Tag: china
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Throughout China, Allen Zhang is known as the “father of WeChat”. Zhang’s public persona has much the same cultural importance and weight as the American legacy of Steve Jobs. https://a16z.com/2019/02/05/allen-zhang-wechat-product-principles/ more ›
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The 21st century will most likely belong to China as the Chinese Century. But with a rapid increase in Chinese investment and African innovation, the 22nd century may see the… more ›
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If investors at some of the biggest technology companies are right, the next big restaurant chain could have no kitchens of its own. https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/07/the-next-big-restaurant-chain-may-not-own-any-kitchens/ more ›
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Late one Wednesday in March 2015, an alarm sounded in the offices of GitHub, a San Francisco–based software firm. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612638/when-chinese-hackers-declared-war-on-the-rest-of-us/ more ›
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On Saturday, the Coinbase security team noticed something troubling. Someone had made a deep reorganization in the distributed ledger for Ethereum Classic, a smaller spinoff from the Ethereum coin. The… more ›
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There’s a new era of AI consumer-based apps spreading around the world, though starting from China. https://a16z.com/2018/12/03/when-ai-is-the-product-the-rise-of-ai-based-consumer-apps/ more ›
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In 1969, Richard Nixon, about eight months into his Presidency, grew frustrated with the North Vietnamese leadership. The President wanted to negotiate an exit from the Vietnam War, but his… more ›
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What Africa’s emerging cities can learn from China By 2030, more than half of African residents will be living in cities. These cities are being built, in large part, by… more ›
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Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work A Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies said at a conference on… more ›
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The Big Blockchain Lie Now that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have plummeted from last year’s absurdly high valuations, the techno-utopian mystique of so-called distributed-ledger technologies should be next. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/blockchain-big-lie-by-nouriel-roubini-2018-10 more ›