Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting-edge PC operating system, 300bps was a fast Internet connection, WordStar was the state-of-the-art word processor, and we liked it!
Steven is a regular contributor to Computerworld, ZDNET, The Register and The New Stack. He has written for technical publications (IEEE Computer, ACM NetWorker); tech business publications (eWEEK, InformationWeek, & InfoWorld); popular technology (PC Magazine, & PC World); and the mainstream press (CBS News, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle & The New York Times).
He won back-to-back Tabbie Awards in 2022 and 2023 for his Computerworld Business Critical Newsletter and too many AZBEE Awards to count.
Microsoft is now a $4 trillion company, but that's cold comfort for all those ex (and soon to be ex) employees who helped make that achievement possible.
The war between generative AI and copyright laws is heating up.
Microsoft’s Recall is a security disaster disguised as a feature. Messaging app Signal is doing what it can to block it.
It's an ugly legal fight, and if the AI companies win, we may be in more trouble than we can even imagine.
The tech industry has been so excited about generative AI that everyone seems to miss a fundamental point: it’s not at all clear genAI firms can actually be profitable.
Tariffs rise, tariffs fall, who knows where they’ll go tomorrow? But IT admins still need to keep the hardware up and running — and the constant confusion won’t make upgrades any easier, or cheaper.
Yes, Social Security Administration systems that rely on COBOL need to be updated. No, Elon, it can't be done quickly.
When high-level US government officials go their own way with regard to top-secret communications, what could possibly go wrong?
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