Nous parlons de technologies comme l’intelligence artificielle, la robotique, la biologie synthétique, les nanotechnologies. Elles sont très différentes les unes des autres, mais ce qui les rapproche, c’est que leurs performances doublent tous les dix-huit à vingt-quatre mois. Cette progression est si rapide que les chefs d’entreprise n’arrivent à l’intégrer ni dans leur mode de pensée ni dans leurs stratégies. Il est donc essentiel de leur proposer des programmes éducatifs pour qu’ils comprennent mieux les implications techniques, commerciales et éthiques de ces bouleversements.

Pour ceux qui, comme nous, avons affaire au côté le plus déprimant de ce que font les humains sur Internet, il semble que parfois les grandes entreprises sont dans le déni de ce qui y est fait.

Companies collect and analyze readers’ data, but rarely do readers get to see it.

A focus on making a lot of money in the long term at the expense of short-term opportunities is essential to building companies that have a huge impact – they take a long time.

Some of Mr. Yorke’s solo music has been pulled from Spotify, although Radiohead music remained. But other acts such as Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd have joined Spotify, after resisting initially. Meantime, Big Machine is seeking a buyer, according to people familiar with the matter, and is looking more than $200 million, the New York Post reported over the weekend.

Epidemiologist want to forecast disease like meteorologists forecast rain. And the way people browse Wikipedia could be the key, they say.

The WordPress project is testing out Slack as our main real-time communication platform, replacing IRC and ad hoc Skype chats.

Massive streaming contracts for as much as $0.8 million are driving up players salaries and signing bonuses in Chinese esports.