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Typing and speaking is just too slow.

"The most unexpected part of the Microsoft Ignite keynote was the panel discussion on Quantum Computing and the potential role for Microsoft to empower this next revolution in computing with a new programming language and qubit simulator that runs on Azure later this year. While Quantum Computing efforts are likely to be immaterial to the forecast over the next three-to-five years, the amount of airtime that Quantum Computing received at the opening keynote at Ignite showcases the longer-term aspirations for Microsoft to continue pushing the envelope of technology innovation, with an emphasis on mixed reality, AI, and quantum computing."

A truly innovative product would learn from the mistakes of predecessor platforms and would focus on things like privacy, security and accessibility. Instead, Clubhouse is yet another example of technology designed by, and largely for, privileged, white, Western and able-bodied men.

Article by Tristan Harris, the man who launched the Humane Technology project

Scientific experts recognize that building and scaling quantum-protected and enhanced communication networks are among the most important technological frontiers of the 21st century. The international research community perceives the construction of a first prototype global quantum network-the Quantum Internet-to be within reach over the next decade.

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Roam and a whole universe of similar technologies help you to organize your thought, to make smarter notes and ultimately to build an external brain.

Interesting. These people did not engage into original reporting, they were curators of media stories. They had to take care that there was a balance in political views, that stuff was appropriate for youngsters, and now we'll have to see whether the AI can make these curating decisions as well as the humans.

This video by Stephen Downes looks at change and technology during the pandemic and after, asking what it is we want to get from our educational systems, and what that might look like in the future. Lecture, Apr 28, 2020.

Where not-so-utopian cities are unveiled (and Invisible cities become real). Also technologies play a foundamental role.

Few weeks ago we talked about the possibilities that digital technologies could help afghan women and girls...

connected to its Social Marketplace, a groundbreaking step that merges the physical and digital world with its own social blockchain technology titled Village Protocol.

A car teaches itself how to drive, by watching us.