California has new rules – the DROP platform – that could interfere with the money being made by California data brokers. The data brokers will find ways around the rules. The profile they put together by spying on you is a tiny twig carried in a rushing river of data. The DROP platform puts a strong iron…
If you’re a resident of California you can take control of your digital privacy. When you input some basic information about yourself into the DROP website (Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform), DROP automatically commands nearly 500 registered data brokers to permanently delete your files and stop selling your information. You’ll get less spam and you’ll attract less…
Isaac Asimov published the novella “The Mule” in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in 1945. A few years later it became the second half of Foundation and Empire, the second book of the Foundation trilogy. Asimov’s Foundation books are among the most celebrated works in science fiction, crowned with a special Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series. There’s a lesson…
It’s Anti-AI week! Protests and petitions and boycotts and resignations, oh my. OpenAI (ChatGPT) is the villain. Anthropic (Claude) is the hero, topping the download charts after a burst of headlines about AI and the Pentagon and are you kidding me, AI-controlled killer drones? It’s an interesting story but it’s 2026 so, trigger warning, it’s also a very dark story. Plus there’s a wonky…