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Bitcoin plunges nearly 35%, prompting Coinbase exchange to suspend trading

By Kyt Dotson Dec 22, 2017

One of the largest bitcoin exchanges and wallets, Coinbase Inc., has suspended trading in the wake of an almost 35 percent drop in market value for the digital currency in the past 24 hours…

Emerging Tech

Amazon acquires smart home startup Blink

By Maria Deutscher Dec 22, 2017

Amazon.com Inc. is heading into 2018 with a new weapon to use against the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Nest in the competitive smart home market. News broke this morning that the retail giant has acquired Blink…

Emerging Tech

Baidu and Huawei are building an open AI ecosystem for smartphones

By Eric David Dec 22, 2017

Chinese tech giants Baidu Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. announced today that they’re teaming up to build an open artificial intelligence ecosystem for mobile devices. The two companies said they want to create platform…

Emerging Tech

Big winners of 2017: The tech gets smarter and the rich get richer

By Paul Gillin Dec 22, 2017

In a year in which the Nasdaq hit an all-time high, venture capital dollars flowed like cheap champagne and the majority of earnings surprises were on the upside, there were plenty of winners. These…

Emerging Tech

Future Apple Watch could sport built-in EKG monitor

By Collen Kriel Dec 22, 2017

A future Apple Watch could take heart-rate monitoring to the next level with a built-in electrocardiogram. Speaking to people familiar with the plans, Bloomberg reported that the incorporation of an EKG is a broader…

Apps

Apple admits to throttling the performance of older smartphones – to avoid sudden shutdowns

By James Farrell Dec 21, 2017

Apple Inc. admitted something Wednesday that some of its smartphone users had feared for a while: The company purposely slows down its older phones. Although the conspiracy theory has turned out to be true, it…

Apps

Google removes fake bitcoin wallet apps from its app store

By Duncan Riley Dec 21, 2017

Google LLC has removed three fake bitcoin wallets from its Play Store that had potentially stolen significant sums of cryptocurrency from its users. Discovered by researchers at mobile security firm Lookout Inc., the three…

Emerging Tech

EtherDelta is the latest cryptocurrency exchange to be hacked

By Duncan Riley Dec 21, 2017

A popular cryptocurrency exchange has had its webpage hijacked and customer funds stolen in the latest case of hacking in the booming market. The hack of EtherDelta, an exchange offering trading in Ethereum and…

Emerging Tech

Shares in drink maker surge 300% following blockchain name change

By Duncan Riley Dec 21, 2017

Shares in a drink manufacturer surged by nearly 300 percent in trading Thursday after the company announced it was pivoting into blockchain development. The Long Island Iced Tea Corp., a Hicksville, New York-based drinks maker founded…

Cloud

Eric Schmidt to step down as Alphabet executive chairman in January

By Duncan Riley Dec 21, 2017

Alphabet Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will be a taking a more backseat role going forward as the company announced that he would step down in January. Schmidt, who previously served as Google LLC…

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Bitcoin plunges nearly 35%, prompting Coinbase exchange to suspend trading

Amazon acquires smart home startup Blink

Baidu and Huawei are building an open AI ecosystem for smartphones

Big winners of 2017: The tech gets smarter and the rich get richer

Future Apple Watch could sport built-in EKG monitor

Apple admits to throttling the performance of older smartphones – to avoid sudden shutdowns

Google removes fake bitcoin wallet apps from its app store

EtherDelta is the latest cryptocurrency exchange to be hacked

Shares in drink maker surge 300% following blockchain name change

Eric Schmidt to step down as Alphabet executive chairman in January

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