Tech Review (TR 2018-03-31)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news with commentary, analysis and opinion: Features • 1) Why Alibaba and Tencent Dominate Mobile Payments, 2) AI & Deep Learning Conference GTC 2018 NVIDIA, 3) Investing: The Week, Investing Notes, 4) ICYMI Tech News. 1) How Alibaba and Tencent Became Dominant in Mobile Payments Chinese tech companies Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) and Tencent have emerged as global leaders in mobile-payment technology. This animated video charts the key steps along their rise to the top. March 26-29, 2018 Check out the latest and greatest from the first days of #GTC18, the world's premier AI event. Get all the keynote highlights at https://t.co/1dwOgpzMJU. "We've been pioneering this computing approach called GPU computing for over the last decade," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said.

Being smart and talented isn't enough to make you successful, according to new research. The world's most successful people are simply the luckiest, a simulation of a thousand 40-year careers shows. While we know luck plays a role in success, scientists say that up until now its influence has been widely underestimated. Being smart and talented isn't enough to make you successful, according to new research. The world's most successful people are simply the luckiest (stock image) Previous research has shown that top performers are often the luckiest people, who have benefited from rich-get-richer dynamics that boost their initial fortune.

This question originally appeared on Quora. It's true that Elon Musk is seen as nearly perfect (especially in the Quora community). It's because a very few percentage of people can start one successful company, and he's founded three (Zip2, SpaceX, PayPal) and been involved in others (Tesla, SolarCity, OpenAI). He's now leading two companies in two completely different industries that have long-term goals that resemble science fiction. His companies are striving to change the way we live, not consume goods. That kind of success and drive is unprecedented; that's why Musk is hailed as one of the greatest entrepreneurs and the reason why everyone is obsessed with him.

Having close access to ultra-successful people can yield some pretty incredible information about who they really are, what makes them tick, and, most importantly, what makes them so successful and productive. Kevin Kruse is one such person. He recently interviewed over 200 ultra-successful people, including 7 billionaires, 13 Olympians, and a host of accomplished entrepreneurs. In analyzing their responses, Kruse coded the answers to yield some fascinating suggestions. What follows are some of my favorites from Kevin's findings.