If you’ve been following my tabletop coverage over the past year, the creative minds at Ravensridge Emporium won’t be unfamiliar to you. I’ve previously featured their work, including spotlighting their atmospheric solo TTRPG (Tabletop Role-Playing Game) Caught in the Rain in our 2025 Christmas Gift Guide. More recently, I caught up with the Ravensridge Emporium
Good morning. By 2030, the AI ecosystem will need about $2.6 trillion in annual end-market spending to support data centers, chips, model development, and investor returns, according to a BCG Institute analysis. Enterprises would account for $1.8 trillion of that total, followed by consumers at $366 billion, hyperscalers’ internal use at $204 billion, and emerging
Good morning. At age 96, Warren Buffett has officially closed the book on his more than six-decade tenure as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett stepped down as chairman on Sept. 18, effective immediately, and was succeeded by his son, Howard G. Buffett, a Berkshire director for 33 years. The move caps a leadership transition that
Good morning. AT&T’s Pascal Desroches has spent his career thinking of his professional life as a series of chapters, each shaped, he says, “by change, challenge, and the opportunity to help navigate moments that mattered.” On Dec. 31, he’ll close the AT&T chapter, retiring as CFO after more than five years in the role and
Good morning. Polymarket makes a business out of uncertainty. Now it’s bringing some certainty to its own finances by hiring seasoned CFO Warren Jenson as its first finance chief. Jenson, who has served as CFO of Amazon, Electronic Arts, Delta Air Lines, and NBC (then a General Electric business) as well as Nielsen, will lead
Good morning. Live sports has become a strategic battleground for media companies and technology platforms competing for consumer attention and advertising dollars. Disney CFO Hugh Johnston also sees it as a driver of customer lifetime value. Johnston didn’t mince words about the state of live sports. “It’s just on fire,” he said during a question-and-answer
