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Blockchain All The Things!
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies have entered the mainstream discourse, but they’ve also been joined by a concept that is widely circulated, but poorly understood: “the blockchain” or just “blockchain.” The idea of a blockchain, the cryptographically enhanced digital ledger that underpins Bitcoin and most cryptocurrencies, is now being used to describe everything from a system for inter-bank transactions to a new supply chain database for Walmart. The term has become so widespread that it’s quickly losing meaning.
I agree that this word is used way too much these says. I am starting to see this pop up in sales emails and calls that I receive at work.
Via: Adrianne Jeffries at The Verge
Views: 0Alexa, why are you being creepy?
Over the past few days, users with Alexa-enabled devices have reported hearing strange, unprompted laughter. Amazon responded to the creepiness in a statement to The Verge, saying, “We’re aware of this and working to fix it.”
I can’t say I am looking forward to going home tonight. 😛 I have four Alexa products through out my home and I do not need creepiness.
Via: Shannon Liao at The Verge
Views: 3AirPods and the Three Stages of Apple Criticism
I stumbled across a very interesting article via John Gruber’s Daring Fireball by Jonathan Kim over at Medium:
Put another way: Apple’s products are successful because Apple knows how to market their products to a fanbase of deeply flawed individuals who don’t know what’s good for them.
I really wish I was exaggerating, but these seven reasons are the main ways Apple critics attempt to explain why someone would choose to buy products critics believe are both overpriced and inferior to their competition. Because if you’ve already come to the conclusion that Apple products are overpriced and inferior, but hundreds of millions of people still buy them, the only conclusion must be that there is something seriously wrong with the people who buy them.
This was a very interesting critique of well know Tech Reporter admitting over time that their initial impression of a product were perhaps hasty given. I agree with the original author that people should be applauded for admitting they were wrong. The author does a better job of articulating this than I.
Savov deserves credit for having the willingness — dare I say “courage”? — for not keeping his change of heart to himself.
Views: 0The next version of Windows 10 will begin to incorporate machine learning.
“Microsoft is busy prepping developers for the next big Windows 10 update, version 1803, and it is putting the focus on machine learning. Due in March or April this year, the new version will include a new machine-learning framework for using machine-learning models in Windows applications.”
I’m not sure how useful this will be once it ships but it sounds like a logical next step.
Via: Peter Bright at Arstechnica
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