Articles
The Startup Winter: Building When the Money Is Cold
There is a season that the startup world has been living through for two years, and the season is the winter. The funding that flowed like the summer river has slowed to the winter stream, and the winter is the environment the founders must build in.
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The White-Collar Recession: When the Layoffs Hit the Office
There is a recession that the GDP does not show, and the recession is the white-collar: the layoffs that have been rolling through the knowledge economy.
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Llama 3 and the Open Source Charge: AI's Democratization Moment
There is a release that shook the AI world this month, and the release was the open weights: the new generation of the open source model family released to the world.
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The Copilot Generation: How AI Changed the Way We Code
There is a quiet revolution happening in the developer's editor, and the revolution is the autocomplete that does not stop. The code assistant has moved from the novelty to the default.
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Data Centers vs. the Grid: When AI Needs Gigawatts
There is a number that is changing the energy world, and the number is the gigawatt of the data center. The collision between the AI buildout and the electricity system is the most important energy story of 2024.
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The AI Act: Europe's Attempt to Tame the Machine
There is a law that the world is watching, and the law is the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act: the first comprehensive attempt to regulate the AI.
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The EV Plateau: Why the Electric Car Hit a Speed Bump
There is a headline that kept repeating through the winter, and the headline was the surprise: the electric vehicle that was supposed to conquer the world hit a speed bump.
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The Return-to-Office Backlash: What the Mandates Taught Us
There is a fight that has been running through every office since the pandemic ended, and the fight is about the chair. The fight is about the control, the trust, the future of work.
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The Year of the Agent: Why 2024 Put AI to Work
There is a word that keeps appearing in the forecasts for 2024, and the word is agent. The chatbot answers, the agent acts.
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The GPU Gold Rush: Why Compute Became the World's Most Wanted Resource
There is a chip that has become the world's most wanted resource, and the chip is the graphics processing unit. The shortage is the 2023 story that became the 2024 constraint.
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