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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

Can iPhone detect your mental health?; Amazon's AI "time and motion"; Daniel Schreiber & more...

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Can iPhone detect your mental health?; Amazon's AI "time and motion"; Daniel Schreiber & more...

Wiser! #36: Apple looking at detecting mental health via iPhone; more attention on Amazon's treatment of workers; Lemonade CEO Daniel Schreiber talks to me; plus much much more.…

Rick Huckstep • 24 Sep 2021

Microsoft's remote working survey; Facebook smartglasses; Epic v Apple latest

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Microsoft's remote working survey; Facebook smartglasses; Epic v Apple latest

Wiser! #34: Microsoft have conducted the largest study ever into the effects of remote working; plus an exclusive interview with Lemonade CEO Daniel Schreiber; Facebook's new smartglasses and the Litecoin pump and dump.…

Rick Huckstep • 17 Sep 2021

Privacy is Apple's strategic advantage; Crypto Hacking is hard; Google v The Rest

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Privacy is Apple's strategic advantage; Crypto Hacking is hard; Google v The Rest

Wiser! #27: Apple's child protection measures; Google slash home worker's pay; crypto hacking doesn't pay; Samsung's folding phones, and more…

Rick Huckstep • 15 Aug 2021

The Pegasus Project: the spyware leak that exposed the risk to lawyers and activists

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The Pegasus Project: the spyware leak that exposed the risk to lawyers and activists

Wiser! #25: The Pegasus spyware hack reminded us that if we're connected, we're vulnerable. Plus BigTech's earnings calls, Dorsey and Bitcoin save the world, plus Robinhood goes public…

Rick Huckstep • 30 Jul 2021

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Google gets fined, again!

Wiser! #23: Google fined (again), Ethereum's going green, China dominates 5G, crypto money-laundering crackdown and pizza-making robots.…

Rick Huckstep • 16 Jul 2021

$2 trillion Microsoft opens a new Window for creators

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$2 trillion Microsoft opens a new Window for creators

Wiser! #21: As Microsoft enter the $2 trillion club, the new Windows 11 is aimed at the Creator Economy. Plus Binance, Neeva, McAfee and Starlink, all for good measure!…

Rick Huckstep • 02 Jul 2021

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Amazon's Employee Nightmare

Wiser! #19: Amazon's employee nightmare whilst 1% tax paying CEO Jeff Bezos prepares for suborbital flight. Plus Crypto, Bitcoin, Tesla, AgeTech and HealthTech…

Rick Huckstep • 18 Jun 2021

How Apple built a 10-year lead in wearables technology

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How Apple built a 10-year lead in wearables technology

Wiser! #17: Apple has built a formidable lead in Wearables...in plain sight! Plus CBDCs, Musk in trouble again and TikTok goes into Radio.…

Rick Huckstep • 04 Jun 2021

Google: when the truth depends on your POV

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Google: when the truth depends on your POV

Wiser! #16: Google shows off its new AI language tool; Bitcoin prize is like a yoyo; Crypto's true energy costs; SuperApps, Robots and Atomic Fingerprints…

Rick Huckstep • 21 May 2021

Battle Stations! Apple takes on Epic Games and the EU

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Battle Stations! Apple takes on Epic Games and the EU

Wiser! #13: Epic Games are suing Apple for monopolistic behaviour in the AppStore. Ethereum hits an all-time high. CBDCs are coming. And Lemonade, the true disruptors in Insurance?…

Rick Huckstep • 07 May 2021

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The cashless, digitisation of society

Wiser! #10: The EU proposals for regulating AI are wide-reaching. Plus strategic insights on crypto, Bitcoin, cashless society and CBDCs,…

Rick Huckstep • 23 Apr 2021

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Call of Duty gets real!

Wiser! #9: Microsoft score $20bn AR deal with US Army, TikTok's awesome signal liquidity, Coinbase goes public, and more strategic insights from the Tech Economy…

Rick Huckstep • 09 Apr 2021

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We like pizza and cookies!

Wiser! #6: Google announces the end of cookies, subscription search from Neeva, Crypto and Bitcoin, and Apple and Facebook in a battle for Mixed Reality…

Rick Huckstep • 26 Mar 2021

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The deepfake augmented issue of reality

Wiser! #5: Featuring Brad Pitt v Rick Huckstep, not Tom Cruise, chatbots from the dearly departed, some crypto and dentist tech…

Rick Huckstep • 06 Mar 2021

Hey Alexa, would you get the door for me?

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Hey Alexa, would you get the door for me?

Wiser! #3: Robinhood and Gamestop, Crypto Corner, Elon Musk, Amazon Smart Home, Coinbase IPO, plus snippets of strategic insight and information…

Rick Huckstep • 26 Feb 2021