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The new normal of tech at war

The new normal of tech at war

From Starlink deploying in Ukraine [https://www.icopilots.com/musk-the-gafams-and-ukraine/]... > Is Starlink that important? It wouldn't be possible to restore 10 km of cable connection between villages in Chernigiv region after serious battles so quick. Normally it takes few months. Another case: provider Baryshivka-Net resumed the network

There's a (giant) canary in the self-driving coalmine

There's a (giant) canary in the self-driving coalmine

With around 26 million inhabitants, Shanghai is the third-largest city in the world after Tokyo and Delhi, and it's currently under a hard lockdown. Shanghai is also one of the most active digital consumer markets, spearheaded by numerous delivery and supply-chain innovators. One of them is JD.com

Selling pickaxes during the NFT goldrush

Selling pickaxes during the NFT goldrush

Surfing on the growing anger about Apple's 30% cut on the App Store, back in June 2021, Zuckerberg announced how he intended to monetize New Horizons (his new virtual reality metaverse project): To help more creators make a living on our platforms, we’re going to keep paid

Is Glossier pulling a WeWork?

Is Glossier pulling a WeWork?

Glossier has been a trailblazer in the beauty market, and Emily Weiss considered one of the most successful entrepreneurs of these last years. After creating Into the Gloss, an immensely successful beauty and fashion blog garnering more than 10 million views a month, in 2014, Weiss launched Glossier, a direct-to-market

Could McDonald's start competing with Tesla?

Could McDonald's start competing with Tesla?

When I train executives or startupers on building business models, there's always a painful step: understanding that the product is only a feature of the business, not the end-game. This is true to the point that there might be a vast disconnect between the value a company delivers

Don't discount Facebook just yet

Don't discount Facebook just yet

A few years ago, tech journalists and, even worse, business analysts were still calling Facebook a startup. But you know me, I find it hard to call a "startup" a trillion-dollar business founded 18 years ago. Nowadays, the trend is to discount Facebook as a has-been digital incumbent

10 technologies that will shape our next five years

10 technologies that will shape our next five years

Last week we had one of the numerous forecasts about technology (*) that we've been reading for so many years. 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2022This list represents a glimpse into our collective future.MIT Technology ReviewThe Editors I'm not going to have an opinion about the pertinence of