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Tech Leaders
A collection of 72 issues
Cisco Touts Brighter Future Amid Current Travails
AI is Okay, but Can People Be Trusted with It?
I covered Arista’s latest quarterly financial results earlier this week, and I’ll probably comment on Cisco’s pending quarterly results, due at close of trade tomorrow, later this week. Today, though, I’m going in a different direction.
When I launched this digital shanty last August, those who
Market Frenzy Pressures AI Engineers to Burnout and Despair
You may have heard that we’re in the midst of an AI market frenzy. You might choose to call it an AI gold rush, or, if you’re less favorably disposed, an AI mania. Whatever you choose to call what’s happening today, I think we can all agree
AI’s Runaway Capex Raises Questions, Signifies Big Changes Ahead
Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, and Meta were among the companies posting quarterly financial results this week. (Amazon will report next week.) The market responded enthusiastically to results from Google and Microsoft, but Meta’s results aroused ambivalence followed by deep concern.
Beyond the respective revenues and earnings of the technology behemoths
Big Tech Sheds Office Space, Intensifying a Trend with Other Tech Consequences
When reading articles and doing research, the goal is obviously to clearly understand the information you receive. If you’re serious about learning and gaining knowledge, however, you also consider what the information implies but not does state expressly. You take in the information in front of you, of course,
How to Distinguish Digital Public Squares from Royal Courts
I reminisced the other day about the golden age of Usenet. Admittedly, those days weren’t long in number, but they were good while they lasted.
In the early 90s, I subscribed to a few Usenet forums (fora, if you insist), including a few related to my favorite bands, sports
Energy: Tech Constraint or Accelerant?
The technology industry is insular and self-absorbed. Its denizens and principal players often see themselves as singularly important, the ever-shining sun around which all other businesses and industries revolve.
One could argue that there’s some justification for the tech industry’s bumptiousness. The Magnificent Seven have dominated stock-market gains
Observing the Cautionary Tale of Silver Thursday
It’s now the evening of Good Friday. As it happens, yesterday was the 44th anniversary of Silver Thursday.
You might ask: What is or was Silver Thursday? It’s a fair question. To the best of my knowledge, nobody celebrates or honors Silver Thursday; it simply stands as a