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Tech Support with Dan Ackerman

Tech and tools. Games and gadgets. From veteran tech reporter and author Dan Ackerman.

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The Biggest Sign of AI Blowback

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R.U.R. and The Secret History of AI

My obsession with the 1920 play Rossum's Universal Robots and what it tells us about robots, AI, and economics.

The Secret Cost of AI

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Why I Retired My Smart Glasses

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Car Mechanics, Coders, and the Next Great Computer Age

Plus the deeply weird Crimson Desert and a surprising new survey on AI trust.

Is the AI Boom Like the Dotcom Boom (and Bust)?

New technologies, early adopters, and the fear of an inevitable crash.

The Tech Media Audience Apocalypse is Worse than You Thought

Some key sites have lost 90% (or more) of their peak traffic.