Boston Dynamics wants to change the world with its state-of-the-art robots

[ad_1] This interview is part of the Inside the Mind of the CEO series, which explores a wide range of critical decisions faced by chief executives around the world. Robert Playter’s appointment as CEO of Boston Dynamics in 2019 came at an important crossroads for the company. Known for producing some of the world’s most […]

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How business leaders should think about the metaverse in 2023

[ad_1] Years before the term metaverse was popularized by Mark Zuckerberg’s rebranding of Facebook to Meta in late 2021, Matthew Ball published a series of essays on what the metaverse is all about—and what would be needed to turn the vision into reality. The result was a nine-part “metaverse primer,” released in early 2021 (later […]

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A brief history of tech skepticism

[ad_1] New technologies often seem to inspire equal—and often counteracting—surges of enthusiasm and skepticism. The metaverse, which is prompting both its champions and naysayers to express themselves, is just the latest. Of course, this is nothing new—neither the sense of skepticism that surrounds new technologies nor the concept of the metaverse itself. Related insights […]

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