The Climate Claims Under Fire Big Tech has been claiming that AI will help save the planet. But a new report suggests these claims lack solid evidence. The 5-10% Claim In late 2023, Google claimed...
When AI Infrastructure Meets Rural Resistance A short drive from London, the town of Potters Bar is fighting to protect its greenbelt — the farms, forests, and meadows that surround the city. But with the...
When AI Meets Your Metabolism Rodney Buckley lost 100 pounds in less than a year — not with Ozempic, but with an AI-powered digital twin. He is one of tens of thousands using a new...
Why one developer quit Google, sold his startup, and now writes a book about English writing. The Core Insight Michael Lynch just published his eighth year as a bootstrapped founder. His story challenges a common...
In February 2016, a small group of data engineers made a bet: that the future of data processing depended on a shared, columnar memory format that could move data between systems without serialization overhead. Ten...
In Tokyo’s Ikebukuro Station, something remarkable happens every weekday morning. Trains arrive empty at the terminal platform, and passengers spontaneously form two queues on each side of the doors. The first queue boards immediately; the...
Remember the first time you touched a camera’s dial and had no idea what f/2.8 actually meant? You’re not alone. For decades, photography remained an art form shrouded in mystery—accessible only to those willing to...
A third of Airbnb’s customer support is now handled by AI. Their goal? Much more than a third, in every language, through voice. Welcome to the AI-native enterprise. The Core Insight During Airbnb’s fourth-quarter earnings...
What if your AI assistant remembered your last conversation? Not just the one from five minutes ago, but the context from last month, the decision you made last quarter, and the commitment you promised to...
The startup graveyard of the pandemic era is yielding some unexpected treasures. Uber’s latest acquisition tells a fascinating story about market timing, strategic patience, and the true cost of hypergrowth. The Core Insight Uber just...