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Eric Schmidt admits remote work has productivity benefits, but he still wants staff in the office
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has admitted that working from home (WFH) allowances can have a positive impact on productivity, though he still wants staff coming into the office from a personal standpoint. Speaking on The Diary of a CEO podcast, Schmidt said that while he believes in the benefits of in-office work, data indicates that productivity is slightly higher…
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‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway’: Eric Schmidt has a plan to drive sustainable data center and AI development – and it involves more AI
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt has aired his feelings on AI sustainability, minimizing the place of conservation as part of a fireside chat at a US think tank. After listing some of the potential remedies to data center power consumption – better battery materials and reductions in power line losses, for example – Schmidt said sustainable objectives may end up taking…
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Eric Schmidt’s car crash Stanford interview showed big tech’s true colors on remote work
Eric Schmidt certainly ruffled a few feathers last week after a controversial interview at Stanford University – and it’s not hard to see why. Speaking to students, the former Google chief exec essentially suggested successful startups not worry about stealing IP and embarked on a diatribe about why remote work was the reason behind Google’s supposed poor performance in the…
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