Iβd have to dig through my old material from last year to be sure, but I donβt believe they did.
15.08.2025 11:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@bvig.bsky.social
US government tech reporter at The Register. Also cat dad, urban farmer, MMORPG junkie, mediocre musician, history nerd, π
Iβd have to dig through my old material from last year to be sure, but I donβt believe they did.
15.08.2025 11:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Some of my reporting at @theregister.com was cited during the most recent episode of @lastweektonight.com. Hooray!
24.06.2025 17:24 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβm at #hpediscover in Las Vegas this week. Hope you like AI agents, because thatβs pretty much what the whole show is about this year!
www.theregister.com/2025/06/24/h...
We know therapy is important to a lot of people, and not everyone can afford it or find the right mental-health professional. But bear in mind, LLMs like OpenAI's GPT-4 don't respond well to the sharing of traumatic experiences, according to this study
By @bvig.bsky.social
Devastating news for the US scientific community, as NSF staffers explained to me:
21.02.2025 16:38 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0It's pretty brazen for someone who decided it was a good idea to fly their #drone above an active #wildfire, resulting in an mid-air collision with a firefighting aircraft, to blame #DJI for not properly geofencing him to prevent the flight. Take some responsibility, dude.
03.02.2025 17:02 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Not to be a shill but @theregister.com still offers top notch writing on the tech subjects amidst all the madness. Bonus: amusingly unhinged comments from the UK readers that would cause some pearl-clutching on this side of the ocean. π
www.theregister.com
This oneβs sure a doozy
28.01.2025 21:15 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0CISA: Wow, that election had a lot of foreign trolling. Trump's Homeland Sec pick: And that's none of your concern
18.01.2025 02:41 β π 38 π 22 π¬ 3 π 2π€¦ββοΈ
17.01.2025 14:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What's this hot garbage in my Google Docs? I don't want Gemini to help me write, and I don't see an option to disable it. Yuck.
16.01.2025 14:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ok, I get it. I have to buy a new calendar. Now please stop shooting guns and lighting off fireworks. Youβre scaring my cats.
01.01.2025 05:20 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Amazon told me the move was to protect their drivers - oh, so NOW they care
05.12.2024 02:41 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Holding out hope for my friends in #SouthKorea, where I was lucky enough to live for a year when I was in the US Army. Frightening development given Yoon seems to be unpopular, being investigated for corruption, and trying desperately to hold on to power.
03.12.2024 14:44 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0claustrophobia is so stupid. let Santa get married.
02.12.2024 14:04 β π 10277 π 2253 π¬ 101 π 52Oh, those buckets. So leaky!
27.11.2024 19:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ah, yes - book bans. A sure-fire method of preventing curious teenagers from engaging with subversive material. Worked with DARE and abstinence-only education ... right?
#readbannedbooks
Ah, the holiday shopping season: When everyone I've ever bought something from sends me an email to remind me to get off their mailing list. 
#merrychristmas and #happyholidays, #ecommerce world!
Itβs the Catholic Church putting it on, but it still feels sacrilegious.
23.11.2024 12:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New York Times lawyers claim OpenAI accidentally deleted evidence in copyright case
21.11.2024 22:50 β π 51 π 11 π¬ 7 π 6AI being pushed from the top down just isnβt working - hereβs yet another study that finds workers arenβt ready to embrace garbage tech that canβt deliver on productivity promises. 
Business leaders, take notice: involve your people in these sorts of decisions.
Musk, America PAC sued for allegedly rigging $1M election prize
18.11.2024 19:32 β π 23 π 3 π¬ 0 π 3When they tell you who they are, believe them
19.11.2024 02:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sure, itβs disturbing to hear from an #llm, but it makes for entertaining reading. And writing.
15.11.2024 20:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A Borg Cube from Star Trek: The Next Generation in orbit of Earth, menacing the planet
The new Secretary of Earth Defense:
15.11.2024 01:02 β π 121 π 12 π¬ 4 π 1Youβll never guess whatβs getting recalled again.
Ok, yeah, itβs the Cybertruck
Pinch me, I must be dreaming: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
14.11.2024 14:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Geez, guess I oughta close up shop over there too?
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