Looking back at all the posts it was an interesting year and we saw some exciting innovation coming to our lives. Some stories were just old, tired recurrent patterns which everyone could have guessed, some started new patterns.I tried to separate the noise and highlight the stories which were relevant, interesting and worth paying attention.

In that spirit, as Christmas approaches, let’s see who made the tech nice and naughty list this year. What organization provided us with tech that made a positive difference? What company is working on a better future?

Are you frustrated that your telecommunication provider is slow to deploy 5G in your area? Do you want to run your 5G network in a private setting where others can't connect? Lucky you. Amazon now has the solution

What I am finding puzzling is the never-ending dream to replace humans and the desire to translate humanity into an algorithm. Yet, the same people are always very sure that this replacement would never apply to them... 'cause they are special.

So many things start as an idea, taken up by a few enthusiasts with an idealistic mission about how things will change. They believe that there will be no control by big companies or governments and life will be beautiful.

AI is not here to pass judgment. It is a masquerade to make you think that computers can be better than humans. Don't be afraid of AI. Be afraid of people who are making AI to control you.

This week’s post is about email. As you probably know, email started - and we can have a lively debate about this - at the same time as the Internet was born. As the Internet gained popularity, so did email, soon becoming the preferred method of communication.

How can you design system which you know won’t be hackable in the future?

The tech writers were clamouring to write article after article comparing ever-more-impressive speed and size and capabilities of computer technology. A lot of that excitement has faded over time… but a sliver of it is coming back, thanks to quantum computers.

Recently, I got an email: Gartner Insights for IT Executives. Yes, the Gartner you know with the tagline: “We help clients make smarter and faster decisions.” They're also famously the authors of the Magic Quadrant research methodology.

What followed was a very weird experience.