Three of the most recognized leaders of the big tech movement, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook (FB.Q), Jack Dorsey of Twitter (TWTR.Q) (and a few other companies) and Sundar Pichai…
Silicon Valley knuckleheads
You could be reasonably forgiven if in the middle of the 1980’s you suspected that Japan was a model for the future. It was a neon paradise, fraught with…
The Bank of Canada has said that issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) isn’t in the cards right now, but they haven’t ruled it out for the future….
There’s big money in sharing your data. This is probably all greek to my parent’s generation—the idea that we should be able to control and monetize our data—but it’s…
The story begins back in 2010 when Google (GOOG.Q) stole 11,000 lines of Oracle’s original code, said it was open source, and starting throwing money at high priced lawyers…
Christmas is one of those holidays where all reason and common sense go out the window. We reconcile with toxic relatives in the spirit of the holidays, we buy…
One of my friends was absolutely stoked when she got her Alexa for Christmas last year. She took pride of place on the shelf beside her wall-mounted TV, where…
I’ve always wanted to be a rich weirdo. Like Nicolas Cage marrying Lisa-Marie Presley on a whim to feel close to her Dad, buying two private islands, collecting shrunken…
Social media has been a part of our lives for over two decades now, and it plays a big role in our social organizing. But the biggest companies have…
There must be something in the air this IPO season, because Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) parent company Endeavor Group Holdings joins the ranks of WeWork, Lyft (LYFT.Q), Uber (UBER.NYSE)…