As IBM launches its first commercial quantum computer, the technology may well prove to be the most disruptive to happen so far in the information age.
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There will be grumbling about Facebook unifying its apps. But it was an obvious decision by a company that now has to try much harder to continue to lure more people and advertisers to its digital empire.
Never in the history of the mobile phone has there been so much hype about a new technology ahead of its launch than there is with 5G.
It’s hard to believe now that between February 2000 and October 2001, the Naspers share price fell from R96 to less than R15.
With the proliferation of smartphones, it’s easy to assume that the era of the paper map is over. That assumption is wrong.
The Soviet system ultimately collapsed under its own weaknesses – lack of innovation, a chronic shortage of consumer goods, inept central planning. None of these are obvious Chinese failings.
The world’s tech police have the opportunity to succeed in televisions where they initially failed with the rest of the connected world, and ensure that users retain a firm grasp on their data.
Nothing Netflix tells investors helps them confidently predict that this grow-now-and-pay-later strategy will pay off. You either believe it, or you don’t.
An investigation by federal authorities into the possible theft of trade secrets by Huawei could give even more weight to a US campaign against the Chinese company.
Repetition breeds reality. Such is the case with allegations the US has levelled at China in their budding economic Cold War.