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Web3 versus the Metaverse; different journeys to the same destination (Part 1)

Wiser! #49 (Premium): Web3 is everything crypto and the economy that is forming around it; DeFi, DAOs, Dapps, Decentralised, NFTS. It's on the same course as the Metaverse, just taking a different route. In this 2 Part series, I make sense of what's happening and what's next for the Internet.…

Rick Huckstep • 07 Dec 2021

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Dorsey quits Twitter & renames Square; plus Instagram, Shopping Bots and TikTok

Wiser! #48: Jack Dorsey quits as Twitter CEO for the 2nd time., then renames Square to Block; Plus Instagram harm to teen girls, shopping bots, TikTok and more...…

Rick Huckstep • 03 Dec 2021

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Tencent and China's BigTech Crackdown; plus Japan's digital currency, social commerce, and NFT is WOTY

Wiser! #47: Tencent are the latest to fall foul of China's BigTech Crackdown; consortium of Japanese banks launch a digital currency; the rise of social commerce, plus much more.…

Rick Huckstep • 26 Nov 2021

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Deepfakes in the Metaverse; plus Substack, NFTs, Nigeria's CBDC, and Xbox

Wiser! #46: deepfakes in the Metaverse; Substack lose the plot, Tarantino sued over NFTs; Nigeria launch CBDC and Xbox hits 20.…

Rick Huckstep • 19 Nov 2021

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The Metaverse Part 2; what it virtually means in reality

Wiser! #45 (Premium): All of a sudden, everyone is talking about the Metaverse. Thanks Meta! In this 2 part series, Part 1 explained what it is and Part 2 looks at what it does.…

Rick Huckstep • 16 Nov 2021

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Pinterest and the Attention Economy; Clubhouse, Robinhood, Crypto and Google

Wiser! #44: Pinterest start a TV channel; Clubhouse unveils new features (but is it too late?); Robinhood lose data for 7 million users; plus more…

Rick Huckstep • 12 Nov 2021

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Microsoft enters the Metaverse; Facebook's on/off facial recognition, and Pinterest want your Attention

Wiser! #43: Microsoft takes on Facebook head to head in the metaverse virtual workspace; Pinterest moves for your attention, and Facebook turns off facial recognition (for now).…

Rick Huckstep • 05 Nov 2021

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The Metaverse Part 1; Facebook's big bet

Wiser! #43 (Premium): When Facebook, the world's largest social network, renames to "Meta", it positions the Metaverse as the Next Computing Platform, aka Web3, the next generation of the Internet.…

Rick Huckstep • 02 Nov 2021

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Tesla breaks $1 trillion; Twitter amplifies the right; and Worldcoin's crypto biometrics

Wiser! #42: Crypto to solve world poverty; Tesla and Hertz in largest EV deal ever; Twitter's algorithms; data privacy under scrutiny; Blue Origin to build a space station...and more…

Rick Huckstep • 29 Oct 2021

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Big week for Bitcoin; Facebook, the Metaverse and Novi; And Social Media Anon

Wiser #41; A big week for Bitcoin; Facebook focuses on the Metaverse and starts trials for its Novi digital wallet; and I ask the question, "Should social media be anonymous?"…

Rick Huckstep • 22 Oct 2021

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James T Kirk goes where others have gone before; plus BigTaxes for BigTech, TikTok go shopping, Facebook and more

Wiser! #40: James T Kirk goes into space; BigTech are about to get Big Taxes; TikTok pushes into e-Commerce as Amazon shuts down China; and Facebook's woeful damage limitation.…

Rick Huckstep • 15 Oct 2021

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A hell of a week for Facebook; plus Amazon, Google, Starlink & more

Wiser! #39: It's been a tough week for Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook; the whistleblower, the US Senate, the Facebook Files and a 5 hour global outage. Plus Amazon's pursuit of the home, Google are in court (again) and Elon Musk's Starlink.…

Rick Huckstep • 08 Oct 2021

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Ambient Computing: Amazon's in the house

Wiser! #38 (Premium): Amazon has unveiled a clutch of digital smart tech for the home in its pursuit of ambient computing, inc robots, wearables, drones, smartspeakers and AI.…

Rick Huckstep • 05 Oct 2021

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China's CBDC rollout continues; Twitter's AI bias revealed; Uber saves lives; and more...

Wiser #37: China's CBDC rollout is on track according to expert Richard Turrin; Twitter opens up its algorithms to scrutiny for AI bias; Uber saves lives and a roundup of the top stories from September.…

Rick Huckstep • 01 Oct 2021