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October 20, 2025

Why 2050 Will Break Your Data Team

The Dutch electric grid of 2050 isn’t just Sparky sci-fi. It’s a preview of the chaos your data, cyber, and BI teams will face — unless you start hiring for future thinking, not job specs.

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October 17, 2025

What Google’s $15B AI Bet in India Signals

Google just announced a $15B push into India’s AI infrastructure. What does that mean for talent, competition, and your own hiring roadmap? Spoiler: It’s bigger than you think, and the ripple effects are already here.

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October 13, 2025

Why Finding Data Talent Is So Bloody Hard

Hiring data talent shouldn’t feel like therapy with a side of tequila — but for most founders, it does. The truth? The system’s broken. Here’s why your job specs, interview process, and “qualified” filters are scaring off the best people.

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October 11, 2025

Vodafone’s Outage Wasn’t a Cyber Attack

Vodafone’s massive internet blackout wasn’t caused by hackers – but what does that really mean for cyber leaders and scale-ups everywhere? Here's why it might be worse than an attack… and how not to make the same mistake.

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October 11, 2025

AI Made Your Phone a Supercomputer

Smartphone storage is about to go full beast mode — faster than SSDs, all thanks to AI. But what does that mean for your hiring roadmap, and why should Founders and CTOs care? Let’s connect the dots.

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October 8, 2025

The Dirty Secret Behind Green Shipping

Everyone's talking clean seas and carbon-neutral tankers — but who's going to build the data and cyber teams to power this revolution? Here's why greentech shipping needs smarter hiring before the hype sails ahead of reality.

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October 6, 2025

Why Meta’s Hungry for Brainpower

When Andrew Tulloch left Thinking Machines for Meta, it wasn’t just another LinkedIn shuffle — it was a signal flare. Big Tech’s hoovering up AI brains again, and if you’re a founder, you’d better rethink your talent game — fast.

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October 1, 2025

The Future’s Personal: Why OpenAI’s Roi Deal Changes the Game

OpenAI just bought investment start-up Roi, but this isn’t about portfolio tracking. It’s about owning the future of personalisation. The kind that learns you, not just your data. Finance is just the beginning; the whole software stack is next.

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September 28, 2025

Cyber Blindspots Could Bankrupt Giants

A billion-pound carmaker just proved what happens when cyber risk is treated like a side project. If JLR can stumble, what about scale-ups juggling growth, funding, and fragile supply chains? Cyber is no longer IT’s problem; it’s yours.

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September 22, 2025

Can AI Drive in a Blizzard?

Waymo’s robotaxis can handle sunny LA like a dream — but what happens when the streets are frozen, the sensors are blinded, and a snowplough cuts across its path? Let’s talk AI, snow, and operational reality.

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September 15, 2025

YouTube’s Crackdown Just Levelled Up

YouTube’s new rules on violent gaming and online gambling content could flip the script for creators. Here’s why it matters — and what founders in fintech and greentech can learn from YouTube’s latest play.

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September 8, 2025

How Toilets Got Smarter Than Some Teams

Withings just dropped a toilet gadget that tracks your nutrition in real time via your, ahem, morning splash. Here's what it means for health tech—and the sneaky potential lessons for how we use data in teams.

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