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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/can-blockchain-technology-bring-smooth-seas-global-shipping
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The shipping industry is poised for a revolution with distributed ledger technologies. But a lack of collaboration could limit the benefits of blockchain.
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https://www.emarketer.com/content/in-two-years-users-in-canada-will-spend-more-time-with-mobile-than-tv
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In 2018, more than a third of all advertising dollars in Canada will be spent in mobile channels.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciakelso/2018/09/13/voice-automation-primed-to-disrupt-restaurant-industry/#794fb1636156
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More than 50% of searches will be voice-based by 2020, and the technology is evolving quickly to a point where it will act as a sort of concierge.
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https://optimusenergy.com.au/australia-electricity-achieving-50-renewable/
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https://phys.org/news/2018-09-tiny-camera-lens-link-quantum.html
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/gartner-predicts-australian-public-cloud-spend-to-reach-au7-7b-in-2021/
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Revenues from 2018 Australian public cloud spend are pinned as AU$4.6 billion, expected to tip AU$7 billion come 2021.
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/25-things-inspire-me-being-travel-industry-rafat-ali/
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Last month as Skift turned six years old, I wrote an article that exploded like a bomb in the face of the travel industry. The “21 Uncomfortable Truths That I Have Learned About the Travel Industry” has become amongst the most read and certainly the most discussed story we have ever done.
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https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/data-breach/
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Consumer trust in companies decreases at an ever faster pace. Caused by data breach scandals as well as privacy-intrusive misuse of data by the companies themselves, consumers increasingly look for trustworthy alternatives. Instead of gambling with their users' trust, companies should respect their users' rights to privacy by encrypting the data end-to-end.
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https://www.space.com/41763-nasa-lunar-orbiting-platform-gateway-basics.html
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Here's a primer on the Gateway, the moon-orbiting space station that NASA plans to start building in the next half-decade.
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https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2163601/made-china-2025-beijings-plan-hi-tech-dominance-big-threat
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The ‘Made in China 2025’ plan aims to break China’s reliance on foreign technology and pull its hi-tech industries up to Western levels. But it has become a lightning rod for Washington’s ire in its trade war with Beijing. This article – the first in a series on the plan – explains how it became the centre of so much attention.
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-could-be-100-renewable-by-2030s-meet-paris-targets-by-2025-2025/
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ANU study says current pace of solar and wind deployment in Australia could deliver equivalent of 100% renewables by early 2030s, and achieve emissions reduction task “for whole economy” by 2025.
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https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/07/the-reality-of-quantum-computing-could-be-just-three-years-away/amp/
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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45400144
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It's come close to cancellation several times, but could the successor to the Hubble telescope make the greatest ever discovery?
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https://www.vrfocus.com/2018/09/report-suggests-ar-and-vr-will-be-mainstream-within-3-yearss/
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/06/worlds-largest-offshore-windfarm-opens-cumbrian-coast-walney-extension-brexit
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Walney Extension will power 590,000 homes amid fears Brexit could stifle growth
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https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-deep-learning-revolution-how-understanding-the-brain-will-let-us-supercharge-ai/
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Terry Sejnowski, one of the fathers of the field of deep learning, on what's next in the machine-learning revolution.
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https://www.rtinsights.com/autonomous-vehicles-deliveries/
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GlobalData shares optimism with Waymo, Ford, and other developers of autonomous vehicles that the future of deliveries will remain on the ground.
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https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/09/this-lidarcamera-hybrid-could-be-a-powerful-addition-to-driverless-cars/
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Clever hack allows lidar to act as a low-light camera—with depth perception.
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https://qz.com/africa/1378556/cheap-batteries-may-allow-africa-to-abandon-the-grid/
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What the future looks like when it's cheaper to power your own home—and not rely on electrical grid systems.
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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/sep/04/canadian-cities-where-minorities-are-the-majority-markham-brampton
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In ‘majority-minority’ cities such as Markham and Brampton, diversity isn’t aspirational; it’s a fact. But how does integration work?
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https://www.space.com/41707-space-mining-usgs-resource-survey.html
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Since its establishment in the 1870s, the USGS has focused on Earth. But now it's investigating what benefits may or may not exist in tapping extraterrestrial water, minerals and metals.