Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 – Zoom taps AI to empower customers in safe hybrid work environment. Zoom – the communications platform used by nearly 13 million people each month – is working to further elevate its collaboration services with AI technology. Announcements include…
ChatGPT is hitting big numbers. Launched by OpenAI on 30th November 2022, as of April 2023 it had 173 million active users (source) and was trained on 300 billion words, including crawled websites and books written by other people. In April 2023 there were 1.8 billion visits, including 15.22% of…
Dr. Mary Mason is the CEO and founder of Little Medical School. Some of my favorite getaway trips are the ones with my high school friends. There is something extraordinary about reconnecting with those people who knew you before you became an executive. While most of us think we remember…
As he sat down across from me, my patient had a rueful expression on his face.“I had a date,” he announced. “It didn’t go well.”That wasn’t unusual for this patient. For years, he’d shared tales of romantic hopes dashed. But before I could ask him what went wrong, he continued,…
Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 – A tech columnist warns: don't buy a MacBook right now Jason England of Laptop is calling attention to the buzz around Mark Gurman’s report that Apple will be…
A little pivot here. A little pivot there. There’s no better way to successfully navigate today’s changing marketplace. Yet, all that pivoting could lead you down some disastrous paths if you’re not careful. It’s fine to be creative, but you don’t want to make big moves without conducting due diligence.…
If you run a small, local business, chances are you’ve got some sort of a website. You may even be set up to sell a few products online, here and there. But you may not have tapped the massive potential of building out a real e-commerce arm for your business.…
When I contemplate the return of the crypto wars—attempts to block citizens’ use of encryption by officials who want unfettered spying powers—I look back with dread on the late Middle Ages. I wasn’t alive back then, but one feature of those times lingers in my consciousness. Starting around 1337 and…
This week here in the UK the burger franchise giant McDonald's has been making the news headlines for all the wrong reasons, after the results of a recent BBC investigation into claims of sexual assault, harassment and bullying by staff in their network of restaurants were made public. The BBC…
Last month, a court in Kenya issued a landmark ruling against Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram. The US tech giant was, the court ruled, the “true employer” of the hundreds of people employed in Nairobi as moderators on its platforms, trawling through posts and images to filter out violence,…
Toby O'Rourke is the President & CEO of Kampgrounds of America, Inc. and a thought leader in outdoor hospitality and travel. Once a month, we invite various people from across the company to roast s’mores together at our “campfire chats.” At these meetings, staff share ideas and become more comfortable…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…
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