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Blockchain

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten launches cryptocurrency exchange

By Duncan Riley Aug 19, 2019

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. Monday launched a cryptocurrency exchange after plans were first reported in February. The exchange, launched under the company’s Rakuten Wallet Inc. division, launches with spot trading via mobile app for…

Blockchain

Binance’s ‘Venus’ stablecoin project to take on Facebook’s Libra

By Duncan Riley Aug 19, 2019

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, is taking on Facebook Inc. with a stablecoin project to rival the social network’s announced Libra. Called “Venus,” the project has been designed to develop localized stablecoins and…

Infra

Twitter open-sources network diagnostic tool Rezolus

By Mike Wheatley Aug 19, 2019

Twitter Inc. has open-sourced an internally developed tool for discovering performance anomalies and usage spikes in its network that were too brief to be noticed by its regular observability and metrics systems. In a…

Policy

Huawei gets another 90-day reprieve before US technology ban takes effect

By Mike Wheatley Aug 19, 2019

The U.S. Commerce Department has granted another stay of execution to Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. that will allow it to continue buying components from U.S. companies until November, Reuters reported Monday.…

Security

New iPhone jailbreak released after Apple unpatched known vulnerability

By Duncan Riley Aug 19, 2019

The first jailbreak for iPhones available for years has been released after Apple Inc. unpatched a vulnerability it had previously fixed that allows the practice to occur. Jailbreaking is the process of hacking an iOS…

Policy

State attorneys general to launch yet another antitrust probe of tech firms

By Mike Wheatley Aug 19, 2019

Big tech firms are bracing themselves for yet another antitrust investigation, this time led by a group of U.S. state attorneys general. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the probe will look into allegations…

Blockchain

Terra Virtua augmented reality app links up with WAX blockchain

By Kyt Dotson Aug 19, 2019

Immersive virtual and augmented reality entertainment platform Terra Virtua today announced a partnership with WAX Worldwide Asset Exchange, a blockchain distributed ledger capable of recording the trades of virtual assets. The integration of the…

Big Data

Simon Data wins $30M in funding to blend and organize companies’ customer data

By Maria Deutscher Aug 19, 2019

Companies possess more information about their customers than ever before, but putting that data to work to drive sales remains a major challenge for marketing teams. Simon Data Inc. claims it has the solution. …

Cloud

Microsoft buys Java specialist jClarity to make Azure workloads run smoother

By Maria Deutscher Aug 19, 2019

Microsoft Corp. today divulged that it has acquired jClarity Ltd., a British provider of tools for Java software projects. Java is one of the most popular programming languages in the enterprise and is used for…

AI

With 1.2 trillion transistors, Cerebras’ new AI chip is the world’s biggest processor

By Maria Deutscher Aug 19, 2019

Historically, the main way the semiconductor industry increased chip speeds year over year is by shrinking transistors so more of them can fit on a processor. Cerebras Systems Inc. is taking a different approach:…

all stories

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten launches cryptocurrency exchange

Binance’s ‘Venus’ stablecoin project to take on Facebook’s Libra

Twitter open-sources network diagnostic tool Rezolus

Huawei gets another 90-day reprieve before US technology ban takes effect

New iPhone jailbreak released after Apple unpatched known vulnerability

State attorneys general to launch yet another antitrust probe of tech firms

Terra Virtua augmented reality app links up with WAX blockchain

Simon Data wins $30M in funding to blend and organize companies’ customer data

Microsoft buys Java specialist jClarity to make Azure workloads run smoother

With 1.2 trillion transistors, Cerebras’ new AI chip is the world’s biggest processor

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