Category: Current Events
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The Dawn Of The A.I. Hall Monitor
Over the past few months, I’ve had the significant misfortune of participating through Zoom and Teams in virtual meetings where so-called “A.I.” bots were in attendance. These bots claim to be “taking notes,” “transcribing,” and offering “insights” on how the meeting went. Hopefully you’re catching all the air quotes I’d be making if I were…
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The Great American Backhoe Bonanza: How Washington’s Fiber Obsession Buried the AI Future — Until Now
For years, Washington bet everything on fiber, spending billions in taxpayer money with the primary purpose of extending fiber cable to every home – all of this with the goal of future-proofing the American internet. It hasn’t worked. Instead, this backhoe bonanza has burned through public funds while leaving the country unprepared for the real…
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TiDev Titanium Has Day 0 Compatibility with iOS 26 — Other Mobile Frameworks Not So Lucky
When Apple unveiled iOS 26 and its sweeping new “Liquid Glass” UI design, many developers braced for impact. Major version jumps like this often send cross-platform frameworks scrambling to catch up, forcing developers to wait weeks or months for SDK updates, patches, and compatibility fixes. But for one framework — TiDev Titanium — iOS 26…
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AT&T’s War on CBRS: How Corporate Overreach Threatens America’s National Security
While Americans were locked down during COVID, a new kind of Cold War accelerated — not one fought with bombs or bullets, but with silicon, algorithms, and data. The artificial intelligence arms race is underway. China knows it. Russia knows it. And recent battlefield innovations in Ukraine have shown just how fast AI-powered warfare is…
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Alabama’s Internet Exchange: The MGMix Story
I recently joined Tony Porterfield, CTO for the City of Montgomery, at ALANOG-6 for a deep-dive “fireside” conversation about the MGMix — Alabama’s first and only city-owned Internet Exchange Point (IXP). CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR FIRESIDE PRESENTATION MGMix (Montgomery Internet Exchange) was originally launched in 2016 enabling network operators with a presence at the…
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Lightwave LINK Mobile App Lands In Central Alabama
In an age where digital technology is reshaping how we live, work, and communicate, the need for local connection and community has never been stronger. People are looking for ways to feel grounded—to see and support what’s happening around them. At Alabama Lightwave, we recognize that broadband isn’t just about speed—it’s about bringing people together.…
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Artificial Intelligence Arrives On The Surveillance Grid
For the first time in years yesterday I once again graced the doors of Birmingham’s Innovation Depot. This lovely startup incubation space was the venue for the 3rd “Breakfast Club” event I’ve attended hosted by local software development firm Daring Bit Assembly – this is a monthly “mixer” event where technology professionals meet to chat…
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Lead Generation With AI, Powered By Zapier
Today I attended a webinar hosted by Jane Zhang from Zapier’s product marketing team. The focus was on Zapier’s new AI agent offering, with the webinar providing some real concrete examples of how AI agents can help a business with their lead generation efforts. There’s a lot of buzz, hyperbole, and misinformation in this space…
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Fellowship With The Titans
A gentle fog hung over Birmingham, Alabama this morning – visible as far as the eye could see from the 20th floor of the immaculate John Hand building. Industry and commerce humming about below the club floor powered by technology our ancestors couldn’t fathom in 1912 when this building joined Birmingham’s emerging skyline. The innovations…
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Join the REVOLUTION, Self-host Your Content!
I grew up on a more open internet. It wasn’t perfect, but generally speaking, gatekeepers were significantly less common than they are today. On the 2025 version of the internet – algorithms/AI and corporate hucksters get to be the primary gatekeepers of information. If a post isn’t shared on Facebook, X, or Reddit – likely…