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Alphabet Chairman John Hennessy: still on the front row of innovation

By Mark Albertson Apr 19, 2019

Since his arrival as an assistant professor of electrical engineering on the campus of Stanford University in 1977, John Hennessy has witnessed a lot of technology history. Hennessy (pictured) went on to become chief architect…

IoT

Mozilla launches its WebThings smart home platform from incubation

By Maria Deutscher Apr 19, 2019

In addition to developing Firefox and Thunderbird, the Mozilla Foundation runs a raft of other, lesser-known technology projects. Among the more technically ambitious of these is WebThings, an open-source smart home platform that launched…

Big Data

Arm leverages marketing data for cultivating both customers and prospects

By Mark Albertson Apr 19, 2019

The curse of having a lot of marketing data is that it can suddenly bring analysis and insight to a grinding halt. A report from the Forbes Marketing and Accountability Initiative recently found that…

AI

Digital workers ply AI across apps to get job done quicker

By R. Danes Apr 19, 2019

Artificial intelligence within one application can assist users with predictions and insights. AI that works across applications — performing tasks, analyzing documents, etc. — does more. It can function as a digital worker that…

Blockchain

Qtum launches 10,000-transactions-per-second enterprise blockchain

By Kyt Dotson Apr 19, 2019

Open-source public distributed ledger blockchain platform the Qtum Foundation announced Thursday the launch of Unita, a blockchain protocol built for enterprise environments. With Unita, businesses can securely store data and automate information transfer processes…

Security

Chipotle customers claim their accounts were hacked

By Duncan Riley Apr 18, 2019

History may be repeating for Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. as customers claim their accounts have been hacked, with fraudulent orders charged to their credit cards. First reported Wednesday by TechCrunch, the details of what has happened…

Apps

In another privacy bomb, Facebook admits storing millions of Instagram passwords in plain text

By James Farrell Apr 18, 2019

Last month Facebook Inc. admitted that it had stored thousands of Instagram users’ passwords in plain text, open for viewing by people at certain levels in the company. Today the company said that number…

Emerging Tech

Bad to worse: Investors sue Lyft following dismal post-IPO performance

By Duncan Riley Apr 18, 2019

Lyft Inc.’s year just went from bad to worse, with the ride-hailing company being sued by investors for misrepresenting its market position when it went public March 28. In possibly a harbinger of what…

Blockchain

Report: Blockchain funding this year has already surpassed all of 2017

By Duncan Riley Apr 18, 2019

Despite the precipitous drop in cryptocurrency prices in 2018, venture capital has continued to flow into the blockchain market — $850 million so far this year, nearly double the amount invested in all of 2017. The number comes…

Blockchain

Binance launches its own custom blockchain to take on Ethereum

By Duncan Riley Apr 18, 2019

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, today launched its own blockchain in a play to take on the Ethereum blockchain. The Binance Chain, unlike other new blockchains, is starting with a massive bang, with…

the latest

Alphabet Chairman John Hennessy: still on the front row of innovation

Mozilla launches its WebThings smart home platform from incubation

Arm leverages marketing data for cultivating both customers and prospects

Digital workers ply AI across apps to get job done quicker

Qtum launches 10,000-transactions-per-second enterprise blockchain

Chipotle customers claim their accounts were hacked

In another privacy bomb, Facebook admits storing millions of Instagram passwords in plain text

Bad to worse: Investors sue Lyft following dismal post-IPO performance

Report: Blockchain funding this year has already surpassed all of 2017

Binance launches its own custom blockchain to take on Ethereum

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