After 1,600 years, the Roman amphitheaters have reopened. A long-simmering rivalry has finally reached the arena: with the advent of AI, it’s business leaders versus software engineers.

My money’s on the engineers.

I love computer network firewalls. The best practice cannot be more elegant: block everything by default, and only allow information to flow where it’s strictly necessary. But when you apply that same logic to your social life, you block more than threats. You block connection too.

You’re an art curator at the Museum for Paramecium. Your task is to create an exhibit for them. If they don’t get it, you’re out of a job.

I was ready for a new book and this AI prompt suggested the exact thing I needed to read next.

Throwing a birthday party for yourself is the perfect way to get your favorite people in one room. And while guests have a great time during the party, the joy doesn’t stop when it’s over: they’re still raving about your slideshow days later. What slideshow? I can explain…

If you’re using DJI microphones that record directly to internal storage, you’ve probably connected them to your workstation to download the audio files.

If you’re also using rsync to do that transfer, you may have seen this frustrating issue: mid-transfer, the device suddenly disconnects.

Most people use Chrome as their daily browser. But Google has removed Manifest V2 in favor of Manifest V3, a change that severely limits the power of ad blockers.

Firefox, once the standard-bearer for user freedom, has drawn criticism for privacy-compromising partnerships.

So where should you turn?

I wanted home security cameras. Nothing fancy—just a way to keep an eye on my front door and backyard while I was away.

But there was one non-negotiable: I couldn’t let a big tech company have free rein over my video streams.

Has anyone ever given you a half-baked apology that left you angrier than before? This is how to refrain from that when it’s your turn to apologize.

The corporate game is to avoid responsibility. These are the plays.