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• State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise

  January 12, 2020

  Tens of billions of dollars in financial assistance from the Chinese government helped propel Huawei to the top of global telecommunications, a scale of support that dwarfed what its tech… more ›

• Fat Protocols

  January 9, 2020

  Here’s one way to think about the differences between the Internet and the Blockchain. The previous generation of shared protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, etc. https://www.usv.com/writing/2016/08/fat-protocols/ more ›

• The murals brightening a Delhi slum – in pictures

  January 1, 2020

  Raghubir Nagar has been given a colourful makeover by the Delhi Street Art group, drawing art lovers and selfie-snappers to a rundown area that they would never normally visit https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/jan/01/murals-delhi-slum-raghubir-nagar-in-pictures more ›

• What do we call Hong Kong’s nameless “2019 protests” in 2020?

  December 28, 2019

  It was Confucius who extolled the “rectification of names.” “If names be not correct,” he said, “language is not in accordance with the truth of things. https://qz.com/1772558/what-do-we-call-hong-kongs-2019-protests-in-2020/ more ›

• Remember QR Codes? They’re More Powerful Than You Think

  December 14, 2019

  China’s mobile payment ecosystem, the largest in the world, is built upon QR codes. But that technology extends far beyond shopping to ease friction throughout daily life. https://a16z.com/2019/10/30/the-power-of-qr-codes/ more ›

• December 14, 2019

  https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000006082083/lethal-autonomous-weapons.html more ›

• Xinjiang’s New Slavery

  December 12, 2019

  “Employment: Yarkant County satellite factory [for] persons in detention or reeducation. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/11/cotton-china-uighur-labor-xinjiang-new-slavery/ more ›

• Biased Algorithms Are Easier to Fix Than Biased People

  December 9, 2019

  Racial discrimination by algorithms or by people is harmful — but that’s where the similarities end. In one study published 15 years ago, two people applied for a job. Their… more ›

• Facial recognition: how China cornered the surveillance market

  December 8, 2019

  Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600 journalists in 50+ countries covering politics, business, innovation, trends and more. https://www.ft.com/content/6f1a8f48-1813-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385 more ›

• Ecommerce as Video’s Killer App

  December 8, 2019

  As online video platforms seek a business model beyond advertising, and short videos start to look more and more like commercials, it turns out that commerce may be video’s killer… more ›