Supported by Fashion & Style By VANESSA FRIEDMANAPRIL 10, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story How do we know that Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook and man currently under scrutiny, really does feel contrite and humbled by his company’s failure to protect users’ personal data, as he said during his testimony before Congress on Tuesday?Well, he donned, if not a penitent’s robes, then what seems like his equivalent: a suit and tie.It began on Monday, when Mr. Zuckerberg made the rounds of congressional leaders in a dark suit, white shirt and ink blue tie. On Tuesday, when he took his seat on the committee room floor, the suit was navy, and the tie was Facebook blue. It was somber. It was on brand.And for someone who has made a professional and personal signature out of the plain gray tee and jeans — who has posted pictures of the row of gray T-shirts and hoodies hanging in his closet on … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg’s I’m Sorry Suit
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Warriors News: Steve Kerr Slams ‘Pathetic’ Performance Following Heavy Loss To Pacers
U.S. Edition EditionsAustralia EditionChina EditionIndia EditionSingapore EditionUnited KingdomUnited States Apr 06, 1:00 AM EDT Subscribe BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureMillennial MoneyOpinionSportsLuxury Sports By Abhinav Kini On 04/06/18 AT 12:56 AM The Golden State Warriors put in an "embarrassing" and "pathetic" performance in their heavy loss to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night, according to head coach Steve Kerr.The reigning NBA champions (57-22) suffered their eighth loss in 14 games after losing 126-106 at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse despite having the likes of Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant at their disposal.Durant led the visitors with 27 points, five rebounds and seven assists, however, shot 8-for-23 while Thompson finished the game with 16 points. Despite their efforts, the Warriors were never close to the Pacers after the second half, with the Eastern Conference side now boasting six wins in seven games … [Read more...] about Warriors News: Steve Kerr Slams ‘Pathetic’ Performance Following Heavy Loss To Pacers
The game industry is finally making its way into emerging markets
The recent Game Developers Conference had a diverse collection of attendees and speakers from all over the world. Some of them had trouble making it into San Francisco, thanks to heavier border screening. But a map of where people came from (above) showed that game development has spread all over the world. At GDC, GamesBeat held a breakfast panel about the growth of emerging markets for games, and how much progress the $116 billion industry has made. Once upon a time, all you needed for this growth to happen was stores and electricity. But now games are connected, and it takes broadband connectivity and a number of other factors for games and game studios to thrive. Our speakers included Nelson Rodriguez, global director of media industry strategy at Akamai, Mario Valle Reyes, managing director of Altered VC, a new venture investment fund for emerging markets; Sridhar Muppidi, CEO of YesGnome in India; and Javier Entelman, CEO of Inca Games in Buenos Aires. Valle Reyes will speak … [Read more...] about The game industry is finally making its way into emerging markets
Uber CEO Talks Flying Cars With India’s Aviation Minister
February 23, 2018 - Written By Dominik Bosnjak Uber Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi met with India’s Minister of State for Civil Aviation earlier this week to talk about possible partnerships between the startup and the South Asian country, including a flying car collaboration. The 48-year-old tweeted about the meeting with Jayant Sinha on Thursday, saying the duo discussed both airport partnerships and what they deem is “the future of commercial air travel” – flying vehicles. The contents of the gathering weren’t disclosed but the move itself is largely in line with long-term ambitions of both parties; Mr. Khosrowshahi has been touting flying cars as part of Uber’s endgame for several months now, giving extremely optimistic predictions about their commercialization that he estimates could happen in as little as five years. Mr. Sinha, a former venture capitalist with vast experience in the tech industry, previously promised flying … [Read more...] about Uber CEO Talks Flying Cars With India’s Aviation Minister
How to weaponize our tech addiction: A ‘stickiness gap’ law
No one’s better than America at addicting people to empty pixels. We have the platforms, like Facebook, Netflix, iOS, free-to-play video games, and Reddit. We have the people, an elite army of incentivized coders, statisticians, psychologists, and marketers. And we have the machine learning algorithms to augment both. The result is a powerful weapon, proven to wreck human happiness and productivity. That’s a good thing! By introducing a modest piece of legislation, which I now propose, we can tilt that weapon away from our citizens and toward our unlucky economic foes. In the process, we’ll guarantee American tech supremacy, forever. Introducing the ‘stickiness gap’ The stickiness gap law mandates that every tech company of a certain size must make their products at least 20% more addictive to global audiences than they are at home. Take Facebook, for example. We reap no benefit if American Facebook visitors and Indian Facebook visitors each lose 2 hours … [Read more...] about How to weaponize our tech addiction: A ‘stickiness gap’ law