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5 things Paul Krugman gets wrong about crypto
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2018 23:33
GUEST: Krugman, who once predicted the Internet would have no bigger impact on the economy than the invention of the fax machine, is once again on the wrong side of history with his view of blockchain technology. Blockch...
The deskless workforce: A massive opportunity for entrepreneurs
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2018 21:10
GUEST: Employees that don't sit at a desk comprise a 2.7 billion-person-strong portion of the global working population. Yet despite being 80 percent of the workforce, these "deskless" workers have thus far been overlook...
Silicon Valley isn't over, but its influence is dwindling
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2018 19:25
GUEST: The Economist cover story "Peak Valley" highlights outrageous costs of living, poor local government, and high operating costs as the catalysts behind an impending Silicon Valley collapse. We're skeptical, but we ...
CEO John Riccitiello: Two-thirds of all AR and VR apps are built with Unity
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2018 12:34
Unity CEO John Riccitiello doesn’t think we’ve yet seen a true consumer launch of a VR or AR headset. Speaking at this month’s TechCrunch Disrupt event in San Francisco, Riccitiello stated that around two-thirds of...
Apple bans Alex Jones app
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2018 07:13
(Reuters) — Apple said on Friday that it had banned from its App Store the Infowars app belonging to popular U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after finding that it had violated the company's rules against “objecti...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Your Phone texting
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2018 05:29
Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17755 from the RS5 branch. The changes include Your Phone texting and 3 bug fixes.
GamesBeat Decides 95: Gon' phishing in Artifact
Venture Beat - 8 Sep 2018 00:51
Jeff is back from PAX, and Mike is back from All In wrestling … we should do one of those GamesBeat Decides podcasts. On this week’s episode, Jeff talks about competing in the Kinda Funny championship, and Mike talks...