Alex Salkever
Fortune
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Immigration: A 'startup visa' will help Biden jump-start the economy
The Obama-era International Entrepreneur Rule offers President Biden a fast-track way to expand America's business talent pool. → Read More
Commentary: The botched COVID vaccine rollout proves that sometimes you need 'Big Government'
In a national emergency that requires top-down decisions, things tend to go better when the federal government steps in and takes charge. → Read More
A.I. Bias Isn’t the Problem. Our Society Is
We’ve programmed machines to follow humanity’s ugliest instincts. → Read More
Commentary: Amazon Has a Massive New Division—and No One's Paying Attention to It
Amazon Advertising, Amazon's new business platform dedicated to digital ads, is set to surpass Amazon Web Services in sales. → Read More
Commentary: Fortnite Is Poised to Rule the Summer. Are Parents Prepared?
Fornite Battle Royale season 5, with changes and new skins, launches in July. How can parents protect their kids from addiction? → Read More
Commentary: Here's What a Paid Version of Facebook Might Look Like
Its new dating service could be a good place to start. → Read More
Commentary: A Solution to Facebook’s Privacy Mess: Charge the Richest Users
Those who won't pay but want to keep using the service will basically agree to give up their information. → Read More
Commentary: Apple Actually Cares About Users’ Data. Facebook Could Learn a Lesson.
Facebook preaches one thing in data and builds another. → Read More
Commentary: These Next-Generation Supercomputers Are So Hot They Need to Run in a Freezer
Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever, authors of The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future, explain. → Read More
Commentary: Alexa! Give Us Back Our Freedom!
Amazon’s Echo and other voice assistants are restricting our choices. → Read More
Facebook, Google, and Twitter Could’ve Prevented the Russian Ads. Why Didn’t They?
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are testifying to Congress. Why didn't they prevent countries like Russia from secretly buying ads? → Read More
When Baby Genes Are for Sale, the Rich Will Pay
Gene editing could have far-reaching consequences. → Read More
11 steps to meetings that aren't miserable
Ask yourself: Is this meeting really necessary? Follow these 11 steps to finally have meetings that aren't miserable. → Read More
11 steps to meetings that aren't miserable
Ask yourself: Is this meeting really necessary? Follow these 11 steps to finally have meetings that aren't miserable. → Read More
9 Giant Banks Make a Deal on Blockchain: What It Means
A blockchain is public ledger of transactions that is distributed among all participants in a market or system. Each transaction that happens within a market or system must be verified by a strong majority of participants. It's very difficult to falsify transactions in a blockchain because each transaction generates a strong cryptographic signature. → Read More
Where the data science jobs are, by sector and by state
Want a data science job? Then use the data to help you figure out where to live and what sectors are hiring. → Read More
How much do coders make? Check out this data from around the country
What’s the best city to be a coder? What languages are the most lucrative? Here’s some data from around the country. → Read More
How Big Data Reveals The Secret Life Of Cities
Meet StreetLight's (blurry) Panopticon. → Read More
How Big Data Reveals The Secret Life Of Cities
Meet StreetLight's (blurry) Panopticon. → Read More
How A Little Competition Made Thermostats Sexy
Thanks to Nest—and now Honeywell—the long-boring thermostat market is humming with life and new ideas. → Read More