Outside the Beltway

Some long-overdue safeguards are being implemented.

Should we expect privacy from our own cameras?

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

A brief primer on trauma and a link to an interview and paper on being trauma informed

Tips for how to check yourself before you wreck yourself.

I somehow missed Google’s launch of a service that solves the biggest annoyance of streaming.

The controversial AI has some interesting programming quirks.

Understandable efforts to protect their market share are alienating customers who think they’re doing nothing wrong.

The science-education gap.

You be the judge.

ChatGPT is just the latest example of a perverse phenomenon.

We’re all gonna die, folks.

A free panel on how transparent social media platforms should be about government requests

Why millenia-old concrete outlasts its modern version.

A big problem with a simple solution.

Facial recognition technology and its uses.

The Energy Department is expected to make a big announcement tomorrow.

Traffic deaths are going down in most of the world. Not here.

The company is begrudgingly complying with the EU’s requirement.

Making ourselves cooler is making the earth warmer.

When belief is more important than facts

Elon backs out.

The company’s new AI technology looks awfully familiar.

A slim majority upheld an injunction, kicking the can down the road.

“Protect and Serve” is just a slogan, not a guarantee.

The bubble may have burst.

The pandemic forced the spread of useful technology.

A splendid idea but why stop there?

It’s happened. What does it mean?

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

An example of when better isn’t better.

There are too many variables to make generalized calculations.

A twist on an evergreen debate.

An odd kerfuffle in local education politics.

Another morale booster for the good guys.

Intellectuals are fleeing as Soviet-style censorship returns.

They’re not missing and that points to a systemic issue

One of the great annoyances of the Internet is slowly going away.

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

Sanctions are already taking a toll. But the West could do more if it had the will.

An example of how lack of regulation leads to practices that damage public faith in policing

Musings about US politics and culture.

The Biden administration is close to repairing the damage Trump caused.

Is the past still the past?

The downside to online archives of pre-print articles.

The United States and its NATO allies are in a dangerous standoff.

Some pundits have high standards.