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Updated on April 20, 2024

How Low-Code Access to External Data Increases Speed to Production

What you need to know about this segment of the low-code revolution.

Kurt Shenk Kurt Shenk
Updated on April 20, 2024

What the Technology Ecosystems of the Future Might Look Like

An exodus from Silicon Valley and an even bigger ongoing commitment to remote work are just two of the trends we’re forecasting for 2021.

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
Updated on April 20, 2024

I Was President of StubHub When Covid Tanked Our Industry. Here’s What I Did.

In February of 2020, we sold StubHub for $4 billion. In March, the entertainment industry crashed. Surviving wasn’t easy.

Will Page Will Page
Updated on April 20, 2024

How I Used Economic Theory at Spotify to Disrupt the Music Business

At the turn of the last century, widespread file-sharing had eviscerated the music industry. By evaluating the situation through a simple economic lens, however, Spotify created a business model that stopped the devastation.

Edward Hearn Edward Hearn
Updated on April 20, 2024

How Open Access Builds Trust in Your Work

The STEM fields have been plagued by a crisis that threatens to erode public trust in the value of research. To solve it, we need to foster a more open and collaborative culture around research and publication.

David Ryan Polgar David Ryan Polgar
Updated on April 20, 2024

Social Media Needs Better Governance to Survive

As social media companies increasingly take on the role of free speech arbiters, they need to ensure their policies offer transparency and the types of checks and balances government relies on.

Edward Hearn Edward Hearn
Updated on April 20, 2024

Why Hasn’t Automation Boosted Productivity?

Despite astonishing technological breakthroughs, productivity has been relatively stagnant over the past two decades. Sussing out the reason for this stagnation offers a useful blueprint for future corporate investment.

Margaret Stewart Margaret Stewart
Updated on April 20, 2024

Problems vs. Dilemmas: The Complex Trade-Offs Produced by Social Settings

As technologists at the helm of powerful communication tools like Facebook, it’s our responsibility to navigate dilemmas to create the most responsible outcomes possible, especially for at-risk communities.

David Ryan Polgar David Ryan Polgar
Updated on April 20, 2024

Not All Tech Problems Are Engineering Problems

Improving the public perception of the tech industry depends on more than just making better products. Instead, tech needs to reckon with the power it holds in today’s world.

Mitch Lowe Mitch Lowe
Updated on April 20, 2024

How Netflix Monthly Subscriptions Transformed the Video Business

In 1999, we were struggling to distinguish ourselves from the competition. Then, we launched monthly subscriptions and changed the video industry. Here’s how we did it.

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