Category Archives: Technology and innovation

Even US Messaging Outlet RFE/RL Having Trouble Prettying Up Trump Planning to Buy Ukraine Rare Earths Empty Bag

There is both less and more in the Trump offer to arm Ukraine in return for rare earths than meets the eye.

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Four – Tony West’s Calamitous Legacy at Uber and with the Kamala Harris Campaign

On Tony West as intellectual leader and major implementer of the similar Uber narrative-driven strategy and the failed Harris campaign.

Artificial Intelligence and Financial Stability

On the high odds of winding up with the Peter Principle of AI implementation in financial institutions, and what to do to prevent that.

AI’s Impending Information Crisis

AI coverage whistles past the graveyard of its lack of enough content to generate good output, assuring garbage in, garbage out.

The Bogus Justification for AI Uptake and the Real Reason for the Scam

AI, in a significant majority of cases, reduces productivity. And there’s not much reason to expect better any time soon.

A Trump Pivot Away From Europe? Not So Fast: The Plunder Is Too Lucrative for American Plutocrats

Europe is now largely an American colony where the tech, energy, weapons, and financial industries are making a killing, so it’s no wonder Trump isn’t going to substantially shift US policy.

Rob Urie: On Being Censored for the Last Four Years

Rob Urie provides damning details about the extent and nature of the censorship he has suffered. Please read and circulate widely.

Knowing Less About AI Makes People More Open to Having It in Their Lives – New Research

A study on receptivity to AI use sadly skips over some fundamental questions.

mBridge, a Bank of International Settlements Project Hyped by BRICS Fans as a Way to Evade Sanctions, Shut Down

Our debunking the hype of the purported BRICS payment potential of a BIS project, mBridge, has proven to be true, and then some.

Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans

Artificial intelligence systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and to keep them working well. In essence: You need people, and more machines, to make sure the new tools don’t mess up.

What Has Happened to Our Grand Experiment, the Internet?

With AI threatening to crapify online life and even generate geopolitical chaos, Congress needs to reinstate the Office of Technology Policy

How Is It That xAI’s (Naïve) Grok Does Not Reveal that xAI is a Public Benefit Corporation?

Lambert annotates a Grok transcript.

Tech Law in 2025: A Look Ahead at AI, Privacy and Social Media Regulation Under the New Trump Administration

Team Trump’s tech industry regulatory plans have gotten less attention than some other initiatives. An overview helps fill this lapse

What Should Tesla’s Stock Be Worth? Automaker, Stagnating Vehicle Sales like GM & Ford, Getting Overtaken by Competitors, Losing Share in the Booming EV Market?

Tesla is now just ar mid-size automaker amid EV competition that is eating its lunch. What might realistic valuations mean for Musk’s clout?

How MAGA Can Stuff DOGE Back in Its Box and Win the Day on H1B

A simple plan….