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Bruce Berls has been writing about computers and technology at bruceb.com for more than 20 years. Jim Rowson is a former Google software engineer with more than two million lines of code to his name.

10/14/2025

The AI revolution may not only fail to deliver on its grand promises but could actively worsen our quality of life, destabilize our economy, and erode the very fabric of our society. Oh, and extinction, did I mention extinction?
Bruceb News - AI & Society: The Case For Pessimism - https://mailchi.mp/7627ecea282b/bruceb-news-ai-society-the-case-for-pessimism

10/07/2025

Productivity! Streamlined workflows! New jobs that don’t exist yet! Enhanced quality of life! Massive increases in global GDP! AI is great and we will be happy forever, hallelujah, amen.
Bruceb News - AI & Society: The Case For Optimism - https://mailchi.mp/c54389f8806e/bruceb-news-ai-society-the-case-for-optimism

09/30/2025

Will AI be good for the world, or will it be a destructive force? Are we heading toward an AI-powered renaissance, or stagnation and social disruption? The answer is an unambiguous Yes.

Bruceb News - AI's Impact On Society - https://mailchi.mp/ed7c2bb946b8/bruceb-news-ais-impact-on-society

09/09/2025

NotebookLM is the most interesting consumer AI product currently available, period, full stop. It's also potentially the most useful AI assistant for you - yes, I’m looking at you, you special snowflake. Here are all the details you need to get started.
Bruceb News - NotebookLM: Newly Magical And Actually Useful - https://mailchi.mp/c1da9ab632fd/bruceb-news-notebooklm-newly-magical-and-actually-useful

09/02/2025

The good news is you can read any book for free using an app named Libby. The bad news is that public libraries are being gouged by predatory pricing.
Bruceb News - Libby, Libraries & Ebooks - https://mailchi.mp/a211b5a23eba/bruceb-news-libby-libraries-and-licenses

08/19/2025

The painting on the cover of the first US paperback edition of The Hobbit has a lion, a fruit tree, and a pair of emus. There are no lions in The Hobbit. There are no fruit trees or emus. It happened because the publisher was in a hurry - and therein lies a tale.

The Story Behind The Lord Of The Rings - https://mailchi.mp/36a399551c68/bruceb-news-the-story-behind-the-lord-of-the-rings

08/12/2025

Only one in five website visitors is a real human. The internet is overrun by automated bots - and two-thirds of all bot activity comes from "bad bots" designed for malicious purposes like fraud, theft, and disruption.

Bruceb News - More Than Half Of All Internet Traffic Is Not Human - https://mailchi.mp/b98e219fdf42/bruceb-news-more-than-half-of-all-internet-traffic-is-not-human

08/05/2025

The advertising business model for the internet is collapsing. A new business model will emerge offering highly curated AIs - fewer hallucinations, and revenue for high quality content producers.

Bruceb News - AI And The Future Of The Internet - https://mailchi.mp/27cd5ee22998/bruceb-news-ai-and-the-future-of-the-internet

07/29/2025

Want to hear a scary story? Your TV is selling your secrets. It is literally running surveillance technology. Every movie and TV show you watch, every song you listen to, every game you play - your TV continuously monitors the screen, regardless of the source, and sends that information to the TV manufacturer.

Bruceb News - Your TV Is Spying On You - https://mailchi.mp/54e8ed78d74d/bruceb-news-your-tv-is-spying-on-you

07/22/2025

Google and the FBI took down "Badbox 2.0" last month - ten million compromised TV streaming boxes being used by criminals. Here's why you shouldn't buy technology at a flea market.
Bruceb News - The Secret Life Of Smart TVs - https://mailchi.mp/eaf2dd90d4ad/bruceb-news-the-secret-life-of-smart-tvs

07/15/2025

Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine, and it's my latest crush. Here's why you should try it, and why it represents the next salvo in a war for internet dominance that is already under way.
Perplexity: From Searches To Answers - https://mailchi.mp/ea04f60b7c98/perplexity-from-searches-to-answers

07/08/2025

Microsoft pushed an update that changes the default in Outlook to open web links in Edge - another example of good intentions turned into hostage situations.
Bruceb News - Microsoft Hijacks Outlook Links - https://mailchi.mp/0a2cc4d3250a/bruceb-news-microsoft-hijacks-outlook-links

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