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EDGE #362 Liddell Says U.S. Government Digital Assets Vital for Unleashing Innovation + 18 stories

EDGE #362 Liddell Says U.S. Government Digital Assets Vital for Unleashing Innovation + 18 stories
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From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 10 May 2019 | #362 | New York
Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), Carla Hofler (Auckland), Alexandra Burnside (New York).
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News | Milken Institute
07 May 2019
Liddell Says U.S. Government Digital Assets Vital for Unleashing Innovation
The U.S. government has a critical role in working with the private sector to harness emergent technologies such as 5G, quantum computing, AI, advanced manufacturing and synthetic biology, says Chris Liddell, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy…

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Sport General | Stuff
08 May 2019
Kelsey Birse Creates a Career from Gaming
When Kelsey Birse was given an Xbox as a Christmas present, he never anticipated a future fulltime career in esports, Stuff reporter Oskar Howell writes. Birse, who goes by…
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New Zealand | Travel and Leisure
08 May 2019
Tax Will be Used to Combat Overtourism in NZ
As Travel+Leisure has previously reported, New Zealand will introduce an International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL). With the tax, visitors will be…
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Design | Rouleur
08 May 2019
Store Your Bike in Velohawk’s Bespoke Pods
This is what Rouleur magazine had to say about the New Zealand-created innovation, the Velohawk: “So you’ve decided, picked out and bought your dream bike. It’s…
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Adrenalin | Metro
08 May 2019
Conquering Heights in the South Island
Adventurer and writer Briton Sadie Whitelocks heads to New Zealand on a two-week tour of the South Island where she leaps off some “terrifying” cliffs, paddles our national parks…
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Community | Lonley Planet
08 May 2019
New Zealand Has World’s Sexiest Accent
Big 7, a travel website aimed at millennials, conducted a survey among their readers and ranked 50 accents from around the world depending on how sexy they are perceived to be…
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Business | Bloomberg
03 May 2019
Ross McEwan Completes RBS Turnaround
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc’s top banker, New Zealander Ross McEwan, will leave the state-backed lender within a year, Bloomberg reports.The bank will start searching for chief…
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Music | Exclaim!
03 May 2019
Aldous Harding’s Designer Dances on Different Feet
Aldous Harding is happy that her music makes people feel uncertain. The New Zealand-born singer-songwriter recalls a special moment when…
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New Zealand | Times (The)
06 May 2019
Treble Cone Skiing is Magic for Europeans
“As views from ski slopes go, this has got to rank among the most dramatic. In front of me the mountainside drops off, revealing the valley floor below, a craggy patchwork…
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Community/General | Guardian (The)
05 May 2019
Campaigners Demand Justice for Blair Peach
Campaigners are demanding a fresh inquiry into the death of New Zealand-born protester Blair Peach during a demonstration held to prevent the National Front (NF) holding a…
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Sport General | Radio New Zealand
05 May 2019
Lou Brown Shatters World Shearing Record
The 497 merino ewes shorn in eight hours by Napier-raised shearer Lou Brown was 31 more than the record of 466 set by his coach and mentor, fellow-New Zealander Cartwright Terry…
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Writers | Guardian (The)
04 May 2019
JP Pomare’s Debut Rated Highly by The Guardian
“Excellent characterisation and the ability to conjure [a] cliquey, insecure adolescent world add up to an immersive and exciting read,” Laura…
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Community/General | National Geographic
04 May 2019
National Geographic Features the Whanganui River
Swelled by myriad tributaries, the Whanganui River twists like an eel through mountainous country – part of it a national park – on its 289-km journey…
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Community/General | Vanity Fair
03 May 2019
Prince William Embodies Diana During Emotional Visit to NZ
The Duke of Cambridge was in New Zealand for a two-day tour to meet survivors of the Christchurch terrorist attacks that…
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Media | 9 News
03 May 2019
Journalist Mark Saunokonoko Sheds Light on Maddie
‘Maddie: A Door Marked Closed’ about the disappearance of three-year-old Madeline McCann is the latest investigation by Sydney-based New Zealand…
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Community/General | Guardian (The)
03 May 2019
New Zealanders Flock to Live in the Regions
Auckland is the seventh most expensive city in the world to buy a home, and all three of New Zealand’s major cities are considered “severely unaffordable” by the…
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Wine | Financial Times
08 May 2014
5 Years ago – New World Versus Old World Sauvignon Blanc
The first Friday in May was International Sauvignon Blanc Day, and British wine critic Jancis Robinson took part in “a fascinating blind tasting in anticipation of the…
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Media | CBS News
03 May 2009
10 Years Ago – An Amazing Bike Ride
Christchurch-born adventure TV host and producer Phil Keoghan has just completed another ‘Amazing Race’, this time a 3,500 mile coast-to-coast bike ride across the United States to…
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New Zealand | Guardian (The)
08 May 2004
15 Years Ago – Overnight Express to the Edge
NZ was named Favourite Long-haul Destination in the Guardian and Observer’s annual People’s Choice Awards, for the third time in the past four years. NZ topped the poll with 96.8% of the vote, beating Peru…
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