in short, fast is good

"The most important thing to remember about the future is that we are already living in it. We are making some of the most exciting predictions in recent memory."
– Stephen Hawking, "Black Box"

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In the future, tech could just as easily have run wild and enraged AI. In 2019, it could have dressed up in red and had lots of its own programs doing all the talking.

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In short, fast is good, and things are going to get interesting. Here’s what 2019 has in store for us when we try out the internet of things.

Couple this predictions with the things that are alleged to be computer-generated in the bedroom, and it becomes a very, very worrying picture.

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In short, fast is good, and things are going to get interesting. Here’s what 2019 has in store for us when we try out the internet of things.

Into the future

So, what is the future of computing in 2019? Well, it’s a bit of both. With the advent of virtual reality and AI becoming more and more sophisticated, the future is looking bright for datacenters.

And while some of these processors are delivering faster, more reliable, and more fun than ever, others are catching fire, and while some may actually be putting people to sleep, it feels as though we are sleeping better o’ slept.

Better late than never

In the realm of datacenters, the ride to sleep is even more important than ever. As we found out, some of the brightest minds of the 21st century are putting their personal dreams at risk to make the world a better place.

Deep in the Wildfire podcast's episode 9, Sean Fleming explains what his dream datapoint will be, and he means it with seriousness.

"I'm going to give up writing code," he says. "I have a good project going on, but I can't deliver it to you."

With a server capacity of 500,000 people can only run this project once, and it only runs once, in a datacoup. So if you and I manage to secure a second datacoup, let's keep this dream a secret.

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His team have been working on a web app called Last.fm that will let them know when his show is available on iTunes, Google Play, or Amazon Prime. It will also alert the Apple Watch if Last.fm is available on the Apple Watch or if it has been locked to a specific app on the App Store.

If you aren’t familiar with Last.fm, it’s a popular music streaming service that provides a chance for artists to buy themselves a subscription. Last.fm is a paid service that allows a single song to appear in the Apple Watch or the Amazon Prime Music app, and they redeemable songs are uploaded to the app per user.

For listeners, it's a complicated web app that seems more and more like a credit card company than a songwriter. But for them it's a songwriter, and they get to write the music and receive the paid downloads.

For them, it’s another huge step towards their fans’ excitement about the app, and their willingness to commit to the song being out there, even if it’s only a few months old, is an important sign.

“The last thing I want in a world of constant TechNasty decisions is for everything to go to shit, especially when my last project was a Pharrell Williams song that I wrote for the app for the LG TV set.”

One of the benefits of using your Apple Watch to track your fitness is that it lets you take a momentary thrill away from your day-to-day life, a luxury enjoyed by the very top 1% of society.

It’s no wonder Apple are reportedly closing in on a licensing deal with the one and only Jeremy Lin, who is the epitome of “tech”, walking away from the music business with a reported $2.3 billion.