The Future is Freemium: Facebook’s New British Identity
Facebook and Instagram are forging a new British identity, reinventing themselves not as free public utilities but as "freemium" entertainment services. The launch of...
Growth Hacking or Consumer Grifting? Amazon’s Methods Face a Jury
The line between "growth hacking" and "consumer grifting" is now for a jury to decide, as a federal trial against Amazon gets underway. The...
The Economy of Prediction: AI Poised to Disrupt a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry
The business of selling predictions—from market analysis and political risk reports to consumer trend forecasts—is a multi-billion dollar industry traditionally dominated by human experts....
The Conversation After the Alert: A New Challenge for Parents
OpenAI's new feature may solve one problem—detecting a crisis—but it creates a brand new challenge for parents: what happens in the moments after the...
The Great Separation: Musk’s Billion-Dollar Move to Divide Tesla from the Pack
With his nearly one-billion-dollar personal investment, Elon Musk has initiated a "Great Separation." This is a deliberate strategic maneuver to cleave Tesla away from...
The Disposable Workforce Behind the “Permanent” Revolution
The AI revolution is sold as a permanent and ever-advancing technological shift. But this "permanent" revolution is being built by an entirely disposable workforce....