Eyes Wide Shut?

Eyes Wide Shut?

Charlie Simpson of Scottish Rugby put this previous Sunday Column into AI software to show how the technology can now automatically create an original two-way avatar conversation on any piece. It produced this.   As someone who has worked in disruptive tech for...
Don’t be Evil!

Don’t be Evil!

Zaz (David Zaslav), boss of Warner Bros Discovery, can’t catch a break. We have often covered in these Columns how he is now really struggling. For a sport strategy post NBA, with tense carriage deals negotiations, VENU uncertainty, the debt, and basically trying to...
There Is No Alternative (TINA).

There Is No Alternative (TINA).

The best and most popular historical fiction in the last 50 years, if you exclude wizards and dragons, has always been around mafia. “Godfather”, “Casino”, “Goodfellas”, “Peaky Blinders” and of course “The...
A state of mind.

A state of mind.

When Raffaella and I arrived in Como in 2006, our neighbour was a Venetian. If complimented on his amazing city, he always replied: Venice is not a place, it is a state of mind. It cannot be described, only experienced. And in the reflective days following this year’s...
New balls please.

New balls please.

Congratulations to Jannik Sinner, winner of two Slams this year. Thanks to this splendid young man and champion, our household is obliged by my wife to see a lot of tennis these days, enjoying Italy’s finest era in the sport from the front seats. The country in 2024...