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Wal-Mart patents point to a smarter kind of shopping in the future

By James Farrell Mar 23, 2018

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. today filed for a range of patents that indicates the retail giant is looking to use new technologies to change the shopping experience altogether. One of those patents is a sensing device…

Emerging Tech

UK launches task force to consider benefits and risks of cryptocurrencies

By Duncan Riley Mar 23, 2018

The U.K. government has turned its attention to cryptocurrencies in a process that seems likely to put pressure on the fledgling market. The cryptocurrency task force, announced by U.K. Finance Minister Philip Hammond Thursday, is said…

Big Data

Azure Databricks analytics platform lands on Microsoft’s public cloud

By Mike Wheatley Mar 22, 2018

Big-data company Databricks Inc. today made its flagship analytics platform available as an integrated service within Microsoft Corp.’s Azure public cloud. The service, called Microsoft Azure Databricks, is designed to help customers better process massive amounts…

Infra

Symantec report finds cryptojacking surged 8,500% in the fourth quarter

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2018

A new report from Symantec Corp. has confirmed what was already anecdotally well-known: Cryptojacking, the process of hijacking computers to mine cryptocurrency, surged in the last quarter of 2017 as the price of bitcoin shot up.…

Infra

Atlanta is offline as ransomware attack cripples city computer network

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2018

Atlanta is the latest victim of a broad-scale ransomware attack that knocked out computer networks across the city. The attack was described in a press conference by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as “outages in various internal…

Infra

Micron beats earnings forecast but shares fall on plans to hike production capacity

By Mike Wheatley Mar 22, 2018

Flash memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. posted big gains in its latest earnings report Thursday and said it’s planning to spend some of its cash to build new production facilities. The company reported…

Emerging Tech

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey predicts bitcoin will be sole global currency in 10 years

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2018

Twitter Inc. and Square Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey has long been known as a cryptocurrency fanboy, but in an interview with The Times of London he said bitcoin will be the sole…

Big Data

NBA advertisers chew on data from GumGum’s computer vision tool

By Mark Albertson Mar 22, 2018

Last year, the National Basketball Association implemented a decision to allow sponsors to place small logo patches on player uniforms. It was the first time that the NBA had permitted jersey advertising, and it…

Cloud

After raising $756M in its IPO, Dropbox sees shares jump 36% in market debut

By Robert Hof Mar 22, 2018

File storage and collaboration service Dropbox Inc. saw its shares jump 36 percent today in the company’s first day of trading after its initial public offering of stock. Shares opened trading this morning at…

Infra

From hurricane to blockchain: Puerto Rico reinvents itself as a high-tech hub

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Mar 22, 2018

Puerto Rico today is more likely to conjure images of hurricane devastation than crowds of cryptocurrency enthusiasts partying until dawn, but the Blockchain Unbound conference attracted the technology world for a tropical spring break that…

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Wal-Mart patents point to a smarter kind of shopping in the future

UK launches task force to consider benefits and risks of cryptocurrencies

Azure Databricks analytics platform lands on Microsoft’s public cloud

Symantec report finds cryptojacking surged 8,500% in the fourth quarter

Atlanta is offline as ransomware attack cripples city computer network

Micron beats earnings forecast but shares fall on plans to hike production capacity

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey predicts bitcoin will be sole global currency in 10 years

NBA advertisers chew on data from GumGum’s computer vision tool

After raising $756M in its IPO, Dropbox sees shares jump 36% in market debut

From hurricane to blockchain: Puerto Rico reinvents itself as a high-tech hub

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