It was easy for Western elites to dream that borders would matter less over time after the end of the Cold War and the emergence of the EU. However, this dream led to poor policy decisions. Perhaps the most disastrous was engaging in unrestricted trade with autocratic regimes—most notably China—in the hope that unlimited trade would produce wealth, with the resulting being a Chinese pivot toward Western, liberal values. Time has proven the folly of tho
I’m at almost constant inbox zero. In part, it’s because I’m good at organizing my inbox and
The metaverse has risen to become one of tech’s biggest focuses for the next decade. Just look at Facebook, which was renamed Meta last year as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the immersive technology.
But the rise in the metaverse also coincides with an increased focus on consumer privacy. Users and lawmakers have become more concerned with how their data is being used, tracked, and sold. Having people work, play, and live in a virtual world that users enter thr
Even by the standards of cryptocurrencies’ notorious volatility, the last six months have been a white-knuckle ride. The total value of all cryptocurrencies is estimated to have plummeted by some $2 trillion from their November 2021 peak, while the price of bi
Imagine the following scenario: A phone rings, an office worker answers it and hears his boss, in a panic, tell him that she forgot to transfer money to the new contractor before she left for the day and needs him to do it. She gives him the wire transfer information, and with the money transferred, the crisis has been averted.
The worker sits back in his chair, takes a deep breath, and watches as his boss walks in the door. The voice on the other end of the call was not his boss. In f
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 is the first foldable phone I’d actually buy.
Not that I’m going to–I’m only a year into an iPhone 13 Pro Max installment plan, and can’t quite justify spending $1,800 on a second, unlocked phone–but Samsung’s biggest foldable is now refined enough to have fi
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Last year Amazon and Google sold 73 million smart speakers. Since Amazon
As CEO of Pearson, Andy Bird presides over one of the world’s largest textbook publishers. Yet when thinking about Pearson’s long-term direction, Bird doesn’t necessarily look to his fellow Goliaths; often he’s drawing inspiration from the Davids of the world.
“We are desperately trying to be a startup,” he said during a panel on innovating at scale at the Fast Company Innov
The hybrid work world has been a reality for several months now, but whether it’s working well is really a matter of debate. A new report from Microsoft, entitled “Empowering your workforce in economic uncertainty,” checks in with both employers and employee
Airbnb is, by nearly every measure, a Silicon Valley success story.
The company was founded during the Great Recession, shot up through the prestigious Y Combinator program, made its market debut during the pandemic, and is now worth more than $70 billion. But things might have looked different if it wer