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Best of 2019: The Web at 30
[March 12, 2019] Tim Berners-Lee liberated data so it can eat the world. In his book Weaving the Web, he wrote: I was excited about escaping from the straightjacket of hierarchical documentation systems…. By being able to reference everything with … Continue reading
AI Chips, Anyone? On Surging Markets and Spectacular Exits
March 11, 2019: Nvidia buys Mellanox for $6.9b The deal is the second largest ever acquisition in the Israeli high tech industry December 16, 2019: Intel Confirms $2 Billion Habana Labs Acquisition The deal marks Intel’s second-largest acquisition of an … Continue reading
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Las Vegas Most Cyber Insecure US Metro
Source: Cybersecurity in the City: Where Small Businesses Are Most Vulnerable to Attack
Online Advertising Revenues Expected to Grow by $60 Billion between 2019 and 2024
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Cybersecurity 2020 Predictions
Read more here Serial cybersecurity entrepreneur Shlomo Kramer said in a 2005 interview that cybersecurity is “a bit like Alice in Wonderland” where you run as fast as you can only to stay in place. In 2020, to paraphrase the … Continue reading
The Rise and Rise of Video Streaming
Axios: The economics don’t mode well for the theater chains, but they aren’t miserable either. U.S. cinema revenue continues to plateau as ticket prices increase, suggesting that theater-viewing isn’t dead yet. Digital movie-viewing, however, continues to skyrocket.
China is Moving Towards a Cashless Society
eMarketer: We forecast that 577.4 million people in China made a purchase via proximity mobile payment within a six-month period this year. Those users account for 49.6% of the country’s population. In 2020, more than half of the population will … Continue reading
Growth in the Number of Websites, 1991-2019
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59% of U.S. Adults Trust Law Enforcement to Use Facial Recognition Responsibly
Pew Research Center: 59% of US adults say it is acceptable for law enforcement to use facial recognition to assess security threats in public spaces; only 15% say it is acceptable for advertisers to use facial recognition to see how … Continue reading