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Blockchain

SEC obtains restraining order against firm that raised $14.8M in initial coin offering

By Duncan Riley Aug 13, 2019

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a temporary restraining order against Veritaseum, which raised $14.8 million in an initial coin offering in 2017, and its founder Reggie Middleton. The SEC claimed in an…

Cloud

Amazon works backwards to fulfill its missionary role in support of global nonprofits

By Mark Albertson Aug 13, 2019

Most companies wait until a new product or project is completed before writing a press release to announce it. At Amazon.com Inc., the press release gets written before work even starts. It’s a process…

Policy

DOD Inspector General is investigating potential JEDI conflicts of interest

By Maria Deutscher Aug 13, 2019

The U.S. Defense Department’s internal oversight body is investigating potential conflicts of interest around the JEDI cloud computing contract, a spokesperson said today. The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program will see the Pentagon spend…

Apps

Snap debuts dual-camera Spectacles 3 augmented reality glasses

By Maria Deutscher Aug 13, 2019

Snap Inc. has had limited success in the hardware market over the years, but the company continues to focus strongly on it as part of efforts to attract more users. Snap today pulled back…

Policy

US delays China smartphone and laptop tariffs, boosting tech stocks

By Maria Deutscher Aug 13, 2019

Shares of Apple Inc. rose as much as 5.2% this morning and Best Buy Co. Inc. briefly jumped more than 8% after the Trump administration announced it will delay tariffs on certain Chinese imports.…

Security

Fortinet’s cyberthreat report confirms hackers’ interest in the long game

By Mark Albertson Aug 13, 2019

Cybersecurity threats have evolved from “smash, grab and run” to “enter, turn off all alarms, hide in the basement, and stay awhile.” That’s one of the conclusions that can be drawn from Fortinet’s Inc.’s…

Infra

Cray lands $600M Nuclear Security Administration supercomputer contract

By Mike Wheatley Aug 13, 2019

Cray Inc. has signed a $600 million contract to provide the National Nuclear Security Administration with its first exascale supercomputer. The new machine, called El Capitan, will be delivered in 2022 before going online…

AI

Are humans and machines on a collision course? A futurist examines our uneasy dance with automation

By Mark Albertson Aug 13, 2019

The next time a McDonald’s Corp. customer is asked if they want fries with their order, the questioner may not be a real person. The fast-food giant has been testing voice-recognition software at one…

AI

Nvidia claims new breakthroughs in real-time conversational AI

By Mike Wheatley Aug 13, 2019

Nvidia Corp. is claiming another big breakthrough in artificial intelligence, this time setting new records in language understanding that could enable real-time conversational AI in a variety of software applications. Nvidia said real-time conversational…

Blockchain

IBM, Tata join Hedera Hashgraph distributed ledger platform governing council

By Kyt Dotson Aug 13, 2019

Distributed ledger technology company Hedera Hashgraph LLC announced Monday that technology giant IBM Corp. and Indian telecommunications company Tata Communications have joined the Hedera governing council, a distributed ledger network envisioned to be faster…

all stories

SEC obtains restraining order against firm that raised $14.8M in initial coin offering

Amazon works backwards to fulfill its missionary role in support of global nonprofits

Snap debuts dual-camera Spectacles 3 augmented reality glasses

US delays China smartphone and laptop tariffs, boosting tech stocks

Fortinet’s cyberthreat report confirms hackers’ interest in the long game

Cray lands $600M Nuclear Security Administration supercomputer contract

Are humans and machines on a collision course? A futurist examines our uneasy dance with automation

Nvidia claims new breakthroughs in real-time conversational AI

IBM, Tata join Hedera Hashgraph distributed ledger platform governing council

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