Should the internet be regulated like a utility, or left alone in the spirit of capitalism? I wanted to understand the FCC head’s thinking, so I turned to this article. I have a good grasp on the pro-neutrality case. Any […]
Sanjiv Kalevar, a venture capitalist with Battery Ventures, worked as a dishwasher, truck driver, telemarketer, and more. Now he’s investing in software aimed at making blue-collar work easier and more productive. | learn more
This doesn’t look like it belongs in the tech section on the surface. But this is yet another example of how tech is enabling new classes of business – the niche lifestyle media brand. Remember, until very recently media was […]
Fast Company dives into the murky world of mattress reviews and affiliate relationships. | learn more
I was introduced to the concept of an emergency mesh network in the book CyberStorm, where a series of events occur that take out all internet infrastructure on Manhattan. goTenna’s mesh device is making this fiction a reality in Puerto […]
The OEMs are trying to crawl out of the low-margin manufacturing business by making investments into startups and collaborating more closely. This means better aligned incentives with those startups, who usually suffer from quality issues tied to low production volumes. | learn […]
The project (Loon) is a brainchild of Alphabet’s moonshot subsidiary X. The balloons navigated from Nevada to Puerto Rico by using machine learning to predict air currents. | learn more
Ben Thompson’s Stratechery discusses the end of gatekeeper power in the media business, caused (obviously) by technology’s impact. | learn more
German AI startup TwentyBN has created an AI algorithm that can identify what’s happening in a video stream in real time. An example: “Trying to pour water into a cup, but missing so it spills next to it.” They claim […]
I’ll admit it – I’m guilty of being over-enthusiastic about AI ever since reading Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence a few years ago. Robotics engineer and AI smarty-pants Rodney Brooks published this post in the MIT Technology Review that pours some much-needed cold water […]