ROBIN RASKINMEDIATECHONOMY
Inside the United Nations’ Water Week
Over 2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and around 4.2 billion people–more than...
TikTok: Weapon of Destruction or Distraction
It’s time to consider that at its heart TikTok is a cultural tool of war attempting to lower the...
The Art of the AI Prompt
Mastering the new art and science of Generative AI is all about the power of a good prompt,...
Collective Neurosis in the Age of AI
It’s been a helluva month as Google and Microsoft unleash AI-powered search to a wary public....
Wall Street is Finally Ready to Go Green
Wall Street Green’s Peter Fusaro believes we’ve moved beyond the education phase into an action...
The Great Reshuffle
The Great Resignation, the Great Layoffs, the quiet firings, the quiet hirings, the quiet...
A Farm in the Cloud
Here’s a mind-blowing number: Roughly 2% of people in the United States grow the food that the...
Why Community Matters Now
Bringing people together effectively has become an increasingly important component of corporate...
Understanding Tech’s Unexpected Season of Layoffs
In an economy that’s regaining momentum, the tech sector is the outlier, losing jobs faster than...
Metaverse Hype Befuddles Everyone–Even Techonomists
Ask 10 people to define the metaverse and you’ll get 15 different answers. The recent conference...
Can We Tokenize, Gamify, and Reality Augment Education?
New educational tools are incorporating curricula based on AI, gamification, AR and VR, and most...
Now You Can Get an AI to Write for You
Generative AI is increasingly available to every person–software that can create works of art,...
The Next Cold War Has a Chip On Its Shoulder
I’m no longer hiding under my desk awaiting missiles, but don’t be surprised if you see me...
Biden Proclaims AI Bill of Rights (Kinda/Sorta)
As AI assumes more and more previously human tasks, ethicists, futurists, and legal minds are...
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Algorithm
AI-generated art from emerging products like Dall-e and Midjourney begs the question of what is...
Green PCs Get an A for Effort
Conventional wisdom has it that PCs and electronics are just bad for the environment – think nasty...
Who’s Curating the Show?
The art market highlights the problems with a decentralized world. It may ultimately mean that...
The Kyiv Tech Summit: Hacking for Ukraine
The hackathon will engage the blockchain community and others. Programmers, designers, and...
The Sustainable Consumer’s Guide to Smart Devices
Little devices can make a big difference in reducing your carbon footprint. Here’s a quick...
Apple Store, Microsoft Store, Crypto Store?
Solana Spaces was conceived to help demystify crypto and create a sort of ever-changing hangout...
Can a Game Change Lives?
More than one third of the world’s population plays video games. The Games for Change Festival...
The Metaverse, Porn, and the Future
The fallback definition of porn has been “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it”. The...
Khronos and Friends Embark on a Metaverse MetaStandard
Avatars, navigation, security, the transportability of purchases and wallets, and what you can...
The Greening of Crypto: Proof of Stake and Beyond
Crypto is feeling intense pain right now. But the ecosystem must address a thorny problem as it...
How Governments are Solving Real Problems In the Metaverse
Cevat Yerli wants a metaverse rooted in pragmatism, optimism and happiness. He’s not alone. A...
Keep Calm and Crypto On
Despite daily reports of bad news about cryptocurrencies, the true believers at Consensus in mid...
Amid Tumult, Crypto Industry Seeks Regulation
A crypto movement that once tried to circumvent governments and regulators of any kind is finally...
Sheryl Sandberg’s Complicated Legacy
Sandberg will be remembered as the Wendy to Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. Her legacy also includes...
Blocked By Paywalls: Subscriptions Make Us Stupid
One-size-fits all paywalls for publishers create societal problems. Time for new models to make...
AI Comes Out of the Closet
AI is being used to make all kinds of everyday digital tasks more efficient and easy. The software...