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Crowdfunding Democracy

“PLEASE free our nation!” wrote one, “Stop and smell the roses,” advised another, and then there was the direct exhortation: “Go get him!” These were just a handful of the thousands who donated in $5, $10, $25 and even $50,000…

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Blockchain Rattles Big Tech: Brian Behlendorf Maps the Future

Brian Behlendorf pointed to the floor-to-ceiling blackboard, where Otto the Robot had rendered two massive chalk drawings, the perfect geek backdrop for an animated talk on the future of blockchain. The setting was a packed house at The Interval, the…

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China’s Tesla: The NIO

I’ve just met my dream car, and let me tell you, the EP9 has a lot under the hood. She delivers an awesome 1,341 horsepower. Advanced torque vectoring to adjust that muscle to each wheel. Insane acceleration: 0 to 60…

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How Ukraine’s Cyber Chief Can Help the US Beat Russia

Welcome to the age of cyber warfare. “We are all easy to influence,” warned Dmytro Shymkiv, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and Secretary of Ukraine’s National Reforms Council, at the chilling start of a computer security panel at…

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