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Interesting Tech & Law news. Plus, recommended books & Substacks

Here are some news items I curated for my close friends and fellow nerds…

🧑‍💻 Tech related 

As you no doubt heard, Apple’s new $3,500 goggles are available. This review is my favorite so far.🤣

Microsoft said Russian hackers accessed the accounts of some employees on its leadership, cybersecurity, and legal teams. Oops! 😳

Tesla Bingo

Did you know it’s become fashionable to play Bingo during earnings reports for Tesla. If Elon Musk uses the phrase, cross out the applicable box.

⚖️ Law News

The Florida Bar Association has passed new guidelines for attorneys on using artificial intelligence

The headline is: “Florida Bar Ethics Opinion OKs Lawyers’ Use Of Generative AI, But With Cautions”

This seems ridiculous. I mean, are their lawyers that need to be reminded to do what’s obvious and sensible?

It’s like an engineering watchdog organization reminding engineers that they need to carefully check their calculations when constructing buildings.

And it reminds me of this Far Side cartoon…

(thanks Gary Larson!)

🤔Ye Olde Trivia

In 1999, The Washington Post reported that the NSA had issued a “Furby Alert,” banning the toy from its offices as a possible security risk. When my kids had Furbys I was more concerned about the annoyingly repetitive verbal emissions. 

🧑‍🎓Education 

How do we learn best? Perhaps in paradoxical ways.

📚Good books

Here’s a great book I’m reading and enthusiastically recommending 

• Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (a witty, hilarious twist on the classic whodunnit)

What good books are you reading and recommending?

📚Good stacks

There are hundreds of great writers on Substack. Here are some that law nerds might enjoy:

• Law Dork: Chris Geidner writes about the Supreme Court, and other court matters.

• Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance: well-written and well-reasoned insights from a former U.S. Attorney.

• Original Jurisdiction by David Lat (an early law blogger who became very successful online)

• Jordan Furlong’s excellent publication, from which this poignant observation was recently made:

“Full-time in-person attendance hasn’t returned to law firms partly because the myth of its importance has been busted.”

I love myth-busting, especially when it involves cluelessness in large law firms.

Oh, and an offbeat Substack publication that I’ve enjoyed immensely is:

• Dirtbags throughout History

It describes itself as “a journey through the pages of history discussing historical weirdos, dirtbags, and iconoclasts whose wacky stories warm the heart in one way or another."

That was enough to entice me to subscribe.🤣

🎬 Lastly

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