One of the reasons I keep coming back to science fiction is that it gives writers a way to put ordinary human beings in impossible situations. Not merely dangerous situations—impossible […]
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Every one of my novels begins with a question. Not a plot. Not a character. A question. The question that eventually became The Quantum Mirror wasn’t about quantum technology or
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As a novelist, I’m naturally interested in stories. Not just the stories we read, watch, or write, but the stories we tell ourselves. Every person you’ve ever met is carrying
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Europe has delivered another major ruling against a large American technology company. Ordinarily, that wouldn’t be particularly surprising. Over the last decade, European regulators have repeatedly targeted U.S. tech firms
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Google Search used to be a deal. Not a perfect deal. Not always a fair deal. But a deal. Websites created content. Google indexed that content. Users searched Google, found
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With about a month remaining before launch, some of the first professional reviews for The Quantum Mirror have started coming in. I’m incredibly encouraged by the response so far. Building
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Google has always been an engineering powerhouse. Search, Maps, Gmail, Android, Chrome, YouTube infrastructure, TensorFlow, DeepMind—the company has shaped the modern internet and helped define the AI era. Marketing, however,
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Welcome to the first entry in my Bad UI series, where I’ll look at widely used products that should be better than they are. I’m starting with the YouTube iOS
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I’m excited to officially announce The Quantum Mirror, a new psychological sci-fi thriller launching June 23. Set aboard a failing Russian space station during a violent solar storm, the novel follows astronaut Sarah
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When you look up at the sky, feel the warmth of sunlight, you probably assume the explanation is straightforward. The sun is a massive furnace. Hydrogen atoms collide, fuse into
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