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Wi-Next & IBM bring the Industrial Internet to the factory floor

By Mike Wheatley Jan 25, 2016

Industrial Internet “edgeware” provider Wi-Next has scored something of a coup by teaming up with IBM to add its analytics capabilities to its industrial quality control and maintenance systems. The Palo Alto, California-based startup…

U.K. Chief scientist Sir Mark Walport advocates Bitcoin blockchain adoption

By Mike Wheatley Jan 25, 2016

The U.K. government’s chief scientist is urging ministers there to consider adopting Bitcoin’s blockchain technology for use in the private and public sectors, saying it could be used as a more reliable way to…

China could be about to launch its own digital currency

By Mike Wheatley Jan 24, 2016

China is reportedly considering launching its own virtual currency, having clamped down on Bitcoin use in the country. According to a report in The Register, China’s central bank is looking at virtual currencies as…

Not the future: I tried the HTC Vive VR headset and was seriously underwhelmed

By Duncan Riley Jan 24, 2016

Multiple virtual reality (VR) headsets are coming to market in 2016, and first up is HTC Corporation’s Vive headset. I had the opportunity to test the Vive Developer Edition on Saturday at a demonstration…

Your taxpayer dollars at work: The FBI hosted one of the biggest child porn sites on the internet

By Duncan Riley Jan 24, 2016

In an interesting case that blurs the line between doing what’s right and wrong, it has been disclosed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) actually operated a child porn site in 2015 in…

Slowly sinking ship: Up to 5 Twitter executives set to depart company

By Duncan Riley Jan 24, 2016

Slowly sinking messaging come microblogging service Twitter, Inc. is facing yet another shakeup, with reports at the weekend suggesting that it may be about to lose up to five top executives. According to multiple…

Is Uber the next Webvan? Will Uber go bankrupt?

By John Furrier Jan 22, 2016

There was a report yesterday on the price wars between Uber USA LLC and Lyft, Inc. According to Bloomberg, in a price war with rival Lyft, Uber reduced its rates by 10 – 45…

‘Yandere Simulator’ becomes the latest game banned from Twitch

By Eric David Jan 22, 2016

While Twitch generally has no problem allowing users to livestream mature games, there are still a handful of titles that have been banned outright, and the latest game to join that list is the…

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Splice Machine bags $9M for its Hadoop-based RDBMS

By Maria Deutscher Jan 22, 2016

Talk about old meets new. Splice Machine Inc. raised $9 million from investors this week to fund the development of additional features for its relational database, which follows the tried-and-true formula of structured record…

A Counter-Strike virtual item marketplace is paving the way for bitcoin trades

By Kyt Dotson Jan 22, 2016

Digital clothing is a staple of video game economies–in fact, many multiplayer games essentially fund themselves by selling funny hats (looking at you Team Fortress 2). So when Bitcoin payment processor BitPay, Inc. partnered with…

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Wi-Next & IBM bring the Industrial Internet to the factory floor

U.K. Chief scientist Sir Mark Walport advocates Bitcoin blockchain adoption

China could be about to launch its own digital currency

Not the future: I tried the HTC Vive VR headset and was seriously underwhelmed

Your taxpayer dollars at work: The FBI hosted one of the biggest child porn sites on the internet

Slowly sinking ship: Up to 5 Twitter executives set to depart company

‘Yandere Simulator’ becomes the latest game banned from Twitch

Splice Machine bags $9M for its Hadoop-based RDBMS

A Counter-Strike virtual item marketplace is paving the way for bitcoin trades

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