Author: Rob
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When the World’s Top Consultancy Gets Hacked by an AI Agent
McKinsey & Company – one of the most prestigious and well-resourced consulting firms on the planet – had its flagship AI platform, Lilli, comprehensively compromised. Not by a nation-state hacking group or a team of elite security researchers, but by an autonomous AI agent built by CodeWall.ai. The findings are a wake-up call for every…
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Ten Years of Docker
How a Simple Idea Reshaped Software Development In 2013, Solomon Hykes took the stage at PyCon and introduced Docker to the world with a deceptively simple pitch: “Shipping code to the server is hard.” A decade later, that moment stands as one of the most consequential product launches in modern software history. With millions of…
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Google API Keys, Gemini, and a Lesson in Silent Risk
When the Rules Change Overnight As someone who works at the intersection of technology, business, and education, I find that some of the most important lessons in cybersecurity don’t come from spectacular breaches – they come from quiet, systemic shifts that nobody notices until it’s too late. The recent findings published by Truffle Security on…
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The Silent Watchers in Your Browser
What 287 Chrome Extensions Tell Us About Digital Literacy As someone who spends a great deal of time thinking about technology, education, and the skills our students need to navigate the modern world, a recent investigation caught my attention – and frankly, it should catch yours too. A detailed technical analysis published on the QContinuum…
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When AI Remembers Too Much
New Research on Language Models and Copyrighted Content The intersection of artificial intelligence and intellectual property law continues to generate pressing questions for academics, policymakers, and industry leaders. Researchers have managed to reproduce 96% of a Harry Potter book by simply giving the LLM the first sentence and employing some clever prompting. A recent paper…
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Reflections from FOSDEM 2026
Brussels, February 1, 2026 This weekend, I had the privilege of attending FOSDEM 2026 at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. For those unfamiliar with FOSDEM, it is Europe’s largest gathering of free and open source software developers. What makes it remarkable is not just its scale – 1,195 speakers, 1,078 events, and 71 specialized tracks…
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The Moltbot Hype Train Needs a Reality Check
Why This Viral AI Agent Raises Red Flags I’ll be honest – I was about to try Moltbot for myself. The promise of a proactive AI agent that could handle tasks across my communication platforms sounded incredibly appealing. Then I came across an article that made me hit the brakes hard. What’s more concerning is…
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The AI Browser Paradox. Why Innovation Sometimes Needs to Wait
Last week, Gartner issued one of the most striking advisories I’ve seen in recent years: organizations should block all AI browsers “for the foreseeable future.” Coming from a firm that typically champions technological adoption, this recommendation carries significant weight. As someone who has spent years integrating AI tools into undergraduate education and exploring their pedagogical…
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Why the Internet Is Turning Into Television (And Why That’s Good News)
Derek Thompson recently wrote an essay arguing that “everything is television.” Meta’s Instagram is now 93% strangers watching videos. Podcasts are racing to add video. Even AI tools are pivoting toward generating visual content. The pattern is unmistakable: the internet is becoming a continuous stream of episodic video. As someone who has spent two decades…
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The Public Health Case for Self-Driving Cars: What the Data Reveals
When we think about autonomous vehicles, we often frame the conversation around technology, innovation, or even job displacement. But a recent analysis by a trauma surgeon offers a dramatically different lens: public health. Writing in The New York Times, the surgeon shares a harrowing account that opens the piece – a teenager ejected in a…
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