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In this week’s Bitcoin Weekly Circle, a competitive Bitcoin web-wallet, added Euro currency support for numerous European customer and Bitcoin hardware wallet TREZOR has teamed up with European Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp. In international financial technology and blockchain news, the Chinese government has …
Microsoft Research paper points to touch-sensitive VR interfaces
Virtual reality headsets made by Oculus, HTC, Sony and others can drive powerful audio-visual immersion, but one aspect of immersive user interfaces is still literally out of reach. That’s what Microsoft Research aims to change. This week, Microsoft Corp.’s research arm is …
Popularity of Google Go language climbs, with Docker’s help
Google’s programming language Go saw a huge surge in popularity in the past year. This popularity is in part thanks to the fact that the language is the foundation of the DevOps and container darling Docker as well as Google’s container orchestration …
The coming AI revolution will change many jobs, not just take them away
IBM Corp.’s Watson computer has shown that computers can be taught to understand data enough to play Jeopardy and learn enough to assist doctors in healthcare decisions. Companies such as Google Inc., Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have pushed smart assistants …
Bitcoin Weekly: Blockchain.info hit with DNS hijack, NYC startups focus more on blockchain than bitcoin
If you’re a user of Blockchain.info and saw something odd, keep reading. The popular web wallet was hit with a DNS hijack attack Wednesday. In other bitcoin-related news, Japan will soon be removing sales-tax from the purchase of virtual currencies, including bitcoins. …
Chrome update will speed web pages with better memory usage
After years of complaints about its Chrome web browser’s slow loading of web pages, Google Inc. is promising that it will soon fix the problem. The average website that web visitors read on personal computers and mobile devices may contain upwards of two …
RethinkDB database shuts down as its business falters
RethinkDB is shutting down. Today the RethinkDB team bid a fond farewell to its open source, scalable JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) database built for the real-time web. The news, announced on the project’s developer blog, is bittersweet and comes with a lesson-learned …
Bitcoin Weekly: Adam Back becomes Blockstream CEO, bitcoin exchanges expand and more investment funding
A lot of business is going on in the bitcoin and blockchain ecosystem this week. A shakeup happened at the bitcoin technology startup Blockstream when co-founder Austin Hill quit his position as chief executive and co-founder Adam Back was appointed to the …
Automic releases updated suite of DevOps tools
Today, Automic Software Inc. announced the public release of Automic V12—a massive update to its suite of DevOps and business automation tools designed to drive agility and responsiveness for enterprise operations. This update changes the entire Automic unified portfolio including the company’s …
Qlik introduces web-based data visualization tool for developers
The big data-oriented visualization and analytics company Qlik (Qliktech International Inc.) has announced the release of its Qlik Playground for developers, a web-based environment that provides an easy way for developers to experiment with Qlik’s powerful platform. With Playground, developers will be …