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Venezuela’s useless Petro cryptocurrency will hit international markets in October
Venezuelan President Nicolsic] will enter the streets to become a means for commodity exchange, purchase and convertible currency for the whole world,” Maduro said (via Sputnik News). Maduro has been pushing the Petro for some time. дальше »
2018-9-21 15:35 | |
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Elephant tusk DNA may hold the key to stiffer penalties for poachers
A study published Wednesday in Science Advances detailed a creative approach to stopping the illegal ivory trade. While our awareness of the problem has grown in recent years, it hasn’t slowed demand. дальше »
2018-9-20 03:16 | |
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Teaching robots to predict the future
Future-predicting robots are all the rage this year in machine learning circles, but today’s deep learning techniques can only take the research so far. That’s why some ambitious AI developers are turning to an already established prediction engine for inspiration: The human brain. дальше »
2018-9-20 02:12 | |
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New physics AI could be the key to a quantum computing revolution
Quantum computing is one of the most exciting technologies there is, but its basis in quantum physics makes it a pain in the ass to understand and even harder to do anything with. A recent breakthrough in physics research, however, might change all of that and start a computing revolution. дальше »
2018-9-20 22:06 | |
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French artists celebrate 10 years of Bitcoin with cryptocurrency art exhibition
Bitcoin is turning 10 years old soon – and a group of international artists are putting on a cryptocurrency art exhibition in France to celebrate its birthday: Bitcoin Art (r)Evolution. Creatives have been challenged to explore how Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies affect the artists’ relationship with their audience. дальше »
2018-9-18 16:46 | |
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Devs used solar-powered radios to complete first ‘off-grid’ cryptocurrency transaction
A group of developers claim to have performed a solar-powered cryptocurrency transaction, using shortwave radios and blockchain tech. While it might not be the world’s first radio-transmitted cryptocurrency transaction, the devs insist it is the first one to be completed entirely off-grid. дальше »
2018-9-18 15:47 | |
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Why Kazakhstan should stop worshipping Tesla and Uber
Imagine a country about five times the size of France with a population density of only six people per square kilometer. One could walk thousands of miles across the vast steppes without encountering a single human settlement. дальше »
2018-9-18 15:30 | |
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1% of wallets hold 55% of the world’s Bitcoin
More than half of the entire Bitcoin circulating supply is controlled by cryptocurrency whales, and 42 percent of them didn’t sell during peak crypto-mania. Blockchain research unit Diar has put together some interesting data that suggests less than 1 percent of all wallet addresses control $100 billion in Bitcoin. дальше »
2018-9-18 14:42 | |
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I dismantled Google’s tracking systems — here’s what happened
Recent scandals surrounding how the world’s largest tech companies and social media platforms make use of the data they collect from consumers have led many people, myself among them, to investigate the devices and digital services they use without a second thought each day. дальше »
2018-9-17 15:48 | |
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Alibaba’s Jack Ma: Blockchain will be useless if it doesn’t help the environment
Alibaba chief Jack Ma thinks blockchain tech is pretty meaningless – unless it helps us transform the manufacturing industry and protect the environment. In a keynote at World Artificial Intelligence Conference in China, the star entrepreneur shared his beliefs that budding technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT) have yet to prove their utility to the world, local outlet cnBeta reports. дальше »
2018-9-17 15:23 | |
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An entrepreneur’s guide to Bratislava’s tech scene
Nestled between Austria, Hungary, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, Slovakia is truly at the heart of Central Europe, however the country often gets overlooked in favor of its larger, better known neighbors. дальше »
2018-9-17 02:59 | |
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Everything you need to know about the wonderful world of backup technology
The concept of backup is as old as data itself. The technology associated with it has traveled a long distance coming from floppy disks, backup CDs and DVDs, then USBs and now to dedicated backup appliances and offsite or remote backup repositories. дальше »
2018-9-16 19:30 | |
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Mexico is the largest ecommerce region in Latin America, reveals 2018 report
The ecommerce foundation launched the Latin America ecommerce Report 2018 on September 6th which highlighted the continent’s position as one of the top regions in the world for ecommerce growth. дальше »
2018-9-16 10:33 | |
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Report: Anonymity could be the answer to feeling happier online
We’re always online, always connected. We sleep with our phones under our pillows, check our email countless times a day, and keep tabs on our friends, families, celebrities, and social media “influencers. дальше »
2018-9-15 11:30 | |
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How scooters could save Mexico City from being the world’s most polluted city
Grin is the mobility startup that has Mexico City’s dwellers scooting about the city with an easier, quicker, and more sustainable travel option. Latam. tech spoke to the team behind Grin to find out more. дальше »
2018-9-15 10:11 | |
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider should’ve given Lara Croft some actual friends
Square Enix today released Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the latest entry in the venerable action-adventure game series. We return to Lara Croft’s mission to save the world, in which she must confront her own tragic past and avert the Mayan apocalypse. дальше »
2018-9-15 02:13 | |
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This robot used to be an art exhibit – now it’s a webcam model
A decade ago, an artist named Giles Walker created a macabre puppet show out of disturbing and provocative automatons. At the center of his piece was a gyrating “sex bot” with a CCTV camera for a head that performed an erotic pole-dance. дальше »
2018-9-15 23:05 | |
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Rowkin’s tiny earbuds aren’t perfect, but this occasional gymrat still loves them
San Francisco-based audio brand Rowkin sent me two pairs of earbuds to try a few weeks ago, claiming that they’re the world’s smallest true wireless earphones. That’s a hard claim to test, but I can say that these are truly tiny, and smaller than any other buds I’ve ever used. дальше »
2018-9-14 12:51 | |
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SoftBank initiative aims to blockchainify mobile payments across the globe
A trio of corporations lead by Japanese based SoftBank have devised a working proof-of-concept (PoC) underpinned by blockchain that allows users to make peer-to-peer payments from their mobile phones. дальше »
2018-9-12 18:24 | |
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Google fights global expansion of the EU’s right to be forgotten
Google is fighting French lawyers in the European Union court to avoid expanding the scope of “right to be forgotten” judgment globally. The company said that broadening the scope is “completely unenvisagable” and “imposing on the values of different countries. дальше »
2018-9-12 14:15 | |
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Meet Aria, the (SFW) face of Pornhub
Branding and communications are tough, no matter what business you’re in. A wrong tweet can sink a ship, so the people running social media face an insane amount of pressure. They’re trusted to project and uphold a company’s values and communicate with the wider world – making them incredibly valuable. дальше »
2018-9-11 14:54 | |
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We used Google Arts & Culture’s selfie app to make the internet’s Shit Museum
Ever have one of those weeks where you feel like everything is going wrong in the world? Us too. The planet is melting. There are powerful idiots all over the world with their greasy fingers hovered over big red doom buttons. дальше »
2018-9-9 17:47 | |
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Putting more plastic in the ocean might actually be a good thing
Picture yourself sailing over the ocean blue and coming across a patch of plastic garbage that is twice the size of Texas. No, this is not the setting of some post-apocalyptic thriller. Discovered in the early 80s and now referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, this 600,000 square mile stretch of ocean between Hawaii and California is the world’s largest accumulation of ocean plastic. дальше »
2018-9-9 11:30 | |
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Apple’s move to shake up the newspaper industry offers little upside
Apple is making a play at the publishing business. In March, the company acquired Texture, a subscription-based magazine reader that charges a flat fee to read all the included content you’d like. дальше »
2018-9-8 04:29 | |
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Opera Wallet now Allows Sending of Cryptokitties and ERC-721 Collectibles
Opera Browser, the popular web browser known for its fluidity, seems about to become the favorite browser in the community of crypto-traders. Last August Opera announced that it would integrate a native wallet into its browser, facilitating the operations of thousands of users. дальше »
2018-9-7 22:45 | |
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Apple is building a site to handle data requests from law enforcement agencies worldwide
Apple will soon launch a web portal to accept requests for user data from law enforcement agencies across the globe, reports MacRumors. That should make things easier for said agencies and Apple; at present, these requests for data that could serve as evidence in criminal investigations are made through a dedicated email account. дальше »
2018-9-7 08:42 | |
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Coinbase intent on launching a cryptocurrency fund on Wall Street
Coinbase appears to have taken a look at the efforts of other cryptocurrency fat-cats and reckons it can succeed where others failed. Sources have indicated Coinbase is intent on launching an exchange-traded fund (ETF) for cryptocurrency, something that has proven practically impossible. дальше »
2018-9-7 18:50 | |
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This underwater death machine has one mission: Destroy the starfish
Australia‘s Great Barrier Reef is dying. Decades of human intervention have left the UNESCO World Heritage site reeling from the consequences of industrialization — water pollution and climate change, chief among them. дальше »
2018-9-5 04:07 | |
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Google Chrome gets a big redesign and new features for its 10th birthday
Chrome is turning ten, and it’s getting a makeover to celebrate. Google today announced a wide set of changes coming to the world’s most popular browser – some aesthetic, and some functional. Most notably, the app now has a flatter, rounder design more in line with Google’s Material Design principles; these changes will be seen on both mobile and desktop. дальше »
2018-9-5 01:58 | |
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Olympics Committee President rejects esports as ‘promoting violence’
Were you, like me, curious to see if esports would make it as far as the Olympics? It seemed like it was at least possible — everyone appeared to be pretty receptive. But this weekend, at least one major Olympics official expressed their dislike of the idea, which may be enough to put a stop to that idea. дальше »
2018-9-5 01:29 | |
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Google just turned 20 — time for it to grow up
Google was incorporated on September 4th 1998 with the unofficial motto “Don’t be evil. ” In the two decades since, its risen from a blip on the technology radar to become one of the most valuable companies in the history of the world. дальше »
2018-9-5 20:56 | |
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I grew up in a house that shared one phone charger — and survived
Let me set the scene for you. It’s 2010, my family and I have one shared PC that takes thirty minutes to load the login page, the internet makes a weird sound when it’s switched on, all four of us in the house have a flip phone — and we share one phone charger… My parents were ahead of the curve when it came to digital paranoia and found a ‘fun’ solution to raising kids in a new and terrifying digital world — control their access to electricity. дальше »
2018-9-3 18:00 | |
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Bitcoin Cash Standard Organization (BCSO): ViaBTC CEO Haipo Yang New BCH Consensus Proposal
This Friday Haipo Yang, the CEO of Viabtc and Coinex issued a Medium blog recommending the establishment of a standardization institution like the World Wide Web’s W3C consortium. Haipo Yang aspires to originate a related group called the Bitcoin Cash Standard Organization (BCSO) in order to build standards and achieve better transparency when it comes […] дальше »
2018-9-1 21:39 | |
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The quantum computing race the US can’t afford to lose
Quantum computing has ushered in a new area of information technology. An international arms race to develop quantum computers has steadily grown more competitive and more critical. China reached the early pole position by unveiling the world’s first quantum communication landline connecting Beijing with Shanghai like no two other cities in history. дальше »
2018-9-1 15:30 | |
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Human intelligence and AI are vastly different — so let’s stop comparing them
These days, it’s easy to believe arguments that artificial intelligence has become as smart as the human mind—if not smarter. Google released a speaking AI that dupes its conversational partners that it’s human. дальше »
2018-9-1 13:00 | |
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Viabtc CEO Proposes BCH Organization to Establish Standards
On August 31 the CEO of the firm Viabtc, Haipo Yang, published a blog post proposing the establishment of a standardization organization like the World Wide Web’s W3C consortium. Haipo Yang wants to start a similar group called the Bitcoin Cash Standard Organization (BCSO) in order to create standards and achieve better transparency when it […] The post Viabtc CEO Proposes BCH Organization to Establish Standards appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »
2018-9-1 02:35 | |
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Google and Mastercard are secretly tracking your offline purchases
Google has quietly been providing select advertisers a “stockpile” of offline credit card transaction data. After a four year negotiation, Google and Mastercard reached a deal that would pay the latter millions in exchange for coughing up data on its card holders, according to a Bloomberg report. дальше »
2018-9-1 00:53 | |
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Lego built a driveable Bugatti Chiron out of blocks, and it’s amazing
Bugatti makes some of the fastest and most expensive cars in the world. You know what’s no as fast but probably as expensive? Building a full-size Buggati Chiron out of Lego pieces. That’s just exactly what Lego did, and it’s pretty amazing. дальше »
2018-9-1 22:33 | |
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No one knows about your startup: 5 ways to fix that
You created a super cool startup. You got a little seed money from your 3rd cousin twice removed. Now what? Coming up with an idea for a startup is a great beginning. Building a minimum viable product (MVP) is a wonderful next step. дальше »
2018-8-31 20:42 | |
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Institutional Giant A16Z Leads $102 Million Funding Round in Dfinity ‘World Computer’
Cloud computing giants Amazon Web Services and Salesforce may soon face blockchain-based competition that aims to trifle their dominance with a decentralized, cheaper alternative. Dfinity’s Web 3. дальше »
2018-8-31 08:00 | |
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Dark Web Powers the World’s First Jihadi Cryptocurrency Crowdsourcing Effort
Benjamin Strick, a specialist in open-source investigations in international crime, terrorism, and human rights abuses, recently discovered a crowdsourced mujahideen platform that allows anyone in the world to fund Jihadist projects anonymously. дальше »
2018-8-31 06:00 | |
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Andreessen Horowitz Backs Dfinity With Largest Crypto Investment Yet
Dfinity, Cryptocurrency–Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), the popular venture capital firm of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, has announced its most ambitious cryptocurrency investment to date in the form of new blockchain project Dfinity. дальше »
2018-8-31 03:13 | |
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RippleNet Offers SMEs a Competitive Advantage in Global Payments
While global business may move at the speed of the web, international payments instead seem to move like smoke signals. This is because the world’s payments infrastructure hasn’t changed since the heady days of disco, nearly four decades ago. дальше »
2018-9-1 23:29 | |
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Bitcoin mining giant BTC.com is launching an Ethereum mining pool
The world’s biggest Bitcoin mining pool is now set on dominating Ethereum. BTC. com, a subsidiary of cryptocurrency mining hardware giant Bitmain, has today released a new client specifically built to mine the Ethereum blockchain. дальше »
2018-8-30 15:00 | |
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Coinbase Explains How Cryptocurrency and Blockchain are Inspiring the Web 3.0 Revolution
Coinbase has published an in-depth blog post illustrating how the technological breakthroughs currently taking place in cryptocurrency and blockchain are giving birth to the broader Web 3. дальше »
2018-8-30 01:30 | |
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Dark Web Hackers Sell Data Of 130 Million Consumers For 8 Bitcoin (BTC)
One of the largest data leaks in China’s history has potentially just occurred, with a hacker or group of hackers recently revealing that he/she/they had garnered sensitive data from over 130 million individuals. дальше »
2018-8-29 22:44 | |
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Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is a brutal series intro for Switch owners
The first Monster Hunter game for the Switch has finally arrived. Generations Ultimate may not be quite as beginner-friendly as World, but if you’re already a fan of the series, you’ll find it’s a glossy port of the classic formula. дальше »
2018-8-29 20:24 | |
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Nearly half of the world’s top universities teach blockchain
Eight out of the top 10 universities that offer blockchain courses are based in the US, according to a new report compiled by popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The research has more broadly uncovered that 42 percent of the world’s top universities offer at least one academically endorsed course. дальше »
2018-8-29 13:48 | |
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