About 3 years ago (as I write this) the European Union (EU) decided (for reasons that escape me) to require all websites who wish to do business with EU citizens to announce that they use cookies — assuming that they use cookies. Problem with this is: all websites use cookies Read more…
A true event happened to a friend of mine. It involves “Cheetos” but it is not about that product, nor the manufacturer and this story in no way is meant to accuse anyone or detract from any one or anything. It’s not about Cheetos. She (my friend) was visiting with Read more…
Did you know that your cell phone End User License Agreement (EULA) allows your service provider to rummage through your phone anytime they wish? Look into it; it’s there. Same with Windows 10’s EULA; Microsoft reserves the right to rummage through any and all of your files when ever they Read more…
Cortana, Alexis, and the other “personalities” starting to show up on the internet and on your personal computer, are not AI. They are simply a different kind of keyboard. And they get the input wrong at least as often did your fingers with a keyboard. Speech to Text is an awesome Read more…
You know when you go to “check for updates” in Windows and it says “you’re up to date?” Fact is, it hasn’t checked yet. If you click on “check for updates” it will almost certainly find some updates. But it started by saying there were no updates. Then there’s the Read more…