* Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the Bomb Cyclone that buried the East Coast. Is AI the answer to how businesses survive such natural disasters? [Recode]

* If your New Year’s resolution was to finally launch that startup, you’ll want to avoid these common mistakes. [Inc.com]

* The Florida Bar and Legal.io are joining forces to modernize attorney referrals. [Medium]

* Peking University Law School is making strides to educate law students on how AI might help the Chinese legal system. [Above the Law]

* Still don’t believe that technology has fundamentally impacted the practice of law? These 40 practice areas would beg to differ. [MySingle.com]

* Who run the world? Probably these women who dominated legal tech in 2017. [Law Sites Blog]

* In access to justice news, a former Biglaw associate has launched an online startup designed to help pro se defendants. [Legaltech News]

* Ruby Datum becomes one of the first legal tech companies to accept cryptocurrencies as payment. Time to dust off that Bitcoin stockpile. [Artificial Lawyer]

* Can U.S. antitrust laws be revived to curb the crushing power of global tech giants? [Wired]

* Intel has already been hit with multiple class action lawsuits over the Meltdown and Spectre security bugs in its chips. [The Verge]