If Macao aims to become one of the smartest cities in Asia, it’s going to need somewhere to store and process massive quantities of data. That’s where data centres come in – along with a host of environmental and ethical hurdles.
Yuan Yuan
Born and raised in various provinces in south China, Yuan spent most of her early adulthood in the US Midwest and East Coast before settling (for now) in Beijing to write about China’s NGO sector. She received her undergraduate degree from the Missouri School of Journalism and her master’s from the Columbia Journalism School. A former reporter for China Daily from DC and for an AI publication from Boston and New York, she’s particularly interested in the intersection of different beats — tech, climate, food, travel, culture, gender issues, etc.
Videos downloaded in a blink. Immersive online worlds without the lag time. Lightning-fast data transfers and ever-smarter robots. Now that 5G is available in Macao, we answer frequently asked questions about this new technology.
Many luxury fashion brands are seizing new opportunities in the digital realm with exclusive metaverses, NFTs and virtual show rooms. So what does this mean for fashion lovers around the world?
You may find it hard to avoid a conversation about NFTs these days, so we are here to help with this simple explainer.
Henry Hong-Ning Dai, emerging technology expert and former associate professor at the Macau University of Science and Technology, gives us the lowdown on blockchain and its potential use cases.
We unpack the tech buzzword du jour and everything you need to know about this emerging virtual world that mirrors reality.