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  Will the streaming wars end in rebundling?

  Quartz - Scott Nover

  The streaming wars ushered in a new era of on-demand entertainment. At first the appeal was price. Why pay for cable when you could get a Netflix plan or a Hulu account for a fraction of the cost? Then came the content—a tsunami of original, high-quality programming that was its own selling …

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  Amazon and Maersk are setting up a fight for the world’s supply chains

  Quartz - Nicolás Rivero

  For the past five years, one of the world’s largest shipping lines has been expanding into every other step of the supply chain. Maersk can now arrange air freight, trucking, warehousing, and even last-mile delivery for its customers. Meanwhile Amazon, which has been handling warehousing and …

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  Africa’s biggest telco thinks its booming fintech and 4G services will woo Gen Z users

  Quartz - Alexander Onukwue

  Last year in Nigeria, African telecoms group MTN doubled its mobile money transaction volume, deployed 4G in over 9,000 new sites, and bought spectrum for its 5G rollout. On Feb. 27 while unveiling its new logo at Lagos’s Eko hotel, the company sold these milestones as a bundle that will boost its …

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  Can deepfakes be ethical? An interview with Metaphysic's Tom Graham

  Quartz - Scott Nover

  On TikTok, you might have seen Tom Cruise playing acoustic guitar in a plain white t-shirt and a green baseball cap. You might have seen Tom Cruise check himself out shirtless in a bathroom mirror. Or playing golf in a white Polo shirt and fedora. But Tom Cruise isn’t on TikTok. All of these Tom …

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  How robots could change the world in the next five years

  Quartz - Pieter Abbeel

  People often ask me about the real-life potential for inhumane, merciless systems like Hal 9000 or the Terminator to destroy our society. Growing up in Belgium and away from Hollywood, my initial impressions of robots were not so violent. In retrospect, my early positive affiliations with robots …

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  Conferences, concerts, and sporting events are about to get a whole lot better

  Quartz - Mike Schabel

  In adapting to the realities of the covid-19 pandemic, live event organizers across the world have not just adjusted to the risks inherent with physical gatherings by implementing new safety protocols for their in-person audiences. They’ve also come to see how providing digital access to their …