Tag: software

• Sundar Pichai Says Google Doesn’t Plan to Go Entirely Remote

  May 23, 2020

  Sundar Pichai’s job wasn’t particularly easy before Covid-19. https://www.wired.com/story/sundar-pichai-google-not-entirely-remote/ more ›

• How the biggest consumer apps got their first 1,000 users – Issue 25

  May 18, 2020

  Hello, and welcome to a free monthly edition of my newsletter. I’m Lenny, and each week I tackle reader questions about product, growth, working with humans, and anything else that’s… more ›

• Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar

  May 18, 2020

  Over the past few years, articles and blog posts have started to ask some version of the same question: “Why are all websites starting to look the same?” These posts… more ›

• The Very First Pandemic Blogger

  May 17, 2020

  Scenes from the plague in London 1665, much like those described by Samuel Pepys. If you need a role model for life in a plague, it is hard to beat… more ›

• Nvidia launches Clara Guardian to power smart hospitals with surveillance, sensors, and edge AI

  May 15, 2020

  Nvidia today announced the launch of Clara Guardian, a smart hospital edge AI system that uses sensors like cameras to limit the spread of infectious disease and do things like… more ›

• Audio Deepfakes Result in Some Pretty Convincing Mashup Performances

  May 2, 2020

  Have you ever wanted to hear Jay Z rap the “To Be, Or Not To Be” soliloquy from Hamlet? You are in luck: What about Bob Dylan singing Britney Spears’… more ›

• Magic Leap’s $2.6 billion bait and switch

  April 28, 2020

  Two years ago I attended an “Innovation in Immersive Storytelling” event at Industrial Light & Magic, featuring the Chief Game Wizard of Magic Leap. I should have known then, from… more ›

• IT’S TIME TO BUILD

  April 22, 2020

  Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it’s not… more ›

• Clubhouse voice chat leads a wave of spontaneous social apps

  April 22, 2020

  Forget the calendar invite. Just jump into a conversation. That’s the idea powering a fresh batch of social startups poised to take advantage of our cleared schedules amidst quarantine. https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/18/clubhouse-app-chat-rooms/ more ›

• How Facebook Works for Trump

  April 19, 2020

  Donald Trump won the presidency by using the social network’s advertising machinery in exactly the way the company wanted. He’s poised to do it again. Updated on April 18 at… more ›