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Blockchain adoption on the rise but obstacles remain, survey finds

By Mike Wheatley Aug 1, 2017

Blockchain is gaining steady traction in the enterprise as banking and financial firms look to leverage the technology, but obstacles such as interoperability and the disruption it causes to business practices continue to get…

Infra

Tech CEOs brush back invitation to meet with Congress on net neutrality

By James Farrell Aug 1, 2017

Chief executives from some of the world’s leading tech companies have rebuffed an invitation by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to meet with Congress in September to discuss net neutrality. Last week Republican…

Emerging Tech

Facebook buys AI startup Ozlo to improve its flawed virtual assistant M

By Mike Wheatley Jul 31, 2017

Facebook Inc. has gotten its wallet out to make up for its shortcomings in artificial intelligence, acquiring a startup called Ozlo Inc. to help improve its Messenger platform’s virtual assistant M. Ozlo could be…

Big Data

Red Hat acquires data cleaning specialist Permabit’s technology & assets

By Mike Wheatley Jul 31, 2017

Red Hat Inc. is bolstering its storage product portfolio with the acquisition of Permabit Technology Corp.’s technology assets, the enterprise Linux provider revealed Monday. The agreement will also see 16 of Permabit’s employees join…

Infra

Container tech spurs Datrium beyond the realm of virtual machines

By R. Danes Jul 31, 2017

Container technology’s virtualized methods for running distributed software applications are increasingly outshining the work of virtual machines. Many experts agree that containers are more agile and scalable vehicles for workloads compared to VMs. But a lot…

Emerging Tech

Facebook shuts down AI that made up its own stupid-sounding language

By Eric David Jul 31, 2017

Facebook Inc. seems to know its stuff when it comes to artificial intelligence research, despite what Elon Musk might think, but not every AI project has gone as the social media giant planned. According to…

Emerging Tech

Second Life developer breathes life into social VR with new virtual world, Sansar

By Kyt Dotson Jul 31, 2017

Linden Lab, the creator of the world’s most popular and prolific virtual world Second Life, released its newest creation, the virtual reality world of Sansar, to the public today. Sansar’s open beta gives creative…

Emerging Tech

Alphabet is building a salt-powered system for storing renewable energy

By Maria Deutscher Jul 31, 2017

Alphabet Inc.’s latest moonshot project appears to be one of its most ambitious yet. Google Inc.’s parent company has revealed to Bloomberg that its secretive X research group is working on a project meant…

Apps

Can software containers be hacked? Yes, but Docker issues a fix

By Mark Albertson Jul 31, 2017

Raising questions about the security of a popular method of distributing applications, a researcher from Aqua Security has published documentation of a potential attack approach that allows a hacker to plant malware via Docker…

Cloud

Rackspace deepens AWS partnership to ease cloud transition for more enterprises

By Maria Deutscher Jul 31, 2017

The public cloud is by now on almost every company’s agenda, but many lack the expertise necessary to move mission-critical applications off their in-house infrastructure. Rackspace Inc. is looking to help. The cloud specialist today…

the latest

Blockchain adoption on the rise but obstacles remain, survey finds

Tech CEOs brush back invitation to meet with Congress on net neutrality

Facebook buys AI startup Ozlo to improve its flawed virtual assistant M

Red Hat acquires data cleaning specialist Permabit’s technology & assets

Container tech spurs Datrium beyond the realm of virtual machines

Facebook shuts down AI that made up its own stupid-sounding language

Second Life developer breathes life into social VR with new virtual world, Sansar

Alphabet is building a salt-powered system for storing renewable energy

Can software containers be hacked? Yes, but Docker issues a fix

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