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With the references to our supposedly anti-social behaviour and short attention spans, the tired old subtext is clear: technology has turned young people into useless, self-centred idiots.
The message is loud and clear: technology might be in private, corporate hands, but these hands are so gentle and generous, so humane and caring, that they will keep on giving.
As you can see, there's no clear technology winner.
In the server market, Caris believes AMD has a clear technology leadership position.
"As it is clear technology has not reached everyone equally, it's important to use the most appropriate technology to each locality," says Talbot. "Often they are more traditional technologies, like mobile phones".
"We are honored to be partnering with DJI, the clear technology and market leader in its segment," said Perry Oosting, Hasselblad's CEO in a statement.
"The zero-emissions concept - or let's knock fossils fuels out of the picture without clear technology diffusion and solid international cooperation programmes - does not help the process," said Saudi Arabia's chief negotiator in Lima, Khalid Abuleif.
For all the sound and fury, though, there was one distinct theme: that, in the absence of a clear technology angle, stories about political figures have no place on TechCrunch.
"Smart robotics are going to be a key driver of the next stage of the Information Revolution, and Marc and his team at Boston Dynamics are the clear technology leaders in advanced dynamic robots.
It was clear technology was going to change everything.
