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Could programmable money dethrone the U.S. dollar?

By Mark Albertson Mar 23, 2018

The U.S. dollar accounts for two-thirds (63.5 percent) of global reserves held in central banks around the world, according to the latest data from the International Monetary Fund. It is essentially the de facto global currency…

Big Data

Elephant in the room: Hortonworks CEO thinks Hadoop software will keep driving big data

By Paul Gillin Mar 23, 2018

Since its founding in 2011, Hortonworks Inc. has fought battles on two fronts: Persuade corporations to adopt an entirely new, open-source data platform called Hadoop for a novel type of analytic processing and build…

Cloud

Pivotal files to go public in majority owner Dell’s bid to pay down debt

By Robert Hof Mar 23, 2018

Joining the parade of new initial public offerings of stock, Pivotal Software Inc. today filed papers to go public. The move appears to be a way that Dell Technologies Inc., the majority owner of…

Emerging Tech

Will open-source cryptocurrency eat proprietary money?

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Mar 23, 2018

As the tidal wave of open-source money disrupts the entire stack from computing infrastructure to software developers, alpha geeks and pure entrepreneurs are getting in on the ground floor of what they believe will…

Emerging Tech

Blockchain gaming platform Chimaera announces public token presale

By Kyt Dotson Mar 23, 2018

The developer of the blockchain gaming platform Chimaera, Typhon Ltd., today announced that the platform has started a public token presale. This public portion follows a private presale, which raised an estimated $1.5 million…

Emerging Tech

New DeepMind research applies ‘neuron deletion’ to improve AI models

By Maria Deutscher Mar 23, 2018

Artificial intelligence algorithms are highly sophisticated constructs that can contain an eye-watering number of neurons and internal connections. This gives them the power to handle a wide range of complex tasks, but also makes it…

Big Data

Data demolition derby: Incumbents could ram startups off the road

By R. Danes Mar 23, 2018

Speed, agility, cloud-native origins — on the surface, everything about technology startups makes them better equipped for today’s data-driven race. But older enterprises have troves of big data hidden under their tortoise shells that may…

Big Data

Blockchain goes from proof of concept to production at IBM

By Mark Albertson Mar 23, 2018

When Satoshi Nakamoto released his seminal whitepaper on a peer-to-peer electronic cash system called bitcoin in 2008, he also outlined the underlying technology to operate the fledgling digital currency. That platform — the blockchain…

Infra

Coding away in Margaritaville? New concept in tech ed brings real sand to the sandbox

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Mar 23, 2018

Puerto Rico is a blank slate ready to reinvent itself. Offering tax incentives for new businesses, a strong internet, and a young, passionate population, the island is looking to drop its tourism-centered economy and become…

Emerging Tech

Connected coaching: Smart apparel goes beyond biometrics

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Mar 23, 2018

Ever considered being trained by your gym shorts? It seems far-fetched, but California-based Asensei Inc. sees the opportunity for a new fitness training category to emerge alongside connected fitness: connected coaching. Central to the…

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Elephant in the room: Hortonworks CEO thinks Hadoop software will keep driving big data

Pivotal files to go public in majority owner Dell’s bid to pay down debt

Will open-source cryptocurrency eat proprietary money?

Blockchain gaming platform Chimaera announces public token presale

New DeepMind research applies ‘neuron deletion’ to improve AI models

Coding away in Margaritaville? New concept in tech ed brings real sand to the sandbox

Connected coaching: Smart apparel goes beyond biometrics

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