Consumers know bloatware when they see it

ZDNET

AI PCs aren't selling, and Microsoft's PC partners are scrambling

Microsoft has gone all-in with its plans to turn the Windows PC into an AI-powered 'agentic OS.' But at least one PC maker says consumers aren't bu...

Cool stuff going into the public domain in 2026:

Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law

January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC...

Someone might have forgotten to get mailable Christmas cards this year, realized it was Christmas Eve and then in 20 minutes slapped together something in Photoshop with stock art BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN that the holiday sentiments expressed here are not in fact genuine and sincere

I bought a Chromebook and a Mac Air this year and I feel pretty good to have dodged the RAM bullet, but let's not pretend this isn't an artificial crisis fueled entirely by greed (not just on the part of the chip makers but also on the "AI" companies trying to buy up all the memory in the world)

CNET

What the AI Boom and RAM Shortage Mean for Laptop Prices

Don't wait to get that new laptop or desktop you've been eyeing. Rising RAM prices are going to make things more expensive soon.

Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):

Whatever

“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything

I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s...

Am I the only who feels like one day not too long ago every scientist woke up one morning, decided "no, birds ARE dinosaurs, actually," and made us all just... GO with it? I'm not saying birds AREN'T dinosaurs, I'm just saying it seemed really fucking sudden that we all decided that's the way it is now

You know, making thing worse takes effort while keeping things good requires literally no effort at all and yet here we are

The Verge

Google is experimentally replacing news headlines with AI clickbait nonsense

“BG3 players exploit children.”

No, service that I access via my browser, I am not going to install an app for you on my desktop, we both know your "app" is just another instance of Chromium, and that's what my fucking browser is for

Because my flight was cancelled and I really wanted to be home, yesterday I rented a car at the airport and drove 1,200 miles (1,930 km) in 19 hours, from Austin, Texas to Bradford, Ohio. I do not recommend this course of action for others. On the other hand I got home well before I would have gotten home on any rescheduled flight, so.

Happy pub day to The Time Traveler's Passport, an anthology of time travel stories from me, RF Kuang,Olivie Blake, P Djèlí Clark and Keliane Bradley! Follow the link below to find out more and to get it! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN8CHTQD/ref=apubna_bb_na_34221_ul_1_1_2511