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Plus some thoughts on Twitter and an update on the transition from Substack I was happy to return to ZDNET last July after a six-month sabbatical and realized today that I haven't officially announced that fact. So, consider this an announcement. These days I'm publishing regularly
"Life," John Lennon once infamously said, "is what happens when you're busy making other plans." That, my friends, is a pretty tidy summation of the last six months for me. Judy and I had planned to make a fairly momentous move this year. If
Welcome to the new home of Ed Bott's READ ME. It took a little longer to leave Substack than I had thought, for reasons both technical and practical. The last thing I want to do is invest a lot of time and energy in a new platform only
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Sorry, was off punching Nazis
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I really didn't want to be thinking about Nazis for the entire holiday season, but here we are.
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AI-powered chatbots should really be called "bullshit machines." And maybe we shouldn't trust them with important questions.
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Let's catch up, shall we?
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Sorry for ducking out like that, I just needed a bit of fresh air
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In this week's guest column, Jared Newman wonders what it will take to make passkeys truly usable
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Here's what I haven't been working on lately, and did I mention I have a new book out?
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The Twitter diaspora is neither large nor unified
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Netflix is no longer mailing DVDs
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PC or Mac? Talk to me.
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An industry whose very existence is predicated on selling fear has found a new bogeyman.
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You've already installed a password manager and turned on 2-factor authentication. Do you need to do more?