www.1843magazine.comDeepMind and Google: the battle to control artificial intelligence
One afternoon in August 2010, in a conference hall perched on the edge of San Francisco Bay, a 34-year-old Londoner called Demis Hassabis took to the stage.
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www.forbes.comZoom, Zoom, Zoom! The Exclusive Inside Story Of The New Billionaire Behind Tech’s Hottest IPO
This story appears in the May 31, 2019 issue of Forbes Magazine. Subscribe
knowyourteam.comEpisode 37: Interview with Bryce Roberts, Founder of Indie.vc, Co-Founder of OATV
As the founder of Indie.
producthabits.comMy Billion Dollar Mistake
Back in 2008, I co-founded KISSmetrics, an analytics company. There were so many times when I thought about giving up during the early days. Over and over again, I felt like we were doing it all wrong. Making guesses about the problems people had. Building to solve problems we had imagined.
www.theguardian.com'You did not act in time': Greta Thunberg's full speech to MPs
My name is Greta Thunberg. I am 16 years old. I come from Sweden. And I speak on behalf of future generations. I know many of you don’t want to listen to us – you say we are just children. But we’re only repeating the message of the united climate science.
gravitational.comSaaS vs Open Core Software: An Introduction
The Open Source business model has traditionally been thought of as losing strategy, with the only commonly referred to success story being RedHat.
www.deepsouthventures.comI Sell Onions on the Internet
Vidalia Onions to be exact. They’re classified as a sweet onion, and because of their mild flavor (they don’t make your eyes tear up), some folks can eat them like an apple. Most of my customers do.
www.deepsouthventures.comWant to Build a Side Business? Just Buy a Great Domain Name
So you wanna start a side business while holding down a full-time job. Kool. Dang smart move – that’s the same route I took – ten years ago now. Self-funded, no VC to appease, no angel investor to update. Just you, and your sandbox of ambition.
www.deepsouthventures.comWindow Shopping for Expired Domain Names
aka. Part 2 – Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy a Great Domain Name Previously, we suggested the idea of acquiring an expired domain name as the impetus for building a side business. No idea required. The domain will be your inspiration.
www.wired.comA 'Blockchain Bandit' Is Guessing Private Keys and Scoring Millions
Last summer, Adrian Bednarek was mulling over ways to steal the cryptocurrency Ethereum. He's a security consultant; at the time, he was working for a client in the theft-plagued cryptocurrency industry.
www.theverge.comHow Gesaffelstein’s Coachella set tricked minds with the world’s blackest black
One of the most visually impressive performances at this year’s Coachella was special, not just because of what the audience could see, but because of what they couldn’t see.
www.theverge.comWhen can we finally get rid of passwords?
On February 25th, Google introduced a new feature to Android that could have huge implications for our online security. The company announced that all Android devices running on version 7.0 and higher are now FIDO2 certified for password-free logins.
hbr.orgHow to Write Email with Military Precision
In the military, a poorly formatted email may be the difference between mission accomplished and mission failure. During my active duty service, I learned how to structure emails to maximize a mission’s chances for success.
www.sandimetz.comThe Wrong Abstraction
_I originally wrote the following for my Chainline Newsletter, but I continue to get tweets about this idea, so I'm re-publishing the article here on my blog. This version has been lightly edited._ I've been thinking about the consequences of the "wrong abstraction.
andrew.londonHack your password before you get hacked!
What’s your password and when was the last time you changed it? It’s time to take your Pa$$w0rD strategy seriously.
monzo.comIntroducing Monzo Plus
Earlier this year we published a long list of the things we were going to explore in 2019. One of those things was the option to buy ‘add-ons’ for your Monzo account.
radar.oreilly.comThe Secret Sauce of Writely
I spent a fun hour talking with Sam Schillace of Writely. We talked about the uptake (enormous) and different approaches to the idea of word processing on the web, but two things really stuck with me: platform and people.
www.theverge.comAnker’s new 60W USB-C GaN charger looks like the one we’ve been waiting for
Anker’s first gallium nitride (GaN) charger — the 30W PowerPort Atom PD 1 — was interesting, largely due to its size, but it was less practical due to its low power and single USB-C port.
www.theverge.comTwo new AirPods models may be coming later in 2019
Apple released its second-generation AirPods just last month, but we may see a new version of its wireless headphones before 2019 is over. This information comes from a DigiTimes report, which also claims that a noise-canceling feature will be part of the next AirPods iteration.
www.theverge.comLG reportedly suspending production of phones in home country of Korea
The fortunes of LG Mobile, the embattled and rather overshadowed rival to Samsung Mobile, have been on a downward trajectory for a long time.
www.theverge.comMark Zuckerberg has a podcast now
In January, Mark Zuckerberg published a blog post announcing his New Year’s resolution.
sivers.orgNo “yes.” Either “HELL YEAH!” or “no.”
Use this rule if you’re often over-committed or too scattered. If you’re not saying “HELL YEAH!” about something, say “no”.
www.cbc.ca'Passengers are afraid of this airplane': How Boeing is handling its 737 Max problem
Boeing has technical fixes for the 737 Max airliner and new training for pilots in the wake of two disastrous crashes. Now comes the hard part: getting passengers and airlines back on board.