The impact computers have had on society has been nothing short of breathtaking. As computer technology like Colossus began to emerge after WWII and microprocessors began to proliferate in the 1960s, Britain was a driving force and remained at the centre of innovation. Then the Silicon Valley revolution happened, and innovation moved west…
Is there a new emerging computer innovation sector in Britain today?
Big financial news out of Caracas this week, as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announce an agreement between their two countries to start a bi-national bank. The newly created bank will “fund technological and industrial initiatives” and will launch with 20 million Venezuelan Petros, teleSUR reports.
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Spring’s chorus of bullish predictions for Bitcoin appears to be having some corroboration from recent markets, as Bloomberg reports on Bitcoin’s 4 percent gain today, April 20, putting the coin on track for its first back-to-back week of gains this year.
The following is an update to the briefing note of 14 March 2018 from the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and media. (Readers’ comments on this update can be made here at Tim Hayward’s blog.)
The presentation before by Dr Jerry Kroth was first published in 2013, but it offers to solid framework with which to compare western corporate media propaganda surrounding 9/11 and Iraq War – to contemporary western propaganda currently being deployed in order to demonize Russia through MH17 and The Skripal Affair, as well as routine ‘chemical weapons’ allegations against Syria – in order to initiate new wars.
Who hacks the hackers?
Bloomberg’s Hello World host Ashlee Vance traveled to Moscow and got a rare glimpse into the heart of Russia’s hacker underworld and the latest techniques in investigating cyber crime. Watch:
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By Keith Kohl
Whenever I get into a row with a reader over the future of fossil fuels, there’s always one quote that immediately springs to mind.
It was from Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the first Prime Minister of the UAE.
Not ringing a bell? Don’t worry, I have a feeling you’ve heard it before.
The spirit of American innovation is alive and well in the Mojave Desert.
On this episode of Hello World, Ashlee Vance camps out in the Mojave Desert, where a breed of wild inventors have created off-grid playgrounds, custom-created flying cars, smart dune buggies and spaceship prototypes pushing creativity and individual innovation to their limits. Watch:
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