The bill with the highest profile, Burr-Feinstein, is little more than a giveaway to the FBI and NSA.
Don’t look for Congress to make a law on government access to encrypted data anytime soon. As members rush for the airport before the Memorial Day break, the high-profile standoff between Apple and the FBI over encryption backdoors is likely far from the top of their minds.
Hawk proves he can skateboard in just about any condition, including near weightlessness.
Remember that episode of the Nickelodeon show Rocket Power, where Otto and the crew visit Tony Hawk’s secret lair—dubbed The Hawk’s Nest—and roller blade, skateboard, and snowboard through a veritable skaters’ wonderland until they meet a cartoon Tony Hawk?
Disney was the lead investor on a $65 million round in the company last year.
The CEO of Jaunt, one of the most high-profile virtual reality companies, is stepping down.
First things first, quit trying to be motivated and productive 100% of the time. Then do this.
We’ve all faced days at the office where we’re just not feeling motivated. Off days happen to everyone and it’s tough—if not unrealistic—to constantly do your best work. There are bound to be times when you procrastinate too much, lack focus, or struggle to start important projects.
Big companies rarely ask their sales reps what they think of the design team’s new work—but maybe they should.
It’s virtually an article of faith that creativity is essential in business. But what’s often missed—even amid the chatter around startups’ edge in innovation—is how small companies can often gain a creative lead, too. To be sure, innovative thinking demands creative thinking, but it’s a mistake to conflate the two, which often underestimates small companies’ strategic advantages.
The Republican nominee’s foray into interactive TV was an “early version of Netflix” but it didn’t catch on.
A federal appeals court judge held a hearing in D.C. to criticize independent counsel Kenneth Starr for news leaks about his investigation into President Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky. Saving Private Ryan dominated the box office and Brandy and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine” sat at the top of the charts. And First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke before the nation’s largest Latino civil rights group, urging Latinos to get high-tech skills because “the 21st century will be ruthless.”
As one writer sees it, social media and commencement speeches both leave us with grand narratives that can do more harm than good.
In a speech at Singularity University a few years ago, Google founder Larry Page told a rapt audience that he evaluates prospective companies and entrepreneurs by a single metric: Asking them if what they’re working on is something that could “change the world.”
Like most other career decisions, opting for a household-name employer has its pros and cons.
Google, Bank of America, Exxon. Get a job at a big, well-known brand like these and you won’t have as much explaining to do to friends and family when they ask where you work. Same goes when you’re talking to recruiters. So, you’re better off working for a blue chip company early in your career, right?
It may feel daunting to ask permission to work from home—so don’t. Instead, prove that it can work, little by little.
I’m my own boss now, but not long ago I worked at a public relations firm in South Florida, where my commute was a routinely awful part of my day. It took about an hour to travel 20 miles. To me, it didn’t make much sense to spend all that time sitting in rush-hour traffic, twice daily, just so I could sit in front of a computer—I have one of those at home. Why couldn’t I just work from there?
Here’s what the experts (and the data) say about sending emails fast and getting useful responses faster.
There’s nothing like an overcrowded inbox to make you long for the days of smoke signals and carrier pigeons.
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