The pandemic winners have crashed back to reality — In most dire situations, there are winners and losers. The Covid pandemic is a fitting example. While many of us struggled, tech companies and those invested in them laughed themselves to the bank, thanks to unprecedented stock gains. Products like Zoom had become a part of our daily lives, and…

As another big player collapses, trust is being eroded — The crypto market has just witnessed “one of history’s greatest-ever destructions of wealth.” I won’t claim to fully understand the complexities of the saga involving the FTX exchange, Alameda Research and recently dethroned Crypto Golden Boy Sam Bankman-Fried. It’s not for a lack of trying; it’s just hard to make…

The future of A.I. is here, and it’s got something to say — Get ready to have your world rocked, writers. Because the rise of the chatbots is upon us, and they’re coming for your jobs. That’s right, these clever little algorithms are quickly becoming more advanced, and it’s only a matter of time before they replace even the most talented of human…

The meme stocks will soon be penny stocks — What do you get when you mix pandemic-forced lockdowns, stimulus checks, the Reddit sub r/WallStreetBets, access to the entire trading market in the palm of your hand, and a collective desire to disrupt the status quo and stick it to the man? Yup, you guessed it. Meme stocks. This perfect…

The vision is already turning into a nightmare — “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.” Those were the words tweeted by Musk — the self-professed free speech absolutist — earlier this year. It’s his deep passion for freedom of speech that led to him acquiring Twitter. (Well, aside…

The current generation of platforms is on life support — When Elon Musk stepped into Twitter HQ as its new owner, he came armed with some high-brow humor in the form of a porcelain sink. …

The wild pursuit of burning billions while your core business fails — “People will look back a decade from now and talk about the importance of the work being done here.” That was the rallying cry Metaverse overlord Mark Zuckerberg told investors at the tail end of Meta’s Q3 earnings call, which delivered some staggering figures — most of which make bad…

He’s now another owner of NFTs “worth essentially nothing” — In the summer of 2021, NFTs were enjoying their first boom period, fuelled by crazy stories like the $69 million sale of Beeple’s ‘The First 5000 Days’ digital artwork and the ensuing tidal wave of FOMO. It started a digital art gold rush, with creators and scammers alike minting everything…

The dreamers have long talked the talk. Will they now walk the walk? — Today, I woke up to some bad news. My favorite dunk on Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse — the idea that we’ll adopt floating Wii avatars that forgot to bring their legs into the digital world — will soon end. Pass the tissues. Is my writing career going to hit the skids? …