Esther Dyson is Editor Release 1.0 for CNET Networks. She is a noted expert and philosopher in the field of emerging digital technology. After graduating from Harvard economics Dyson began her career in as a fact-checker for Forbes and quickly rose up the ladder to reporter.

Release 1.0 is Dyson's monthly technology-industry newsletter, published for the last 20 years by EDventure Holdings. Dyson edits and writes several issues herself.

Dyson and her company specialize in analysing the impact of emerging technologies and markets on the economy and society.