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The medical industry got a little more interesting today with the launch of a distributed ledger blockchain-based patient consent management platform for researchers from The Bitfury Group and health data company Longenesis. This blockchain solution allows doctors and researchers to do a …
Edgybees launch of the Argus platform bring AR to industrial workers and engineers
Edgybees Ltd., a provider of augmented reality real-time visual intelligence technology, today announced the launch of its Argus platform and developer tools. The platform is designed to allow developers and engineers at industrial sites to implement AR capabilities quickly to help workers increase …
Orbs launches enterprise-ready open-source blockchain network
Hybrid blockchain technology provider Orbs Ltd. today announced the launch of the company’s production-ready environment for its service: an enterprise-grade blockchain developed using all new open-source code. “I began my blockchain journey looking for a network that would actually allow real businesses …
Hershey joins AdLedger for chocolatey blockchain advertising campaigns
The Hershey Company, popular producer of chocolate bars and treats in America, announced Tuesday the company has joined AdLedger, a blockchain-based advertising consortium to put the technology to use. Media outlet AdWeek reported that this partnership would affect more than just advertising, …
HTC teams up with Qualcomm to optimize future mobile VR devices
HTC Corp.’s Vive division today announced that the company will start using Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s Snapdragon chipset reference for its mobile and standalone virtual reality devices. The partnership will see Qualcomm’s technology integrated into Vive XR all-in-one standalone VR devices and 5G …
Dragonchain and M2030 partner to eradicate malaria with the blockchain
Dragonchain Inc., a blockchain technology platform incubated at Walt Disney Co., and the humanitarian anti-malaria organization M2030 announced Wednesday a partnership dedicated to fighting malaria in the Asia-Pacific region. M2030 is a Singapore-based humanitarian organization that brings together corporate interests and health …
Scope AR secures $9.7M to bring enterprise-ready augmented reality to workers
Enterprise-class augmented reality supplier Scope AR announced today the company has secured $9.7 million in an early-stage funding led by Romulus Capital. Scope AR delivers augmented reality solutions for businesses, including an entire AR platform that enables technicians and workers to receive …
FBI crackdown reduced denial-of-service attack sizes by 85 percent
The Federal Bureau of Investigation shut down 15 of the largest distributed denial of service for hire websites in the world in December, leading to an 85 percent reduction in attack size worldwide. That’s according to today’s report from Nexusguard, a cybersecurity company …
Cosmos Network launches network to create an ‘internet of blockchains’
Switzerland-based Interchain Foundation, a nonprofit group supporting research into secure and scalable open-source software, today announced the launch of the Cosmos Network. It’s a decentralized network of independent, scalable and interoperable blockchains designed to become the foundation of a new token economy. …
FundamentalVR demonstrates touch-simulating gloves for virtual surgical training
Medical training company FundamentalVR Ltd. today announced a showcase of virtual reality gesture tracking and touch-simulating HaptX Gloves from AxonVR LLC as part of the company’s Fundamental Surgery platform. The gloves combine cutting-edge virtual reality technology — in order to immerse surgeons in a training scenario with lifelike …