The Consumer Electronic Show (CES) is a mecca for high-tech products, traditionally focused on consumer electronics, computers and gaming. More recently, robotics, cars and autonomy have an increased presence with autonomous cars offering ride-hailing trips on the famed Las Vegas strip and Tesla cars transporting attendees in the Loop (engineered and operated by the Elon Musk owned Boring Company) at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosts racecar events like NASCAR and Indy 500. The main track is an asphalt surface, 1.5 miles long with 20-degree banked turns and 9-degree banked front and backstretch. It seats…
In February, Change Healthcare, a tech company owned by UnitedHealth Group (UHG), underwent a massive cyberattack that involved paying a $22 million ransom to resolve.On Thursday, UHG quantified the number of people affected by the attack for the first time, eight months after the breach happened. A new filing in…
In my own journey, I know firsthand how leadership and being an entrepreneur can sometimes feel like navigating through stormy seas, especially when I left my corporate career without a clear plan. The landscape was constantly shifting around me, and it was easy to feel overwhelmed by the unknown. But…
Startup culture has a fixation on size. Entrepreneurs talk endlessly about scaling; hiring fast and firing faster; sky-high valuations and massive amounts of venture capital. Smallness is associated with failure — or at least low ambition. After all, why would anyone shoot for small when they could go huge?The truth…
For eight months, the criminal investigator who pioneered cryptocurrency tracing as a law enforcement technique has, in a bizarre twist of fate, been jailed in Nigeria facing charges of money laundering and tax evasion. Now he is finally coming home.On Wednesday in Abuja, a court ruled that criminal charges against…
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Social media platforms are constantly evolving to keep creators engaged, but the changes to their monetization systems aren’t always in the creators’ best interest. Recently, platforms like Meta (Instagram/Facebook) and X (formerly Twitter) made adjustments to their creator monetization platforms in an effort to keep us producing content that keeps…
The first live sports broadcast was a college baseball game between Princeton and Columbia, aired by NBC in 1939. No longer confined to the margins of newspapers or the fuzzy whispers of radio commentators, fans could now witness the pinnacle of athletic competition as if they were right there in…
John Graham-Cumming doesn’t ping me often, but when he does I pay attention. His day job is the CTO of the security giant Cloudflare, but he is also a lay historian of technology, guided by a righteous compass. He might be best known for successfully leading a campaign to force…
IBM just announced a new collection of AI models, its third generation of Granite LLMs. The cornerstone models of the new collection are the Granite 3.0 2B Instruct and the Granite 3.0 8B Instruct models (Instruct means that these models can more accurately understand and execute instructions). The models were…
Global expansion is a goal for most startups, as it provides access to larger markets and a more diverse customer base. In fact, 60% of startups aim to expand internationally within their first three years of operation; however, only 4.6% successfully transition to scaleups.Achieving scaleup status enhances your chances of…
Welcome to Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch, the heart-racing show in which contestants looking to uplift their lives must convince our board of elite investors that their dreams are worth making a reality — in only 60 seconds.In this episode, app makers, gaming founders and health entrepreneurs all step inside our elevator…
As I leave my house on an overcast Tuesday morning to walk the dog, I’m accosted by a neighbor who cheerily calls down the street: “I hear you have an OnlyFans now!” I start to wonder if I’ve made a terrible mistake.OnlyFans has—how shall I put it—a reputation. Like many…
Valve has released a new set of patch notes for Deadlock, and in a move no one saw coming, six brand-new heroes have been added to the game along with a new mode where you can try them out. As the headline addition of the latest Deadlock patch, the six…
Most professions look at least somewhat intimidating to outsiders. Everyone knows that careers in medicine and law involve many years of training and apprenticeship. If you’re into sports, all it takes is watching one track meet or hockey game to conclude that serious practice and skills are needed even to…
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