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If It’s Free, You Are The Product

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Almost every ‘free’ app on your phone earns its keep by quietly collecting and trading pieces of your life, turning your habits, movements, and interests into a product—so the real question isn’t what these apps cost, but how much of you they’re taking each time you tap download.

Devices & Apps

Jo Geo

Jan 5, 2026

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AI Isn’t Coming for Your Job—It’s Already Here: Why Skills Now Beat Degrees

Life in General

Jo Geo

Nov 18, 2025
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The World’s First Rules Protecting Your Thoughts Take Effect in 2025

Security & Privacy

Jo Geo

Nov 11, 2025
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The New Digital Oil: Inside AI’s Dangerous Power Grab

Artificial Intelligence

Jo Geo

Nov 3, 2025
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Why Giants Fail in the Digital Age: Lessons from Kodak, Nokia, and Blackberry

Devices & Apps

Jo Geo

Oct 20, 2025

If It’s Free, You Are The Product

Almost every ‘free’ app on your phone earns its keep by quietly collecting and trading pieces of your life, turning your habits, movements, and interests…

Devices & Apps

Jo Geo

Jan 5, 2026
Your Phone’s Death Date Was Set Before You Bought It

Discover how smartphone manufacturers engineer early device failure through planned obsolescence. Learn the truth about battery life, software updates & repair.

Devices & Apps

Jo Geo

Dec 22, 2025
Your Subscriptions Are Designed to Trap You—Here’s How They Do It

Companies use dark patterns to trap you in subscriptions. 76% deploy psychological tricks to keep you paying. Here's how to break free and save $1,500/year.

Internet & Websites

Jo Geo

Dec 16, 2025
Your College Degree Is Now Obsolete — Here’s How to Stay Relevant in the Age of AI

The world of work is changing faster than ever. For decades, a college degree was your golden ticket to career success. But artificial intelligence is…

Future Tech

Jo Geo

Dec 10, 2025
AI Automation Explained: When Software Learns to Make Decisions

Unlike traditional automation that breaks when conditions change, AI automation adapts to messy, real-world data and improves with experience. It combines the speed of software…

Artificial Intelligence

Jo Geo

Nov 23, 2025
AI Isn’t Coming for Your Job—It’s Already Here: Why Skills Now Beat Degrees

The future of work isn't coming—it's already here. AI is currently replacing millions of jobs, particularly entry-level and routine cognitive positions in customer service, data…

Life in General

Jo Geo

Nov 18, 2025
The World’s First Rules Protecting Your Thoughts Take Effect in 2025

As everyday devices gain the ability to decode your brain activity and emotions, UNESCO has created the world's first global standard to protect your mental…

Security & Privacy

Jo Geo

Nov 11, 2025
The New Digital Oil: Inside AI’s Dangerous Power Grab

How AI compute consolidation—NVIDIA’s chip dominance, billion‑dollar entry barriers and software lock‑in—is creating a new digital oligopoly and reshaping competition, strategy, and risk.

Artificial Intelligence

Jo Geo

Nov 3, 2025
Why Giants Fail in the Digital Age: Lessons from Kodak, Nokia, and Blackberry

The failure of giants like Kodak, Nokia, and Blackberry proves the brutal rule of the digital world: if a company is too afraid to destroy…

Devices & Apps

Jo Geo

Oct 20, 2025
Master the Future: New Google Labs AI Tools You Need to Try Today

Forget waiting for the future: Google Labs is where the world's most powerful, cutting-edge AI tools—like the cinematic video creator Flow and the image remixer…

Artificial Intelligence

Jo Geo

Oct 12, 2025

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Your College Degree Is Now Obsolete — Here’s How to Stay Relevant in the Age of AI

The world of work is changing faster than ever. For decades, a college degree was your golden ticket ..

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Jo Geo

Dec 10, 2025
AI Automation Explained: When Software Learns to Make Decisions

Unlike traditional automation that breaks when conditions change, AI automation adapts to messy, real-world ..

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Jo Geo

Nov 23, 2025
AI Isn’t Coming for Your Job—It’s Already Here: Why Skills Now Beat Degrees

The future of work isn't coming—it's already here. AI is currently replacing millions of jobs, particularly ..

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Jo Geo

Nov 18, 2025
The World’s First Rules Protecting Your Thoughts Take Effect in 2025

As everyday devices gain the ability to decode your brain activity and emotions, UNESCO has created the world's ..

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Jo Geo

Nov 11, 2025
The New Digital Oil: Inside AI’s Dangerous Power Grab

How AI compute consolidation—NVIDIA’s chip dominance, billion‑dollar entry barriers and software ..

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Jo Geo

Nov 3, 2025
Master the Future: New Google Labs AI Tools You Need to Try Today

Forget waiting for the future: Google Labs is where the world's most powerful, cutting-edge AI tools—like ..

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Jo Geo

Oct 12, 2025