Tom Yuen was on dialysis for 42 years, and I’m sad to learn that the serial entrepreneur who cofounded AST Research passed away at age 70 on February 13. But I’m glad to know that he beat the odds on his kidney disease for far longer than doctors expected.... Read more

Cyberspace is feeling the strain of Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine: multiple sites tied to the Kremlin and its allies in Belarus have been unavailable to all or at least major parts of the Internet in recent days. The outages began last week with the defacement of Russian websites... Read more

We’re seeing an increase in the professional freelancers and contracted personnel who have the flexibility and work/life balance they desire. The “Great Resignation” provides an opportunity for tech startups to serve a growing class of solo professionals. So is the “Great Resignation” we’ve been hearing so much about the... Read more

The Tourist premieres on HBO Max Thursday.  HBO Max HBO Max has gradually built up a stack of TV shows well worth your binge-watching hours. The home of Succession and The White Lotus, it also brings new shows and episodes each week. Let’s check out the weekly highlights below... Read more

However, Putin—whose military has performed far more poorly in Ukraine than anyone anticipated and has faced heavy, embarrassing setbacks—also hardly seems likely to accept defeat or a stalemate in Ukraine. “We’re in a really dangerous place; having pushed all the chips into the pot and not succeeded so far,... Read more

Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. This article was contributed by Derek Lau, game director for Guild of Guardians. Play-to-earn gaming has flipped the traditional gaming paradigm upside down. Where Web2 publishers and developers often deploy pay-to-win dynamics that skew the... Read more

Enlarge / The new version of Dishy McFlatface. Starlink SpaceX is sending Starlink user terminals to Ukraine after a request from a government official. Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation, used Twitter to make a direct plea to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday,... Read more

Imagine going to your local grocery store on the corner to grab a few snacks, only to receive a heartfelt sermon about the virtues of unionization from the receipt printer. Yes, the same one that urged you to subscribe to a YouTube star a few years ago. It’s a... Read more

These days, going shopping for a new TV can be a little bit intimidating. With high-grade specs such as “8K resolution” and “AI-assisted picture” getting tossed around, it can feel like you’re going to end up paying for a whole slew of features you don’t really need. Sometimes, all... Read more

This January, actress Mila Kunis videoconferenced with Mark Zuckerberg’s sister Randi Zuckerberg to discuss her NFT project, “Stoner Cats,” as a few thousand viewers watched from home. The conversation was part of an online event held by the new crypto-for-ladies group MyBFF. All evening, speaker after speaker had stressed... Read more