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Why Ethereum’s (ETH) Vitalik Buterin Boycotted Consensus 2018
As the Consensus 2018 event came to a close only a few hours ago, one participant was visibly missing from the event in New York. That person is none other than the co-founder, creator and inventor of Ethereum (ETH), Vitalik Buterin. Mr. Buterin was also one of the original founders of Bitcoin Magazine that has gained prominence in the Crypto-space over the years. Buterin had informed the Crypto-verse of his intention to Boycott the Consensus Summit this year via a tweet a while back in mid February. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Intel’s Drone and AI Technology Will Help Restore the Great Wall of China
We all know that the Great Wall of China is one among the great wonders of the world. Anyone who has seen it in a picture or in real life is bound to praise the majestic man-made wonder. Nevertheless, being a structure that was built 2,700 years ago, it sure has taken a beating from the ever-changing weather and the passage of time, the Jiankou section in particular. The section is one of the Great Wall’s steepest stretches that runs over 20 kilometers at 1,141 meters above sea level. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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IoT Startup Filament Hits Milestone for Blockchain Hardware
Filament, a startup that focuses on Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, announced Monday that it has successfully created a USB-compatible form factor for its blockchain semiconductor. Co-founder and CEO Allison Clift-Jennings told CoinDesk that the device, based on Filament's existing technology, allows technologists to launch blockchain projects simply by plugging it into a compatible port. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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The world is becoming a computer, says CEO of worldwide computer company Microsoft
At its Build 2018 developer conference in Seattle, Washington, on Monday, Microsoft showered attention on artificial intelligence, as it did last year, leaving Windows chatter for later. When Steve Ballmer still steered the ship, Microsoft's message to developers was as simple as repeating the word "developers" over and over in froth and frenzy; under CEO Satya Nadella's command, the message is similarly solicitous but more nuanced and tempered. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Can IOTA’S blockless blockchain become the IoT standard?
IOTA’s blockless blockchain was designed specifically to handle machine-to-machine micro-payments. Will it become the IoT’s distributed ledger of choice? Just when you think it’s safe to start casually dropping the word “blockchain” at social gatherings (on the assumption that you know more about it than most people), you discover that odd eccentric neighbor who counters with “Well, yes, blockchain is good. But what about Tangle?” Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Smart Automation & Robotics Startups Will Meet Key Players at automatica
automatica is the leading exhibition for Smart Automation and Robotics. The trade fair will take place in Munich from 19 – 22 June 2018, and products on display will range from components, robots and systems to entire production facilities. Mobile World Capital Barcelona will be present and will bring a number of outstanding international startups as part of their delegation to support the continuous global transformation of robotics and smart automation. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Here is why nobody has succeeded at running IoT on the blockchain
From the permissioned blockchain networks of IBM to the newly introduced Hashgraph technology, some of the largest technology and financial conglomerates have been testing the applicability and potential of blockchain with the Internet of Things (IoT) market since the beginning of 2016. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Microsoft will pour $5 billion into IoT over 4 years, tripling prior spending
Microsoft announced today that it plans to invest $5 billion into various programs surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT) over the next four years, as part of its bid to make the deployment and use of internet-connected hardware easier for its business customers. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Blockchain and the Internet of Things: A marriage made in data heaven?
Security has become a bigger issue than ever lately. We see hacks like what happened to Equifax and other organizations and we realize how vulnerable we are. At the same time, in a different technology area, many see a lot of opportunities in the field of Internet of Things (IoT). There are many ways that using sensors to track objects can make life a lot easier for human beings. Benefits range from medical devices to self-driving cars, to automated manufacturing facilities. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Walmart Files Patent for Blockchain-based Delivery System
On March 1st, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a patent application by Walmart that describes a “Smart Package” system built upon blockchain technology to aid in the tracking of packages between sellers, couriers and buyers. The patent also has references to autonomous vehicle systems and IoT sensors. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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IBM Creates World’s Smallest Computer for Blockchain Technology
Computers are shrinking rapidly. You can build a pretty capable little machine powered by a device like the Raspberry Pi, but that’s still huge compared with IBM’s latest machine. The company that started out selling massive mainframe computers has developed the world’s smallest computer. Each one is smaller than a grain of salt, but it packs more computing power than you’d expect. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Industry Consortium Successfully Tests Blockchain Solution That Could Revolutionize Ocean Shipping
A consortium comprising AB InBev, Accenture, APL, Kuehne + Nagel and a European customs organization has successfully tested a blockchain solution that can eliminate the need for printed shipping documents and save the freight and logistics industry hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Japanese Electric Company Tests Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments For Car Charging
The Chubu Electric Power Company, the third largest electric utilities provider in Japan, has partnered with Internet of Things (IoT) startup Nayuta Inc and software company Infoteria in order to experiment with the possibility of using Blockchain technology to record the charging of electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrids. The Lightning Network is set to be used for charging micropayments for the electricity, reports TechCrunch Japan. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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MWC 2018: Data, not connectivity, now core to IoT, says Cisco Jasper
Speaking to Computer Weekly at the annual mobile industry extravaganza, Cisco Jasper IoT cloud strategy platform director Theresa Bui said the conversation around the IoT was moving from basic core connectivity to support massive sensor and device deployments to wider management platforms that can help enterprise users get the most out of the vast amounts of data now being generated by the IoT. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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IOTA Threatens Researchers and Denies Critical Flaw, But Fixes it Anyway
Over the weekend, various high-level security researchers and academic cryptographers gave cryptocurrency project IOTA a failing grade – exposing a critical weakness and suggesting investors sell their coins while asking researchers to ignore or abandon the project. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Intel makes it easier to bring Movidius AI accelerator chip into production
Intel and Aaeon made it easier for hardware companies to build a machine learning accelerator into their products with today’s launch of a new circuit board called the AI Core. That board contains a Movidius Myriad 2 Vision Processing Unit that speeds up execution of AI algorithms while only drawing around a watt of power. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Nokia launches blockchain-driven sensor solution
Nokia wants to give its carrier customers new ways to monetize their existing network infrastructure. The company’s new portfolio of smart city solutions is about selling software and services that make mobile infrastructure more valuable to municipalities and thereby open up new revenue opportunities for service providers. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Blockchain Makes an Appearance at Mobile World Congress 2018
Blockchain earned a spot on the agenda at Mobile World Congress 2018. A session on Monday, February 26 entitled “IoT Security & the Blockchain” will explore how blockchain technology might help to secure the plethora of Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to networks. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Blockchain & IoT Convergence: Is It Happening?
The centralized architecture of most IoT solutions means that there is serious potential lack of resilience. Blockchain is an emerging technology that could help with system resiliency. Many obstacles are slowing down the adoption of the IoT. First, the market for IoT devices and platforms is fragmented, with many standards and many vendors. There is ongoing uncertainty about the technology, the vendors and the solutions offered. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Panorama: "Who Wants to be a bitcoin Millionaire?"
Last night's BBC Panorama: "Who Wants to Be a Bitcoin Millionaire?" was uncomfortable to watch because a lot of clueless, irrational, and ignorant people are being seduced by greed. Unfortunately many will end up losing their money when the cypto bubble bursts. It's very simple, don't invest in anything you don't fully understand! Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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From IoT to bots to blockchain, here are the eight great technology disruptors of 2018
Game of Drones, Stranger (Internet of) Things, or a more evolved Mr. Robot? What’s headlining the tech hit list for 2018? Here are the 8 key technological trends – some of which are mature or hybrid versions of older technologies, while one is new - that will significantly impact businesses, people and processes and usher in a new normal. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Mozilla announces an open gateway for the internet of things
Apple, Google, Amazon and Samsung have all been working hard to create their own standard to control all the connected devices around your home. Mozilla just announced that anybody can now create an open gateway to control the internet of things. The organization also confirmed that it is still working on a set of frameworks and open standards so that we don’t end up with an internet of things controlled by big tech companies. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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BAIC founder Terry Tan: Creating a new world through AI, IoT and blockchain
BAIC (Blockchain of AI and IoT) is a decentralized platform with the aim of promoting data interconnection, transaction settlement and smart contract between IoT and AI. BAIC believes that the data generated by human activity and the biological signals that are generated by the activity, representing all forms of labor, will become the value basis of the future AI world. BAIC's goal is to integrate AI, data and IoT by leveraging the BAIC value chain. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Nevada’s Filament unveils chip that lets industrial IoT devices communicate with blockchains
Filament, a Reno, Nevada-based startup that develops blockchain solutions to leverage industrial internet of things data, today announced the Blocklet chip, which will allow any industrial device to communicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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How two entrepreneurs launched a global, open source Internet of Things network
At a meeting in a hackerspace in Amsterdam, business partners and friends Wienke Giezeman and Johan Stokking encountered the Long Range Wide Area Network, or LoRaWAN technology, for the first time. This technology makes it possible to connect 10,000 devices within a radius of approximately six miles of each other as an "Internet of Things" network, in which sensors with low battery usage are able to operate. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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2018: The Year Blockchain, AI and IoT Converge
2017 was the year that cryptocurrency became mainstream. But what’s even more exciting to many of us who have been investing in the sector for the past several years is the development of the underlying technology. Blockchain technology, which powers most cryptocurrencies, is in nascent stages. This past year, we started seeing some early proof points of how this new infrastructure can be used, including the announcement by the Australian Securities Exchange that it would replace its current post-trade settlement process with a blockchain system, after running both concurrently. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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New report: The Internet of Things and blockchain tech are made for each other
IoT devices are constantly talking about themselves, and shared ledger technologies just love to record it all, permanently. A new report from research firm Kaleido Insights proposes that two of hottest new technologies — The Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain — would make a really hot couple. In IoT, wirelessly connected sensors are embedded in almost everything — refrigerators, auto parts, dog collars, perhaps even cereal boxes. On the one hand, this means everything can be tracked, inventory-managed and made selectively accessible through a continual stream of signals. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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How blockchain and the IoT is laying the groundwork for the digital economy
Over the last few months, several pioneers in the blockchain space have spoken to bobsguide about the exciting new world of the digital economy. Indeed, we’ve experience firsthand the sort of wild speculation rife in the community. It’s very well to hear about the future changes to society but we’re interested in how those changes will come about and what initial steps need to be taken to sort sci-fact from sci-fi. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Capgemini on cybersecurity in IoT and blockchain
According to new research from Invotra, cybersecurity is a key concern for the majority of businesses heading into 2018. With technologies evolving all the time, so too are the methods and techniques that drive cybercrime, creating a number of issues across the sphere of cybersecurity. With this in mind, Mike Turner, Chief Information Security Officer, Capgemini gives his key cybersecurity predictions of 2018, looking particularly at IoT, blockchain, DevOps, GDPR and automation: Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Blockchain Wars: IOTA's Tangle Takes on Ethereum
The blockchain craze continues unabated as more companies create new applications faster than ever. The architecture made popular by bitcoin and its contemporaries has proven to be a useful tool that offers better security and transparency, leading to its growing adoption in several industries thanks to its effective communications and public ledger. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Predictions: AI, IoT, and blockchain will dominate headlines in 2018
Information technology in 2018 is expected to be more exciting as technologies that were just a concept or in the trial stages in the past years will become a reality, according to technology companies. Commentaries submitted by technology companies had five common predictions related to artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, blockchain, cloud computing, and IT security. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Blockchain: Predictions for 2018
2017 was a year of interesting developments in the blockchain area. Not all happened as was expected. Many, including me, predicted 2017 to be the year that blockchain would move from proof-of-concepts into real world production. Yes, we did see some great successes here, like IBM, R3CEV, … But the number of real world applications that entered the market was far less than anticipated. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Huawei and University of Edinburgh to Research Potential of AI Robotics Systems Operating Over 5G Networks
Researchers at Huawei’s Wireless X Labs and University of Edinburgh’s new Bayes Centre will investigate together how AI systems can inform and adapt wireless 5G networks to provide optimum wireless support to meet the needs of connected robotics and systems. Areas of initial focus include healthcare robotics and mobile video. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Xage emerges from stealth with a blockchain-based IoT security solution
Getting the myriad of devices involved in the industrial internet of things provisioned and communicating with one another in a secure way will be one of the great technological challenges facing companies in the coming years. Xage (prounounced Zage) emerged from stealth today with a blockchain-based security solution that could help simplify this. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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How Fear Is Being Used to Manipulate Cryptocurrency Markets
With the Bitcoin revolution in full force, the cryptocurrency market is also booming. Actually, ‘booming’ might be an understatement—exploding like a supernova is more like it. The crypto-economy is comprised of more than a thousand different digital currencies, many of which are essentially offered as a way to buy what amounts to shares in a company that uses blockchain technology. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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CENTRI Technology Launches Atonomi Network to Bring Security and Trust to Internet of Things
Atonomi, the blockchain-based arm of leading IoT security provider CENTRI Technology, has today announced the launch of the Atonomi Network, a crypto-security protocol that will enable advanced trust and identity validation for IoT devices for the first time. Building on Ethereum technology, the Atonomi Network will provide an immutable blockchain-based identity and reputation service to secure the vast realm of IoT devices - ranging from home automation systems, to smart-city infrastructure, to industrial sensors and controllers. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Blockchain And The $3.6 Trillion Infrastructure Crisis
There is a crisis unfolding in the United States. Infrastructure has become dated, decayed, and vulnerable to attack. A problem which the American Society of Civil Engineers estimates says will cost the country up to $3.6 trillion to address. So where does technology fit in to the United States’ next great undertaking? The Internet of Things (IoT) is set to completely change every aspect of infrastructure as we know it. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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A Tiny New Chip Could Secure the Next Generation of IoT
The Internet of Things security crisis persists, as billions of inadequately secured webcams, refrigerators, and more flood homes around the world. But IoT security researchers at Microsoft Research have their eye on an even larger problem: the billions of gadgets that already run on simple microcontrollers—small, low-power computers on a single chip—that will gradually gain connectivity over the years, exponentially expanding the internet of things population. And that connected electric toothbrush needs protection, too. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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The Blockchain quest: Why AWS is saying nay while the rest of the world goes yay
Google, Goldman Sachs and many large banks are betting on Blockchain tech, but Amazon Web Services will wait and watch as it doesn’t ‘build technology because we think it is cool’. Last week, Amazon’s re:Invent had over 40,000 developers and businesses attending the technology conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. While every technology from Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Internet of Things (IoT) was discussed and certifications doled out to enthusiastic developers, Andy Jassy and Werner Vogels, the CEO and CTO of AWS, were reserved about Blockchain. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum
A new craze for virtual kittens is slowing down trade in one of the largest crypto-currencies. CryptoKitties lets players buy and breed "crypto-pets" on Ethereum's underlying blockchain network. The game's developers told the Bloomberg news agency that CryptoKitties was a "key step" to making blockchains more accessible. But its popularity has underscored one of the technology's biggest downsides: its lack of scalability. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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EOS.IO Dawn 2.0 has been released along with a public test network which will be maintained by the block.one team
This release provides an Alpha implementation of most of the remaining features described in the Roadmap for Fall 2017 and originally targeted for completion by December 21, 2017. Those interested in performance-testing the EOS.IO Dawn 2.0 release will find that all blockchain and network code necessary to launch and operate a private network can be found in the Github repository. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Microsoft and IOTA launch first cryptocurrency market for the Internet of Things
Up-and-coming cryptocurrency startup IOTA has partnered with Microsoft, Fujitsu, and twenty more companies to launch the first publicly accessible data marketplace for the Internet of Things. What makes this undertaking especially intriguing is that the marketplace will be entirely powered by a distributed ledger. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Hyundai to Launch Token Sale for IoT Blockchain Platform Hdac
Hyundai Pay, the Internet-of-Things (IoT) arm of Hyundai, will be holding a joint ICO with Hdac Technology to issue HDAC tokens. Hdac Technology, a company founded earlier this year by Dae-Sun Chung, the grandson of Hyundai Group founder Ju-Yung Chung, is the creator of the Hdac blockchain, an IoT contract and payment platform. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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The Blockchain of Things: Why it is a major game changer for Internet of Things
There is no denying the immense potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) market. From smart homes and cities to smarter retailing, manufacturing, healthcare and logistics, IoT devices are creating smarter ecosystems resulting in improved efficiency and reduced costs. Research from Gartner forecasts that 8.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2017, up 31 percent from 2016. This figure is set to reach 20.4 billion by 2020. But the centralised model that currently supports the billions of smart devices connected to the Internet of Things devices fails to address several critical issues. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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How blockchain technology is changing the security landscape in the banking sector
Blockchain, the technology that is used in the popular cryptocurrency 'Bitcoin', is revolutionary in many ways. It addresses multiple challenges associated with digital transactions, such as double spending and currency reproduction. Employing blockchain also reduces the cost of online transactions while simultaneously increasing authenticity and security. The upshot is that the need for payment processors, custodians, and reconciliation bodies is eliminated. These benefits are amongst the prime reasons why the technology is being extensively deployed within the banking sector. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Blockchain-as-a-service allows enterprises test distributed ledger technology
As enterprises look to deploy distributed ledgers, the industry's largest IT providers have launched blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS), offering a way to test the nascent technology without the cost or risk of deploying it in-house. The BaaS offerings could help companies who don't want to build out new infrastructure or try to find in-house developers, which are in hot demand. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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A better blockchain: Bitcoin for nothing and transactions for free?
Imagine a blockchain-like protocol that promises to remove what is seen as the two biggest deficiencies in blockchain: inefficient mining and soaring transaction fees. IOTA is working on a fix. What is the blockchain exactly? A big ponzi scheme or an opportunity and a new technology that we can all use to transform society? Depends on who you're asking, but a good starting point is to disassociate crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin from blockchain, the underlying data structure and related protocols. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Miniature robots could cut pesticide use on farms in future
Miniature robot farmers may be the answer to concerns over chemical use on farms and cutting down on food waste, as well as easing labour shortages, academic farming experts have said. The drawback is that the machines in question, while developed in laboratories to an advanced stage, are not yet commercially available in the UK. In an optimistic scenario, they could become available in as little as three years, but that would be likely to take large investment and a high degree of entrepreneurialism in the private sector, the experts said on Monday. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Lovense sex toy app recorded and stored nearby sounds
A smart sex toy-maker has acknowledged that a bug with its app caused handsets to record and store sounds made while its vibrators were in use. Lovense was alerted to the issue by a Reddit user who had discovered a lengthy recording on their phone. The Hong Kong-based firm said that the audio file was not transmitted off the device and has now issued a fix. But one expert said the case highlighted the risks of using internet-connected gadgets. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Blockchain and IoT: Why They Depend on Each Other
The other week, I posted a message on LinkedIn to call out Dell Technologies on its recent, high-profile announcement of an Internet of Things (IoT) initiative. The tech giant plans to invest $1 billion in IoT developments over the next three years, CEO Michael Dell told an audience at a corporate event in New York City. But it seems that none of that money will go toward blockchain initiatives, as the technology was never mentioned during any of the presentations. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Can Blockchain And AI Accelerate The Arrival Of The IoT Economy?
The collective network of connected devices known as the Internet-of-Things (IoT) is growing. Gartner estimates that there will be 8.4B IoT devices by 2020. The bulk of this growth is expected to come from consumer devices as more consumers acquire smart devices and appliances. Businesses are also expected to ramp up adoption to improve workplace productivity and maximize industrial applications. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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UPS dives into blockchain technology as trucking companies seek to evolve
Autonomous vehicles and Amazon may be the shipping industry's buzzwords today, but blockchain is well on its way to becoming the future. United Parcel Service announced on Tuesday it has joined the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance (BiTA), the latest logistics company taking a closer look at the platform's offerings. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Ethereum’s Parity Hacked, Half a Million ETH Frozen
A security vulnerability in Ethereum’s second most popular client, Parity, has been exploited by this address earlier today. All Parity multi-sig wallets have been frozen. That includes the Polkadot ICO and may include many others totaling around 500,000 eth, worth $150 million, according to some number crunching. “Following the fix for the original multi-sig issue that had been exploited on 19th of July (function visibility), a new version of the Parity Wallet library contract was deployed on 20th of July,” Parity says before adding: Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Robotic Bees taught how to dive, swim and exit water
Scientists have created a tiny robot capable of flying, swimming and propelling itself out of the water and back into the air. The RoboBee, which measures 1mm in length, could be used in future search and rescue missions thanks to its ability to weather differing environments. While the RoboBee has been in development for more than a decade, this latest version is the first to easily transition between air and water. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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How Walmart Is Using Machine Learning AI, IoT And Big Data To Boost Retail Performance
Even though Walmart was founded in 1962, it’s on the cutting edge when it comes to transforming retail operations and customer experience by using machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data. In recent years, its patent applications, position as the second largest online retailer and investment in retail tech and innovation are just a few reasons they are among the retail leaders evolving to take advantage of tech to build their business and provide better service to their customers. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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CBI call for government action on AI, IoT and blockchain
The CBI is calling on the UK government to form a joint commission early next year made up business and employee representatives, a government minister and academics to recommend how AI, Blockchain and IoT can best be exploited by industry. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Aevena Aire, the company building a self-flying drone for the home, has canceled their Kickstarter campaign!
According to a recent post on Kickstarter, their campaign has been abandoned because the founders are considering several unexpected business opportunities. The update by Jeff Tseng explains that as a result the team can no longer continue working on the launch of the Aire drone. Although totally unsubstantiated, some who backed the campaign have accused them of "selling out" to a potential acquirer. Our best guess is that the acquirer is very likely to be either Amazon or Google, but that's pure speculation on our part! Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Chicago Connectory and IOTA Foundation Announce Partnership
The Chicago Connectory, an Internet of Things (IoT) innovation space founded by Bosch and 1871, launched their new partnership with the “Internet of Things Alliance” (IOTA) Foundation. The IOTA is a not-for profit organization that aims to catalyze the adoption of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) to provide more transparency, security and efficiency for IoT solutions. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Streamr, the Decentralized Real-Time Data Economy, Joins the Trusted IoT Alliance
Streamr, the decentralized peer-to-peer data sharing protocol, today announced that it has joined the Trusted IoT Alliance, an open source software consortium which aims to create a secure, scalable, interoperable, and trusted IoT ecosystem. Founded by industry leaders such as Bosch, BNY Mellon, Cisco, Gemalto, and U.S. Bank, the consortium seeks to standardize an open source Blockchain protocol to support IoT technology in major industries worldwide. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Tiny robots will inspect and fix jet engines from the inside
If you are reading this while sitting in an aircraft and are of a nervous disposition, do not be alarmed, but the temperature inside the jet engines keeping you aloft probably exceeds the melting point of the materials that those engines are made from. That they do not consequently turn into a molten mess is a feat of modern engineering. It involves a combination of tough alloys and advanced production techniques, such as 3D printing, which allow components to be made with tiny channels through which cooling air circulates. Parts exposed to the most extreme temperatures, which can reach more than 1,300°C, are given additional protection with a coating of special heat-resisting ceramics. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Robot to be tested in ill boy's class
A 10-year-old schoolboy with a rare auto-inflammatory condition is to be allowed to send a robot to class in his place to see if it allows him to keep up with lessons. Keir Wallace's father John said his son loved school but his condition meant he was often absent. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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How 'the invisible network' poses a major security threat
There are many things that make Scotland the great country that it is, and part of its identity is its Scotch whisky. In its early rebel root days, illegal whisky distillers evaded the long arm of the English taxman. Since then it has become a global enterprise worth billions of pounds. In 2016, food and drink exports from Scotland grew by £421 million to a record £5.5 billion. Whereas Scotch whisky exports rose to £153 million, up four percent, to over £4 billion in the same time, reports Scotland Food and Drink. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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How 'the invisible network' poses a major security threat
Imagine a hacker remotely turning off a life support machine in a hospital, or shutting down a power station. These are the nightmare scenarios we face because many organisations haven't a clue how many unsecured devices are connected to their networks, cyber-security experts warn. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Raiden Release: Simpler Micropayments Go Live on Ethereum's Testnet
The developers behind Raiden Network have launched an early version of the scaling solution on the ethereum test network. Designed to power projects aiming to replace the likes of Google and Facebook, one problem facing ethereum is that growing to such scale would require putting an unimaginable amount of data on the blockchain, a shared ledger every node must download. Further, ethereum is already having enough trouble supporting the relatively small number of users it has today. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Curl disclosure, beyond the headline
As part of an on-going conversation between the IOTA Team and security researchers from Boston University and MIT DCI, the teams published their report on a vulnerability in Curl today. On August 8th, the IOTA Team implemented a safety precaution by switching Curl with Keccak-384 (wrapped as “Kerl”, as a tongue-in-cheek homage to what it was replacing), but no user funds were ever at risk prior to the upgrade. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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You Will Never Guess Which Country Is Leading the World in Drone Delivery
East Africa is a territory like no other. In addition to the unique landscape and the diversity of people, this area is rich in natural beauty and has recently become the hub for drone deliveries. Despite the fact that mainly western civilizations use cutting edge technologies, East Africa has got to the forefront of drone delivery usage, overtaking every other country. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Cryptographic vulnerabilities in IOTA
Last month, Ethan Heilman, Tadge Dryja, Madars Virza, and I took a look at IOTA, currently the 8th largest cryptocurrency with a $1.9B market cap. In its repositories on GitHub, we found a serious vulnerability — the IOTA developers had written their own hash function, Curl, and it produced collisions (when different inputs hash to the same output). Once we developed our attack, we could find collisions using commodity hardware within just a few minutes, and forge signatures on IOTA payments. We informed the IOTA developers, they patched their system, and we wrote a vulnerability report. The current version of IOTA does not have the vulnerabilities we found, but there’s more to be said about how this happened and what’s going on with cryptocurrencies right now. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Ethereum Based Cloud Token Set to Decentralize And Revolutionize Cloud Services Starting Now
Millions of devices worldwide will be able to contribute redundant computing power to the cloud, including laptops, phones, computers, and even Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices, such as washing machines. Anyone who undertakes the operation of a GridNode and contributes to the Crowd Cloud will receive a continuous income. The decentralized structure will create a commoditized environment, reducing the cost of cloud services, the risk of network outages, and providing a higher level of data security and privacy. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Modum.io Announces Crowdsale for Revolutionary Blockchain and IoT Implementation in Pharma Supply Chain
Modum.io has announced the public crowdsale of its MOD token starting September 1, 2017, following a very successful private pre-sale. The platform implementing blockchain and Internet of Things technology within the pharma supply chain witneses token sales worth around $1.25 million within 24 hours in its recently concluded private pre-sale. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Vodafone deploys NB-IoT in Ireland; unveils Voxi in UK
Vodafone Group announced the launch of a nationwide NB-IoT network in the Republic of Ireland, adding to its European rollouts in Spain and the Netherlands. In a statement, Vodafone said it was the first operator in Ireland to launch the low-power wide-area technology – designed to interconnect millions of devices – which it said will help to transform the country into a “smart nation”. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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IOTA Foundation partners with Imperial College London to drive Tangle DLT
The IOTA Foundation is collaborating with Imperial's Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering (IC3RE) as part of Outlier Venture's ongoing three-year strategic research and development programme with the university. IOTA is the IoT-distributed ledge innovation famous for its innovative 'Tangle' architecture. Unlike traditional blockchains, transactions occurring across the Tanglenetwork are not sequential and are not based on 'blocks'. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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'How foul-mouthed hackers messed up my life'
As our "smart" homes fill up with internet-connected devices, the risk grows that hackers will find weak points in our networks, steal our data and hijack our lives. What should we be doing about it? It's not normally a good idea to sign off your Powerpoint presentation pitching for work with an expletive. But this is what Gary Berman did - albeit unknowingly. Hackers had broken in to his home network via an internet-connected printer and sabotaged his files. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Quantum computing impacts the ecosystem of the Internet of Things for industrial use
A growing number if IT companies are working on developing new computing models equipped with innovative interaction methodologies that guarantee secure communications between humans, sensors and data analysis platforms. Organisations such as Kaspersky Lab., IBM, Google, Microsoft and Intel, amongst others, have been investigating new procedures for increasing the computational power that supports IoT systems through quantum computing for some time now. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Security Surprises Arising from the Internet of Things (IoT)
My brother can’t function in the morning until he has a cup of coffee. So I use his daily routine as an example. Picture my brother stumbling down to the kitchen one morning only to find his internet-enabled coffee maker won’t work. There’s a message on his iPhone: “We have taken control of your coffee pot and unless you pay $5, you won’t have your coffee.” This actually hasn’t happened. At least, not yet. Read More | Subscribe | Social Medi |
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Fix crap Internet of Things security, booms Internet daddy Cerf
Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the internet, has weighed in on Internet of Things security, warning that a Mirai botnet-style incident could happen again unless vendors start taking responsibility for their goods. “The biggest worry I have is that people building [IoT] devices will grab a piece of open source software or operating system and just jam it into the device and send it out into the wild without giving adequate thought and effort to securing the system and providing convenient user access to those devices,” Cerf told the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) organisation at its 50th Turing Award celebrations. Read More | Subscribe | Social Medi |
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ZTE, Huawei top patent application table in 2016
ZTE overtook its domestic rival Huawei as the biggest filer of international patent applications in 2016, with Qualcomm in third place, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) revealed. “China-based filers are behind much of the growth in international patent and trademark filings, making great strides in internationalising their businesses as the country continues its journey from ‘made in China’ to ‘created in China’,” said Francis Gurry, director general of WIPO. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Announcing the 2017 Winners of the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards
The 20th annual SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards celebrated the 2017 Finalists and Winners. Emcees Janina Gavankar and Lyndie Greenwood announced the winners of the 13 categories and 7 special honors ranging from achievements in digital design to health technology and beyond. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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DJI – Mavic Pro: The Art of Form
DJI’s designers and engineers have crafted a whole new type of drone that is the Mavic Pro. Watch and learn all about their creative processes in developing a tool that is exquisite in both form and functionality. View More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Mobile World Congress 2017 Event Highlights
The biggest and best mobile event for 2017 is officially over and what an amazing few days it was! This year, we showcased how mobile is the force behind every emerging innovation: It is simply The Next Element. Let’s take a closer look at Mobile World Congress 2017: Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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Introducing the New Fitbit Alta HR
The Alta HR has a heart rate monitor that motivates you to reach your goals. Jumpstart your fitness journey with PurePulse heart rate and SmartTrack automatic exercise recognition. Track your all-day activity and sleep, stay connected with smartphone notifications, and get friendly reminders to move. View More | Subscribe | Social Media |
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“Animalistic” Robocar designed to stir the soul
Roborace’s autonomous race car will bring some much needed emotion to the field of artificial intelligence (AI), the company’s chief design officer (CDO) claimed. Daniel Simon (pictured) told Mobile World Live the Robocar – unveiled during the recent Mobile World Congress – was designed to look “amazing” and dramatic to help “bring the fans on board” and stir up public excitement about the possibilities of AI and self-driving vehicles. Read More | Subscribe | Social Media |