Analysis

Google’s Masterclass: Why They’re Winning the AI Regulations Game Against Apple The coffee was still hot, but my brain was already buzzing. I was halfway through my morning scroll, trying to catch up on the latest tech news from Brussels, when a headline from Bloomberg practically jumped out at me. The European Union had just ordered Google to give its AI rivals broader access to Android, that open-source operating system that lives on billions of devices. My first thought? “Here we go again, another regulatory smackdown for a tech giant.” But then I re-read the part about Sundar Pichai. And honestly? My cynical journalist brain did a double-take. ...

When the Lights Went Out: My Take on AI’s Power Play During the Winter Storm Man, this past winter storm, Fern I think they called it, really threw a wrench into things. It wasn’t just the usual misery of frozen pipes and canceled plans. This time, it felt… different. We’ve all seen the news – hundreds of thousands without power. But for me, as someone who’s been deep in the trenches of emerging technologies for, well, longer than I care to admit (eight years and counting!), it hit a little closer to home. I was watching the reports, seeing those desperate faces, and then I remembered a conversation I had just last month with a chap who works on grid management for a major utility company. He’d been warning me about this exact scenario. ...