Five Things Tech: DEC, Quantum, Nobel Prize, Amazon Marketplace, Synthetic Social Network

It's October. Read this to understand what's going on in Tech.

Again, a week where lots of stuff happened in the tech world. The announcements are too many to mention, from OpenAI exploring how to build their own chips to Microsoft teasing the release of a new version of teams that is supposed to just work, even on a Mac. I picked out five articles that go beyond the headlines to give you a better understanding of what’s going on in tech.

If you like Five Things Tech, you'll like NMA Monday Alert - which will be in your inbox this Monday. So go ahead and subscribe this as well if you want to find out what we do at NMA - the premier hub for startup innovation in Europe!

These five articles were curated from all over the web and I think you should dive right in! If you haven’t subscribed yet, please do so now!

---

Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing

In 1977 Ken Olsen famously quipped: “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." It’s kind of ironic that the company Ken Olsen co-founded in 1957 still is around in so many ways. I always thought DEC was long gone.

(LINK)

The Quantum Chips Are Stacking Up

While we’re all focused on Artificial Intelligence right now, this article argues that Quantum will be the next battlefield. For now, Quantum holds so many promises, but it sure feels like it is a long way from being in real productive use.

(LINK)

Breaking Down the Quantum Research That Earned Three Physicists the Nobel Prize

From what I understand, the research those three did was pretty amazing. “Their research laid the groundwork for ultra-secure communications and complex computing, and it demonstrated that quantum mechanics—the field that deals with the motion and interaction of the smallest particles—is fundamentally weird.” - I could not have phrased it any better.

(LINK)

Has Amazon Marketplace Become a ‘Company Town’?

Is Amazon too big? You bet. Is it doing a disservice to buyers and sellers? Oh yes.

(LINK)

The synthetic social network is coming

Casey Newton

is looking into how some recent announcements from Meta and OpenAI will transform social networks into “a partially synthetic social network” where humans interact bots in different forms and shapes.

(LINK)

---