North Korea Unchained: Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the Hermit Kingdom

Our Main Dive: North Korea's Kim Jong-un has risen to a new level of bravado, allegedly getting set to host Pyongyang's first Korean International Blockchain Conference. We have our doubts also our concerns about how North Korea is leveraging commercial technology to create its own black market. Our Fast Five: Salesforce earnings & Mulesoft impact; Microsoft's aggressive paternity program; Google's bilingual Assistant; Apple's move into AR; and Garmin's fitness-focused Vivosmart 4. Our Tech Bites takes a look at the challenges of relying on technology as a substitute for solid process (it isn't). And our Crystal Ball takes a look at Google vs the US in the case of political influence and censorship. This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanuv), Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumXYZ on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com As a reminder, the Futurum Tech Podcast is intended as an informational newsletter only. No investment advice is offered. While equities are frequently discussed, no investment advice is offered or implied.