insert_link Tech Made Simple Bill Gates says tech companies ‘deserve rude, unfair, tough questions’ Bill Gates believes tech firms “deserve” the kind of scrutiny they got during Congressional hearings last month, and that the late Steve Jobs was a “genius,” he told the Armchair Expert podcast. “If you’re as successful as I am or any of those people are, you deserve rude, unfair, tough questions,” the Microsoft founder told host Dax Shepard. “The government deserves to have shots at you,” Gates said. “That type […] todayAugust 25, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Not Again: Twitter gets hacked, many high-profile Dems were targeted, and people have a LOT of questions The Verge reports that on Friday evening, Twitter issued its first full blog post about what happened after the biggest security lapse in the company’s history, one that led to attackers getting hold of some of the highest profile Twitter accounts in the world — including Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Kanye West, Michael Bloomberg, and more. The bad […] todayJuly 21, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Marques Brownlee Launches a New Tech Podcast It seems like every YouTube creator has a podcast these days, and that now includes Marques Brownlee. Brownlee, one of YouTube’s most prominent creators who has more than 9 million subscribers on his tech-focused channel MKBHD, is launching a new podcast called Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast. The podcast will be similar to the videos on his channel, focusing on product reviews and interviews with people in the tech industry. […] todayAugust 13, 2019
insert_link Food & Drink Beyond Meat’s Success May Usher In a Whole New Industry The Beyond Meat company recently stated its sales tripled this quarter in its very first earnings report. The company also said it expects to break even this year. Its shares have taken off substantially since IPO even before the surprisingly good earnings report. Beyond Meat makes, well, fake meat: the Beyond Burger. So too does Impossible Foods, its major rival (they make the Impossible Burger). Arguably there’s an appetite […] todayJune 27, 2019
insert_link Food & Drink What do the World’s Wealthiest People Eat for Breakfast? People sometimes forget that billionaires are human just like us. Just because they make a substantial amount of money doesn’t change the fact that they need to eat, you know, just like the rest of us. However, with the world at their fingertips, what do these billionaires choose to eat on a daily basis? Do they go through a drive-thru or hire a personal chef? Here’s the scoop on what […] todayApril 4, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Bill Gates says “Silicon Valley” Captures a lot of Truths While some people in the real-world Silicon Valley think that HBO's "Silicon Valley," the network's long-running satire, is too critical of the tech industry, Microsoft's multi-billion dollar co-founder disagrees. In fact, in a new blog entry, Bill Gates puts it bluntly: lighten up. "I have friends in Silicon Valley who refuse to watch the show because they think it's just making fun of them," writes Gates. "I always tell them: […] todayNovember 28, 2018
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