Forget Learning to Code. Meta Just Launched a $115 Million Program to Train Electricians and Plumbers.
The company is starting a “workforce academy” to train workers to build the infrastructure of its data centers.
The inevitable weakness of metrics
There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade of tracking my own life in ever greater detail to fully appreciate this duality, which probably reveals something about both me and the nature of measurement. Like a lot…
DoorDash’s new AI chatbot lets you order with prompts and photos
The new chatbot, called Ask DoorDash, allows users to search the app for what they’re looking for in their own words instead of having to scroll through restaurants and stores to build a cart.
The AI Governance Mistake Many Companies Don’t Realize They’re Making
Companies that treat AI governance as a compliance checkbox rather than a continuous operational discipline are quietly accumulating risks their boards don’t yet know exist.
I Run a Public Company and Partner With Household Names. Here’s What CEOs Get Wrong.
Most CEOs pursue brand partnerships before they’re ready for them. Here’s what I learned building collaborations with Reebok, Eddie Bauer and Nautica while running a publicly traded company.
AI Is Changing What Companies Need from Leaders — Here’s What Matters Most Now
AI is taking tasks off your plate — what it’s putting in their place is harder to manage.
When You Put People First, Performance Follows. Here’s What I Wish More Leaders Understood.
In a world obsessed with metrics and scale, the leaders who last are the ones who never forgot that people come first.
Endurance Energy raises $54M to harness a massive untapped energy source
SpaceX alumni Andrew Redd is betting the ocean has vast amounts of untapped geothermal energy.
One Is a Poet. One Pleaded Guilty to a Felony. Here’s How the Second Wave of AI Billionaires Is Worth $59 Billion.
The latest wave of AI wealth isn’t coming from chips or data centers. It’s coming from founders who applied AI to old industries.
South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions
South Korean authorities issued the record-breaking fine following a data breach that affected over 30 million customers.
The Download: soccer’s data renaissance and China’s big nuclear plans
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside soccer’s data renaissance Imagine tuning in to the opening kickoff of a World Cup match and seeing a player intentionally kick the ball out of bounds. You may question the…