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View All →For two decades Google rewarded good content with visitors. Then AI Overviews arrived and discovered the most useful thing to do with your content is answer the question without sending anyone your way.
Published: 1 Jun 2026
When the Machines Start Finding More Holes Than We Can CountAI can now find software vulnerabilities faster than the industry can catalogue them. A future of automated patching beckons — with humans promoted sideways into management.
Published: 30 May 2026
Power to the Pocket: The Accidental Democratic RevolutionThe smartphone replaced the ballot box with a thumbprint and nobody noticed. A modest proposal for doing something useful with the device already in everyone's hand.
Published: 29 May 2026
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