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UAE launches Trade Connect blockchain-based trade-finance platform to combat fraud
The United Arab Emirates today launched a new blockchain-based platform called UAE Trade Connect that’s designed to prevent economic crimes such as under-invoicing, money laundering and fraud in trade finance. The distributed ledger blockchain network was developed by UAE-based telecommunications company Etisalat and a consortium of seven local banks led by the First Abu Dhabi ...
Facebook debuts AI tool to predict effective disease-fighting drug cocktails
Facebook AI and Helmholtz Zentrum München, the German Research Center for Environmental Health, announced today the introduction of a new machine learning tool aimed at helping accelerate the discovery of effective new drug combinations for fighting disease and cancers. Malignant tumors and complex diseases often require a combination of drugs, known as “drug cocktails,” that ...
Google pushes greater vaccine equity with grants and AI
Google LLC today announced a number of new initiatives focused on getting as many people as possible vaccinated in the U.S. and around the world. These initiatives include grants and direct funding for local communities to get vaccines where they’re needed most and a Google Cloud contact center artificial intelligence solution designed to help governments ...
SmartBear expands automated testing support for DevOps teams for mobile devices
SmartBear Software, a provider of software development and quality assurance tools, today announced the integration of TestComplete, its user interface test automation tool, with BitBar, its native mobile device cloud. With this integration, DevOps teams and business users will now be able to create codeless mobile tests in TestComplete and then use those test scripts ...
AWS launches next phase of COVID-19 diagnostic tools with $20M, expanded scope
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the launch of the next phase of its Diagnostic Development Initiative to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes an expanded scope and $20 million of new funding. During the first phase, AWS supported 87 organizations in 17 countries and awarded $8 million to support a range of diagnostic ...
Samsung introduces Galaxy SmartTag+ with AR to help find lost keys
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced Thursday that its new $40 SmartTag Plus, a slightly more expensive version of the company’s SmartTag device, will launch globally on April 16. SmartTag is a small tile-like device that can help users find lost items, such as keys. The SmartTag+ uses BlueTooth Low Energy and ultra-wideband technology as well as ...
Crypto Climate Accord seeks to make cryptocurrency industry 100% renewable by 2030
A new private-sector initiative known as Crypto Climate Accord launched today seeking to make the cryptocurrency industry greener led by blockchain-based decentralized energy market Energy Web in partnership with RMI and Alliance for Innovative Regulation. The initiative will seek to bring the cryptocurrency industry fully renewable by 2030, or sooner. Inspired by the Paris Climate Agreement, ...
Okta updates its developer experience with revamped applications and APIs
Cloud identity access management company Okta Inc. today revamped its developer experience with features that include new integrations and documentation in a general release that’s free for up to 15,000 monthly active users. The updates are part of Okta’s new Starter Developer Edition that will provide developers tools to embed the company’s Okta authentication, authorization ...
Supreme Court rules in Google’s favor in Oracle copyright case over Android Java code use
In a case with broad implications for copyright law, Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC is not liable for copyright infringement in the company’s use of Java code in how it was used in the Android operating system, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today. A loss, in this case, would have led to a multibillion-dollar settlement to ...
South Korea turns to blockchain for COVID-19 vaccine passport roll out
South Korea said today it plans to use distributed ledger blockchain technology as part of its “Green Pass” COVID-19 vaccine documentation program for immunized citizens, also known as “vaccine passports.” According to Reuters, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said the mobile app, which allows international travelers to prove vaccination status, officially launches this month. It will ...