For years, BuzzFeed seemed to be leading the journalism industry toward a brave new future. Now that it has stumbled, the way ahead looks more old-school than ever.
HT @ExponentialView Fortnite might presage the next version of the Internet, the metaverse, per @ballmatthew. Could it become Netflix’s (+ Facebook’s) biggest competitor? It has >200m users, with $96 average revenue per active user, whereas Facebook/Google/Twitter/Snapchat combined is $57
The most promising 100 AI startups working across the artificial intelligence value chain, from hardware and data infrastructure to industrial applications via @cbinsights
This is a quick read from @benedictevans, and is worth reading -> Amazon’s Alexa has been a huge, impressive and unexpected achievement. Amazon created a category from scratch and left both the AI leader Google and the device leader Apple scrambling in its wake. It’s now sold 100m units. So far, though, this success is pretty contingent – we do still have to ask what Amazon actually gains from this. What do consumers do with these devices that helps Amazon? What fundamental strategic benefit does it get? Amazon has put an end-point into tens of millions of homes – what does it do with it?
The Japanese government will try to hack into internet-connected devices in homes and offices around the country starting from next month as part of efforts to improve cybersecurity, NHK World-Japan reports.
WNDB’s Short Story Contest is officially OPEN! The winning story will be published in our first Sci-fi/Fantasy anthology, FANTASTIC WORLDS: IMPOSSIBLE PLACES.
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