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President of China endorses blockchain technology

May30
by on May 30, 2018 at 11:07 am
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Blockchain technology has received an unlikely endorsement from the president of China. Xi Jinping was speaking at the annual conference of Chinese Academy of Sciences on Monday when he mentioned blockchain among the latest technologies that are making economic breakthroughs. He said: Since entering the 21st century, global scientific and technological innovation has entered an unprecedented period of intensive activity. A new round of scientific and technological revolutions and industrial changes are reconstructing the global innovation map and reshaping the global economic structure. The new generation of information technology represented by artificial intelligence, quantum information, mobile communication, internet of things, and…

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President of China endorses blockchain technology

May30
by on May 30, 2018 at 11:07 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, cryptocurrency, Finance, Hard Fork, Insights


Blockchain technology has received an unlikely endorsement from the president of China. Xi Jinping was speaking at the annual conference of Chinese Academy of Sciences on Monday when he mentioned blockchain among the latest technologies that are making economic breakthroughs. He said: Since entering the 21st century, global scientific and technological innovation has entered an unprecedented period of intensive activity. A new round of scientific and technological revolutions and industrial changes are reconstructing the global innovation map and reshaping the global economic structure. The new generation of information technology represented by artificial intelligence, quantum information, mobile communication, internet of things, and…

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A Siri-powered Beats speaker may launch next week – but who wants one?

May30
by on May 30, 2018 at 8:36 am
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Apple analyst-turned-VC Gene Munster predicts in a post on his seed stage fund Loup Ventures’ site that a Siri-powered smart speaker might be announced at the upcoming WWDC event in Cupertino next week. He added that it would likely cost $250 so as to rival cheaper options with better assistants built in, without competing directly with the $350 Apple HomePod. That’s just a prediction, though, so you’ll want to take it with a grain of salt until WWDC on June 4. But it’s not an entirely crazy one. As things stand, Siri is the worst performing digital assistant out there.…

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I made my own Labo because Nintendo wouldn’t send me one

May30
by on May 30, 2018 at 8:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, Gadgets, gaming, gear


When the Labo was announced, I was excited. I’ve been a Nintendo fanboy for some time, so I was excited to see what the Japanese games company had created and put it through its paces. But, I couldn’t, because Nintendo wouldn’t send me one. Now, this needs a bit of context. TNW is an international publication and we have millions of readers across the globe, the majority of which are in the US, India, and UK – which makes sense, as we write in English. Yet, sense isn’t exactly what the PR industry always relies on. As our headquarters are…

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I made my own Labo because Nintendo wouldn’t send me one

May30
by on May 30, 2018 at 8:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, Gadgets, gaming, gear


When the Labo was announced, I was excited. I’ve been a Nintendo fanboy for some time, so I was excited to see what the Japanese games company had created and put it through its paces. But, I couldn’t, because Nintendo wouldn’t send me one. Now, this needs a bit of context. TNW is an international publication and we have millions of readers across the globe, the majority of which are in the US, India, and UK – which makes sense, as we write in English. Yet, sense isn’t exactly what the PR industry always relies on. As our headquarters are…

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