ByKarl W. Palachuk Note: Don’t miss Killing IT Live – January 19th at 9am Pacific – Register now at https://killingitlive.com Topic 1: The “Cyberdemic” will continue, according to Experian. Record breaking number on cyber breaches. Many elements conspire…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Note: Don’t miss Killing IT Live – January 19th at 9am Pacific – Register now at https://killingitlive.com Topic 1: Is troubleshooting possible when complicated becomes complex? If no one person can make a technology, can…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: Fake Fake news . . . Birds Aren’t Real Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory. Links: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/technology/birds-arent-real-gen-z-misinformation.html https://birdsarentreal.com/ Topic 2: China uses American influencers to promote…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: F.T.C. Sues to Stop Blockbuster Chip Deal Between Nvidia and Arm Arm provides technology that other chip makers need. Does this give Nvidia an unfair advantage? And is the merger a completely unnecessary…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: China mucking around with Iran and Israel China attacks Israel and makes it look like Iran did it. Meanwhile, Iran really is attacking Israel. And now Israel is attacking Irananian fuel supplies and…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: Apple goes after the NSO Group Apple takes companies to court to prevent them from cracking into Apple phones. This touches on privacy as well as treating huge corporations as nation-states. Science fiction…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: New Fad – Work from Work Wednesdays Zooming from the office is what the NYT calls the “Worst of both worlds.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/business/return-to-office-hybrid-work.html Topic 2: Apple has killer deals with several State DMVs…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: Skimpflation: Will this affect us? Aside from basic inflation, will the labor shortage cause this for IT services? https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/26/1048892388/meet-skimpflation-a-reason-inflation-is-worse-than-the-government-says-it-is Topic 2: China’s Privacy Law China’s new policy looks “western” at first, but is…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: Looking at Tech Companies as nation states When one organization has so much money and does so many things that they “compete” with nation states, should we begin to treat them that way?…
ByKarl W. Palachuk Topic 1: Trolls Are Born, Not Made While self esteem is a factor, Internet trolls don’t have low self esteem. They have a high tendency to sadism. When mixed with high self esteem, you get…
