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The "Magritte" Moment of the Auto Industry: Is Porsche Now a Target?
René Magritte visualized that the representation of an object is not the object itself. Today, looking at the Porsche AG stock chart ($ P911.DE ), we see a similar paradox. The brand remains a symbol of luxury, yet the Free Float Market Cap has "collapsed" to approximately €16.6 Billion ($18 Billion) as of March 2026. 💡 The Harsh Reality Despite the prestige, Porsche AG has struggled to fulfill the high expectations of the EV transition. In a world dominated by software

Federico Carrasco
Mar 182 min read


Who’s really winning the AI race, the US or China?
The answer might surprise you. 👉 Watch the breakdown here ! In this eye-opening conversation with Kanellos-John Patsios , we dive deep into the future of hybrid warfare , robotics , AI , psychological operations, deepfake , Disinformation , Cybersecurity and many more.

Federico Carrasco
Mar 171 min read


Ψηφιακή Αποκάλυψη, εν αγνοία μας!
Πόσο έτοιμη είναι η Ελλάδα για κυβερνοπόλεμο; Ποιος ελέγχει πραγματικά την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη; Και πώς τα deepfakes αλλάζουν τον πόλεμο και την πολιτική; Ο Φεντερίκο Καρράσκο , επιστήμονας πληροφορικής και ειδικός σε θέματα Τεχνιτής Νοημοσύνης, Κυβερνοασφάλειας, Πολυμέσων και Metaverse, με σπουδές στο τμήμα Μηχανικών Η/Υ και Πληροφορικής, της Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών, ιδρυτής Graypes , μας ξεδιπλώνει τον κόσμο του υβριδικού πολέμου, της ρομποτικής, των αλγορίθμων, και τ

Federico Carrasco
Mar 141 min read


The Future is Here: A Toothbrush Smarter Than your Manager !
or You’re buying a Toothbrush with the tech of a self-guided missile! When companies sprinkle AI onto everyday products, it’s hard not to wonder what’s real innovation and what’s just glossy marketing . Oral-B's claim is a perfect example, and the truth sits somewhere in the middle. 💡 The system uses 3D tracking across 16 tooth zones and an AI Brushing Recognition model trained on over 1,000 recorded brushing behaviors. It interprets motion and position data from the

Federico Carrasco
Mar 121 min read


War as a Casino !
Prediction markets are facing heavy scrutiny after revelations that more than half a billion dollars was wagered on the timing of U.S. strikes on Iran. 🚩 According to Bloomberg , $529 million was traded on Polymarket alone. One account reportedly earned over $500,000, placing its first bet just an hour before the strikes became public. 🚩 Meanwhile, rival platform Kalshi handled nearly $55 million in trades speculating on whether Ali Khamenei would be ousted, but

Federico Carrasco
Mar 101 min read


If you want to be serious about AI, build your own LLM !
On July 1, 2024, Graypes made a definitive move that set it apart from the tech herd: we officially abandoned all commercial and third-party LLMs. While most of the world remains tethered to generic APIs from Silicon Valley giants, Graypes transitioned to its own proprietary Large Language Model, engineered from the ground up for the high-stakes world of business innovation and investment rating. 💡 Why Abandon Commercial LLMs? Relying on "off-the-shelf" AI is a gamble with

Federico Carrasco
Mar 101 min read


2030: ChatGPT hunting down Anthropic for tanking its IPO (!)
Enjoy at: https://youtu.be/5CYvL4jAN3k

Federico Carrasco
Mar 101 min read


Layoff Season: Software Developers and CXOs
📍 Programmers losing their jobs thanks to Claude from Anthropic 📍 Executives losing their jobs thanks to the Jeffrey Epstein files (!)

Federico Carrasco
Mar 61 min read


Banking Software? AKA a Tesla dashboard on a horse's stagecoach
I spent the week from 19 to 23 of January 2026, in the World Economic Forum (WEF) , Davos Switzerland, where the world discusses the future of the global economy. Yet, when a day before start, I opened my Deutsche Bank mobile banking app to check my available cash , I was greeted by … nothing. A literal blank screen, as you can see in the actual screenshot. The irony? They just pushed a software update a few days ago. And this isn’t the first time I’ve encounter

Federico Carrasco
Mar 41 min read


The Pendulum Swings: AI Proves We Always Needed Fewer, Better People !
It has long been one of the software industry's most expensive paradoxes: why does a company that started with two people in a garage eventually require five hundred engineers to maintain a single platform? In an era defined by the "Lean Startup" mindset and increasingly sophisticated abstraction layers, the bloated headcount of modern tech giants often feels less like a necessity and more like a systemic malfunction. 🚩 The Lean Dream vs. Corporate Bloat The blueprint

Federico Carrasco
Feb 162 min read
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