We have reached a point in AI’s evolution where how you market it matters almost as much as what you’ve got. It’s the point that comes right before a market shake-out. So this week I decided to look at some TV ads. ChatGPT ads set a bad example. A scene is set, a question is […]
Security is a big issue for e-bike users. I’m one of those fortunate few who have never had a bike stolen. I just never left the old Romic outside, and I never stopped mid-ride. But when I got my first Edison e-bike, stopping for coffee or groceries was a big part of the appeal. CyclingElectric, […]
The Battle of Minneapolis isn’t just being fought there. It’s being fought in 200 million places, and in the mind of every American. The battle is especially fierce in places like Fargo, ND, where the surrounding farmland is mostly owned by hedge funds and big investors. People are scared. They’re asking questions, but they’re mostly […]
Most Americans are Carheads. They assume cars are the only means of getting anywhere. They are obsessed with doing that as fast as possible. (Image from ChatGPT.) I see this every day in my family. My wife and daughter don’t ride bikes. When they get into a car, they see no bikes, and no pedestrians. […]
Malaysia and Indonesia have banned X and its AI companion, Grok. The issue, they say, is sex. Specifically, it’s the service’s “spicy mode,” which can strip the clothes off people to create sexually explicit deepfakes. The calls for a ban are spreading. They’re even being heard in the U.S. But the issue shouldn’t be sex. […]
“I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge […]
E-Transport replicates the history of the automobile, only faster and around different features. Back at the turn of the 20th century cars were experiments. Many of these experiments involved how to power the car. There were electric cars and steam engines. It was only after Standard Oil began pushing gasoline as a cheap fraction with […]
The current Administration is a collection of the worst people, impulses, and reactionary causes from the post-war era. It includes George Wallace and Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson and Steve Forbes, plus all the slimy pseudo-religious, profit-based garbage of the anti-scientific movement launched in the 1960s. (Images from ChatGPT.) Trumpism ended the post-war era. It pushed […]
I’m always skeptical when I hear a chorus of analysts all pushing investors to buy the same stock. This year’s darling is Microsoft $MSFT. Sometimes they are right, and I’m wrong. That was certainly true with Google $GOOG last year. “Alphabet” shares are up 60% in the last year, adding over $1.5 trillion to its […]
A lot of investors, worried about Nvidia $NVDA and other big AI plays, are being pushed to invest in data centers. Equinix $EQIX and Digital Realty Trust $DLR have been hot stocks for years. They’re organized as Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). You value them for their dividend income, which has been rising continuously, thereby […]
