Tech & Science & Business stories
Stories about tech & scientific endeavours, as well as business ones. People who have done stuff, whether they succeeded or not. Also, tech culture reflections.
Collection by Martina Pugliese
The Verge
Welcome to hell, Elon
5 min · · Owning Twitter means owning a host of impossible political problems. Is Elon ready? · Shared by 1207, including Margaret Sullivan, James Fallows, Kevin M. Kruse, Casey Newton, Scott Monty, Scott Hanselman 🌮, Scott Santens, Frank Luntz, Martin Fowler, Dan Primack, Peter McCormack🏴☠️, Scott Galloway, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Kara Swisher, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Chris Messina, Anne Helen Petersen, Jay Rosen, Coronado 'Porch' Lindzon, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
The Atlantic
The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete
20+ min · · Here's what's next. · Shared by 675, including Esther Schindler, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Liv 😷, Dominik Grolimund, Rico Grimm, Marcus Kuhn, Marc Eglon, Matthias Lampe, Howard Getson, Gerd Leonhard, Arin Basu, Martina Pugliese, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Herbert Bay, René Clausen Nielsen, Thomas Pleil, Oleg Baskov, Guy Kawasaki, Carolyn Porco
The Star Halifax
35 years ago, Isaac Asimov was asked by the Star to predict the world of 2019. Here is what he…
13+ min · · The famed science fiction writer was wrong about a world government, but pretty close on robots. On computers, though ... · Shared by 589, including 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Pat Kua, Katja Evertz, Brian Roemmele, Andres Oppenheimer, Kevin Kelly, Dominik Grolimund, Herbert Bay, Marie-Christine Schindler, Liliane Ferrari ™, Ines Bieler, Philip Stehlik, Sunnie J. Groeneveld, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg, Matthias Sala, Klaus Eck, Simon Wüthrich, Tac Anderson
Harvard Business Review
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
20+ min · · Twenty years after the introduction of the theory, we revisit what it does—and doesn’t—explain. · Shared by 466, including Joan Carbonell, Wilko S. Wolters, Manos Hatzimalonas, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Charlene Li (she/her), Marquise Stillwell, Klaus Eck, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, AI, Nicolas Babin, Prof. Sally Eaves, Shelly Kramer, Startupxplore, von Moerenburgh, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Kris Fannin, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Glenn Oberholzer, JP Nicols 🇺🇸🇺🇦, Ron McIntyre
Aeon+Psyche
Against metrics: how measuring performance by numbers backfires
9 min · · More and more companies, government agencies, educational institutions and philanthropic organisations are today in the grip of a new phenomenon. I’ve termed it ‘metric fixation’. The key components… · Shared by 418, including Inês Silva, Martina Pugliese, Tom Connor, Konrad Lischka, Nir Eyal, Thomas Pleil, Oscar MacDonald, Bertrand Maltaverne, ThomNagy, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Michael Gisiger, Stephanie A Kowalski, kp, Jean Decherf, Larry Balaclava, Katja Evertz, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Christian P. Stobbe, Dominik Grolimund, @mainec@fromm.social
nature
Ten computer codes that transformed science
15+ min · · From Fortran to arXiv.org, these advances in programming and platforms sent biology, climate science and physics into warp speed. · Shared by 397, including l. ones, rogerverhoeven, Stephan Woodtli, Francesco Corea, Martina Pugliese, Reto Knutti, Nathan Benaich, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Chris Isak, Howard Getson, Rifki Caesar Novaldin, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
Gates Foundation
Artificial intelligence and our future
3 min · · Bill Gates explains why AI is as revolutionary as personal computers, mobile phones, and the Internet, and he gives three principles for how to think about it. · Shared by 390, including AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Nige Roberts-Willson, Nathan Benaich, Mike Tamir, PhD, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Yves Mulkers, Sam Altman, Cristina Tardáguila, Scott Santens, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Chris Messina, Joanna (J.F.) Penn, Luke Wroblewski, Tom Vander Ark, Klaus Eck, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Dr. Marie Haynes🌱, Nicolas Babin, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, James Wise
The Verge
Emotional baggage: inside the toxic work environment at Away
20+ min · · Away promised a company culture of travel and inclusion, but former employees say CEO Steph Korey uses the company values to get people to work harder and longer. · Shared by 282, including fantastic ms., Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, DHH, Eithiriel DeMeré 🏴🥀🏳️🌈, Goldie Chan 💚, Nilofer Merchant, Bob Sutton, Shelly Kramer, Kyle Chayka, Andy Budd, Jeff Nolan 🇺🇸🚀, Khoi Vinh, Kathy Klotz-Guest, 7/27 Comedy @ SF Marina Theater, Chris DiBona, Cameron Sinclair, AisleOne, Mathew Ingram, Marcin Wichary, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Safia
a16z
Building for the 99% Developers
11+ min · · Software development is not all clean code and automated processes -- and it never will be. Buyers and vendors both need to realize this. · Shared by 235, including Martina Pugliese, Mark Birch AWS Startup Advocate, Chris {he, they} , Scott Brinker, Steven Sinofsky
The New York Times
A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy
19+ min · · The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs. · Shared by 175, including luis antónio santos, The Indian Express, Christian Fauteux, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Esther Schindler, Martina Pugliese, Joe Rogan, HealthyWomen.org, 瑞拿頭, Azeem Azhar, Making Sense Podcast, Bryan William Jones, W. Blake Gray, Ward Plunet, Charles Baldwin, Fern
CB Insights
21 Lessons From Jeff Bezos' Annual Letters To Shareholders
20+ min · · Each year, Jeff Bezos writes an open letter to Amazon's shareholders. Over the last two decades, these letters have become an unparalleled source of insight into how the world's richest man — and his… · Shared by 157, including Martina Pugliese, Esther Schindler, يونس بن عمارة, Arne Keuning, Kevan Lee 👋, Oscar MacDonald, Adrian🇨🇭, Jakub Ferenc, Tendayi Viki, Jose Paul Martin, Marc Zenger, Tom Connor, Howard Getson, Fanzo, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Developer to Manager
Motherboard
The Complicated Economy of Open Source Software
20+ min · · A look at the complicated business of funding open source software development. · Shared by 128, including Corbett Magotra, DHH, Romain Lalanne, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Open Source Initiative @osi@opensource.org, tcherno, luis antónio santos, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Charles Baldwin, Martina Pugliese, Thomas Wong, Daniel Bentes
WIRED
The Teens Who Hacked Microsoft's Videogame Empire—And Went Too Far
20+ min · · Among those involved in David Pokora's so-called Xbox Underground, one would become an informant, one would become a fugitive, and one would end up dead. · Shared by 102, including Brad Brooks, Anthony Hamelle, Simon Carless, Carla Gentry 🎶, Thomas Power, Martina Pugliese, Marsha Collier, Amaury Martiny, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
WIRED
The Women Who Invented Video Game Music
3 min · · Composers like Eímear Noone and Manami Matsumae created some of the most iconic songs in games that have defined the industry. · Shared by 97, including Martina Pugliese, Nicolas Babin, Chris Isak, Bas Grasmayer, Sam Proud, Stephanie A Kowalski
Google AI
Google Research: Looking Back at 2020, and Forward to 2021
20+ min · · Posted by Jeff Dean, Senior Fellow and SVP of Google Research and Health, on behalf of the entire Google Research community When I joined... · Shared by 89, including Oscar MacDonald, Vikram Dutt, Jeff Dean (@🏡), Martina Pugliese, Jenny Halasz, sircharlsxavier, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Carla Gentry 🎶, Bill Slawski ⚓ 🇺🇦
productgraveyard.com
Product Graveyard: Commemorating the most memorable deceased products
5 min · · Commemorating the most memorable products that have gone away. And finding some alternatives along the way. View products < · Shared by 89, including Martina Pugliese, Chris Messina, Fabricio Teixeira, Thomas Kaul, kp, Danny Prol, ➤ Cyril Druesne, Leslie D, Jane, Jacob Jarnvall