Donald Trump had to know the Stormy Daniels story would come out eventually. Porn always seems to find a way to expose itself. Not that I think that’s a big deal. I don’t. I don’t give a flying fart that the president had an affair. With a porn star. When[…] Read On
President Trump signed an executive order yesterday blocking Broadcom’s hostile takeover of wireless pioneer Qualcomm, citing national security concerns. Squashing what would have been the biggest deal in tech history at $117 billion was the right move, but nobody seems to be clear on why. Allow me to clarify. Perhaps[…] Read On
In his book “Real Leaders Don’t Follow,” Silicon Valley management consultant and former senior executive Steve Tobak busts many of today’s most popular leadership and entrepreneurial myths. Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen sees himself as a visionary, an idea man; that much is clear from his book, Idea Man: A Memoir[…] Read On
When Alexander Fleming accepted the Nobel Prize for co-discovering Penicillin in 1945, he warned that misuse could enable bacteria to develop resistance to his miracle drug. You can’t get much more prescient than that. Today’s Earth is a veritable Petrie dish of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. And like the Martians in H.[…] Read On
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen wants to teach machines common sense. Maybe he should start by teaching humans. The Seattle Seahawks owner and mega-investor has earmarked $125 million for a project so artificial intelligence can “approach human abilities,” he said. Oren Etzioni, CEO of AI2, Allen’s AI research center, added that[…] Read On
What do Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Steve Jobs, Larry Page, and Mark Zuckerberg all have in common? Besides being some of the most successful founders and CEOs of our time, they’re all well known for being among the most difficult bosses to work for, to put it kindly. Those[…] Read On
Does freedom comes from living simply like a monk or opulently like a Trump? It’s the eternal question we all ask ourselves. A TV sitcom I was watching some time ago had a scene with a bunch of stereotypical millennials throwing an unemployment party (yup, you read that right) for[…] Read On