We keep waiting for the big brains in tech to create an artificial intelligence that will either enrich our lives beyond imagination or enslave humanity until the end of time. During the interim, we have to settle for news like this: Meta (née Facebook) just released a new AI system that lets people turn text […]
Wherever there are competing software solutions, you’ll find loyal tribes. Engineers are technically competent, so they’ll usually articulate their arguments in a convincing matter. Linux is obviously better than Windows, Apple is the best platform known to man, NoSQL will never displace SQL, and the list goes on. Debating the technical merits of competing technologies […]
Elon Musk suggested that today’s polarized societies can be brought together by finding a common interest. Exploration of the universe is one suggestion he makes which implies that our media outlets ought to glamorize the sciences a bit more. It’s great Rhianna looks “stunning” as she waddles around New Yawk City with her weed-smoking gun-toting […]
Warren Buffet once said, “it’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.” This suggests that quality companies don’t often trade at a discount. Mr. Buffet also said that technology stocks aren’t on his radar because he only invests in what he understands, so […]
When Mr. Musk says there’s a one in a million chance we’re not in a simulation, it’s worth pondering the idea a bit. Let’s assume we’re not in a simulation and we keep designing better and better alternative realities. We’re actively doing that, and it’s called “the metaverse.” We’ll obviously make the metaverse better than […]
Have you ever noticed that you can go years without hearing a particular word or name, but then suddenly it keeps popping up in uncanny ways? Lately, for us, it’s been SAP (SAP). No, we’re not talking about saps, as in Fools, but the world’s third-largest software company by revenue. Software developed by the $100 […]
Once you’ve used a solid-state drive (SSD) you’ll never go back. Those who know the difference between a hard drive and random-access memory (RAM) would easily understand why. An SSD is essentially a hard drive made of RAM, so it’s lightning-fast and constantly available. Booting up becomes a thing of the past because there are […]
Last month, we wrote about TaskUs stock (TASK), which offers a way to invest in a little light human slavery digital offshoring services. But the company relies heavily on a Philippines-based workforce to power its software-as-a–service (SaaS) model. There are references to artificial intelligence and automation technologies, but cheap or crowdsourced labor isn’t exactly what […]
Data is the new oil. It’s a phrase that regular readers will recognize, but we can’t take credit for coining it. The credit actually goes to a British data scientist named Clive Humby. Of course, it took a marketing guy to point out that raw oil must be turned into a product like gas or […]
Short-term stock price movements are nothing but noise, yet human emotion means we can’t help but check our portfolios every five minutes during market open. You’d think mainstream pundits would discourage such behavior, but they do anything but. Just look at this gem from Jim Cramer several days ago (our emphasis in bold). A year […]