https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/aws-brings-amazon-one-palm-scanning-authentication-technology-to-the-enterprise/ I always buy my coffee from the cart outside the building. It’s not that his coffee is better than the franchise in reception – although it is! It’s not some statement about supporting small businesses. It’s that taking a few moments to queue up, have a chat about the weather or the match last … [Read more…]
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/27/lazy-girl-jobs-and-viral-agencies-gen-z-changing-the-rules-employers I know some people like the idea, like doing it, but not me. Don’t get me wrong, I love this place. Great company and I get to do the work I’ve always dreamed of doing… and spent a shed load of money training to do. And that’s it. I want to work. I want … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/20/powder-an-ai-clipping-tool-for-gaming-can-detect-when-a-creator-yells-during-a-stream/ The inquiry had asked for the recordings. He was happy to oblige. Nothing to hide. Nothing to see or hear here. He’d told the Chair of the inquiry that he’d get the recordings over the next day. He’d proudly explained that his was a transparent company and that its systems recorded, catalogued and archived… … [Read more…]
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1985272 No, a u-turn doesn’t look good. You’re right, it never does. But what choice have we got? It’s not just the media and the online storm. It’s not even the shareholders – one of whom told me they are being lobbied hard internally and externally. No we’ve got to rethink because he has friends … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/17/openai-ceo-sam-altman-fired We’ve been in business together since the start. We can both remember those long nights with you and I brainstorming ideas, strategies. Our complementary skills powered the whole thing. We built it together. A real partnership. So I’m a little, how shall I put this?.. puzzled, no actually pissed off that I’m going and … [Read more…]
https://www.adweek.com/media/how-brands-are-humanizing-ai/ No, I don’t want an away day. We need something much more fundamental. Yes, it’s ‘team building’ but no, paint-balling won’t do it. We need to do something more permanent. A reset. A rethink of how we work together. You’ve seen the tensions. You seen the dysfunctional ‘teams’ . We’ve all seen talent wasted … [Read more…]
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bxdx/scientists-are-researching-a-device-that-can-induce-lucid-dreams-on-demand?utm_source=tldrnewsletter My parents told me about when mobile phones (as they were called) first came in at work. “Suddenly we were always available,” they said. They told me how shocked they were that they were expected to answer messages in the evening. Something called “work-life balance” was big at the time. I smile. I mean … [Read more…]
https://newatlas.com/wearables/google-ultrasound-heart-rate-anc-headphones/ I was never into the mindfulness thing. When my friends were all downloading apps and listening to soothing voices telling them to count their breaths, I just took a deep breath and got on with it. Sure, my biometrics weren’t as green as theirs, as my appraisal noted but… But now I’ve no choice. … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/07669dbf-a2b5-4472-943f-6ee1ba5a8336 We’re colleagues, not friends. But we have a strong relationship of course. Working together day in day out for so long, you get to know each other and have a sort of closeness. So when your partner is under attack, heh it’s an attack on us both. There’s an element of selfishness of course. … [Read more…]
https://the-media-leader.com/education-needed-8-things-we-learned-at-the-future-of-gaming/ Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud of where we’ve got to with this. We’re leading the way with our division. We were in early, got the best talent in and pioneered helping our clients with this new space. What the team in “the Arcade” have done is remarkable but we need to get them … [Read more…]