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The Blockchain Problem of Bitcoin
I like Bitcoin and I own it, but I think its blockchain still has real scalability and efficiency problems worth taking seriously.
How Did Anna's Archive Scrape Spotify's Library?
I look at the likely technical logic behind Anna's Archive's Spotify dataset and what it says about scraping and open access culture.
Turkcell and Huawei's Integration on 5G
I look at the technical and geopolitical meaning of Turkcell's long Huawei relationship as Turkey moves toward 5G.
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