The Chinese government has made manufacturing computer chips that store data—memory—a major priority of its centralized science and technology strategy. According to the US Department of Justice, China plans to… Read more »
(Reuters) – First Apple Inc took away the headphone jack on its iPhones. Then it took away the home button. FILE PHOTO: The Apple iPhone 7 and AirPods are displayed… Read more »
The International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, a relatively niche academic symposium in its 15th year, is embroiled in a white-hot controversy over its keynote speaker: Steve Bannon,… Read more »
Tesla, the pioneering electric-car manufacturer that posted blowout earnings this week, may be facing an FBI investigation over investor communications it made regarding the production levels of its Model 3… Read more »
On Friday, Cesar Sayoc was arrested in connection with the 14 pipe bombs sent to top Democrats, other critics of President Trump, and CNN earlier this week. The 56-year-old Sayoc… Read more »
During Google’s latest earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai emphasized that the search giant is hiring U.S. workers. “This year to date, we have added over 9,000 new employees in the… Read more »
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) forecast holiday season sales and profit that missed Wall Street targets on Thursday, projecting revenue growth that would be the slowest in years, sending shares… Read more »
Leave it to Google to use its own analytical data to support the need for stronger empathy in business leaders. To be sure, most people have long suspected that emotional intelligence (EI) plays… Read more »
In response to mounting criticism from consumers, citizens, and lawmakers, Facebook is pursuing a public relations blitz. The media giant wants to change people’s perceptions about how it is handling… Read more »
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. The headlines were menacing. They seemed to tell of a dirty little… Read more »
Summary In this article I focus on Tesla (TSLA) performance metrics. I will not address sensationalized headlines about tokes, tweets, and suits. I will focus on delivery numbers, graphs, and… Read more »
It’s time to have a serious talk about weed. Investors have made impressive returns with pot stocks, particularly Canopy Growth (CGC), Tilray (TLRY), Cronos Group (CRON). But the growth story… Read more »
It contributes to filter bubbles, he said. It risks silencing people, he said. And when it’s not silencing them, it might be incentivizing them to behave badly, or basely, he… Read more »
The key, of course, is prevention. Companies need a robust system that keeps small problems just that. There must be instructions with clear, concrete steps to prevent smoke from becoming… Read more »
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Data privacy rules in Asia are limiting the spread of financial technology, an industry body said on Thursday, calling on regulators to set out broad principles… Read more »
Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi went missing in Turkey last week. The outspoken critic of Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul… Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday it currently had no reason to doubt statements from companies that have denied a Bloomberg report that their… Read more »
When Linux’s sysadmin graybeards got their start, they all used the shell to manage systems. Years later, they also used system administration programs such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)‘s… Read more »
One of my favorite movies of all-time is “Forrest Gump,” and if you’ve seen the movie, I am sure you can remember how Forrest escapes the bullies chasing him, revealing… Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department late on Sunday filed suit after California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to restore open internet protections known as net neutrality in the… Read more »
My company has invested in years of research developing a program that identifies six key personality types and their corresponding communication styles. One of the six main traits we identified… Read more »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Profit growth for China’s industrial firms decelerated to a five-month low in August on shrinking revenues and prices, adding to concerns about demand in the world’s second-largest… Read more »
Cyberthreats are a clear and present danger for every business. As sudden as a heart attack, a cyberattack can compromise your computers or highjack your wire transfers — leading to rapid… Read more »
This week, I discuss how the Justice Department launched a criminal probe against Tesla regarding Elon Musk’s public statements about how he was considering taking Tesla private. Staff writer Emily Canal talks… Read more »
Do you ever wonder if you’ll have a lasting effect on the world? But the truth is, your greatest impact might turn out to be something you never realize. The kind… Read more »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Thursday that it would no longer dispatch employees to the offices of political campaigns to offer support ahead of elections, as… Read more »
(Reuters) – Google employees brainstormed ways to alter search functions to counter the Trump administration’s controversial 2017 travel ban, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing internal emails. FILE… Read more »
In a surprising move, Linus Torvalds, Linux’s creator, is taking a break on his Linux kernel work to work on his behavior to other developers. In a note to the… Read more »
Thug Life I had a high school wrestling coach who loved to throw hypothetical scenarios at us during practice. They had nothing to do with wrestling. Instead they were life lessons… Read more »
The words we use are critically important. Even one word can make a huge difference. Case in point: This past week, Steve Bryant, the President of Columbia Gas, held a… Read more »