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Exiting TED Leader Clings To Tech Optimism

Chris Anderson took over TED 25 years ago, when the internet was young and optimism abounded about the future it could deliver.

International Business Times · Oct 15, 2025

Epstein’s ‘birthday book’ transforms private notes into a legacy record

The United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform recently released a 238-page album, compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003 for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday. On Oct. 6, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Maxwell’s appeal of her 2022 conviction for sex trafficking girls with Epstein.

The Conversation · Oct 7, 2025

Management guru Simon Sinek says society overvalues romantic relationships: 'There’s an excessive amount of pressure to get married, white picket fence'

Simon Sinek says he’s been asked, “What’s wrong with you?” for not being married.

Fortune · Oct 2, 2025

‘I was turned away from a major work event because I had my baby with me’

London Tech Week said the flagship event had not ‘been designed to incorporate the particular needs, facilities and safeguards that under-16s require’

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

Junior analysts, beware: Your coveted and cushy entry-level Wall Street jobs may soon be eliminated by AI

A major transition is coming for the highly coveted junior analyst position at big Wall Street banks, experts agree.

Fortune · Jun 2, 2025

If Ted Talks are getting shorter, what does that say about our attention spans?

According to novelist Elif Shafak, the platform suggested she make her talk shorter because viewers can’t focus for 19 minutes. Now ... where was I?

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2025

Lucasfilm declares creative bankruptcy with an AI-generated Star Wars film that's just 2 minutes of mostly normal animals jumbled together

I've got a bad feeling about this.

PC Gamer · May 14, 2025

It’s not too late to stop Trump and the tech broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now

In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years ago

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2025

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman replies to artists irate over their stolen work

In a TED talk last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that a revenue model that compensates artists for the use of copyrighted material would be "cool."

Laptop · Apr 14, 2025

Samsung's new smart glasses will put up a good fight against Ray-Ban Meta 3

A new pair of Google smart glasses running Android XR was shown off at TED 2025, including impressive AI vision capabilities.

Android Central · Apr 9, 2025