Opinion: The World Cup Just Accidentally Exposed Canada’s Bigger Problem
By Hans Wilder Sometimes it takes a soccer tournament to tell a much bigger story. Fans from around the world…
The New Political Battlefield Isn’t the Comment Section. It’s the Emoji.
By Hans Wilder | Digital Media USA I've been writing about technology long enough to remember when a website getting…
Europe Finally Discovers Air Conditioning… Now What?
-West Palm Beach By Hans Wilder Europe is baking. Cities built to trap precious winter warmth are suddenly acting like…
Was Max Headroom the first A.I.?
By Joel PilonWatertown, New York Let’s be honest here — long before today’s A.I. models were busy apologizing for using the wrong comma or refusing to answer because somebody somewhere…
The Only Biblical Tree in the Louisiana Purchase Territory? The Strange American Legacy of the Osage Orange
By Joel Pilon for Digital Media USA There are trees in America that provide shade. There are trees that provide lumber. There are even trees that provide maple syrup, Instagram…
75,000 AI Songs a Day: The Music Industry’s Nightmare Has Begun
Somewhere right now, at 3:17 in the morning, a guy in sweatpants sitting in a dark room with a glowing monitor is typing the words: “1970s smoky lounge singer with…
The Next Pandemic Could Be Real — And Nobody May Believe It
By Hans Wilder | West Palm Beach Somewhere tonight, under the blue glow of a cellphone screen at two in the morning, somebody is reading about another virus emerging somewhere…