Christmas fell on a warm day. Strangers expressed surprise and alarm. Then old man winter came back. I love the low light at this time of year, and it is even lower at 38 degrees north than at my ...

As we look back from the vantage point of late December, the story around AI has shifted from wonder and dread to something ...

Informal classes over WhatsApp and Facebook groups are helping freelancers and business owners learn basic AI skills.

First, a big applause for me: my quick note on the US bombing of Nigeria generated my highest traffic on Substack .

A drone is a great toy for kids because it's educational –but how, exactly? Are the kids just telling you that, or is it actually going to help them?

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When we think of the 1970s, we probably remember a time of shag carpets, wood-paneled station wagons, and rotary phones. But ...

As a tech explorer and author of the Wonder Tools newsletter, I’ve tested more than 200 Ed Tech services this year in search ...

A friend of mine is producing a series of HOWTO videos for an open source project, and discovered that he needed a better ...

Codeolences] tells us about the FORBIDDEN Soviet Computer That Defied Binary Logic. The Setun, the world’s first ternary computer, was developed at Moscow State University in 1958. Its ...

The presenter does a really excellent job of explaining the value and power of ChatGPT's collaborative editing feature, called Canvas. He also has a creatively bizarre filming set with a pool table, a ...

How can you take a holistic look at computing, from the top down? Computer science is the answer. As the trend toward globalization connects people in every part of the world, digital networks and ...