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HTC Exodus 1 smartphones will be able to mine Monero using Midas Labs app
Smartphone maker HTC Corp. is joining with Midas Labs, a designer of programmable blockchain mining chips, to develop a native cryptocurrency mining app for its Exodus 1 phone for the privacy-focused Monero currency. The announcement, detailed in Forbes Friday, outlined the app named DeMiner, which is expected to launch on the phone during the second quarter ...
Intel and Georgia Tech join DARPA program to thwart attacks against machine learning
Intel Corp. and Georgia Institute of Technology announced today that they’ll lead a program team for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop defenses against attacks and trickery directed at artificial intelligence systems. Intel will be the prime contractor for the four-year, multimillion-dollar joint effort known as Guaranteeing Artificial Intelligence Robustness against Deception, or ...
Italy’s top news org turns to blockchain to ensure trust in COVID-19 reporting
Italy’s top news reporting agency Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata announced Monday the development of a unique news tracking system based on distributed ledger blockchain technology in collaboration with EY Advisory S.p.A., part of Ernst & Young Global Ltd. ANSA is a leading Italian news agency that represents 24 publishers of major newspapers across Italy. The agencies ...
CircleCI closes $100M funding round to expand enterprise DevOps and continuous delivery tools
Circle Internet Services Inc., a DevOps software platform provider for continuous integration and delivery, today announced the company has closed a late-stage $100 million funding round led by IVP and Sapphire Ventures. To date, CircleCI has raised $215 million in total funding since its founding in 2011, including this Series E round. During that time, ...
ConsenSys Health announces COVID-19 virtual hackathon as blockchain devs tackle pandemic
ConsenSys Health, a healthcare-related spinoff of the distributed ledger blockchain solutions company ConsenSys, announced today the “Stop COVID-19 Virtual Hackathon” to start April 13 and run until May 11. Sponsors for this hackathon include Gitcoin, Hyperledger, ConsenSys, One Million Developers and OpenMined, which will provide support by using blockchain and other emerging technologies to improve data access for researchers, ...
Harvard and Pinterest team up on How We Feel coronavirus tracking app
How We Feel, a crowdsourced COVID-19 symptom tracking app that respects privacy, launched Thursday to provide more data on the spread of the coronavirus. Pinterest Inc. Chief Executive Ben Silbermann partnered with researchers from Harvard University, Stanford University and Feeding America to produce the app, now available for iOS and Android devices. It asks people ...
BMW announces PartChain supply blockchain for tracking automotive parts
Major automotive manufacturer BMW Group announced the planned launch of its blockchain-powered supply chain management solution called “PartChain” on Tuesday. According to the company, PartChain will launch in conjunction with 10 of its suppliers in 2020. BMW intends to use distributed ledger blockchain technology to provide transparency and traceability of components and raw materials used in ...
With @HomeVR, FundamentalVR brings immersive surgical education to standalone headsets
Virtual reality surgical training platform FundamentalVR today announced the expansion of its educational services, Fundamental Surgery, with the addition of @HomeVR. This new expansion allows users of standalone headsets to access educational simulations from accredited by medical professional bodies for the first time. It will provide the Fundamental Surgery platform on headsets such as Oculus Quest ...
Morpheus multicloud management update 4.2 brings simpler data governance for DevOps
Morpheus Data LLC, an unified cloud orchestration software solution provider, announced today the launch of the newest version of its multicloud management platform. Version 4.2 is focused on enabling continuous delivery and DevOps team support for customers using Kubernetes, VMware and Terraform. This update enhances governance and automation of existing Kubernetes clusters from providers that include ...
In-home healthcare network Heal launches telemedicine app for 102 million Americans
Heal Inc., a provider of in-home medical care and remote monitoring, today announced an expansion of its app to cover patients of all ages in California, New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Virginia, Washington, Maryland and Washington D. C., making telemedicine available to 102 million Americans. Because of the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19, more ...