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Mark Zuckerberg’s 2016 goal is to build an AI butler like Jarvis in Iron Man
What was your wish for 2016? Perhaps it was to build a successful startup, quit smoking, get fit, or one of any number of regulars, but did your list include building an Artificially Intelligent (AI) butler? If you answered no to that question, that would be because you’re not Mark Zuckerberg, who has as his ...
Where to watch New Year’s Eve live online: Sydney, Dubai, London, New York
It has been a big year in tech in 2015, and if you’re not heading out this evening, what better way to celebrate than to watch New Year’s Eve live online. There are live streams covering multiple locations across the globe, and if you can’t get enough News Year’s Eve goodness, you can always celebrate ...
Chain makes history with the first Nasdaq transaction made using Blockchain technology
Enterprise Blockchain platform provider Chain, Inc. made history Wednesday when it became the first company to successfully complete and record a private securities transaction on the Nasdaq stock exchange using Blockchain technology. The transaction took place using Nasdaq’s Linq Blockchain implementation and saw the stock exchange enabling Chain to digitally represent a record of ownership ...
Report claims Apple has signed a deal with Samsung + LG to supply OLED screens for next-gen iPhones
Apple’s range of smartphones may be getting a much-needed upgrade in 2016, with a report Wednesday claiming the company is planning to use Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) screens in new iPhone models. According to Reuters , LG Display Co., Ltd. and the panel-making unit of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. have been tapped by the tech giant to ...
2015 was another colorful year in Bitcoin failures, scams and arrests | #yearinreview
While 2015 was a great year that saw a record amount of venture capital flow in Bitcoin and the Blockchain come of age, it wouldn’t be the Bitcoin space without a year full of drama, including failed businesses, arrests, outright scams and a bit more in between for good measure. Looking back at the year, you ...
LastPass’ Joe Siegrist: Fingerprint authentication is flawed, industry needs to rethink practices in 2016
Concurrent to the rise of smartphone payment systems in 2015 has been the rise of fingerprint scanning as a method of user authentication. But what if the use of fingerprints is not the future of security? Chief Executive Officer Joe Siegrist of password management firm LastPass (LogMeIn, Inc.) believes that the concept of fingerprint authentication ...
Spotify gets sued by little known musician because his record company didn’t chase up his royalties
Spotify AB is facing a new class-action lawsuit headed by musician David Lowery over a claim of unpaid royalties. Lowery, the lead singer of a band by the name of Cracker and also regarded as a “music copyright activist,” claimed in the suit filed on December 28 in the Central District Court of California that ...
One TV to rule them all: New Samsung TVs will act as a hub for all your connected IoT devices
Would you use your television as the main hub for your Internet of Things (IoT) smart devices? Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. thinks the answer to that question is yes, with an announcement Tuesday that its new lineup of smart televisions will do exactly that. According to the company, all of its 2016 SUHD TVs will ...
2015 was the year the Blockchain came of age #yearinreview
Something strange happened in the world of Bitcoin in 2015. While cryptocurrency fans were well aware that the Blockchain, the distributed digital ledger that powers Bitcoin was a brilliant technology, few else knew of its potential. Then it all changed. In 2015, the Blockchain came of age as companies small and large, including some of ...
New Google Glass pics surface, and you’ll still look like a tool wearing them
Despite its perhaps premature death back in January, Glassholes the world overall have a late Christmas present today with pictures of the new version of Google, Inc.’s smart eyewear making their way online. The new version of Google Glass, sadly not dubbed “look like a tool: the next generation,” were discovered by 9to5Google in a Federal ...