Tag Archives: Insights
Microsoft’s Xbox boss says Amazon and Google are ‘the main competitors going forward’
Sony and Nintendo aren’t the main competition in the cloud world. Microsoft’s head of gaming and Xbox, Phil Spencer, has revealed that the company sees Amazon and Google as its main competition for the future. Speaking in an interview with newly launched technology publication Protocol, Spencer dismisses Sony and Nintendo’s ability to create a cloud […]
Everything you thought you knew about inbox zero is wrong
Forget everything you think you know about inbox zero: it’s completely and utterly wrong. Merlin Mann, the lifestyle “guru” that invented the concept of inbox zero in the early noughties, claims people took his idea far too literally. They advocated treating work emails like a never-ending task to be completed: once an email has been […]
How To Spot A Deepfake
Just when you thought modern life couldn’t get any crazier, a video emerged during the run-up to the recent UK election, in which the Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to endorse his political opponent Jeremy Corbyn. “Appeared” is the important word here, because this was actually just one of the latest in a steady stream […]
Diageo eyes ‘real growth opportunity’ in no-ABV sector
After taking a majority stake in non-alcoholic ‘spirit’ brand Seedlip, Diageo said it sees a “real growth opportunity” for the group and will continue investing in the alcohol-free category. UK drinks giant Diageo increased its shareholding in booze-free Seedlip to a majority stake in August 2019. At the time, the group said it “will be […]
If AI Suddenly Gains Consciousness, Some Say It Will Happen First In AI Self-Driving Cars
There has been a lot of speculation that one of these days there will be an AI system that suddenly and unexpectedly gives rise to consciousness. Often referred to as the singularity, there is much hand-wringing that we are perhaps dooming ourselves to either utter death and destruction or to becoming slaves of AI once […]
How Influencers Got Swallowed by the Talent Management Machine
A new wave of agents is cashing in on social media influencers — with strings attached. Bcoming a social media influencer might be a lucrative career option for some people today, with consumer brands growing ever more reliant on influencer marketing. Until around 2012, however, most influencers were just creating content for their websites and […]
How to Make Meetings Suck Less
Jessica Powell, the former Google vice president who wrote The Big Disruption and told you how to quit your job, is here to answer your common but tricky work questions. Whoever owns the meeting needs to keep it moving. I am a manager with a secret: I hate meetings. I’m at a big company and […]
In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career
Women have long felt the pressure of looking the part. Now men are feeling it, too. Lounging at an outdoor cafe just outside downtown San Francisco, his athletic frame filling out a slim-fit button-up, a talkative tech worker named Daniel detailed the many ways he’s optimizing his existence. Only the previous week, he says, he […]