Ordinary the World Economic Forum, in the snow-capped Swiss town of Davos, is an opportunity for tech’s leading lights to puff out their chests and lay bold claims to society’s future. Not…
2018 Must Be the Year Tech Reinvents Itself
In the world of tech, communication can fall far below innovation or investment. Some of the industry’s leading lights are lousy communicators, and issues that alarm the general public are often met…
Jeff Bezos is the World’s Richest Person. Now He Should Buy Twitter
Imagine making $2.4 billion in a day. Jeff Bezos can. Above-average Amazon Black Friday sales landed him the figure, tipping his personal fortune over the $100bn mark, the first person to do…
Alex Vieux: Despite a Positive 2017, A Tech Bubble “Is Not Coming Yet”
Red Herring chairman has warned that a tech bubble “is not coming yet,” at a state-of-the-industry address to delegates in California this week. Vieux, who was hosting hundreds of industry CEOs, insiders…
Social Media Giants Face a Public Backlash – But is it Too Late to Change?
So, it’s official: Russia meddled in the US election, and Big Social Media helped it. Exhaustive Washington hearings his week have dragged heads from the world’s largest social media companies–Facebook, Twitter and…
Las Vegas Shooting: Social Media Has Failed America Again
As information about Sunday’s massacre in Las Vegas emerges, the United States has reverted to its usual polarized self, forcing voices on either side of the gun control debate into ever-decreasing circles…
In #TakeAKnee, Donald Trump Has Found a Worthy Web Opponent
Colin Kaepernick, the NFL free agent quarterback, surely did not imagine that his taking a knee for the American national anthem, before a 2016 pre-season game for the San Francisco 49ers, would still…
Khosrowshahi vs London: Uber’s CEO Faces Biggest Challenge Yet
“There is a high cost to a bad reputation”: that was new Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s response to his employees, as British capital London became the highest profile city to refuse to…
China is Making 2018 a Great Year for Southeast Asian Tech
It’s been a busy year for Southeast Asia’s dealmakers. The region has seen a vast uptick in big funding rounds, in companies such as Malaysian ride-hail app Grab and Indonesia’s e-commerce platform Tokopedia.…
Are We Really Headed Toward AI Armageddon?
This week dozens of leaders in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, penned an open letter urging the United Nations to ban the use of AI…