“I believe the future belongs to AI”

That’s 19-year-old world champion Ke Jie upon a recently losing a game of Go to Google’s AlphaGo robot.

The Hustle • May 24, 2017

Whirlpool wants to recommend… recipes?

The world’s largest maker of home appliances like fridges, ovens -- and yes, washing machines -- just acquired recipe search engine, Yummly.

The Hustle • May 5, 2017

Home off the range

In a blog post titled “Hanging up my spurs,” VC cowboy Chris Sacca announced he’s retiring from investing and heading back to his house on the prairie.

The Hustle • April 27, 2017

Return of the Mark

The F8 conference rages on and yesterday, Regina Dugan, the head of Facebook’s experimental technologies unit, Building 8, revealed that the company is developing a brain-computer interface that allows people to think-to-type at 100 words per minute. Oh, and also technology that lets the skin on your body mimic the function of an eardrum — […]

The Hustle • April 20, 2017

Giving the squeaky tweet some grease

Twitter’s annual shareholder meeting is coming up soon, and there’s a new idea on the table: Turning the company into a cooperative.

Kamran Rosen • April 10, 2017
bloomberg terminal

The Bloomberg terminal bubble finally burst

Last year, the number of Bloomberg terminals, which let bankers analyze real-time financial market data and place trades, dropped for the second time since the company’s creation in 1981.

Lindsey Quinn • March 29, 2017

Jimmy Buffett’s margarita village

He’s leveraging his aging lifestyle brand to build a real-life Margaritaville for old people.

The Hustle • March 9, 2017

The crockpot cult leader

Last summer, the smash hit of Amazon Prime Day wasn’t a tablet, a flat-screen, or fancy VR goggles… It was the Instant Pot, a multi-function electric pressure cooker, which also doubles as a rice cooker, crockpot, saute pan, steamer, yogurt maker, and stockpot. Dang. During the 24-hour online sale, the Instant Pot sold more than […]

The Hustle • March 8, 2017

CNNgo is CNN’s answer to Netflix

CNN is shifting gears to reach to ‘cord-nevers’ with long-form original productions that are free to anyone, whether or not they have a cable subscription.

Lindsey Quinn • March 7, 2017

Uber wants employees to be “perf”

The company now faces criticism for its controversial employee ranking system.

The Hustle • February 28, 2017

#Fakecomments: A Reddit scandal

Companies pay money for people posing as genuine users to promote their work or shift public opinion. Huh, ya think you know a site...

The Hustle • February 27, 2017

This film might just save the planet

And no, we’re not talking about a movie.

The Hustle • February 10, 2017

Greenlight: The debit card for kids

The company is offering parents cash-free control.

The Hustle • February 6, 2017

NYC restaurants are ghosting us

See, Leafage is just one of the “ghost restaurants” created by the company Green Summit, each with its own unique menu and branding, all operating out of the same kitchen in New York.

Lindsey Quinn • January 23, 2017

Montenegro: the country that exports domain names

Not your typical economy for a country of 600k people.

The Hustle • January 11, 2017

The golden era of hedge funds is over

The wealth creation and compensation is gone. So is the mystique.

The Hustle • January 4, 2017

Netflix makes directors an offer they can’t refuse

And it can create a bit of a sticky situation for directors.

The Hustle • December 28, 2016

Apple’s license to steal

Thanks to some legal jargon, if your app is on the App Store, it’s pretty much theirs.

The Hustle • December 28, 2016

F.B. codes home

Zuckerberg gets back to his roots and creates AI from scratch to run his home.

The Hustle • December 20, 2016

Ramdev’s the new Richard

Whether he knows it or not, Ramdev’s company Patanjali is following the Virgin’s “challenger” brand philosophy to disrupt India's consumer market.

Lindsey Quinn • December 14, 2016

Oh yes he did: How Doyle saved Domino’s

When Patrick Doyle came on board as CEO of Domino’s Pizza in 2010 he vowed to transform the struggling pizza company into a “Technology-Enabled, Nimble, Category Disrupting Machine.” We’re not sure what that means either, but the company Doyle has re-built in the past 6 years is probably pretty close to that vision. It all […]

The Hustle • December 1, 2016

Net neutrality is on the chopping block

Donald Trump just appointed two long-time opponents to the FCC’s rules.

The Hustle • November 22, 2016

How is Arizona Iced Tea still cheaper than water?

When Arizona Iced Tea came onto the scene in 1992, the family-owned company quickly toppled industry leader, Snapple, thanks to a simple formula: never raise prices. In fact, Arizona is so committed to its 99 cent price tag that “99¢” is still printed in bold on every can to keep retailers from charging more (though […]

Kendall Baker • November 3, 2016

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