Day: January 28, 2020

Russia Plans ‘World’s Biggest’ Orthodox Church

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REPORTS THE MOSCOW TIMES 21 January 2020

World’s Largest, 40,000! Capacity, Orthodox Cathedral Planned Where Russia’s Last Emperor was Murdered

40,000 Christians should fit inside this cathedral. They plan to build it in the area near where the family of Tsar Nicholas II was killed, and it may become one of the biggest pilgrimage destinations in all of Russia. It would measure 118,000 sq ft and have two floors with churches on each floor, totalling roughly 200,000 sq. ft. 

3D модель будущего христианского супер собора https://youtu.be/M6GlOQ_beUo via @YouTube

Proposed site, in context

It will be dedicated to Saint Sophia

An orthodox icon of the lastTsar, Nicholas II, and his family, inside the Temple on the Blood in Yekaterinburg

To my mind, there is only one technology on which we must stay ahead: AI.

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HARRY DE QUETTEVILLE THE TELEGRAPH 28.01.20

We must get over Huawei’s 5G victory and focus on the real threat https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/01/28/must-get-huaweis-5g-victory-focus-real-threat/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw via @telegraphtech

Like the launch of Sputnik in 1957, Huawei is not really a fight about technology. Rather, it is emblematic of a superpower showdown, a simple, scary signifier to the West that its preeminence is being challenged …

To my mind, there is only one technology on which we must stay ahead: AI. Because it is a catalyst, an accelerator which will bestow a greater pace of discovery on whoever best harnesses it. 

So, let’s stop moaning and make sure that we Brits can still be world leaders in ‘future technology’ – and get on with nurturing our youngsters to be at the forefront of AI.