July 17, 2024

“I pulled the blinds down in my office so Detective Strizzi and I could watch the surveillance footage of the CEOs being murdered onstage. I was drinking these days more often than being a private investigator, but Emily knew the right way to bait a hook for me. She told me the execs had been…

June 18, 2024

Special Price For Launch Week!Much Favorite You Bet! Your next favorite book, Veilpiercer, is now available from Amazon in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle editions. To celebrate the launch, we’re offering a limited-time discount. Hardcover: normally $19.99, get it for $17.99 during the first week Paperback: normally $12.99, get it for $9.99 during the first week…

June 11, 2024

There was a full-page ad in the New York Times on Friday for the new Samsung “Bespoke AI” washer/dryer combo. Seriously. Of course “AI laundry” is marketing crap. I’ll bet some business advertised “Crypto Ovens” a couple of years ago. It’s meaningless and stupid. AI hysteria is on the rise. This is still the early…

June 5, 2024

I thought about writing an article about Scarlett Johansson and the fascinating copyright and privacy issues raised when OpenAI used a sound-alike voice for its AI chatbot, clearly hoping to capitalize on people’s memories of her role as the voice of an AI in the movie “Her.” Most of you would only look at the…