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Many industry experts predict that our interactions with computing devices will move away from text-based input towards voice-based input in the future. Smartphones, voice-enabled speakers and other devices already come with so-called smart assistants such as Siri, Cortana or Google Assistant. As Statista's Felix Richter notes, these virtual assistants can help you organize your day, control smart home devices and answer general questions. Or can they?

Will it be Apple? Amazon? Alphabet? Who knows; but Wall Street's current infatuation with the first trillion dollar company has an ugly sense of deja vu to it...

h/t @WhatILearnedTW

Of course, it's probably different this time.

Ahh, the future...

Source: Townhall.com

Via The Daily Bell

A bad credit score can be quite the hardship in America. But can you imagine a bad social credit score? China is implementing social credit scores that will influence the types of schooling, jobs, and housing available to citizens.

The Trend Retains the Name

Intro by Vince Lanci  and Bon Scott for Soren K. Group

The pattern continues in Gold, with last week's move reaffirming the wave count Enda is using below. Friday's rally puts the market right above the high on the 30 minute chart established in the previous "5". The next  "1" would be completed if gold pierced the $1271.21 level. After that, any retracement that holds $1259.78 further confirms a wave  seeking final extensions to the $1550 area. A drop below $1247 at this point puts into  question the pattern, but does not negate it.