It was an even trade: translation services for bathtub access. — I didn’t plan it that way (does anybody ever?), but on a hiatus from a career, while bumming around Europe in my late 20s, I ended up becoming the outside guy for a woman who was otherwise occupied by a high-ranking official in the Saudi Arabian government. Here’s how it unfolded: Back in the…

The digital twin represents one corner of the artificial intelligence (AI) world that is going to account for a disproportionate use of future computing resources. It’s already pulling hard on existing ones. A digital twin is pretty much what it sounds like, with a few special nuances. Initially used to…

We took a late summer mini-holiday up to Burlington, Vt., three days in that small city that sits on the eastern edge of the widest part of Lake Champlain. …

The United States is many things. That’s part of what makes it the United States: the disunity. We have been diverse since the beginning of colonialism, quarrelsome, fractious, barely able to hang together in order to not hang separately. This characteristic makes us both endearing and exasperating. Early colonists fooled…

Last night, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger gave one of the most momentous speeches I’ve heard in my decades in the technology industry. It was so comprehensive and far ranging that it will literally set the pace for peers, rivals, customers, and suppliers for years to come. Gelsinger, who recently returned…