Tech China Post #21

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Google’s A.I. Program’s defeat of the Chinese Go master shows a fundamental power of AI…a machine can scale trained intelligence significantly while humans can’t.

“China is spending more just as the United States cuts back.” Is China Outsmarting America in A.I.? World-class talents are heading to China for well-funded opportunities and big problems to solve.

Huawei is now the third largest smartphone vendor, behind Apple and Samsung.

Huawei will build the next-gen optical network connecting coastal and fast growing second and third tier cities for China Telecom.

Smart move by WeChat as it forges ahead to capture non-Chinese users — WeChat users can now synchronize with their Twitter and Facebook and cross post.

Embedded model makes sense: Wyre’s WeChat and Facebook bot authenticating invoices on ethereum should be closely watched as a proof point of a potentially scalable and viral adoption model.