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Jul 17, 2018
“No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be”
Posted by Jacob Anderson in category: futurism
Jul 15, 2018
Magic Leap promises to ship its headset this summer
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: futurism
The mysterious, massively funded mixed-reality company still won’t divulge exactly when the device will be available, but it’s more specific than its previous statement that it would be out sometime this year.
The announcement: While much of the world was paying attention to the World Cup on Wednesday, Magic Leap’s Alan Noon said during a live stream on Twitch that the Magic Leap One, a developer-geared headset, will ship this season. Summer ends September 22, so the company has roughly 10 weeks to meet that deadline.
Also: AT&T said Wednesday that it will be the sole wireless carrier for the headset, bringing it to AT&T stores in cities including San Francisco, Boston, and Los Angeles.
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Jul 15, 2018
Silicon Valley eyes Africa as new tech frontier
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Lagos — With its colourful hammocks and table tennis table, a new tech hub in the Lagos metropolis wouldn’t look out of place among the start-ups on the other side of the world in Silicon Valley.
But the NG_Hub office is in the suburb of Yaba — the heart of Nigeria’s burgeoning tech scene that is attracting interest from global giants keen to tap into an emerging market of young, connected Africans.
In May, both Google and Facebook launched initiatives nearby.
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