Platform is a word that gets tossed around a lot in technology circles, so much so that it’s often misused. But here’s the basic business school definition: a platform is a company or business model that creates more value for participants than it captures for itself. Consider that some of the most successful companies in
Easel is a new startup that sits at the intersection of the generative AI and social trends, founded by two former employees at Snap. The company has been working on an app that lets you create images of yourself and your friends doing cool things directly from your favorite iMessage conversations. There’s a reason why
The “world premiere” of a new biopic of Russian president Vladimir Putin featuring an AI-rendered central character, has been announced for 26 September. In a statement released via PR Leap, Polish studio AIO said the film, titled Putin, will be released in 35 countries, and describes itself as “up close and personal with the Kremlin
Earth’s most distant spacecraft, Voyager 1, has started communicating properly again with Nasa after engineers worked for months to remotely fix the 46-year-old probe. Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which makes and operates the agency’s robotic spacecraft, said in December that the probe – more than 15bn miles (24bn kilometres) away – was sending gibberish
Lying is for politicians and Tinder men when they talk about the lengths of their… fishes, but this spring, fashion girls can have a little bit of exaggeration as a treat. As seen in the latest issue of NYLON , the most thrilling clothes out there right now play with extremes, bending and stretching your
Native Nations Fashion Night is the largest showcase of its kind in the Upper Midwest, and this year, longtime supporter Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, will be one of the models. The fourth-annual runway show and artisan market, taking place this Thursday at Quincy Hall in Minneapolis, is spearheaded
The Ravens finished last season with the best record in the NFL (13-4) as Lamar Jackson won his second MVP award . However, they were unable to get past Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs, losing at home against the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game. After leading the NFL in rushing last season, the Ravens
The Bengals entered last season with Super Bowl aspirations, but QB Joe Burrow was limited to just 10 game due to injury as Cincinnati went 9-8 and missed the playoffs for the first time since Burrow’s rookie season in 2020. Cincinnati traded RB Joe Mixon to the Texans this offseason , receiving a seventh-round pick
The idea of utopia has long been a parochial intellectual interest of mine. From Thomas More to B.F. Skinner, I’m always fascinated by the idea. When it comes to promoting wellness, though, can such a place exist in a modern urban setting? Bradley and Marta Pollitt in the Water Street Tampa complex where they make
Tracy Anderson. For Tracy Anderson, movement is both a career and a way of life. Anderson is best known as the founder of the Tracy Anderson Method , a fitness program beloved by celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez, but staying active is simply in her ethos. “It’s part of my character to move
