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Bitcoin enters the new year not with a bang but with a whimper

By Duncan Riley Jan 1, 2018

Bitcoin investors aren’t having a happy new year, as the price of the cryptocurrency continues to slide from its record pre-Christmas highs. In what was generally a slow day of trading, bitcoin dropped as…

Emerging Tech

Smart lock maker Otto closes after running out of money

By Duncan Riley Jan 1, 2018

High-end smart lock maker Otto LLC is no longer. The company closed its doors last week after failing to raise new financing to allow it to bring its product to market. Founded in 2013 by former…

Apps

Germany’s strict new social media hate speech law goes into effect

By Mike Wheatley Jan 1, 2018

Starting today, Germany plans to enforce a new law that compels social media companies such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. to remove posts containing “hate speech” within a specific time frame or face…

Emerging Tech

EZPOS begins cryptocurrency crowdsale to spur customer loyalty with a blockchain

By Kyt Dotson Jan 1, 2018

EZPOS Holding Singapore, a cloud-based point-of-sale systems provider, today began an initial coin offering crowdsale of tokens for a product designed to help merchants maintain the loyalty of customers. The EZPOS platform uses a…

People

UK may tax ‘ruthless profiteers’ such as Facebook for slow response to extremist content

By Eric David Jan 1, 2018

A United Kingdom official wants to impose higher taxes on tech giants that don’t do their share to fight extremist web content. In an interview with the Sunday Times on Dec. 31, Ben Wallace, the U.K.’s…

Emerging Tech

With next-gen tech, virtual reality will finally hit the mainstream in 2018

By Kyt Dotson Jan 1, 2018

The coming year no doubt will be just as unpredictable as 2017, as a huge range of tech trends from the cloud and blockchain to machine learning and virtual reality collide and combine. This…

Emerging Tech

Ripple surges past Ethereum to become bitcoin’s new heir apparent

By Duncan Riley Dec 31, 2017

There is a new heir apparent in the cryptocurrency world. Ripple, or XRP, a cryptocurrency established by Ripple Labs Inc., surpassed Ethereum in trading New Year’s Eve to become the second-largest coin or token…

Infra

Forever 21 confirms credit card details were stolen in hack of its sales network

By Duncan Riley Dec 31, 2017

Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 Inc. is not starting the new year with a cheer, as the company confirmed in the closing days 2017 that it had its retail point-of-sale terminals hacked and customer data stolen.…

Emerging Tech

Blockchain will usher in decentralized markets and even more ICOs in 2018

By Kyt Dotson Dec 30, 2017

The coming year no doubt will be just as unpredictable as 2017, as a huge range of tech trends from the cloud and blockchain to machine learning and virtual reality collide and combine. This…

Cloud

Shining a spend-control light on shadow IT hoarders

By R. Danes Dec 29, 2017

Applications spread around multicloud infrastructure are difficult to manage from a technical perspective; budgeting and controlling cost for them — particularity, software as a service apps — can be equally tricky. “SaaS has enabled…

explore news

Bitcoin enters the new year not with a bang but with a whimper

Smart lock maker Otto closes after running out of money

EZPOS begins cryptocurrency crowdsale to spur customer loyalty with a blockchain

UK may tax ‘ruthless profiteers’ such as Facebook for slow response to extremist content

With next-gen tech, virtual reality will finally hit the mainstream in 2018

Ripple surges past Ethereum to become bitcoin’s new heir apparent

Forever 21 confirms credit card details were stolen in hack of its sales network

Blockchain will usher in decentralized markets and even more ICOs in 2018

Shining a spend-control light on shadow IT hoarders

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