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Economist estimates bitcoin will use 0.5% of world’s energy by the end of the year

By Duncan Riley May 16, 2018

Bitcoin mining will use 0.5 percent of the world’s energy by the end of the year, according to newly published, peer-reviewed study. Written by economist and PricewaterhouseCoopers blockchain specialist Alex de Vries, the paper, “Bitcoin’s…

Emerging Tech

Didi Chuxing implements new safety features after driver murders woman

By Duncan Riley May 16, 2018

Uber Technologies Inc. is not the only ride-hailing company with problems. Didi Chuxing Technology Co., the world’s largest startup by valuation, Wednesday was forced to make changes to one of its apps after a…

Emerging Tech

Intel’s OpenVINO toolkit enables computer vision at the network edge

By Mike Wheatley May 16, 2018

Intel Corp. is stepping up its artificial intelligence play with the release of a new toolkit that will enable developers to deploy computer vision at the network edge for cameras and “internet of things”…

Emerging Tech

SEC sets up fake initial coin offering site to educate investors

By Duncan Riley May 16, 2018

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has set up a page for a fake initial coin offering as a way of educating potential investors of ICO risks. Dubbed “Howeycoin,” the mock ICO website touts…

Infra

Securus, the company that tracks cell phones for prisons, has been hacked

By Duncan Riley May 16, 2018

Securus Technologies Inc., a company best known as a go-to firm for U.S. prisons that want to track and monitor phones, has itself been hacked, according to a report from Motherboard. When the hack took…

Infra

New TPG investment values cybersecurity firm Tanium at $5 billion

By Mike Wheatley May 16, 2018

Cybersecurity firm Tanium Inc. is now valued at a mammoth $5 billion following its latest cash infusion from the investment firm TPG, which has just pumped another $175 million into the company, Reuters reported today.…

Big Data

Through AI and hotlines, Dell EMC gets proactive with customer support streams

By Kimberly Margaine May 16, 2018

Meeting client demands to support their digital transformation journeys is Doug Schmitt’s number one goal. To do so, Dell Technologies Inc. is internalizing its own transition to modern, data-driven computing solutions. “We’re living it every day,” said Schmitt (pictured),…

Emerging Tech

Blockchain startups are trying to grab a piece of the video streaming market

By James Kobielus May 16, 2018

Nothing attracts startups like a market with big, healthy cash cows. That describes the video streaming market, in which a few high-profile brands have risen to the top of the media and entertainment industry. Even…

Cloud

Azure aims to give ‘snorage’ a wake-up call

By Mark Albertson May 16, 2018

If storage is boring, then Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella hasn’t gotten the memo. The company has been beefing up its data storage portfolio through acquisitions and new product offerings. Whether it’s Azure…

Cloud

70% of organizations could have real-time applications by 2020, says Dell exec

By Teryn O'Brien May 16, 2018

As technology advances, so do the demands of companies and enterprises as they navigate the digital transformation and look to the future of utilizing cloud, leveraging cloud and autonomous infrastructure of cloud. The roadmap…

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Economist estimates bitcoin will use 0.5% of world’s energy by the end of the year

Didi Chuxing implements new safety features after driver murders woman

Intel’s OpenVINO toolkit enables computer vision at the network edge

SEC sets up fake initial coin offering site to educate investors

Securus, the company that tracks cell phones for prisons, has been hacked

New TPG investment values cybersecurity firm Tanium at $5 billion

Through AI and hotlines, Dell EMC gets proactive with customer support streams

Blockchain startups are trying to grab a piece of the video streaming market

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