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Fake news hacks call for creation of reality checker, say analysts
The fake news annoyance is spinning into a full-throttle political nuisance. Hackers — state-sponsored and otherwise — are working to weaponize open-source tools and social media to spread misinformation and sway government elections. Facebook’s Russian hacking scandal was a preview of things to come, according to Dave Vellante (@dvellante, pictured, right), co-host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile ...
Platform helps analysts break through to big data lake
Big data is getting the star treatment in many enterprises today. The problem is its lofty position in data lakes and highly secured vaults might put it above the reach of common people in business and analytics. How can they bring it down to terra firma for practical use? The shelves full of big data ...
Anatomy of a legit cryptocurrency business
There’s a wrong way and a right way to change a tire, scramble an egg, and erect a cryptocurrency business. For the latter — don’t rush it, and be sure it fills a yawning market demand, according to Al Burgio (pictured), founder and chief executive officer of Fusechain Inc. “We’re seeing a new asset class. But ...
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How investors and startups can play the shaky cryptocurrency field
Cryptocurrency is awkwardly strung between mainstream acceptance and threats of regulatory killjoys for the digital currency market. How can startups and investors best play the crypto-token field as it continues shifting and shaking? “I am part idealist, but I’m also part capitalist and realist, where I understand the reality of the situation where I am ...
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A dollar’s value is all in your head, so shake those cryptocurrency fears, says VC
Let’s take stock of the state of technological advancement for a moment. We have self-driving cars, talking refrigerators and artificial intelligence better than doctors at predicting heart attacks. As for money? We have green paper bills with the faces of former presidents. Why hasn’t this changed? Many people feel money should be something physical that ...
Security tokens give digital crypto real-money appeal
Choke points in the capital markets are making fund seekers antsy for a quicker route to investor cash. Are cryptocurrency security tokens the route through the thicket of barriers to raising capital? They are, according to Trevor Koverko (pictured, left), chief executive officer of Polymath Inc. “This is kind of like light peaking through the ...
APIs and automation fix what security-team hands can’t reach
Toughening up cybersecurity sounds like a great idea. But what if adding alerts, warning signals, intel feeds, etc., results in a paranoid Mount Everest of protections? What security team has the hands to manage it? “You need all these different check boxes — and more than check boxes. But, frankly, there are just not the ...
Blockchain looking to disrupt the old school loyalty programs
Blockchain and cryptocurrency’s wide horizon of business and social potential is now visible to pretty much everyone. But the public won’t believe in its practical use cases until it sees them. They’re showing up here and there, but the expected explosion hasn’t quite popped yet. “Cryptocurrency and blockchain is funny, because everyone understands it — ...
Kitty-collecting game primes the public for blockchain explosion
What the deuce is the blockchain, anyway? That is the question CryptoKitties seeks to answer for the inquiring masses. It does so via the addictive gaming experience Pokemon Go junkies know too well. The game comes courtesy of Vancouver, Canada-based innovation studio Launch Labs Inc. (dba Axiom Zen). “The purpose is to bring the first billion ...
Cryptic warning: Are cryptocurrency scam fears boogiemen?
The internet is thundering with dire warnings about how sketchy cryptocurrency ought not replace the trusty dollar. But the paranoia may be unfounded since on close examination, the difference disappears, according to Bill Tai (pictured), venture capitalist and board director at BitFury Group Ltd. “They’re kind of the same thing,” Tai said. “It’s something that people ...