Tag: strategy

• 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 ›

• Current Passions

  May 2, 2020

  My title is Senior Maverick for Wired, a magazine I helped co-found 25 years ago. I do one article for Wired per year. My most recent article is a cover story… more ›

• Chapter 2: Money, Credit, and Debt

  April 25, 2020

  Note: To make this an easier and shorter article to read, I tried to convey the most important points in simple language and bolded them, so you can get the… more ›

• Zero Trust Information

  March 22, 2020

  Yesterday Google ordered its entire North American staff to work from home as part of an effort to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that leads to COVID-19. https://stratechery.com/2020/zero-trust-information/ more ›

• Fat Protocols

  January 9, 2020

  Here’s one way to think about the differences between the Internet and the Blockchain. The previous generation of shared protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, etc. https://www.usv.com/writing/2016/08/fat-protocols/ more ›

• A constraint of the reader-revenue model emerges

  January 2, 2020

  Asking readers to pay has become the go-to answer in digital news. In 2020, I think we’ll start to discover one constraint of that model. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/a-constraint-of-the-reader-revenue-model-emerges/ more ›

• From Prenda to Snowden to SpaceX: Tech trends that shaped the 2010s

  January 1, 2020

  It’s been quite a decade. Tech surfed into the 2010s upon a huge wave of optimism and connection (Facebook!) but eventually wiped out on the shoals of cynicism and tribalism… more ›

• Why the 2010s were the Facebook Decade

  December 31, 2019

  By the end of 2009, Facebook—under the control of its then 25-year-old CEO, Mark Zuckerberg—was clearly on the rise. It more than doubled its subscriber base during the year, from… more ›

• Fortnite Is the Future, but Probably Not for the Reasons You Think

  December 29, 2019

  In 2018, there was a lot to read about Fortnite, and even more to learn from it. And to point, “the game” is indeed the future of entertainment (as well as the greatest… more ›

• Remember QR Codes? They’re More Powerful Than You Think

  December 14, 2019

  China’s mobile payment ecosystem, the largest in the world, is built upon QR codes. But that technology extends far beyond shopping to ease friction throughout daily life. https://a16z.com/2019/10/30/the-power-of-qr-codes/ more ›