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Facebook Libra – Well populated graveyard pt. II

Libra has been neutered by its opponents. Libra is expected to finally launch early in 2021 but Facebook is having to make so many concessions...
source: The Economist

Facebook Libra – Other people’s currencies.

The vested interests will now be more against Libra than ever. The pandemic is substantially weakening the existing financial system meaning that Libra is more...

Facebook Libra – Well populated graveyard.

Only users can save Libra. The loss of Vodafone is another nail in the coffin of Facebook’s digital currency Libra meaning that the only thing...
source: The Economist

Facebook Libra – Saving gravy.

Vested interests sink Libra. There are certainly regulatory issues that need to be addressed with Facebook’s or any digital currency, but I suspect that the...

Nvidia GTC 2024 Day 1 – Entrenchment

Nvidia knows exactly what it is doing. Nvidia once again distanced itself from its rivals revealing yet more hardware advances and new features for its...

Artificial Intelligence – Galactic fail.

Hubris once again found wanting. The failure of Meta’s scientific language model to survive for more than three days online is just another sign that...

Artificial Intelligence – Here comes Skynet?

I am not panicking yet. Terrifying claims made in a scientific article in AI Magazine last month predict a high likelihood that the machines will...

Tech Newsround – MSFT FQ2 / Arm & Nvidia / Meta

Microsoft FQ2 2022 – skittish investors. Microsoft’s results demonstrated just how edgy the market is with the numbers causing the shares to fall 5% followed...

Meta Platforms – Mark of intent.

Meta hasn’t given up on Fintech Meta’s purchase of trademarks is a clear sign that it has not given up on financial services, but the...

Crypto – Picks and shovels

The genie is finally out of the bottle? While cryptocurrencies and digital tokens are grabbing all of the headlines, I think that the real action...