SVB has gone broke. Now what?

Silicon Valley Bank, or SVB among friends, was a Silicon Valley institution. Operating in the bay area for decades, it was where many startups got their first business loan, and a lot of tech industry workers had their private banking business there, too. I was a customer there, too, for a while back when I … Continue reading SVB has gone broke. Now what?

Innovation: How To Know What To Do

If you have the right mandate, working in Digital Innovation you should have a pretty broad range of products, technologies, and projects you can do. But this can lead to paralysis-by-options, where what can do keeps you from figuring out what you should do. But there's a fix. Knowing how to prioritize any new proposal … Continue reading Innovation: How To Know What To Do

Friday Dose of Good News

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a method to create a plant oil from microalgae that can replace palm oil. Not only will this help save vulnerable jungle ecosystems, in particular in South-East Asia, as well as climate-critical mangrove growth, the oil it produces is also better for human consumption. Palm … Continue reading Friday Dose of Good News

Tesla Autopilot Hacked with Paper

Curses, foiled again! Like, almost literally, foiled. A group of white hat hackers recently "hacked" a Tesla's Autopilot function, and forced it to swerve into the opposite lane. And they did this using only white stickers. Essentially, the Tesla Autopilot uses camera technology to keep an eye on, among other things, the while lane markers … Continue reading Tesla Autopilot Hacked with Paper