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01/13/2026

Intel has nearly collapsed and Microsoft is swiping right on Snapdragon processors. Here's the history leading up to the new Arm laptops.
Bruceb News - The PC Industry’s New Power Couple - https://mailchi.mp/70453829134f/bruceb-news-the-pc-industrys-new-power-couple

01/06/2026

There’s a revolution underway in the Windows world and this laptop in front of me, it’s a revolutionary. Here's my story about buying my first Mac because Windows laptops made me crazy - and how a Thinkpad brought me back.
Snapdragon Windows Laptops - https://mailchi.mp/79b982dccd72/bruceb-news-snapdragon-windows-laptops

12/16/2025

Days Of Future Passed - my 2025 Top Ten playlist only contains music released in 2025, but there’s a haunted echo of the past in many of the songs that appealed to me this year.
Bruceb Top Ten 2025 - https://mailchi.mp/745d3aa1a9af/bruceb-top-ten-2025

12/09/2025

Two tales, one spine - Ace Doubles transformed the economics of publishing, helped launch Philip Dick's career, and defined a generation of science fiction.
Bruceb News - Ace Doubles - https://mailchi.mp/8074075ddbe6/bruceb-news-ace-doubles

11/25/2025

Details matter. AI chatbots might hallucinate - create fabricated facts. But they might also be wrong because of incorrect or incomplete online web sources.
AI Hallucinations And Misinformation - https://mailchi.mp/f98887ab1b47/bruceb-news-ai-hallucinations-and-misinformation

11/18/2025

Cory Doctorow has written the best business book of the year. It will help you understand so many things about how and why the platforms we depend on are breaking down.
Bruceb News - Brown Stage Capitalism - https://mailchi.mp/35d323f0ebf6/bruceb-news-brown-stage-capitalism

11/04/2025

Score one point for optimism, eleventy-zillion points for pessimism. At best, we have begun a messy, complicated, and uneven journey to whatever comes next.

AI & Society: Messy, Complicated, And Uneven - https://mailchi.mp/39163140ae54/bruceb-news-ai-society-messy-complicated-and-uneven

10/28/2025

There will not be any meaningful federal laws or policies to regulate artificial intelligence but it’s not quite the wild west for tech companies. There are complex and often contradictory alternate sources of governance.
Bruceb News - AI & Society: Governance Alternatives - https://mailchi.mp/078705161436/bruceb-news-ai-society-governance-alternatives

10/21/2025

There will not be any federal regulation of AI in the US in the foreseeable future. No policy guidance, no agencies guarding privacy, no initiatives guiding the labor market, no accountability for errors or abuse.
Bruceb News - AI & Society: The Failure Of Federal Governance -

There will not be any federal regulation of AI in the US in the foreseeable future. No policy guidance, no agencies guarding privacy, no support for displaced workers, no accountability for errors or abuse.

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