The legal notice says Google has copied a "large corpus" of Disney's works to train its gen AI models, which is believable, as Google's image and video models will happily produce popular Disney characters -- they couldn't do that without feeding the models lots of Disney data.

Not true. Google could have fed the models data produced by other people, e.g. fan fiction, parodies, etc. (But, that being said, we all know that Google probably did feed their models with actual Disney content, wink-wink.)

Wow, that's HEAVY!

Yes, and committing burglary would incur a stiff jail sentence from the local authorities, but that doesn't seem to stop lots of would-be burglars.

Obnoxious !== illegal. Being obnoxious doesn't warrant having your camera/glasses broken.

So, like Reagan's SDI ("Star Wars") defense shield in the 1980s.

It sure seems like most of Windows 11 was vibe coded with Copilot. But tell me again why we want AI forced onto our OS.

If I buy a car in South America and drive it back to the US, how/where will I be obligated to pay tariffs? Will I be able to just drive across the border unimpeded or will the authorities make me pay?

2026 will surely be the year of quantum computing, Linux on the desktop, and full self driving cars!

7. Moving fast and breaking things

How convenient that they fixed this after the end of Windows 10 support.

It's called Mr. Robot and Sony is playing the part of Evil Corp.

Experts using tools can actually get work done? That's some fine reporting there, Lou.

The next step will be to offer people incentive to connect their own brains to a computer. Eventually, when enough people have taken the bait, those who want basic services will be *required* to have their brains connected to a computer. (Don't believe me? Replace "brain connected to a computer" with "have a Facebook account" or similar.)

Where's the "Stop borking my computer with your bloatware I never asked for, and start fixing actual bugs" toggle?

Next time you're pulled over, put a big "Waymo" sticker on the steering wheel before you fold down the back seat and sneak into the trunk until the cop gives up and walks away.