The pandemic changed our perception of many things — including time. More specifically — what’s possible in a short time frame. Fast change became a necessity instead of an empty phrase. To most if not all of us. And just about everybody learned a lesson or two. One of those…

It’s truly amazing what’s going on on Mars these days. Smart people, great planning and incredible technology is moving cargo from Earth to Mars more or less automatically. Then conducting experiments, even having a helicopter working autonomously — in totally unknown terrain. While here on Earth even the simplest emergency…

A seemingly universal consensus: The world needs more energy. And it has to be clean. Fossil is out, renewable is in — etc. etc. etc. You know the drill — it’s everywhere, all day. What if it’s wrong? The metrics, the goals, the premise? What strikes me is that we…

It is still true that every cloud has a silver lining. The recent hoopla about sentient AI is a great example. Of course it’s a ‘cloud’ of baloney and wishful thinking. So -where is the silver lining? The world has always been fascinated by technology in general and science fiction…

Pardon the spelling, but it fits. It has been 35 years since passwords were deemed inadequate for reasonable security. Yet here we are, still using them — and 12345678 is still the world’s favorite. Too bad AI doesn’t exist. …

Finally. The EU has made its decision. USB-C chargers will be mandatory by 2024. Time to rejoice, right? Good for the climate, good for the users, great for the economy? Not so fast… I like USB-C a lot, and I’m sure you do too. It has made my life easier…

Voluntary hostages — a contradiction in terms and yet perfectly normal. This is the situation most businesses are in — all the time. With their data. A ransomware situation if we ever saw one. I’m not joking — and here’s the setting: Most business people I talk to will accept…

We’ve heard it for years. From climate change deniers in particular and from politicians, business people and (almost) everyone else. While denying reality, many claim tech will fix it anyway. Wishful thinking indeed, but the premise is correct. Tech won’t fix it, but tech may actually save us. We’re all…

I’ve had this uneasy feeling about AI for years. I’ve not been quiet about it, and it doesn’t go away. Not the itch, not the impression of grand misrepresentation and subsequent misunderstandings, not the feeling that we’re on a wrong, possibly dangerous path. Let’s set the record straight: Despite the…