Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath
Technology-related items
Amid the Trump administration’s abrupt, wide-scale freeze on federal funding, states are reporting that they’ve lost access to Medicaid, a program jointly funded by the federal government and states to…
US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is trying to block a plan to distribute Wi-Fi hotspots to schoolchildren, claiming it will lead to unsupervised Internet usage, endanger kids, and possibly restrict…
Apple-designed chips powering Macs, iPhones, and iPads contain two newly discovered vulnerabilities that leak credit card information, locations, and other sensitive data from the Chrome and Safari browsers as they…
Last summer, Anthropic inspired backlash when its ClaudeBot AI crawler was accused of hammering websites a million or more times a day. And it wasn’t the only artificial intelligence company…
You may recall a few years back that then Rep. Devin Nunes went on a SLAPPtastic suing spree, filing a bunch of highly questionable defamation lawsuits against a variety of…
The Bayeux Tapestry famously depicts the events leading up to the 1066 Norman Conquest of England, in which William the Conqueror defeated Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England,…
Because we’re all just riding Mr. Trump’s wild ride down the greased slope towards fascism, the nation just has to keep getting worse day by day until the rot has…
Charge your device or illuminate your desk with this innovative 6-in-1 Wireless Charger. It’s easy to use with its touch buttons and Qi wireless charging for Qi-enabled devices. Beautifully made…
First floated as a part of Deep Space Nine‘s Dominion War arc, the concept of “Section 31” has been divisive among Star Trek fans. Here’s the idea: Buried deep within…
A financially motivated threat actor has been linked to an ongoing phishing email campaign that has been ongoing since at least July 2024 specifically targeting users in Poland and Germany.…