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Enrique Dans
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Non-acquisition strategies: Big Tech’s new regulatory workaround
Non-acquisition strategies: Big Tech’s new regulatory workaround
Faced with ever-more stringent regulatory oversight aimed at preventing Big Tech from consolidating power through acquisitions, companies…
Enrique Dans
Jul 2
It’s not a choice between ‘pay or see ads’ — it’s about what kind of ads you’re subjected to
It’s not a choice between ‘pay or see ads’ — it’s about what kind o...
The preliminary findings of the European Union’s investigation into Meta’s “pay or consent” model confirm something I wrote about at the…
Enrique Dans
Jul 2
Monitoring our health: sometimes, keeping it simple has its advantages
Monitoring our health: sometimes, keeping it simple has its advantages
A good article in The Wall Street Journal, “Apple Watch is becoming doctors’ favorite medical device”, outlines a reality I predicted a…
Enrique Dans
Jun 30
Let’s embrace the open web: you know it makes sense
Let’s embrace the open web: you know it makes sense
The CEO of Microsoft AI, Mustafa Suleyman, has set the cat among the pigeons after he told Andrew Ross Sorkin in an interview at the Aspen…
Enrique Dans
Jun 29
Yes, AI will need a lot of energy, but most of it will be renewables, and in the long-term it will…
Yes, AI will need a lot of energy, but most of it will be renewable...
Speaking at a conference in London on Friday, Bill Gates urged environmentalists and governments “not to go overboard” about the…
Enrique Dans
Jun 28
Is artificial general intelligence already here?
Is artificial general intelligence already here?
Here’s a thought-provoking question: is artificial general intelligence (AGI), sometimes called strong artificial intelligence, until now…
Enrique Dans
Jun 27
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The United States invents, China imitates… and Europe regulates?
The United States invents, China imitates… and Europe regulates?
There was a time when it was true to say that most innovation took place in the United States, only to be imitated and copied ad infinitum…
Enrique Dans
Jun 27
Unleash the dogs of copyright protection!
Unleash the dogs of copyright protection!
It was only a matter of time: the big three record companies, Warner, Sony, and Universal, have brought a joint lawsuit against two small…
Enrique Dans
Jun 25
We now live in the drone age
We now live in the drone age
As drone technology improves and is more widely available, it is being put to more and more uses.
Enrique Dans
Jun 24
Geolocating your children: sensible or controlling?
Geolocating your children: sensible or controlling?
An interesting article in the Financial Times, “Forget privacy, young internet users want to be tracked”, looks at how young people seem to…
Enrique Dans
Jun 24
My decarbonized life: this is what self-sufficiency is all about
My decarbonized life: this is what self-sufficiency is all about
When my wife and I decided to disconnect from the gas supply, purchase an EV, put an inverter and 17 solar panels on the roof, install a…
Enrique Dans
Jun 22
Artificial Justice, a provocative look at how AI may impact our lives
Artificial Justice, a provocative look at how AI may impact our lives
On June 6 I attended a private screening of the Spanish-Portuguese co-production “Artificial Justice”, a political science-fiction thriller…
Enrique Dans
Jun 21
Nvidia: ad astra?
Nvidia: ad astra?
In the wake of Nvidia recently becoming the most valuable company in the world, and its founder, Jensen Huang, increasing his already…
Enrique Dans
Jun 20
Why renewables, when scaled up, are simply unbeatable
Why renewables, when scaled up, are simply unbeatable
As somebody who pays close attention to the energy transition and decarbonization, arguably one of the most important technological…
Enrique Dans
Jun 20
Should social media carry a health warning?
Should social media carry a health warning?
A decade or so ago, when I decided to cut and paste health warnings onto the Facebook logo whenever I discussed the company in my classes…
Enrique Dans
Jun 19
Putting a price on Elon Musk as a rare and unique resource
Putting a price on Elon Musk as a rare and unique resource
Elon Musk must be on cloud nine after 77% of Tesla shareholders voted to award him staggering $56 billion all-stock pay package.
Enrique Dans
Jun 18
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