Articles by Alaric Anderson:
Instead of just a new skin and mild changes as well as making things more complicated, Windows 12 will finally fix all the nagging problems with Windows - oh wait, no it won't. Here are 12 features that would truly make it a reason to have a "new" version of windows besides making people feel like they got something new and shiny:
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AI is coming for your job. No, seriously. Just 2 years ago, people were writing articles about how AI could never replace some human creative jobs, but those days are over. As research continues on the field of artificial intelligence and with the recent new breakthroughs in AI, we can see with certainty that the end is nigh. Not the end of the world of course, but the... read more
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, submitted an official offering with the SEC to buy Twitter for $41.39 Billion, which is overvalued, as a way to make a fast close without negotiation. A voice script of a conversation says it is his "best and final" offer, and that he is "not playing the back-and-forth game". He continued, "It's a high price and shareholders will love... read more
The world is on the brink of a new technological revolution in the world of cyberspace. Many are calling this Web3 or Web 3.0, the successor to Web 2.0 and the original Web 1.0. But what is Web 3, and how will it affect you? Since the internet was transformed in the last 2 decades by a variety of innovations ranging from ubiquitous mobile devices to digital payment... read more
That's right, your favorite Big Tech billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is now the largest individual shareholder for one of the largest Silicon Valley Big Tech companies in the world, Twitter. This doesn't mean that Musk owns the company, but it does mean he now holds a controlling interest in the company. What this means is that Elon Musk alone holds the... read more
Microsoft decided to make the newest version of its OS look more like a Mac. With the taskbar fixed to the bottom, the icons centered, and the start menu a popup menu like Linux, Windows 11 does look considerably different than previous versions of Windows. But the changes have not been met with much fanfare. As a result, the upgrades to Windows 11 have been slowing,... read more
It's been nearly a decade since manufacturers developed 7-inch flagship tablets. If you look around the world, you can find a few new 7" tablets, but all of them are budget models with limited features, low memory and ram, and simply cannot compete with modern smartphones. Ever since around 2015, manufacturers bumped the minimum size for a tablet to 8-9 inches, but... read more
Recently we discussed some of the top cryptocurrencies in 2022. However, it must be noted that while these cryptos may indeed change the world, we also may very well be in one of the biggest bubbles in recent history, both in cryptos and in the stock market. There are other facets of the economy in a bubble too, including real estate. The bubbles can't last forever. We... read more
Global events have inspired massive restructuring across the entire world's economies. Market volatility, rising prices, blocked supply chains, hyperinflation, gas prices, food prices, rent increases, and forced lockdowns that devastated some markets and propped up others, have created concern about the future. All these factors and more have contributed to a major, and... read more
Notches, hole-punches, cutouts, tear-drops, dot-drops. We all hate the notch and its various forms, but it won't be long before one of the rivals at the top of the smartphone game develops the first truly seamless all-screen smartphone - with a front selfie camera behind the screen, instead of inside a cutout. The rise of the notches and cutouts developed from the new... read more