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Enrique Dans

On the effects of technology and innovation on people, companies and society (writing in Spanish at enriquedans.com since 2003)

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IMAGE: A large, recognizable, stylized Google “G” symbol, appearing cracked and partially crumbling, symbolizing vulnerability and decline, with logos of some AI chatbots and a judge’s gavel

IMAGE: A large, recognizable, stylized Google “G” symbol, appearing cracked and partially crumbling, symbolizing vulnerability and decline, with logos of some AI chatbots and a judge’s gavel

Google’s search empire is crumbling, and that’s not a bad thing

Surprise, surprise, Google’s digital monopoly was the plan all along

IMAGE: An old search engine crumbling as a chatbot-like AI interface emerges, with dollar signs falling from pixelated ads: a visual metaphor for the paradigm shift in information access

IMAGE: An old search engine crumbling as a chatbot-like AI interface emerges, with dollar signs falling from pixelated ads: a visual metaphor for the paradigm shift in information access

Can Gemini 2.5 Pro save Google from obsolescence?

Google’s outdated business model could soon consign it to history

IMAGE: A comic-style illustration of a teenager sitting in front of a desktop computer as it tries to estimate his age using machine learning

IMAGE: A comic-style illustration of a teenager sitting in front of a desktop computer as it tries to estimate his age using machine learning

Algorithmic age-verification: a magic bullet or surveillance creep?

IMAGE: A White House drawing with a daisy (“loves me, loves me not”) emerging from where the flag used to be

IMAGE: A White House drawing with a daisy (“loves me, loves me not”) emerging from where the flag used to be

What lies in store for Big Tech under Donald Trump?

IMAGE: A final statement in a Gemini conversation with a user saying “This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please”

IMAGE: A final statement in a Gemini conversation with a user saying “This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please”

Now you know: don’t test Gemini’s patience

The accompanying tongue lashing comes at the end of lengthy back and forth between…

IMAGE: The ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Claude logos forming the new AI search panorama

IMAGE: The ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Claude logos forming the new AI search panorama

It’s a search engine, Jim, but not as we know it

IMAGE: A picture of Google’s headquarters circa 2014

IMAGE: A picture of Google’s headquarters circa 2014

Is Google finally getting its act together?

The photograph shows the entrance to Google’s headquarters in 2015. Happier times…

IMAGE: A screenshot from Google’s NotebookLM, that generates a podcast between two English-speakers on a given subject

IMAGE: A screenshot from Google’s NotebookLM, that generates a podcast between two English-speakers on a given subject

An electrifying podcast

A recent US podcast discusses my work on EVs, looking at the reasons more and more people are buying them, China’s…