracks Down on Dangerous Videos", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/16/thanks-google-youtube-cracks-down-on-dangerous-videos", "published_at": "2019-01-16T23:04:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d101c792", "title": "Boot to the Head: When You Know that Google Just Doesn’t Care Anymore", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/14/boot-to-the-head-when-you-know-that-google-just-doesnt-care-anymore", "published_at": "2019-01-14T22:45:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d103177c", "title": "Google’s Brain Drain Should Alarm Us All", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/12/googles-brain-drain-should-alarm-us-all", "published_at": "2019-01-12T17:59:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d10678af", "title": "Finally, Some Good News About the EU’s Horrendous “Right To Be Forgotten” Law", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/10/finally-some-good-news-about-the-eus-horrendous-right-to-be-forgotten-law", "published_at": "2019-01-10T16:34:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d200c356", "title": "Why Google Is Terrified of Its Users", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/06/why-google-is-terrified-of-its-users", "published_at": "2019-01-06T18:46:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d25d8703", "title": "A New Invite-Only Forum for Victims of Google’s Google+ Purge", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/05/a-new-invite-only-forum-for-victims-of-googles-google-purge", "published_at": "2019-01-05T22:28:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d275e145", "title": "Google’s Reaction to Chromecast Hijacking Is Another User Trust Failure", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/04/googles-reaction-to-chromecast-hijacking-is-another-user-trust-failure", "published_at": "2019-01-04T18:23:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d27edffc", "title": "USA Wants to Restrict AI Exports: A Stupid and Dangerous Idea", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2019/01/02/usa-wants-to-restrict-ai-exports-a-stupid-and-dangerous-idea", "published_at": "2019-01-02T16:19:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d32a13d6", "title": "Google’s China Dilemma Is Ours as Well", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2018/12/27/googles-china-dilemma-is-ours-as-well", "published_at": "2018-12-27T19:20:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d352517f", "title": "A Terrible and All Too Common YouTube Abuse Story", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2018/12/26/a-terrible-and-all-too-common-youtube-abuse-story", "published_at": "2018-12-26T19:21:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d3b8f5b8", "title": "Why I No Longer Recommend Google for Many Serious Business Applications", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2018/12/20/why-i-no-longer-recommend-google-for-many-serious-business-applications", "published_at": "2018-12-20T23:24:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-e1cb-7338-8f05-21b9d3f8ec75", "title": "The Terrifying Moment at the Congressional Google Hearing Today", "url": "https://lauren.vortex.com/2018/12/11/the-terrifying-moment-at-the-congressional-google-hearing-today", "published_at": "2018-12-12T06:51:30+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

When Robotaxis Call the Copsoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2026
Big Tech’s Catastrophic Layoffs Frenzyoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
The Rise of AI Slop on Google’s YouTubeoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2026
Why Google Search AI Overviews Are a “Misinformation Machine”original ↗
14 Apr 2026
Why Apple’s New “MacBook Neo” Has Stunned the Tech Worldoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2026
When Data Centers Destroy Communitiesoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026
Why You Shouldn’t Use Google’s Chrome “Auto Browse” Agentic AI, or Any Other Agentic AI From Other Firmsoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2026
Why Proposed “Blocking Technologies” for 3D Printers Are a Terrible Ideaoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2026

2025

Coding with Gemini: Cheerful, Cooperative, and Usually, Wrong.original ↗
14 Nov 2025
The World Gets an Important New Drone That Can Save Lives — But Thanks to Our Politicians Not in the USAoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2025
Separating the Chrome Browser From Google Could Be Terrible for Billions of Usersoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2025
In the War Between the Federal Government and States Against Drone Maker DJI, Americans Are at Riskoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2025
The Website Age Verification Train Wreckoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2025
Unforced Errors: How the U.S. Is Losing Its Lead in Technology and Science Researchoriginal ↗
20 May 2025
The Enormous Negative Impacts of the New Tariffs on the Technology Sectororiginal ↗
8 Apr 2025
DOGE Is Destroying Social Security, and Seniors Are Already at Riskoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2025
Holding Social Media Responsible: Time To Change Section 230?original ↗
7 Jan 2025
The Helpful Google Ombudsman (Who Doesn’t Exist)original ↗
3 Jan 2025
More Bipartisan Madness: Commerce Department Proposes Yet Another Insane Chinese Drone Ban That Could Cost Livesoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2025

2024

AI Is Dooming Google, but Not in the Way Its CEO Believesoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2024
[What say you, Spock?] My Proposed Terminology to Describe Bypassing Social Media Face ID Age Verification Systemsoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2024
Insanity: Drone Hysteria and Bans Put Lives at Riskoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2024
Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Is Doomedoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2024
DOJ’s Proposed Antitrust “Remedies” Against Google Would Be a Disasteroriginal ↗
21 Nov 2024
DOJ vs. Google: Users have the most to loseoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2024
“I Am the Very Model of a Google AI Overview”original ↗
2 Jun 2024
What Google Should Do About Their Search Generative AI Overview Answersoriginal ↗
24 May 2024
Generative AI Is Being Rammed Down Our Throatsoriginal ↗
21 May 2024
Eviloriginal ↗
18 May 2024
The Nightmare of Google Account Recovery Failuresoriginal ↗
16 May 2024
Google and Seniorsoriginal ↗
9 May 2024

2023

About Google and Location Privacyoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2023
Google’s Inactive Account Policy and Phishing Attacks Concernsoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2023
In Support of Google’s Progress On AI Content Choice and Controloriginal ↗
26 Oct 2023
Radio Transcript: Google Passkeys and Google Account Recovery Concernsoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2023
Google is making their weak, flawed passkey system the default login method — I urge you NOT to use it!original ↗
10 Oct 2023
UK Passage of Online Safety Bill to Create Chinese-Style Internet Tracking and Censorship — Coming Soon to U.S.?original ↗
20 Sept 2023
The Potential Privacy Problems With YouTube’s Family Plan “Suggestion Leakage”original ↗
16 Aug 2023
Artificial Intelligence at the Crossroadsoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2023
Thoughts on AI Regulationoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2023
A Proposal for “Enhanced Recovery Services” for Locked Out Google Accountsoriginal ↗
24 May 2023
An Example of a Very Sad Google Account Recovery Failure — and How It Affects Real Peopleoriginal ↗
17 May 2023
Potentially Serious Issues with Google’s Announced Inactive Accounts Deletion Policyoriginal ↗
16 May 2023
How Google Broke Chrome Bookmarks Syncoriginal ↗
12 May 2023
Big Tech Needs to Vastly Improve Their Public Communications — or Potentially Face a Political Train Wreck Over AI (and More)original ↗
11 Apr 2023
The “AI Crisis”: Who Is Responsible?original ↗
9 Apr 2023
State and Federal Internet ID Age Requirements Are Hell-Bent on Turning the Internet Into a Chinese-Style Internet Nightmareoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2023
Giving Creators and Websites Control Over Generative AIoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2023

2022

2023 and Social Media’s Winds of Changeoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2022
Social Media Is Probably Doomedoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2022
How to Fix Google’s Gmail Political Spam Bypass Planoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2022
Google’s Horrible Plan to Flood Your Gmail with Political Garbageoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2022
My Thoughts About Google’s New Blog Post Regarding Health-Related Data Privacyoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2022
Social Media Sites Should Be Required to ID Many Usersoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2022
Internet Users’ Safety in a Post-Roe Worldoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2022
Big Tech and the Internet Are Not Our Enemiesoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2022

2021

How to Better Solve YouTube’s “Dislike Count” Problemoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2021
Apple Backdoors Itselforiginal ↗
6 Aug 2021
Keep Governments Away from Social Media “Misinformation Control”original ↗
20 Jul 2021
We Have Met the Ransomware Enemy, and It Is (Partly) Us!original ↗
5 Jun 2021
DeJoy Is Hell-Bent on Wrecking the Postal Service — and Maybe Your Lifeoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2021
How the “News Link Wars” Could Wreck the Weboriginal ↗
18 Feb 2021
The Big Lie About “Cancel Culture” and Demands to Change Section 230original ↗
15 Feb 2021
The Challenges of Moderating User Content on the Internet (and a Bit of History)original ↗
15 Jan 2021
The Right’s (and Left’s) Insane Internet Content Power Grab (repost with new introduction)original ↗
10 Jan 2021

2020

Recommendation: Do Not Install or Use Centralized Server Coronavirus (COVID-19) Contact Tracing Appsoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2020
Coronavirus Reactions Creating Major Internet Security Risksoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2020
Iowa Screams: Don’t Trust High-Tech Elections!original ↗
8 Feb 2020
How Some Software Designers Don’t Seem to Care About the Elderlyoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2020

2019

The Right’s (and Left’s) Insane Internet Content Power Graboriginal ↗
10 Aug 2019
Another Breach: What Capital One Could Have Learned from Google’s “BeyondCorp”original ↗
30 Jul 2019
Earthquakes vs. Darth Vaderoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2019
YouTube’s Public Videos Dilemmaoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2019
A Major New Privacy-Positive Move by Googleoriginal ↗
2 May 2019
Could AI Help Prevent Mass Shootings?original ↗
29 Apr 2019
Pressuring Google’s AI Advisory Panel to Wear a Halo Is Very Dangerousoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2019
Don’t Blame YouTube and Facebook for Hate Speech Horrorsoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2019
As Google’s YouTube Battles Evil, YouTube Creators Are at a Crossroadsoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2019
Another Positive Move by YouTube: No More General “Conspiracy Theory” Suggestionsoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2019
Another Massive Google User Trust Failure, As They Kill Louisville Fiber on Short Noticeoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2019
Google Users Panic Over Google+ Deletion Emails: Here’s What’s Actually Happeningoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2019
Google’s Google+ Shutdown Emails Are Causing Mass Confusionoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2019
If Google Cared: The Tool That Could Save Google+ Relationshipsoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2019
Google Finally Speaks About the G+ Shutdown: Pretty Much Tells Users to Go to Helloriginal ↗
30 Jan 2019
Google’s G+ User Trust Betrayal Gets Worse and Worseoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2019
Paid “Ad-Free” YouTube Premium Is Now Showing Adsoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2019
An Important Message from “Google” about Google+ !original ↗
22 Jan 2019
Another Awful Google Accessibility Failure: The New “Google Contacts”original ↗
17 Jan 2019
Thanks Google! — YouTube Cracks Down on Dangerous Videosoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2019
Boot to the Head: When You Know that Google Just Doesn’t Care Anymoreoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2019
Google’s Brain Drain Should Alarm Us Alloriginal ↗
12 Jan 2019
Finally, Some Good News About the EU’s Horrendous “Right To Be Forgotten” Laworiginal ↗
10 Jan 2019
Why Google Is Terrified of Its Usersoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2019
A New Invite-Only Forum for Victims of Google’s Google+ Purgeoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2019
Google’s Reaction to Chromecast Hijacking Is Another User Trust Failureoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2019
USA Wants to Restrict AI Exports: A Stupid and Dangerous Ideaoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2019

2018

Google’s China Dilemma Is Ours as Welloriginal ↗
27 Dec 2018
A Terrible and All Too Common YouTube Abuse Storyoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2018
Why I No Longer Recommend Google for Many Serious Business Applicationsoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2018
The Terrifying Moment at the Congressional Google Hearing Todayoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2018
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