Can you imagine what a digital white ethnostate or a cyber caliphate might look like? Having spent most of my career on the inside of online extremist movements, I certainly can. The year 2024 might be the one in which neo-Nazis, jihadists, and conspiracy theorists turn their utopian visions of creating their own self-governed states […]

It’s one of the most delicate transitions in corporate leadership.

Much like the internet did in the 1990s, AI is going to change the very definition of work. While change can be scary, if the last three years taught us anything, it can also be an opportunity to reinvent how we do things. I believe the best way to manage the changes ahead for employees […]

Leaders are frequently tasked with driving change and delivering outcomes—launching new initiatives, fixing broken processes, or reshaping culture—without formal authority over many of the people they need to influence. While it’s been famously stated that “leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less,” success in these situations often depends not only on talent and skill, but […]

In 2024, fusion technology will finally make the transition from basic research to commercial application. The reason for that will be the construction and completion of the first commercial fusion demonstrators. These cutting-edge facilities are smaller than fusion power plants. For instance, a laser-based fusion demonstrator might use five to ten laser beams, while a […]

Autonomous agents are taking over the customer journey—from search to checkout—and companies that wait to adapt risk being cut out entirely.

Thermal batteries could help clean up difficult-to-decarbonize sectors like manufacturing and heavy industrial processes like cement and steel production. With Rondo’s latest announcement, the industry has reached a major milestone in its effort to prove that thermal energy storage can work in the real world. Let’s dig into this announcement, what it means to have […]

We’ve reached a tipping point where we’ve got a cleaner alternative for most transport. Now we have to commit.