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China is one of the world’s wealthiest digital economies today, with a hardware supply chain that is unrivaled and a panoply of prominent and massively profitable companies like Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance taking a leading role in the world. Yet, all of this cutting-edge innovation rests on a 40-year-old solution to one of the great computing challenges: the development of Chinese word processing. Beginning in the early 1980s, China dramatically expanded its computing purchases from the United States and the West, importing just 600 foreign-built microcomputers in the year 1980, as compared to 130,000 in 1985. Companies in the United...

As it stands, student-athletes — “amateur athletes” — participating in NCAA-affiliated sports cannot earn money from their name, image and likeness (NIL). They risk losing eligibility if they attempt to monetize their brands. This issue, although longstanding, is again coming to a head as the NCAA is and will be facing more opposition to its rule in both the court of law and legislation. Multiple states are individually pushing back against the NCAA’s rulings through state legislation, many having passed bills allowing college athletes to profit from their NIL, including California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska and New Jersey. Florida will...

Privacy problems, tech issues and fears of being overheard by family or housemates have been just some of the hurdles people with mental health issues have faced when attending therapy remotely during the pandemic. After the March 2020 lockdown was announced, many saw their face-to-face therapy appointments swiftly moved online or conducted over the phone. A year on, while some have benefited from this way of communicating, more than a third (35%) of people surveyed by the mental health charity Mind said online or phone-based support from NHS was difficult to use, while a quarter (23%) said their mental health...

If your idea of a family holiday is a five-star resort with an amazing view, a spa and drinks by the pool, then you are in luck. Luxury Family Resorts suit the whole family – including the parents. It is the best of both worlds – loads of activities and fun stuff for the kids, and quality linen and fancy cocktails for the parents. So What Makes a Family Resort a Luxury Family Resort? A luxury resort is one that makes you feel special. The pools are beautiful, they have a world class spa, amazing food options and plenty of...

If you’re reading this, you probably find yourself in one of two scenarios when it comes to finding the best Ethernet cable for gaming: A) You have seen the light and realized that competitive gaming over WiFi is the worst, especially if you have a Nintendo Switch, or don’t have an amazing WiFi 6 gaming router. As a result, you’re ready to start hardwiring your gaming PC and gaming consoles into your router. You’re having problems with lag, disconnects and/or packet loss and haven’t figured out what the issue is yet. B) If you’ve exhausted all your options when it...