w/Wiser! #124–9th May 2023 Hi Wiser! Reader, welcome to the free edition of the Wiser! newsletter. In this week’s Wiser!, I make sense of the following: What did the latest round of BigTech earnings calls tell us? Ethnic profiling by Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Spain’s health algorithm under fire …

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AgeTech is the science of getting old without getting older. Over the past 10–15 years, with the significant help of artificial intelligence, scientists have made huge strides in understanding the biology of ageing. Now, there’s a promise of extending both our longevity, and our health span. In this issue of…

w/Wiser! #117 — Monday 20th March Welcome to the latest issue of the Wiser! Newsletter — making sense of what’s happening in tech… so that you don’t have to. To ensure that you’re the first to get the newsletter... join the mailing list (it’s free and you can always unsubscribe.) …

What’s happening and what’s coming next in tech, innovation and strategy. What’s the point of a bank? First, it was Silvergate Bank, then Silicon Valley Bank, and finally Signature Bank. All starting with “Si”, all niche in their space, and all mid-sized banks that focused on servicing the technology and crypto sectors, areas of interest for the Wiser! audience. Now all gone in the past week. Of…

Consumer brands are finding new ways to engage with and win new customers using emerging technologies like NFTs and the Metaverse. …

w/Wiser! #113 — Friday 17th February 2023 Preamble Another week and another set of “Twitter is broke” stories…but the headlines are still dominated by ChatGPT and the generative AI revolution. In the west, it’s becoming a Google v Microsoft story. …

Can the DoJ right the wrong of the FTC’s 2007 decision? In 2007, Google bought a digital advertising business called DoubleClick. It was/is the technology solution that inserts adverts into webpages that are individually targeted for the reader. The acquisition caused a lot of concern at the time that DoubleClick would give Google the ability to control both sides of the…

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