Most Popular Editorials: What Kara Swisher Has Learned From Decades Covering Tech

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What Kara Swisher Has Learned From Decades Covering Tech No industry has had more impact than technology over the past few decades. Tech companies have changed the way we live, work, and interact with each other. They’ve helped us in a lot of ways, but they’ve also created some big problems. Kara Swisher is a journalist, entrepreneur, and host of the podcast On with Kara Swisher. She’s had a front row seat to the tech industry’s evolution and interviewed all of its biggest players. She speaks with us about key trends — past, present, and future — and the lessons she’s learned as not just an observer but also a media entrepreneur herself along the way. Continued here

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What to Do When Your Boss Won’t Advocate for You A boss who doesn’t advocate for you can stunt your growth and block your career opportunities. And you might not even know that you have an unsupportive boss. Most advocacy happens behind the scenes. When you found out you have one, the knee-jerk reaction is to self-promote. But that can backfire in the workplace. You need to start by understanding why your boss isn’t advocating for you. Proactively solicit the gift of your boss’s feedback. Consider getting a coach. You just might not have earned your boss’s advocacy yet. Assuming your performance is strong, here are three steps you can take. First, release your boss from your unmet expectations. You can’t shame someone into being your advocate. Second, find another advocate. The ideal sponsor is a powerful, high-ranking ally within your organization. Third, build your network inside and outside of the organization. We all need champions.You might not even know that you have one. Most advocacy happens behind the scenes and in conversations to which you yourself are not privy. As the adage goes, 80% of what’s said about you is said when you’re not in the room. Non-advocating bosses can refuse to bring up your name favorably in the promotion conversation. They can withhold critical developmental feedback and stunt your growth. And they can even overtly undermine you and attempt to sabotage your long-term career prospects. Continued here

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How to Say No to a Client and Do it Politely - StartUp Mindset It can be challenging when you start a new business to say “no” to a potential client or customer. Still, there are times when saying “no” is necessary.  Saying “yes” to things you’re not adept in, don’t have time to do, or something you don’t want to do can reflect poorly on you and your business. You want positive reviews and word-of-mouth recommendations, but telling a client that you can’t do something can equal less than glowing reviews when that client speaks about you to others.It is a tough decision to say “no” when it’s work you want to do but genuinely don’t have the time to do it right.  One way to deal with this is to simply offer a time when you can complete the work. This is better than trying to squeeze the work in around other clients. You’re not going to do justice to your current customers or the ones you’re cramming in by overdoing it.  Continued here

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What Happens When a Company (Like Patagonia) Transfers Ownership to a Nonprofit? Patagonia will now be run by a nonprofit foundation. The shift generated a lot of headlines, but outside of the U.S. this form of ownership is not new. “Shareholder foundations” have quietly prospered for decades in continental Europe, particularly in Denmark where a quarter of the largest 100 firms are foundation-owned, including the three largest firms in the country: Carlsberg, Maersk, and Novo Nordisk. The authors’ analysis of these firms suggests they can succeed as businesses, and that the arrangement helps simplify some of the tradeoffs that for-profit companies typically face when considering social responsibility. Continued here

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Explained | What is an 'everything app' and why does Elon Musk want to make one? The question arose on Tuesday after the billionaire chief executive of Tesla Inc. reversed course on his earlier decision not to buy Twitter Inc. Musk is now willing to proceed with his original plan to buy the social media company for $44 billion and late on Tuesday, he tweeted: "Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app." Continued here

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Is Your Organization Inclusive of Deaf Employees? Talented deaf people are everywhere. They are CEOs, doctors, Fortune 500 executives, NASA engineers, mayors, lawyers, scientists, gaming champions, athletes, and Presidential appointees. Still, this minority remains largely overlooked by most employers today. The experiences of the deaf community build an abundance of innate skills that are invaluable to every workplace. They enhance communication and can also provide a competitive advantage by better understanding your market and customers. Deaf employees on your team, if embraced, supported, and empowered, can improve the quality of your products, services, and the overall customer and user experience. Equity and belonging are cornerstones of achieving inclusive excellence. These values foster environments where differences are embraced as catalysts for growth, learning, innovation, and competitive advantage. To hire and retain deaf and diverse talent, organizations must commit to a culture of belonging and inclusive excellence. Employers who open doors and engage with this sizable population will discover a deep pool of talent that will enhance and advance their organizations. Continued here

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3 Reasons Subscription Services Fail A subscription business is about more than recurring revenue. A successful subscription business is a function of the strength of the habits they create. The author, who has studied the fundamental attributes of habit-forming products, has identified three reasons why these businesses typically fail: 1) There are too many steps to psychological relief; 2) They don’t offer enough novelty; or 3) They don’t offer enough “stored value” to build a long-term relationship with the customer. Continued here

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How to Help an Employee Figure Out Their Career Goals It’s not always possible to help the people we supervise identify and work toward their career goals. But having a sense of purpose and a feeling of momentum in achieving our career goals is powerful — so when we can assist our employees in getting there, it’s a meaningful way we can make a difference in their lives and their professional success. In this piece, the author offers three strategies managers can use if they’re managing someone who is unsure of their career path: 1) help them analyze patterns, 2) expand their worldview, and 3) don’t steer too hard. Continued here

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Research: Simple Writing Pays Off (Literally) Financial writing is full of jargon and complexity. But a series of research suggests that investors are drawn to simple, clear writing with short sentences. The simple reason is that complex writing is off-putting — people tune out and find it dull, a fact confirmed by neuroscience research. The author reviews a series of studies on the financial value of good writing and offers a few tips to companies looking to communicate more clearly with investors, or with anyone else. Continued here

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Do these 3 things to stand out in a job interview Now more than ever, finding people with the right work ethic has become far more critical than finding people with the right job skills. Sure, there’ll be times when companies need someone to fix a specific problem; in those instances, they will probably prefer candidates with hard skills.  Continued here

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In a reversal, the Education Dept. is excluding many from student loan relief U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona appeared alongside President Biden when he announced his student loan relief plan on Aug. 24. On Thursday, the administration quietly changed its guidance around which borrowers qualify for this relief. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption Continued here

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Taiwan says China looking at Ukraine war to develop 'hybrid' strategies TAIPEI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - China is looking at the experience of the war in Ukraine to develop "hybrid warfare" strategies against Taiwan including using drones and psychological pressure, a senior Taiwanese security official said on Wednesday.Taiwan has been carefully studying the lessons of the Ukraine war to inform how it may react should China, which views the democratically ruled island as its own territory, ever makes good on threats to use force to enforce its sovereignty claim.China mounted military exercises around Taiwan in August to express its anger at a visit to Taipei by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and it has maintained its military activities since then, though at a scaled-back pace.Speaking in parliament, Taiwan's National Security Bureau Director-General Chen Ming-tong said China was also paying attention to what was happening in Ukraine. Continued here

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Inside the chess cheating scandal and the fight for the soul of the game It's 12:56 p.m. in the chess capital of America, four minutes before the start of the U.S. Chess Championship at the Saint Louis Chess Club. In the past half hour, most of the 13 other Americans competing in the championships arrived, some with coffee in hand, others with bags of fruit, and were escorted to the tournament hall. But the teenage prodigy at the center of a bombshell cheating controversy? Will he even show? Continued here

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False calls about active school shooters are rising. Behind them is a strange pattern In response to a false call about an active shooter, police and emergency workers descended on Robert Anderson Middle School in Anderson, South Carolina, on Oct. 5. Parents rushed to pick up their children, causing a traffic jam in front of the school. Ken Ruinard/USA TODAY Network/Reuters hide caption Continued here

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How Patagonia's ownership bombshell changes the game for American business In moving all ownership of the company to the Patagonia Purpose Trust and Holdfast Collective, the Chouinards have once again forced other companies and their leaders to confront just how they will reconcile their own company structures with their stated goals of addressing the climate catastrophe. And guess what? No matter what they do, their customers are going to confront them on it. Just as Patagonia has helped move the goalposts on sustainability in the supply chain, and speaking out on social and environmental issues, it has now established a new standard for how a company can truly walk the walk on its values far beyond an ESG or CSR strategy. Continued here

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Remote work could be the reason you don't have a job in 10 years That fear has been well-documented for over a decade, according to an October 2021 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) paper by Baldwin and his research partner Jonathan Dingel. In the paper, titled “Telemigration and Development: On the Offshorability of Teleworkable Jobs,” they categorize jobs into one of four groups: highly offshoreable, offshoreable, hard to offshore, and non-offshoreable. © 2022 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | CA Notice at Collection and Privacy Notice | Do Not Sell My Personal Information | Ad Choices FORTUNE is a trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, registered in the U.S. and other countries. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.S&P Index data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Terms & Conditions. Powered and implemented by Interactive Data Managed Solutions. Continued here

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12 Habits Of Happy And Calm People Do you ever notice how some people always seem to have it together? They're calm and happy with both feet firmly planted on the ground, even amidst turmoil. Like a mountain that stands tall and strong, they weather the many storms that come their way. They seek out blessings and uncover them like the beautiful hidden gems that they are. Magic seems to find them each day, inviting an authentic smile to cross their lips. Continued here

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The Nord Stream pipelines have stopped leaking. But the methane emitted broke records This is one of several leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines running between Russia and Germany. Methane from the leaks could have a powerful warming effect on the Earth's atmosphere. AP hide caption Continued here

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This prestigious Bay Area high school didn't rank in the U.S. top 100 In the public school category, no Bay Area schools made the top 20 nationwide, as determined by the school information website Niche, which bases its annual rankings on a number of criteria, including data from the U.S. Department of Education, standardized test scores, graduation rates, Advanced Placement enrollment, college admissions and survey results submitted by Niche users. Continued here

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Who built Marilyn Monroe? In 1953, Alfred Kinsey published his highly anticipated new report “Sexual Behavior in the Human Female.” The first edition of Playboy magazine hit newsstands. And three new movies made their premiere, one right after the other, all starring Playboy’s very first cover girl: Marilyn Monroe. Continued here

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The Instagram capital of the world is a terrible place to be This time last week I was wandering the stony streets of Positano, a small village on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Positano rests almost vertically on the steep cliffside, with peachy pastel houses stacked on top of one another against zigzagging streets where local vendors sell sips of limoncello and colorful ceramics. At the bottom there is a pebbly beach where, if it’s warm enough (which it usually is), you can swim in the clear, turquoise waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Continued here

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This ancient AC system will cool your house without electricity The Nave Air Conditioning system is a wall that can cool a room without drawing any power whatsoever. Its design that arose from the mind of Yael Issacharov, an Israeli designer who thought there had to be a better way to cool down a home than blasting an AC unit and getting a helluva utilities bill. Continued here

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When Does Intelligence Peak? When does cognitive functioning peak? As we get older, we certainly feel as though our intelligence is rapidly declining. (Well, at least I do!) However, the nitty gritty research on the topic suggests some really interesting nuance. As a recent paper notes, "Not only is there no age at which humans are performing at peak on all cognitive tasks, there may not be an age at which humans perform at peak on most cognitive tasks."In one large series of studies, Joshua Hartshorne and Laura Germine presented evidence from 48, 537 people from standardized IQ and memory tests. The results revealed that processing speed and short-term memory for family pictures and stories peak and begin to decline around high school graduation; some visual-spatial and abstract reasoning abilities plateau in early adulthood, beginning to decline in the 30s; and still other cognitive functions such as vocabulary and general information do not peak until people reach their 40s or later. Continued here

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The 5 Rules of Stoicism to Make You a Better Leader and a Better Human Curiously, you'd think that with the progress of modern psychology and clinical psychiatry that there would have been more of a selective pressure to do away with all that garbage self-help. Not so. The Secret, as just one example, has maintained its popularity since its original publication in 2009. To date, it has sold more than 35 million copies, has been translated into 50 languages, has had a movie made in its likeness starring none other than Katie Holmes, and even had a successful sequel, The Greatest Secret. Stoicism is one of the great ancient Greek/Roman theories of knowledge, the first "life philosophy" in which the teachings permit its students to maximize positive emotions and reduce negative emotions, and through the virtues of emotional intelligence and self-regulation (our modern terms, not theirs), allow people to achieve the enduring state of "eudaimonia," or a life of flourishing and fulfillment. Continued here

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Why left-handed people are likelier to be mentally ill Left-handed people (who we will call “lefties” for brevity) are those people who write with their left hand or are physically dominant on the left side of their body. Despite making up only about 10% of the population, they constitute as much as 40% of cases of psychotic disorders like schizophrenia. These are some of the most severe types of mental illness, characterized by hallucinations, bizarre beliefs, and losing touch with reality. Why are lefties likelier to be mentally ill?Lateralization — that is, localization of a function or behavior to one side of the body or brain — occurs across species. For instance, some species of spiders primarily use their left legs more when handling pray, and honeybees primarily use their right eye when learning food associations. We humans have been around 90% right-handed since at least the Paleolithic period, over 10,000 years ago. Continued here

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The fight against money laundering: Machine learning is a game changer The volume of money laundering and other financial crimes is growing worldwide—and the techniques used to evade their detection are becoming ever more sophisticated. This has elicited a vigorous response from banks, which, collectively, are investing billions each year to improve their defenses against financial crime (in 2020, institutions spent an estimated $214 billion on financial-crime compliance). 1 1. True cost of financial crime compliance study, LexisNexis, 2020. What’s more, the resulting regulatory fines related to compliance are surging year over year as regulator’s impose tougher penalties. But banks’ traditional rule- and scenario-based approaches to fighting financial crimes has always seemed a step behind the bad guys, making the fight against money laundering an ongoing challenge for compliance, monitoring, and risk organizations.Now, there is an opportunity for banks to get out in front. Recent enhancements in machine learning (ML) are helping banks to improve their anti-money-laundering (AML) programs significantly, including, and most immediately, the transaction monitoring element of these programs. Moreover, US regulators are strongly backing these efforts. Including the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and the subsequent National Illicit Finance Strategy, US agencies are reducing obstacles from existing regulations, guidance, and examination practices to encourage banks to test and adopt innovative approaches for fighting financial crimes. 2 2. See “Treasury announces 2022 National Illicit Finance Strategy,” US Department of the Treasury press release, May 13, 2022; “Treasury’s FinCEN and federal banking agencies issue joint statement encouraging innovative industry approaches to AML compliance,” Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), US Department of the Treasury, December 3, 2018; and “FinCEN’s Innovation Initiative,” FinCEN, accessed September 27, 2022 Continued here

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Why We Do Things We Know We’ll Regret “We have willfully sinned,” millions of Jews around the world prayed in their Yom Kippur Viduy, or confession, over the past week—confession of sin being a core tenet of Judaism (as it is in many faiths). “We have committed evil … we have gone astray, we have led others astray. We have strayed from Your good precepts and ordinances, and it has not profited us.” For all people, Jews and gentiles alike, this prayer lays bare one of the greatest puzzles of human behavior: We voluntarily commit transgressions for which we are truly regretful, and they don’t even benefit us.If you observed the holy Day of Atonement, I doubt you said, “I am sorry for the sins I committed this year. But I still chuckle when I think of the lies I told and the people I hurt. And the coveting—that was the best!” It almost seems like a glitch in the matrix of life, a faulty algorithm programmed into us that makes us think we will be happy if we commit certain acts, when in fact they make us miserable. Continued here

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‘How Do You Know If You’re With the Right Person?’ I recently ended my first relationship, and I’m dealing with a lot of regret. I had never dated anyone, and had only recently discovered I was a lesbian. When I did start dating, I set out to explore a lot, because I didn’t have the college or high school or even early 20s experiences so many of my peers did. I almost immediately ended up in a relationship with a woman. We dated for a couple of years, starting just a few months before the pandemic.This spring, it felt like each of us was busy doing our own thing, and we were growing apart. I successfully ended things with the understanding that we would stay friends. It seemed to be working and like I was (maybe unfairly) getting to have my cake and eat it too. I mentioned to a friend that I hoped we could be together when we were older and wiser (which makes me think I did actually see a future for us but didn’t realize it until too late). Continued here

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Why airline carbon offsets are mostly a sham Many airlines now offer their customers the chance to buy carbon offsets along with their ticket. The premise is that the money will go toward a third-party project that prevents an equivalent volume of carbon from reaching the atmosphere as the per-person emissions of the flight. But the offset credits that airlines buy with the money are mostly cheap and of low quality, according to an Oct. 10 analysis of eight European airlines by the non-profit research group Carbon Market Watch. The hazard of flight offsets has always been that airlines will be content to rack them up in the accounting of their corporate carbon footprint, rather than reducing emissions directly through operational and technological efficiency improvements. But Carbon Market Watch’s study suggests that not only are airlines failing to truly offset flight emissions, they may also be prolonging the transition to cleaner flying. Continued here