Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM China’s lingering COVID fears cloud global travel rebound Chinese spent $288bn on international travel in 2018, nearly one-quarter of the global spending on tourism. ADVERTISEMENT Beijing, China – Zhou Jing, a 36-year-old business owner in China’s Hebei province, is relieved that Beijing has begun to unwind its harsh “zero-COVID” strategy. ADVERTISEMENT After taking strict precautions to avoid COVID-19 for the past three years, Zhou finally tested positive for the virus earlier this month as cases surged nationwide. ADVERTISEMENT Unlike millions of Chinese affected by the virus earlier in the pandemic, Zhou was able to recover at home instead of at a quarantine facility. ADVERTISEMENT Earlier this month, Beijing announced it would “optimise” its COVID policies by allowing mild cases to quarantine at home, as

Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Internet Data: 5G at 1.1bn connections 5G cellular technology continues its dominating advance, as global 5G wireless connections look to surpass 1.1 billion by the end of 2022. ADVERTISEMENT According to 5G Americas, the voice for 5G and LTE in the Americas, connections to 5G networks have on average doubled every year since its commercial inception in late 2018, reaching 922 million connections by the end of the third quarter of 2022, as indicated by data from Omdia. ADVERTISEMENT ”5G continues to make significant progress throughout the world,” notes Chris Pearson, President of 5G Americas. “The foundation of this new era of innovation is spectrum, standards and a growing ecosystem of key technologies that are being adopted by operators, vendors and end users.” ADVERTISEMENT With 75 countries reporting 5G c

Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM From Kittenfishing to Firedooring: The Perplexing Language of Modern Dating The online dating world comes with a vernacular all its own. No matter how young and "with it" you may be, there are so many new coinages that turn up, so if you're not deeply involved in the lifestyle, you're bound to come across a few that leave you scratching your head. ADVERTISEMENT Ghosting When someone ghosts you, they abruptly cut you off. You may have been on a couple of seemingly successful dates, but secretly, they are not happy. ADVERTISEMENT While they want to end things, getting into the messy business of explaining everything is too awkward for them. So, they simply turn into a ghost and vanish from your life. They don't call or pick up phone calls, and they don't answer your messages. ADVERTISEMENT Some p

Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Forecast: Another slow year for VR sales in 2023 Macroeconomic weakness is leaving its stamp on consumer device markets, and virtual and augmented reality devices are no exception, according to research from technology market analyst firm CCS Insight. ADVERTISEMENT The company expects global unit sales in this segment to remain just short of 10 million in 2022, growing to 11.4 million in 2023. ADVERTISEMENT “High inflation has hit consumer budgets in many major markets this year, and some people, who in better circumstances would have treated themselves to a virtual reality headset this year, have postponed their purchase”, said Marina Koytcheva, Vice President of Forecasting at CCS Insight. ADVERTISEMENT “We’re also seeing signs of businesses being more cautious in their investment in extended reality until the e