February 20, 2025

How to Build Meaningful Connections in the Digital Networking Era

In a world of digital noise and curated personas, authenticity fosters a deeper, more lasting connection. Networking for today’s world (and tomorrow’s) will require a balance of technology and human touch.

June 2023

Sony readies PS5 game streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium members

June 14, 2023

Sony this morning announced that it has begun testing PlayStation 5 game streaming. The feature is still early days, but it will eventually be available for those subscribed to PlayStation Plus Premium. Sony notes, “Our goal is to add this as an additional benefit to PlayStation Plus Premium as part of our ongoing efforts to […]

Sony readies PS5 game streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium members by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter is being evicted from its Boulder office over unpaid rent

June 14, 2023

Twitter owes three months’ rent to its Boulder landlord, and a judge has signed off on evicting the tech giant from its office there, court documents show. Since its takeover by Elon Musk, Twitter’s business has more or less fallen into disarray, and there have been numerous reports of unpaid bills. While a contractor going […]

Twitter is being evicted from its Boulder office over unpaid rent by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Asia’s opportunity for generative AI

June 14, 2023
Suddenly, everybody is talking about generative artificial intelligence (AI). (Disclaimer: this article is written by a human.) The idea of software that generates dynamic, customized content is exciting. While chatbots have existed for years, a rapidly expanding suite of generative AI-based image, video, and text generators such as DALL-E 2, Fotor, Runway, AlphaCode, and ChatGPT…

Synthesia secures $90M for AI that generates custom avatars

June 14, 2023

Once the pandemic normalized virtual meetups, the concept of “personalized AI” began to gain steam. Startups creating “AI-driven” avatars — realistic-looking characters with synthetic voices that star in pre-recorded or live videos — have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital over the past few years. As such avatars improve, they promise to […]

Synthesia secures $90M for AI that generates custom avatars by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch