Netflix’s setbacks are the canary in the coal mine for streamers

It was supposed to be a great season for Netflix. Anticipation was building for the May 27th season four release of their long-running hit, Stranger Things. Instead, ten days earlier, the company announced significant

This AI can produce stunning images with just a few words of description, but is it art?

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but thanks to an artificial intelligence program called DALL-E 2, you can have a professional-looking image with far fewer.

DALL-E 2 is a new neural network algorithm that creates a picture from

10 years after its demise, a requiem for the Microsoft Zune, the little gadget that couldn’t

Though it’s largely been lost to the fog of history, the inaugural scandal of Barack Obama’s presidency centered not on civilian-drone casualties or the bailout of a slumping economy, but on the incoming commander-in-chief’s Microsoft Zune.

The transgression came in late 2008, just after his election, while his transition team was busy readying the White House and the nation for the promise of h

Tech layoffs accelerate in June, with more than 7,000 losing their jobs so far

Last month’s stock market volatility is looking like the calm before the storm. The NASDAQ has fallen more than 7% in the past month—and year to date, it’s down 32%.

The decline in the tech-heavy stock index is a barometer of the tech sector, meaning the unbridled growth of the past few years is contracting sharply as well. That’s been accompanied by

What it’s like for a new CTO trying to bring innovation to a company

I just had coffee with Anthony, a friend who was just hired as the CTO of a large company (over 30,000 people). He’s cofounded several enterprise software startups, and his previous job involved building a new innovation organization from scratch inside another large company. But this is his first time working as the CTO of a company this size.

Good news and bad

His good news

How you can use Eagle to organize images on your computer

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Until recently, I relied on a series of Dropbox folders and subfolders. Locating images for docs or presentations meant hunting through folders. As I accumulated collections of icons, graphics, illustration

The $8 billion crypto unicorn that crypto loves to hate

In the sleepy days between Christmas and New Year’s, Michael Gronager was relaxing at his home in Miami with family visiting from his native Denmark, when his girlfriend had her cryptocurrency account hacked.

More curious than upset, Gronager, who is the cofounder and CEO of

Solid-state batteries could be key for EVs—and they’re making a leap toward mass production

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At some point, the development of solid-state batteries—in which ele

What it’s like building a board of directors for a successful tech company

It’s lonely at the top. Or at least it can be. As a first-time CEO the biggest adjustment for me is knowing that I’m now where the buck stops. I’ve held other C-suite roles before this in which I’ve advised, made recommendations, but there was always someone else making the final call. Now that’s on me.

Yet no CEO is really alone. That’s where the board comes in. Due to the pandemic, this month I will meet my board of directors in person for th

Building truly accessible digital products goes way beyond your limited checklist

Does your company have a compliance checklist for making your digital product accessible? Likely. But in so many cases, these are mostly a cop out. 

Big enterprises often see reaching compliance as an end goal vs. a process. They outsource it, automate it, and hire specialists. Or, increasingly, they invest in “


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