How to Calculate Bitcoin's Next Price Move
Investopedia
Technical analysis can offer a roadmap to where Bitcoin prices are headed next. Read the full story
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International Business Times: Bitcoin Is Anonymous — Unless You’re Busted By Website Cookies
Bitcoin Is Anonymous — Unless You're Busted By Website Cookies
International Business Times
Using the bitcoin cryptocurrency to buy goods and services online can lead to the currency's famed anonymity being overturned and user identity exposed, a team of researchers has warned. It was found that cookies used by websites to track visitors around the internet make it possible for the anonymity treasured by bitcoin users to be stripped away, linking bitcoin wallets with the real-world identity of their owners. Newsweek is hosting a Structure Security event Sept. 26-27 in San Francisco. Read the full story
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Investopedia: List of Companies Offering Cryptocurrency IRAs Grows
List of Companies Offering Cryptocurrency IRAs Grows
Investopedia
A growing number of companies are offering the option of investing in virtual currencies for IRA purposes. Read the full story
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Investopedia: Bitcoin Cash: The New King of Cryptocurrency?
Bitcoin Cash: The New King of Cryptocurrency?
Investopedia
Investors are wondering if the popularity of Bitcoin Cash poses a serious threat to the Bitcoin throne. Read the full story
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Enterprise Times: BoE explores DLT / blockchain settlement monopoly doubts
BoE explores DLT / blockchain settlement monopoly doubts
Enterprise Times
The Bank of Englnad (BoE) has released a new working paper entitled "The economics of distributed ledger technology for securities settlements": examines to what extent DLT could add value and change securities settlement characterize the innovation process in the post-trade industry. describes the economics of a hypothetical DLT-based security settlement industry. In this context,... Read the full story
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Business 2 Community: 12 Reasons to Force Your Business to Adopt Blockchain
12 Reasons to Force Your Business to Adopt Blockchain
Business 2 Community
StockSnap / Pixabay Getting paid is a top priority for every business. Without money coming in, people don't have the cash in place to support their day-to-day activities. But even with the many options now available, there are barriers. Those include hefty fees and clunky solutions that make it difficult for clients to pay. For those reasons, many business owners are now eyeing blockchain for business as an easier way to move payments, especially when other countries are involved. Although the Read the full story
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Cloud Tech: Exploring blockchain best fit apps across industries
Exploring blockchain best fit apps across industries
Cloud Tech
Editor's note: To read more about blockchain technologies, visit The Block. Much of the initial interest in cryptocurrencies centered around their potential as alternatives to fiat currencies. Now attention has shifted to the upside potential of open distributed ledger technologies known as blockchain. A clear indication of blockchain's increasing maturity is how the emerging fintech sector, which was once dominated by tech start-ups, is becoming crowded with leading IT platform providers -- Read the full story
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The Blockchain News: BCDC Opens Early Token Sale to "Everyone" with 0.10 Minimum Ether Buy-In
BCDC Opens Early Token Sale to "Everyone" with 0.10 Minimum Ether Buy-In
The Blockchain News
The Blockchain Development Company continue their 'Blockchain Solutions for a Better World' ethos, by opening their Early Token Sale investment to the public and removing the minimum investment barrier.They are offering a minimum buy-in of 0.10 Ether for 500 BCDC tokens. This means that you, the average World citizen, can support the development of the blockchain technologies which will ultimately have a positive impact on all of our lives. Read the full story
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Bitcoinist.net: Ties.Network Announces Token Generation Event (TGE)
Ties.Network Announces Token Generation Event (TGE)
Bitcoinist.net
Blockchain-based business platform, designed for crypto-community, provides a secure place for business and financial transactions with the world's first public and decentralized NoSQL database [City, State, August 18, 2017] – Ties.Network is a secure business platform designed for crypto-community to safely conduct business and financial transactions, including striking deals, locating and hiring experts, and promoting projects. Ties.Network has announced the first round of Token Generation Read the full story
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DZone: Blockchain Meets Database: Replace or Combine?
Blockchain Meets Database: Replace or Combine?
DZone
When adopting blockchain into your organization, it's not necessary to replace your existing databases and associated processes. Instead, you can integrate and improve. Although blockchain technology offers promising advances to DevOps and the digitization of disintermediation and consensus-based dissemination of information, the proponents of pilot systems all too often suggest that existing processes and legacy databases should be discarded in favor of the new. Read the full story
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PYMNTS.com: Chatbots An Unexpected Interest For Supply Chain Professionals
Chatbots An Unexpected Interest For Supply Chain Professionals
PYMNTS.com
In supply chain management, globalization, geopolitical forces and increased demand for greater transparency have organizations looking at cutting-edge technology to boost performance and cut risk. Analysts have been discussing some of these technologies for some time. Blockchain, for example, is now a common topic in conversations surrounding supply chain innovation. But here's a technology you... Read the full story
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TechRepublic: Why blockchain may hold the key to next-gen endpoint security solutions
Why blockchain may hold the key to next-gen endpoint security solutions
TechRepublic
A security researcher warns we should be more concerned about securing digital endpoints than the future of end-to-end encryption. Find out why she is excited about blockchain technology. Read the full story
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Nature: Technology: Enlist blockchain to boost conservation
Technology: Enlist blockchain to boost conservation
Nature
Technology: Enlist blockchain to boost conservation Nature 548, 7669 (2017). doi:10.1038/548523c Author: Zachary Baynham-Herd Blockchain technology stands to improve governance of the environment and of renewable energy (see G.ChapronNature545, 403–405; 2017 and M.Andoniet al. Nature548, 158; 201710.1038/548158b). It could also facilitate peer-to-peer fundraising Read the full story
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Futurism: "Digital Plants" Are the First Blockchain-Based Artificial Life Form
"Digital Plants" Are the First Blockchain-Based Artificial Life Form
Futurism
Plantoids attract humans with their strange, beautiful designs, convince them to donate money in the form of Bitcoin, then "procreate" by commissioning artists to create a new iteration using those funds — and the whole process is automated. Read the full story
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Enterprise Times: Nuco's Aion aims to federate blockchains
Nuco's Aion aims to federate blockchains
Enterprise Times
Enterprise blockchain company Nuco has announced Aion. Nuco claims this is the first interoperable blockchain network and will provide the basis for a delivery framework which allows communication between blockchains. Multiple blockchains are in planning today. These numbers will likely increase if widespread adoption by enterprises and governments occur. But today's blockchains don't work together.... Read the full story
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International Business Times: Why Artists Love Blockchain Technology
Why Artists Love Blockchain Technology
International Business Times
It's become a cliche at this point to say blockchain technology will disrupt an industry. Distributed ledgers will theoretically disrupt the disruptors, serenade the chaos then spawn little baby disruptions all around. And yet, there's some truth to this tech industry adage. Read the full story
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Internet of Business: Cargo shipping tech specialist MTI completes blockchain pilot
Cargo shipping tech specialist MTI completes blockchain pilot
Internet of Business
Marine Transport International (MTI) has conducted a successful pilot of blockchain technology, which it claims could revolutionize maritime logistics. The pilot, carried out by MTI in conjunction with Agility Sciences, a specialist in distributed ledgers, lends weight to the idea that the logistics industry could see improvements in connectivity, efficiency and security as a result of blockchain. The results were validated by scientists at the University of Copenhagen and Bloc (Blockchain Labs Read the full story
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Business Insider UK: Top stocks, companies, and cryptocurrencies to invest in for the blockchain boom
Top stocks, companies, and cryptocurrencies to invest in for the blockchain boom
Business Insider UK
How to Invest in Cryptocurrency Blockchain technology has been heating up in the past several months, thanks in large part to the surge in Bitcoin's price since early May. The cryptocurrency skyrocketed from less than $1,000 in March to an all-time high of $4,440 on August 14. Given this meteoric rise, it's no surprise that investors are clamoring to figure out how to break into the Bitcoin marketplace. But there are many other cryptocurrencies (such as Ethereum) and blockchain companies on the Read the full story
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Crowdfund Insider: Blockchain Brief: TenX Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Blockchain Brief: TenX Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Crowdfund Insider
Blockchain platform TenX has become the latest member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance – the world's largest open-source blockchain initiative. The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance connects Fortune 500 enterprises, startups, academics, and technology vendors with Ethereum subject matter experts. Building upon the leading smart contract supporting blockchain... Read More The post Blockchain Brief: TenX Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance appeared first on Crowdfund Insider. Read the full story
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VentureBeat: 5miles Opens New Blockchain Technology Lab, 5xlab
5miles Opens New Blockchain Technology Lab, 5xlab
VentureBeat
PRESS RELEASE: Dallas-based mobile technology startup seeks to develop and implement the first real-world blockchain solution in the peer-to-peer marketplace space DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–August 29, 2017– 5miles, the leading mobile marketplace in the U.S., has announced the formation of 5xlab, a blockchain lab that will offer technology development services for building a new digital network infrastructure. Similar to Ethereum, a public, open-source, blockchain-based distributed computing Read the full story
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Crowdfund Insider: Y-Combinator Grad KickCity Announces ICO for Blockchain based Event Platform
Y-Combinator Grad KickCity Announces ICO for Blockchain based Event Platform
Crowdfund Insider
KickCity, a multi-platform event and ticketing site, is preparing for an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). The company hopes to raise over $7 million to help fund a new vertical in their portfolio: KICK – a decentralized, transparent and reward-based event token. The Y-Combinator grad says its... Read More The post Y-Combinator Grad KickCity Announces ICO for Blockchain based Event Platform appeared first on Crowdfund Insider. Read the full story
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Houston Business Journal: Blockchain technology expected to disrupt the electrical grid
Blockchain technology expected to disrupt the electrical grid
Houston Business Journal
Blockchain can be used to monitor energy consumption and trading alike. "There are a number of utilities all over the world that are looking at blockchain," said Dan Nossa, an attorney with Steptoe & Johnson's Houston office who has been studying the technology that underpins the cryptocurrency bitcoin and its potential impacts on industries from finance, to real estate to energy. Blockchain technology is a cryptographically secure, shared record of transactions, updated by a network of Read the full story
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Inc42: Fintech Valley Vizag Launches Accelerator, Blockchain Conference
Fintech Valley Vizag Launches Accelerator, Blockchain Conference
Inc42
Andhra Pradesh government's FinTech Valley Vizag, a sustainable global fintech ecosystem, has partnered with KPMG to develop a high potential fintech ecosystem in Vizag. With this partnership, the FinTech Valley Vizag has also announced the launch of the BFSI Use Case Repository Program and Fintech Accelerator Programme. They have also announced a Blockchain Business Conference to […] The post Fintech Valley Vizag Launches Accelerator, Blockchain Conference appeared first on Inc42 Media. Read the full story
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VentureBeat: Kik raises $50 million ahead of token sale for its cryptocurrency Kin
Kik raises $50 million ahead of token sale for its cryptocurrency Kin
VentureBeat
Kik Interactive announced today that a token distribution event (TDE) for the sale of its cryptocurrency Kin will start September 12 at 6 a.m. Pacific time. Kik, a chat app with a community of 50 million monthly active users, is one of the first major examples of a non-blockchain business going to blockchain to open up new opportunities. The company plans to sell a trillion Kin tokens for $125 million, a Kik Interactive spokesperson told VentureBeat in a statement. Of that amount, $50 million Read the full story
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Bloomberg: Blockchain MD Says Bitcoin Is Not in a Bubble Long Term
Blockchain MD Says Bitcoin Is Not in a Bubble Long Term
Bloomberg
Spencer Bogart, Blockchain Capital LLC managing director, discusses the investment landscape for digital currencies with Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Technology." Read the full story
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FreightWaves: Blockchain-based freight transactions
Blockchain-based freight transactions
FreightWaves
It seems as though all new platforms these days feature two common denominators - create transparency and streamline processes. Many of them are now being developed with blockchain. Read the full story
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Broadcasting & Cable: Growth of Blockchain and Data-Driven Businesses Will Be Stories to Watch at IBC 2017
Growth of Blockchain and Data-Driven Businesses Will Be Stories to Watch at IBC 2017
Broadcasting & Cable
The growth of blockchain and data-driven businesses will be stories to watch at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), which starts on Sept. 14 in Amsterdam. The interest in blockchain will center on how the technology can be used to solve problems with payments to content creators and improve targeting of advertisements. The data-driven business story will focus on the use of data as a key competitive advantage of media and entertainment companies. Here are more details about each: Read the full story
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Hypebot: Why You Can’t Put The Music Industry On A Blockchain
Why You Can't Put The Music Industry On A Blockchain
Hypebot
In this excerpt from "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts," author David Gerard offers a critical examination of the Bitcoin and blockchain phenomenon, and what it means for music and the music industry. _____________________ Guest post by David Gerard from his book Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts An edited excerpt from Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts Read the full story
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SDxCentral: VMware Works on a Blockchain Prototype for Enterprises
VMware Works on a Blockchain Prototype for Enterprises
SDxCentral
Blockchain could be a whole new business area for VMware. Read the full story
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RTInsights: IBM and Food Safety: Building Around the Blockchain
IBM and Food Safety: Building Around the Blockchain
RTInsights
IBM aims to place its blockchain implementation at the center of a global food safety network, helping it achieve buy-in for its blockchain platform. The post IBM and Food Safety: Building Around the Blockchain appeared first on RTInsights. Read the full story
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3DPrint.com: Cappasity Announces Development of ARToken-Powered Blockchain Ecosystem for Quick and Easy AR/VR/3D Content Creation
Cappasity Announces Development of ARToken-Powered Blockchain Ecosystem for Quick and Easy AR/VR/3D Content Creation
3DPrint.com
Cappasity, founded in 2013, is on a mission: to make 3D digitizing as simple as photography. The startup is known for its in-store browsing experience, with interactive 3D images, to online retail, and introduced its Easy 3D Scan software in 2015; it was released a year later. Cappasity aims to develop an easy, scalable platform for creation, embedding, and analysis of 3D, AR, and VR content, and since 2014, has raised $1.8 million from VC funds and angel investors to make the platform a reality Read the full story
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Enterprise Times: Tesseract - a blockchain-based integrated mobility platform
Tesseract - a blockchain-based integrated mobility platform
Enterprise Times
EY announced the launch of Tesseract, an integrated mobility platform underpinned by blockchain technology. The Tesseract platform aims to facilitate: fractional vehicle ownership shared use seamless multi-modal transport. If it succeeds it will help lay the groundwork for how autonomous vehicle fleets can be owned in the future and provide access to a variety... Read the full story
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Business Insider UK: RBC: Nvidia is set to dominate the next wave of blockchain technology (NVDA)
RBC: Nvidia is set to dominate the next wave of blockchain technology (NVDA)
Business Insider UK
REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch The next wave of blockchain applications is here, and it could provide a big boost to Nvidia. A blockchain in its most basic form is a decentralized, public ledger. Bitcoin is probably the most widely recognized blockchain technology. It uses blockchain to break away from centralized banks and governments to create a new type of currency. See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: How to cook the perfect steak for every temperature — according to the Read the full story
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DZone: Introducing KSQL: Open-Source Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka
Introducing KSQL: Open-Source Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka
DZone
I'm really excited to announce KSQL, a streaming SQL engine for Apache Kafka. KSQL lowers the entry bar to the world of stream processing, providing a simple and completely interactive SQL interface for processing data in Kafka. You no longer need to write code in a programming language such as Java or Python! KSQL is open-source (Apache 2.0-licensed), distributed, scalable, reliable, and real-time. It supports a wide range of powerful stream processing operations including aggregations, joins, Read the full story
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DZone: Backbone.js: Getting Started
Backbone.js: Getting Started
DZone
Backbone.js is a JavaScript library that provides models with key-value bindings and custom events, views with declarative event handling, and collections with an abundant API of enumerable functions. Currently, Backbone.js has over 25,000 stars on GitHub. Backbone.js gives your web applications structure. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to build a web application with Backbone.js and. Check out the repo to get the code. Backbone.js is a JavaScript library, built by Jeremy Ashkenas and Read the full story
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TrendinTech: Why Every Developer Should Learn Javascript?
Why Every Developer Should Learn Javascript?
TrendinTech
To start let's take a look at just what is Javascript. It is a front-end web development language, and contrary to its name, Javascript is not an offshoot of Java. It was created in a matter of days back in 1995 to bridge the gap between Java and scripting languages, however, it has grown exponentially... Read the full story
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DZone: New iOS Software Architecture: 4V Engine
New iOS Software Architecture: 4V Engine
DZone
Should You Read This Article? This article is about a new software architecture which has more layers than VIPER and MVVM-C. It means that it may be more complex than other known architectures. If you want to continue reading this article, you must accept my point of view that if we want a clean and testable architecture, we should have several layers with just a responsibility. Read the full story
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DZone: TypeScript vs. JavaScript: Should you Migrate Your JavaScript Coding Project to TypeScript?
TypeScript vs. JavaScript: Should you Migrate Your JavaScript Coding Project to TypeScript?
DZone
TypeScript and JavaScript are two widely known languages in the development world, but what are the differences and what use cases are better suited for one over the other? In this post, we'll compare the two languages, how they relate to one another, discuss their primary differences, and outline the benefits of each. Defining TypeScript and JavaScript JavaScript is a scripting language that allows web pages to be interactive. It is an example of client-side programming - which means it runs in Read the full story
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TechRepublic: Software and IT top list of highest paying industries, with average salaries of $105K
Software and IT top list of highest paying industries, with average salaries of $105K
TechRepublic
Computer science is the highest paying field of study, and jobs in software and IT bring in some of the largest salaries, according to a new report from LinkedIn. Read the full story
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New Scientist: We’ve seen how our brains file away memories for the first time
We've seen how our brains file away memories for the first time
New Scientist
You may be daydreaming, but your brain is hard at work. When we rest, our brains' hippocampi regions replay new memories, filing them away for long-term storage Read the full story
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The Verge: Two-thirds of Americans approve of editing human DNA to treat disease
Two-thirds of Americans approve of editing human DNA to treat disease
The Verge
But opinions vary based on religious beliefs Read the full story
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DesignTAXI: Infographic: 58 Insane Facts About Bitcoin
Infographic: 58 Insane Facts About Bitcoin
DesignTAXI
Infographic: 58 Insane Facts About Bitcoin Read the full story
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CNBC: This is one of the world's most dangerous places to mine bitcoin
This is one of the world's most dangerous places to mine bitcoin
CNBC
Bitcoin in Venezuela: how an economic lifeline became a national threat. Read the full story
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The Register: Best Korea fingered for hacks against Bitcoin exchanges in South
Best Korea fingered for hacks against Bitcoin exchanges in South
The Register
Norks planning more raids to cover sanction losses, say intel boffins North Korea has emerged as the prime suspect in recent Bitcoin exchange hacks in South Korea, with threat intel experts warning that more attacks on digital currency services and even mainstream banks are likely to follow.… South Korea's Cyber Warfare Research Center reportedly believes that at least one Bitcoin exchange was targeted in a hack pulled off using a carefully crafted email phishing campaign. Threat intel firm Read the full story
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Business Insider: A Swedish guy bet his life savings on bitcoin — and his net worth has exploded by more than 13,000%
A Swedish guy bet his life savings on bitcoin — and his net worth has exploded by more than 13,000%
Business Insider
Alexander Bottema went all in on bitcoin. Swedish programmer Alexander Bottema used to be skeptical of bitcoin until he came to see it as an innovation with similar implications as the internet - and went all in on it. Bottema told Business Insider Nordic what happened after he went all in on bitcoin. "I'm not a billionaire yet [in terms of Swedish crowns]," Bottema said, laughing on the phone. "But my capital has grown by a factor of more than one hundred since I sold all my stocks and Read the full story
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Entrepreneur: 11 Things You Need to Know About Bitcoin
11 Things You Need to Know About Bitcoin
Entrepreneur
The cryptocurrency has had a tumultuous existence so far. Read the full story
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MarketWatch: Here’s how bitcoin is dwarfing housing and dot-com bubbles
Here's how bitcoin is dwarfing housing and dot-com bubbles
MarketWatch
You think you've seen some big bubbles in your time? Well, one popular asset could dwarf anything we've seen in recent history, that is, if it indeed turns out to be a bubble. Read the full story
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CNBC: As bitcoin surges in price and popularity, so do the complaints
As bitcoin surges in price and popularity, so do the complaints
CNBC
As more consumers engage with virtual tokens such as bitcoin, so are the number of complaints against tech companies offering digital currency products. Read the full story
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FORTUNE: Uber's New CEO Is a Bitcoin Fan
Uber's New CEO Is a Bitcoin Fan
FORTUNE
Uber's new CEO is Dara Khosrowshahi, the former CEO of Expedia, Inc.(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Dara Khosrowshahi, who just accepted the top job at Uber, is known as a competent and easy-going executive who ran travel site Expedia with great success. Less well known is that Khosrowshahi was an early advocate of bitcoin. As Quartz notes, Expedia began accepting bitcoin way back in 2014. The decision to do so reflects a bold move by Khosrowshahi because, at the time, the currency was Read the full story
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The Doppler: How to Pass Your AWS Audit
How to Pass Your AWS Audit
The Doppler
If you work for a company in a regulated industry, or just have internal controls that must be met, you've likely been accustomed to a regular cadence of data gathering, analysis, reporting and maybe even some last minute scrambling to get ready for the next audit cycle. That's the status quo. What Happens When the... Read the full story
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FORTUNE: Bitcoin Payment Firm BitPesa Gets Big Boost From Famous Investor
Bitcoin Payment Firm BitPesa Gets Big Boost From Famous Investor
FORTUNE
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 11: Founder and Managing Parter of Greycroft Ventures Alan Patricof speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on May 11, 2016 in New York City. The grandfather of venture capital just made his first bet on bitcoin. Alan Patricof, the founder and managing director of Greycroft, announced on Wednesday a $2 million investment into BitPesa, a startup that uses blockchain to speed up business payments across Africa and Asia. While the size of the Read the full story
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The Blockchain News: Blockchain solution aims to stop trade invoice fraud
Blockchain solution aims to stop trade invoice fraud
The Blockchain News
A new blockchain-based solution has been launched with the aim of stopping the double financing of invoices.The tool allows banks and factors to check if another funder has already paid an invoice, by cross-referencing it against a blockchain-based central registry. Read the full story
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TechRepublic: How IT can enable digital transformation at your organization: 5 tips
How IT can enable digital transformation at your organization: 5 tips
TechRepublic
VMware's Kevin Lees lead a breakout session at the 2017 VMworld conference where he explained how a change in mindset and culture within IT can drive digital transformation. Read the full story
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The Blockchain News: Blockchain technology moves into car sharing, mobility services
Blockchain technology moves into car sharing, mobility services
The Blockchain News
The technology underpinning the cryptocurrency bitcoin is migrating to the auto industry and vehicle sharing.Accounting and consulting firm EY, part of Ernst & Young Global Ltd, said on Wednesday it was launching a blockchain based system that will enable companies or groups of individuals to more easily share ownership of vehicles and access to cars and trucks. EY could deploy the system, called Tesseract, in a test with an unnamed partner within the next quarter, EY partner John Simlett told Read the full story
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The Blockchain News: Kinguin to Offer Decentralized Game-Trading Platform Built on Blockchain Technology
Kinguin to Offer Decentralized Game-Trading Platform Built on Blockchain Technology
The Blockchain News
Kinguin.net, will expand its existing marketplace solutions. Project includes trading capabilities for game and in-game items by building and integrating a trading platform using the latest technologies: Ethereum blockchain network, smart contracts and decentralized apps. This will enhance the ability for gamers to buy, sell trade games including in-game items safely. Read the full story
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Bitcoinist.net: The Blockchain ‘Uber’ of Car Towing, CarTaxi Launches Ethereum Based Platform
The Blockchain 'Uber' of Car Towing, CarTaxi Launches Ethereum Based Platform
Bitcoinist.net
Russian blockchain developers CarTaxi have just launched the first global service for towing vehicles. The platform brings together a list of all car towing companies and is already starting to change the outlook of the market. In the two months following the platform's initial launch, the service already operates in over 15 different cities. The company's global launch will be later in the year and the company has already organized its Pre-ICO campaign, set to begin on August 30, 2017. [Note: Read the full story
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TrendinTech: MIT Gives Students Well-Rounded Software Development Experience
MIT Gives Students Well-Rounded Software Development Experience
TrendinTech
For the spring 2017 semester, Saman Amarasinghe, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, offered a new class titled 'Open-Source Entrepreneurship'. The class strayed from a traditional format, instead of following a recently popular, more project focused style that allows students more freedom in determining the direction of their work. (adsbygoogle =... Read the full story
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TechRepublic: How Skype is making it easier to conduct technical and coding interviews
How Skype is making it easier to conduct technical and coding interviews
TechRepublic
Skype recently added a feature that allows users to run a video call on top of a code editor during technical interviews. Here's how to use it. Read the full story
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TechRepublic: Ubuntu is adding a dock. Here's why that's important
Ubuntu is adding a dock. Here's why that's important
TechRepublic
Ubuntu is adding a dock to GNOME. Big deal, right? Here's why it's worth paying attention to. Read the full story
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WinBeta: This Windows 10 IoT smartwatch is helping a hotel chain provide the best service
This Windows 10 IoT smartwatch is helping a hotel chain provide the best service
WinBeta
The company is still carving out a niche presence for its software to be used on other wearable IoT devices. Read the full story
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Fox News: Are stem cells the key to anti-aging treatments?
Are stem cells the key to anti-aging treatments?
Fox News
There's a huge market for diet products, cosmetics, and supplements claiming to help you look and feel younger Read the full story
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Engadget: Robots are now better at targeting individual neurons than people are
Robots are now better at targeting individual neurons than people are
Engadget
The brain is a delicate thing, and scientists keep looking for high tech ways to make it easier and safer to to learn more about it. In the area of brain surgery, there have been smart scalpels that know the difference between tumors and healthy tissue, sensor-embedded plastic wrap to help doctors know just where to operate and even VR headsets to help surgeons monitor patients while they're in the OR. Studying the brain leads to even better outcomes, too, and engineers at MIT have just ... Read the full story
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The Blockchain News: From space to marriage – 5 outrageous blockchain use cases
From space to marriage – 5 outrageous blockchain use cases
The Blockchain News
You could be visiting Burger King to collect WhopperCoins after getting a blockchain marriage, while exploring space. Meanwhile your lightbulb could be mining bitcoins at home. Read the full story
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Business Insider: Hedge funds are cashing in on bitcoin mania — there are now 50 dedicated to cryptocurrencies
Hedge funds are cashing in on bitcoin mania — there are now 50 dedicated to cryptocurrencies
Business Insider
Bitcoin themed balloons float in the air during the "Inside Bitcoins: The Future of Virtual Currency Conference" in New York. The market for cryptocurrencies is red-hot, and dozens of crypto-focused hedge funds are looking to get in on the action. Digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, are powered by distributed ledger technology and are not controlled by a centralized authority. The market for such currencies has exploded with over 800 coins on the market with a combined marketcap of $166 billion Read the full story
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Blasting News US: Windows users can purchase low-cost EC2 Elastic GPUs, thanks to Amazon
Windows users can purchase low-cost EC2 Elastic GPUs, thanks to Amazon
Blasting News US
Amazon is everywhere, be it through forms of Kindles or even GPUs. The e-commerce giant made an announcement on Wednesday, August 30, making their specialized, "EC2 Elastic GPUs," available for sale. The latest line-up is meant specifically for Windows users and falls in the affordable category. Currently, customers only have access to elastic GPU cards through "us-east-1," and "us-east-2," a report by Tech Crunch reads. Jeff Bezos-led venture first entered these waters in 2016. The firm Read the full story
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DZone: How to Return Ajax Response From Asynchronous JavaScript Call: Methods and Code Examples
How to Return Ajax Response From Asynchronous JavaScript Call: Methods and Code Examples
DZone
When JavaScript is used in conjunction with XML or REST APIs, you can create some useful behaviors with a set of web-development techniques collectively known as Ajax. Let's take a look at a specific Ajax functionality: returning an Ajax response from an asynchronous JavaScript call. First, What Is Ajax? Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, or Ajax, isn't a new technology in itself, and it's not a programming language. The term was coined back in 2005 by Jesse James Garrett. As the Mozilla Developer Read the full story
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TechRepublic: 10 Ubuntu tips to make the open source OS work for you
10 Ubuntu tips to make the open source OS work for you
TechRepublic
Ubuntu is an open source OS that can help enterprises power their businesses. Here are 10 tips for working with the platform. Read the full story
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TechRepublic: Windows 10: New feature sees Microsoft blur the line between Windows and Linux
Windows 10: New feature sees Microsoft blur the line between Windows and Linux
TechRepublic
A new feature of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, allows users to chain together commands from different Linux distros and call them directly from inside Windows. Read the full story
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TechRepublic: How to enable Linux machines to resolve Windows hostnames
How to enable Linux machines to resolve Windows hostnames
TechRepublic
Are your Linux machines able to communicate with your Windows machines via hostname? If not, here's how to configure them so they can. Read the full story
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CNBC: Amazon Alexa vs. Google Assistant: The battle for connected future dominance is on
Amazon Alexa vs. Google Assistant: The battle for connected future dominance is on
CNBC
Amazon and Google have announced partnerships to bring Alexa and Google Assistant to many devices at the IFA tech show in Berlin. Read the full story
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FORTUNE: Is $475,000 Too High a Price for Novartis's 'Historic' Cancer Gene Therapy?
Is $475,000 Too High a Price for Novartis's 'Historic' Cancer Gene Therapy?
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A high price for a groundbreaking treatment. On Wednesday, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis made history as the first company to win Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a groundbreaking new type of cancer treatment known as CAR-T. This technology harnesses the power of patients' very immune cells—which are extracted from them, reengineered in a lab, and then pumped back into the body—to kill aggressive blood cancers. The treatment, named Kymriah, was hailed by doctors and the life Read the full story
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DZone: C++17 in Details: Filesystem
C++17 in Details: Filesystem
DZone
Although C++ is an old programming language, its Standard Library misses a few basic things. Features that Java or .NET had for years were/are not available in STL. With C++17, there's a nice improvement: for example, we now have the standard filesystem! Traversing a path, even recursively is so simple now! Read the full story
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DZone: How to Implement the File Upload Process in a REST API
How to Implement the File Upload Process in a REST API
DZone
Introduction - An Implementation Challenge File-sharing is one of the most elementary ways to perform system integration. In the context of web applications, we call "upload" the process where a user sends data/files from a local computer to a remote computer. Sometimes we need to expose in our REST API an upload operation that allows to transmit: Read the full story
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TrendinTech: Quantum Computer Programming: What You Need to Learn to Get Started?
Quantum Computer Programming: What You Need to Learn to Get Started?
TrendinTech
Quantum computers, at long last, finally seem to be coming into their own with the promise of being far superior from its competition by years end. But this leads to one big problem, very few people actually know how to work them, let alone program them. So what is quantum programming anyhow? Quantum programming is... Read the full story
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DZone: E2E Testing a React/Node.js Application With Cypress.io and Docker
E2E Testing a React/Node.js Application With Cypress.io and Docker
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I. People love and hate end-to-end testing, and for valid reasons. I've seen many projects (including my own) get fascinated with automated end-to-end testing and gradually come to a point where the test cases become flaky, slow, and totally ignored. Let's see why and how to make E2E testing both a good developer experience and a solid firewall for software regressions. For the purpose of the demo, we will be testing a React\Node.js application, which is a recruitment platform for HR agencies. Read the full story
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Health Minute: Skin stem cells could generate new brain cells
Skin stem cells could generate new brain cells
Health Minute
Using human skin cells, University of California, Irvine neurobiologists and their colleagues have created a method to generate one of the principle cell types of the brain called microglia. The post Skin stem cells could generate new brain cells appeared first on Health Minute. Read the full story
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Daily Mail: Belly fat releases proteins that fuel the growth of cancer
Belly fat releases proteins that fuel the growth of cancer
Daily Mail
Stomach fat releases a protein that turns healthy cell turns into cancerous ones, Michigan State University have found. Known as visceral fat, it is considered 'metabolically active' say researchers. Read the full story
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South China Morning Post: Blockchain start-up Loopring raises US$45m in ICO as regulator intensifies scrutiny of cryptocurrency market
Blockchain start-up Loopring raises US$45m in ICO as regulator intensifies scrutiny of cryptocurrency market
South China Morning Post
ICOs are as-yet unregulated in China as a means of raising funds. They are generally used by start-ups because they bypass the rigorous and regulated capital-raising processes in place Read the full story
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The Motley Fool: The Bitcoin Bubble Has Officially Reached the Stock Market
The Bitcoin Bubble Has Officially Reached the Stock Market
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Bitcoin-type equities come with a number of red flags. Read the full story
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Crowdfund Insider: Blockchain Blastoff! Starta Accelerator Introduces Token Rockets
Blockchain Blastoff! Starta Accelerator Introduces Token Rockets
Crowdfund Insider
New York-based Starta Accelerator has launched Token Rockets, an accelerator program targeting startups working with blockchain technology. The training will culminate in a new crowdsale of cryptographic tokens for each of the startups. "One of the options for developing such startups will be the introduction of... Read More The post Blockchain Blastoff! Starta Accelerator Introduces Token Rockets appeared first on Crowdfund Insider. Read the full story
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Communications of the ACM: Unifying Statistics, Computer Science, and Applied Mathematics
Unifying Statistics, Computer Science, and Applied Mathematics
Communications of the ACM
A project led by Lehigh University will advance machine learning by merging statistical, computer science, and applied mathematical techniques. Read the full story
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DZone: Get Alerts When Docker Containers Run Into Issues
Get Alerts When Docker Containers Run Into Issues
DZone
I'm running Docker containers for all my side projects, usually one single container, sometimes multiple containers started by docker-compose[1]. If containers get issues, I want to get alerts. Read the full story
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Futurism: Finance Exec: Government-Backed Cryptos Would Speed up Blockchain Adoption
Finance Exec: Government-Backed Cryptos Would Speed up Blockchain Adoption
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Blockchain has the potential to completely transform the way transactions are carried out. To get the most of this potential, states should back their own cryptocurrencies, according to Morgan McKenney, Citi's head of cash management. Read the full story
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Futurism: Biologists Identify New Source for Brain’s Development
Biologists Identify New Source for Brain's Development
Futurism
Researchers have found that glia, non-nerve cells that comprise more than half of the brain's volume, are responsible for important aspects of brain development. This turns the classic neuron-centered model of brain development on its head. Read the full story
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CNBC: Microsoft just made it easier for programmers to use arch-rival Amazon's cloud
Microsoft just made it easier for programmers to use arch-rival Amazon's cloud
CNBC
Microsoft has made it easier for developers to run their code on the Amazon cloud using the tools they're already familiar with. Read the full story
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The Verge: AI is so hot right now researchers are posing for Yves Saint Laurent
AI is so hot right now researchers are posing for Yves Saint Laurent
The Verge
Okay, yes, it's just one researchers, and he's also very attractive Read the full story
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Business Insider: Bitcoin spikes to a record high above $4,700
Bitcoin spikes to a record high above $4,700
Business Insider
FILE PHOTO - A Bitcoin sign is seen in a window in Toronto Thomson Reuters Bitcoin hit a fresh record high of $4,710 a coin on Thursday morning. Currently, the cryptocurrency trades up 2.38% at $4,704 a coin. Thursday's advance caps off a big month for bitcoin, which has rallied 63.5% since the August 1 fork that split it in two. Bitcoin cash, the cryptocurrency that was formed from the fork, has gained about 116% since its first trade of $300. August has been an eventful month for bitcoin. Read the full story
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FORTUNE: The Most Popular Bitcoin Exchange Is Getting a Ton of Complaints
The Most Popular Bitcoin Exchange Is Getting a Ton of Complaints
FORTUNE
A view of Bitcoin token and a miner miniature figures. The most popular online exchange for trading digital currencies is generating a surge in customer complaints this year even as investors are lured by a dramatic rise in prices. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has received at least 293 complaints about Coinbase Inc., according to data reviewed by Bloomberg. That compares with about six complaints for all of 2016, and makes Coinbase the biggest recipient of CFPB virtual currency Read the full story
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MarketWatch: Opinion: Does bitcoin threaten economic stability?
Opinion: Does bitcoin threaten economic stability?
MarketWatch
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have the quality of a Ponzi scheme, threatening economic stability. Read the full story
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Monday, August 28, 2017
Token Farm: Welcome!
Token Farm: Welcome!: It all starts with an idea... token.farm , an ICO 2.0 Platform & Blockchain Incubator
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