Month: July 2026

Abstract dot-matrix world map with stylized shield icons over four regions, connected by glowing arcs, the central one unlit.

What Is CISA, and Who Does Its Job in Other Countries?

07/30/2026

Every big hack story ends the same way. Somewhere around paragraph four, after the breach...

Smoothly connected rounded shapes representing devices working together in the Apple ecosystem

The Apple Ecosystem: What You Gain, and What It Costs to Leave

07/23/2026

When Macs first showed up at the law school, they did not get along with...

Silhouetted figures sweeping a beach with glowing metal detectors, one in daylight and one in shadow, over sand patterned with circuit-board traces.

Why Your Devices Suddenly Want So Many Software Updates

07/23/2026

Microsoft pushed an update to Windows XP one night, and I came in the next...

Illustration of seeds spreading on the wind, representing why you can't ban AI once the technology exists.

Why You Can’t Ban AI — and What Encryption’s History Tells Us

07/16/2026

Last month the U.S. government switched off Anthropic’s most powerful AI models; just under three...

Illustration of a paused machine, representing the government shutdown of Anthropic's Fable and Mythos AI models.

Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos: What the AI Shutdown Was Really About

07/09/2026

I was working in Claude Opus when Mythos turned up in the headlines. It did...

Illustration of a file copied to a laptop, an external drive, and the cloud, showing the 3-2-1 backup rule.

The 3-2-1 Backup Rule, and the Photos You Can’t Get Back

07/02/2026

A few years back, someone I know handed me a laptop that wouldn’t turn on....