TikTok’s Transparency Report Does Not Make Sense
Amid greater scrutiny of its star app TikTok, ByteDance have released what it calls a “transparency” report. This is troubling for a number…
Baidu is an AI Company and will Bounce Back in 2020
I’ve always been fascinated by companies who prioritized AI as their core R&D. Baidu on this front is really misunderstood and to me,…
Can Amazon Disrupt FedEx in the 2020s?
Just as Amazon will continue to take market share away from the advertising duopoly of Facebook and Google, it can do the same…
Bitcoin Was the Best Investment of the Decade 2010 to 2020
For the lucky few that believed in something like blockchain and digital assets based on a pyramid-like demand scheme, the best investment of…
Millennials and GenX Have Economic Pain Ahead
Most of the data appears to show Boomers as the generation that enjoys the spoils of a ruined planet and a pyramid-like system…
The Future of ESports in 2020
For so long we’ve thought of gaming and gamers as a rather unfortunate addiction brought upon by the age of the internet. But…
Amazon will Crush it in the 2020s, Here’s Why
Jeff Bezos is the business leader of the decade spanning 2010 to 2020. Amazon has matured a lot as a company over these…
Journalism Layoffs in 2019 Changes the Media Industry Forever
As new media companies like Facebook or LinkedIn hire more journalists (more like glorified editors and curators), the real picture of the decline…
Artificial Intelligence Trends of 2020
A report by research firm IDC in September said global spending for AI systems will reach $97.9 billion in 2023, a staggering increase…
Will the Future of Work be Ethical?
At the Last Futurist, we talk about how automation is coming and what that might mean for a lot of humanity who won’t…