My fellow Americans, we live in a divided time. But there is one thing we all agree on. It’s only getting worse. By next month, nearly half of all incoming cell-phone calls will be spam. Half! Sure, the government cracks… Continue Reading
Less than two weeks ago, President Trump warned he’d shut down the U.S. Government if he didn’t get $5 billion for his border wall with Mexico in the new budget. Democrats called his bluff; Trump didn’t blink. And so, a… Continue Reading
Ali Tamaseb, a founder turned venture capitalist at Data Collective VC, recently spent 300 hours gathering data on billion-dollar startups. He generated 100 charts exploring their history and outlined dozens of valuable insights–all in a quest to learn what billion-dollar startups look like at inception. Tamaseb gathered… Continue Reading
Inside the stark and sweeping Eero Saarinen-styled exterior of the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, IBM’s blue jeans-wearing boffins are assembling a new generation of super-powered computers built on quantum mechanical principles. These otherworldly machines dangle from… Continue Reading
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It has been a dismal year for AT&T (T) investors. While the dividends kept rolling in like clockwork, the rest of the business performed nothing close to Swiss clockwork, and as a result, the stock tanked up to 25% before… Continue Reading
Last month, I pointed out that Elon Musk was horribly wrong when he stated that “nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week.” That column got more than the usual amount of pushback, half of which seemed to… Continue Reading
There were a few interesting surprises in the 2019 awards: 1. Bain & CompanyCompany Rating: 4.6 “Bain fosters a really supportive and fun work environment. At a local level, my colleagues are at once my mentors, confidantes, and closest friends.”… Continue Reading
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities announced a broad crackdown on China’s ride-hailing industry on Wednesday, targeting market-leader Didi Chuxing with fines following the deaths of two passengers in separate incidents earlier this year. FILE PHOTO: The company logo of the… Continue Reading
George Orwell has been in the news lately, not because he authored the classic dystopian novel 1984 but because he wrote a famous set of rules for clear writing which, if followed, might resemble Trump’s tweets. I say “famous” with… Continue Reading
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. A grasp of ethics is becoming slightly more popular in business these days. Well, we can thank the Valley’s abject disregard for ethics,… Continue Reading
Laptop makers love to hitch their wagon to a good sale, and Black Friday weekend is one of their favorites. There are a bunch of PC deals going on all the way through Cyber Monday as well. We’ve spent days… Continue Reading
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said this week the company will create an oversight board to help with content moderation. The move is a belated acknowledgement Zuckerberg is out of its depth when it comes to ethics and policy, and comes… Continue Reading
It wasn’t long ago that I wrote a focus ticker article on Apple (AAPL) that raised concerns that I had about its weighting in my portfolio and the potential for me to trim shares. Ultimately, I didn’t follow through (though… Continue Reading
BlackBerry is making its biggest acquisition ever. The once-dominant smartphone maker known for producing mobile devices so addictive people used to call them “crackberries” said Friday it is plunking down $1.4 billion in cash to buy Cylance, a cybersecurity firm… Continue Reading
Of all the little things that add up when you’re traveling, it’s checked baggage fees that often annoy airline passengers the most. For a while there it seemed like the federal government was going to step in and put restrictions… Continue Reading
The comics world mourned the death Monday of Stan Lee, the man who dreamed up some of the most iconic characters and superheroes of the last 60 years–including Spider-Man, Hulk, the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, and… Continue Reading
Every year, I chronicle the brand disasters and brand scandals that did the most damage in the recent months. Previous years have drawn from multiple industries but in 2018 it’s all about the airlines. Here’s the worst of the worst:… Continue Reading