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Section 230 and the Future of the Internet

Before the Supreme Court are two cases that question an immunity clause in the 1996 Communications Decency Act. Part of this act included a section (Section 230) that protected companies that hosted user content...

The Amazing Amazon

In Amazon Unbound, Brad Stone dishes out the last ten years of Amazon and Bezos history. Good book, but not great.

Net Neutrality: What it is and what it isn’t

Whether you agree or disagree with Net Neutrality, it’s important to understand all the facts. Unfortunately, the proponents of Net neutrality often cherry pick them. With the upcoming Day of Action for Net Neutrality,...

Firefly Wine Shop

I can’t tell you how proud I am of my wife and her entrepreneurial creation, Firefly Wine Shop. She has been working toward this day for the past 6 months, developing a business plan,...

Apple versus the FBI: Lessons from my MBA class

Apple versus the FBI: Lessons from my MBA class

The terrorist attacks and deaths in San Bernardino last year were tragic and deserve justice.  In the FBI’s efforts to investigate the case, they are pursuing every method they can to gather information about the culprits....

Apple’s Fight for Your Privacy

Apple’s Fight for Your Privacy

Recently, Apple announced they were publicly fighting a court order to help the FBI to decrypt a phone in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks. From my understanding, the court is ordering Apple to re-write...

How AI optimizes server farm performance

How AI optimizes server farm performance

Not surprisingly, Google is finding ways to combine neural networks and machine learning to optimize the performance and minimize the energy costs of running their server farms.  Here is the intersection of multiple fields...