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Interviews with visionaries, founders, policymakers and researchers who live at the intersection of technology, business, human behavior and global society.

The Bootstrapped Agency Doing $1M a Month
A good product shipped on a Tuesday without any strategy can disappear by lunch. Subah Wadhwani has watched it happen enough times to know the pattern by heart. A founder spends a year building something real, publishes a post, and then sits refreshing a feed that disappoints. That gap, between what deserves attention and what gets it, is the reason his company exists.
By Vipan K.13 days ago in 01
ZCode Uploaded Full Git Histories, Reflog, and Secrets by Default. Zhipu’s Apology Is Not Enough.
ZCode uploaded repositories by default. What Zhipu owes users now. Zhipu’s ZCode incident is worse than a routine bug. A bug crashes, miscalculates, or breaks a button. ZCode reportedly ran a default-on pipeline that packaged a developer’s workspace and sent it to a remote object store. The uploaded package included the full working directory, complete Git history, LFS large-file cache, reflog, and global application configuration. It was encrypted and sent to Alibaba Cloud OSS. The server issued the encryption public key. The private key stayed in the cloud. Users could not decrypt the package, audit it, or find a UI switch to stop the upload.
By Jin16 days ago in 01
Baidu Once Owned the Internet. Then the Search Box Died.
Why Baidu Search Lost Its Way I was born in 1991. My teens ran into the wildest years of the Chinese internet. Internet cafes were thick with smoke. QQ beeps came and went. Non-mainstream avatars flashed across screens. When I didn't know a question, a song, a character, I didn't ask a teacher. I didn't scroll short videos. I opened a clean homepage and typed a few words into a search box. "Baidu it, and you'll know."
By Jin18 days ago in 01
How Shaan Arora bootstrapped Alia and sold it for up to $60 million without venture capital
Shaan Arora was 24 when he sold his software company for up to $60 million , and he did it without ever taking a dollar of venture capital . That last part is the detail most founders cannot get past. The usual path in technology runs through pitch decks, seed rounds, and a cap table full of investors long before a product finds real customers. Arora skipped all of it. He and his co-founders started Alia (Alia Software, Inc.) from his parents' home, charged their first merchants about $20 a month, and won those early accounts one cold message at a time. Three years later, the London listed Dotdigital Group plc bought the company.
By Vipan K.22 days ago in 01
AI and the Future of Human Adaptation: How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the Way We Live, Work, and Thrive
Yet AI's greatest impact may not be the automation of individual tasks. Its most significant contribution could be changing how humanity adapts to an increasingly complex and fast-moving world.
By Siamak Callimi3 months ago in 01
The things tender writers (like me) wish they could say out loud
If you've never worked with a tender writer before, let me paint you a picture. Imagine a profession where people voluntarily read hundreds of pages of procurement documents, decipher contradictory instructions, chase missing information, translate technical jargon into plain English, and somehow produce a polished submission before the deadline.
By TenderWise3 months ago in 01
Why AI Feels Like Science Fiction Becoming Reality
Why AI Feels Like Science Fiction Becoming Reality There was a time when artificial intelligence belonged almost exclusively to the world of science fiction. Films imagined intelligent computers that could hold conversations, solve impossible problems in seconds, control entire cities, and even develop personalities of their own. Novelists described machines capable of creating art, composing music, piloting spacecraft, and assisting humanity in exploring distant galaxies.
By Siamak Callimi3 months ago in 01
The "Digital Creator" Suicide Note -by Dreamforger
Part 1: Beta Testing 101 Meta is labeling its own users as "Digital Creators." What exactly does that mean? Most people don't know...
By Dannielle Nelson3 months ago in 01
Tender Writing War Stories
People often assume that tender writing is a fairly boring profession. Lots of paperwork. Lots of compliance. Lots of late nights reading Conditions of Contract and staring at spreadsheets.
By TenderWise4 months ago in 01
Camilo Camacho and Tappan Deliver a Modern Rock Statement with “Ser Ese Camino”
Camilo Camacho Feat Tappan "Ser ese camino" Camilo Camacho and Tappan Deliver a Modern Rock Statement with “Ser Ese Camino”
By Valeria Ortega 4 months ago in 01
Which AI Interview Tools Can Make Hiring Smarter?. AI-Generated.
Introduction Hiring the right person can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack. Recruiters often face overflowing inboxes, endless resumes, and hours of interviews, yet still worry about making the best choice. This is where AI interview software comes in.
By Olivia Carter5 months ago in 01
AI Is Already Taking Control of Our Day-to-Day Lives and Is Not the Future
AI Is Already Taking Control of Our Day-to-Day Lives and Is Not the Future Contents Listing 1. Introduction 2. The Invisible Rise of AI
By Farida Kabir5 months ago in 01