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Tencent Plans $70B Spend For AI, Cybersecurity, IoT Tech

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Tencent Executive Vice President Dowson Tong said in an interview with state media that the company also wants to put money into experimenting with blockchain, servers, big data centers, supercomputer centers, Internet of Things (IoT) operating systems, 5G networks and quantum computing.

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The Tale of Money 2020 Vegas, Last Part

Tomorrow's Transactions

I stuck my head around the corner of a conference session, and to my surprise found that it was people talking about the blockchain again. But my sense of Venmo is that it suceeded because of social media integration so I suspect that Zelle’s long term role will be as an API for other platforms (e.g., Pretty impressive.

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The Tale of Money 2020 Vegas, Last Part

Tomorrow's Transactions

I stuck my head around the corner of a conference session, and to my surprise found that it was people talking about the blockchain again. But my sense of Venmo is that it suceeded because of social media integration so I suspect that Zelle’s long term role will be as an API for other platforms (e.g., Pretty impressive.

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The Future Of Fashion: From Design To Merchandising, How Tech Is Reshaping The Industry

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Blockchain in the supply chain. With more and more data, algorithms will become trend hunters — predicting (and designing) what’s next in ways that have never been possible. The company’s big data platform facilitates capabilities like AI-powered fashion discovery and exact-fit clothing and shoe recommendations.

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FinovateFall 2018 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

Fortr3ss’ Oracle service to Corda and Ethereum blockchains uses intelligent voice biometrics and artificial intelligence to solve the identity of node players in smart contracts for financial and healthcare institutions adopting blockchain. Trying to be a big-data source for the Muni market. ^DG. 09:40 am Fortr3ss.

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The metaverse could be tech’s next trillion-dollar opportunity: These are the companies making it a reality

CB Insights

The metaverse requires compute and processing infrastructure that can support both big data flows and low latency. However, these worlds are built using blockchain tech. These startups are blockchain-based, multiplayer games or startups helping gaming companies develop blockchain-based games. Decentralized games.

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