The global market for software is growing quickly. Gartner data indicates that software spend is the fastest-expanding segment of IT spend and that its pace of growth has accelerated in recent years. If Gartner’s forecasts bear out, the software portion of global IT spend could crest $1 trillion in 2024. Startups mostly build software. And … Read more
MirageC/Getty Images Panepistabomania isn’t yet listed in psychiatry’s comprehensive mental health classifications, the DSM-5 and ICD-11. Even so, many of us, including me — and if you’re reading this — probably you, suffer from it. Derived from the Greek “παν” (pan, meaning “all”), “επιστήμη” (epistēmē, meaning “knowledge”), “tab” (meaning, you know, tabs), and “μανία” (the … Read more
The Big Picture Despite a career spanning five decades and numerous iconic movies, Stanley Kubrick only received a single Oscar, which came in the category of Best Visual Special Effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey . 2001: A Space Odyssey changed ideas of what science fiction and cinema can accomplish, exploring high-concept topics like evolution, … Read more
The Apple iPad has turned 14. Launched on Jan. 27, 2010, the iPad was subject to jokes before becoming a category-defining product. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder and then-CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPad as a “magical and revolutionary device” that could do everything from browsing the web, sending and receiving emails, reading books and playing … Read more
Photo: Noh Juhan/Netflix Squid Game: The Challenge may have been controversial—but it was a huge hit for Netflix, and now there’s good news for both the streamer and fans who’d much rather have the real deal than the reality competition spin-off: the smash hit South Korean thriller will finally return this year. Squid Change Color to … Read more
The Big Picture The live-action adaptation of The Flintstones had a rocky production, involving 35 screenwriters over years of development. John Goodman felt “sandbagged” into playing Fred Flintstone and described shooting the film as “hot and sweaty.” The struggles to create an exciting new story for The Flintstones extended to other attempts to revive the … Read more
Summary Tyler Perry went ahead with a follow-up to “The Single Moms Club” before the film’s release. The follow-up was not a traditional sequel but a TV show called “If Loving You Is Wrong” with different characters and stories. “If Loving You Is Wrong” was a huge success, running for five seasons and becoming the … Read more
Samsung/ZDNET Just before its keynote at this year’s CES, Samsung has dropped the details on its latest lineup of flagship TVs. And, as expected, AI is playing a bigger part than ever before. Also: CES 2024: What’s Next in Tech In addition to artificial upscaling, which takes lower-resolution content and gives it a higher-resolution feel, Samsung … Read more
MAURICIO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images In the beginning, there was the source code. And, Linus Torvalds shaped it and called it Linux, and it was good. Now the operating system was formless and hard to use, so Owen Le Blanc of the Manchester Computing Centre (MCC) said, “Let there be a Linux distribution,” and there … Read more
AzmanL/Getty Images If you thought 2023 was a big year for the future of work, wait until you see what comes next. The impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to dominate discussions about workplace roles in 2024. Add in pressures for hybrid-working strategies, sustainable operational practices, and the effect of other emerging technologies, … Read more