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AirAsia Group Bhd’s logistics arm Teleport announced Thursday the launch of Freightchain, a digital network for transparently confirming and tracking air cargo based on distributed ledger blockchain technology. Shippers and freight forwarders can now book and confirm any of AirAsia’s 247 aircraft …
CTERA launches DevOps toolset for global-scale file delivery to enable remote work
CTERA Networks Ltd., a cloud-driven enterprise secure file services platform, today announced the release of DevOps tools designed to allow businesses to deliver files securely across the world to enable easier remote work and support development and operations teams. Starting today, the …
Bizagi launches CoronaPass COVID-19 antibody testing certification for essential workers
Business process management and automation platform Bizagi announced today the launch of CoronaPass, a digital solution that will offer governments, healthcare organizations and corporations a way for people to demonstrate immunity to the COVID-19 pandemic based on the results of rapidly expanding …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …