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Mastercard reveals new blockchain payment system for banks and merchants

By Kyt Dotson Oct 20, 2017

Global payments and technology company Mastercard Inc. today announced that it will be opening up access to its blockchain technology for banks and merchants through an application programming interface published on Mastercard Developers. The…

Apps

Testing a new product? Try the gaming environment first

By Mark Albertson Oct 20, 2017

When Mary Min (pictured) started with her current company and wanted to test the strength of a new security solution in an application environment, she had plenty of options ranging from healthcare to finance to…

Infra

Tech companies form coalition to support American immigrant ‘dreamers’

By James Farrell Oct 20, 2017

Almost two dozen companies from tech and other industries are forming a coalition to lobby Congress for young immigrants in the U.S. to secure residency, according to a report in Reuters. The Coalition for…

Emerging Tech

Intel teams with Amazon on Alexa development kit for third-party devices

By Duncan Riley Oct 20, 2017

Intel Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday they’re teaming up to deliver a new development kit that allows developers to embed Amazon’s Alexa voice-control capabilities in third-party smart home devices. The Intel Speech Enabling Developer Kit provides an…

Apps

Google offers $1,000 rewards with new Android app bug bounty program

By Duncan Riley Oct 19, 2017

Google LLC has launched a bug bounty program that will reward white hat hackers and other security professionals who detect vulnerabilities in Android applications. Called the Google Play Security Reward Program, the program, run…

Cloud

Contrast Security raises $30M for ‘self-protecting’ application software

By Duncan Riley Oct 19, 2017

Application security startup Contrast Security Inc. has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Battery Ventures that included previous investors General Catalyst and Acero Capital. Founded in 2014, Contrast Security provides “self-protecting” security software that…

Apps

Facebook open-sources RacerD tool to prevent bugs in concurrent programming

By Mike Wheatley Oct 19, 2017

Facebook Inc. has open-sourced a new tool for developers that helps them root out hard to detect bugs in concurrent programming. With the snappy name “RacerD,” it’s designed to examine software code for issues known…

Big Data

Intel Capital invests $60M in 15 data-focused startups around the world

By Duncan Riley Oct 19, 2017

Intel Capital, the investment arm of the giant chip maker, announced Thursday that it has invested $60 million in 15 data-focused startups as part of its plan to support early-stage innovation in the rapidly…

Infra

Cisco snaps up machine learning startup Perspica to boost AppDynamics platform

By Mike Wheatley Oct 19, 2017

Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday made another statement of intent about its future plans, saying it’s planning to acquire a company called Perspica Inc., which uses machine learning to analyze streams of data in…

Emerging Tech

After raising $233M in initial coin offering, blockchain startup Tezos is imploding

By Duncan Riley Oct 19, 2017

Blockchain startup Tezos, which raised $233 million in an initial coin offering in July, is imploding as the founders of the code have declared war on the head of the foundation set up to raise funding…

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Mastercard reveals new blockchain payment system for banks and merchants

Testing a new product? Try the gaming environment first

Tech companies form coalition to support American immigrant ‘dreamers’

Intel teams with Amazon on Alexa development kit for third-party devices

Google offers $1,000 rewards with new Android app bug bounty program

Facebook open-sources RacerD tool to prevent bugs in concurrent programming

Intel Capital invests $60M in 15 data-focused startups around the world

Cisco snaps up machine learning startup Perspica to boost AppDynamics platform

After raising $233M in initial coin offering, blockchain startup Tezos is imploding

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