Category: Technology
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Only about half the world has internet access. Even rural America lags behind in broadband penetration. But what if everyone on earth had incredibly fast internet for $1 a month? A fascinating company called Akash Systems just might pull that off. It is delivering internet 100 times more cheaply than…
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Solana is all the rage in cryptocurrency markets these days. Its price is doing this: Looking at that chart, it would be easy to think that this new cryptocurrency is all hype and speculation. But I spent the afternoon digging into its capabilities as a platform, and they are incredible:…
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China’s government has just launched the latest salvo against its own technology industry: China on Monday issued strict new measures aimed at curbing what authorities describe as youth videogame addiction, which they blame for a host of societal ills, including distracting young people from school and family responsibilities. The new regulation,…
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On Saturday, I stood in the produce section of a nearby Whole Foods. My eyes were drawn to tiny packages of delicate microgreens. The producer: Aero Farms. Agriculture faces a difficult environment. Climate change is making weather more extreme and unpredictable. Workers are harder and harder to find. But a…
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Imagine you’re running a marathon. You’ve led the whole race. But a strong runner is coming up on your right. The finish line approaches. Suddenly, there is a loud “crack.” The other runner has been shot in the head. You win. This is essentially what has happened to the Chinese…
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If you run a retail business, you know what a royal pain online review sites can be. Get one unreasonable customer, and all of a sudden their bad day is turned into your business nightmare. An angry one star screed torpedoes your average and you’re left to rebuild, bit by…
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China’s government has launched a severe crackdown on its leading tech companies. Didi Chuxing, the equivalent of Uber, has been removed from app stores and ed tech companies are now required to be nonprofit, likely wiping out their investors. A major index of Chinese tech stocks is down over 40%…
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Amid deepening poverty, escalating COVID cases and a lack of vaccines, Cubans are doing something very brave: protesting against the Communist dictatorship in the largest demonstrations in six decades. I can’t even imagine how afraid they must be, but they’re out there. And activists need to be able to coordinate…
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Didi Chuxing, or “Honk Honk Taxi”, was one of the greatest success stories of Chinese tech. Founded in 2012, it broke out just months later by providing rides during a heavy Beijing snowstorm. A regular taxi was impossible to get, but Didi came through. After that, the company was on…
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The Chinese Communist Party has launched a severe crackdown on the technology industry: Didi Chuxing, the Chinese equivalent of Uber, had its app removed from all Chinese app stores shortly after its US IPO ByteDance, parent company of TikTok, shelved its IPO plans under regulatory pressure. Its CEO has resigned.…
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+ Angel Investing, Asia, CCP, China, Communism, Investing, Startup, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital, Xi Jinping+
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Tremendous 