Switzerland’s blockchain-related businesses are one step closer to legitimacy. Local cryptocurrency startups can now apply for a new license that would allow them to handle deposits of up to $100 million, a right normally reserved for banks. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has released strict guidelines for cryptocurrency businesses to follow if they hope
Read MoreEveryone starts their day with a routine, and like most people these days, mine starts by checking my phone. But where most people look for the weather update, local traffic, or even check Twitter or Facebook, I use my phone to peer an inch inside my daughter’s abdomen. There, a tiny electrochemical sensor continuously samples
Read MoreIf you want to get into visual communication, the Graphic Design Diploma Master Class (now $29, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals) can give you a pretty concrete timetable to completion. Four weeks of instruction, featuring three hours of coursework per week. It’s it. Learn to become a freelance graphic design pro with this
Read MoreShara Tibken / CNET: Samsung and Verizon will partner to release a 5G smartphone using Qualcomm processors in the first half of 2019, plan to show a concept device this week — One of the world’s first 5G phones will be coming to the US from Samsung and Verizon. — The two companies on Monday
Read MoreOhio is set to make another play in the blockchain and cryptocurrency game as tech accelerator funds look to pump millions of dollars into blockchain startups in the state. One such fund, JumpStart, is looking to invest $100 million into early-stage startups that are developing blockchain-based technologies. A $6 million business accelerator fund, FlashStarts, has
Read MoreDon’t get blinded by the big numbers of 2018’s data breaches. This gets personal. Data breaches help crooks targeting you. Prepare to fight back – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image}At the blockchain conferences and blockchain industry discussions over the last two years I had many chances to listen to talks about crypto regulation by the new gurus of the crypto. Being a tech law scholar for 20+ years, I was originally intrigued, but intrigue gave way to disappointment fast. I was baffled by over
Read MoreThe device will use processors from Qualcomm, which is hosting a conference this week in Hawaii. Samsung, Verizon will partner on 5G smartphone in first half of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: TrackR, maker of Bluetooth trackers for physical objects, rebrands as Adero, a system to organise multiple groups of items using three or more smart tags — Earlier this year, we reported that Trackr, a startup that makes a small Bluetooth device that you attached to items like keys to locate …
Read MoreThe app may help make your neighborhood safer, and convince you to buy a video doorbell. How Ring's Neighbors app is making home security a social thing – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNormally $35, this dongle adds Wi-Fi smarts to “dumb” speakers and stereos. Get a Google Chromecast Audio for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIan Sample / The Guardian: DeepMind’s latest AI program AlphaFold wins international competition with its algorithm predicting 3D shapes of proteins, beating 97 entrants — AI program’s understanding of proteins could usher in new era of medical progress — Having laid waste to the Atari classics … DeepMind's latest AI program AlphaFold wins international competition
Read MoreSoyuz MS-11 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to bring a new crew to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Newest Crew Launches for the International Space Station Source: NASA
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon is testing its cashierless technology for bigger stores, leading to speculation that it may use it one day for its Whole Foods chain — Online giant tries to overcome challenges caused by retail spaces with higher ceilings, more products — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .99% … Sources: Amazon is testing its
Read MoreAditi Shah / Reuters: Source: ride-hailing startup Grab invests $100M in Indian hotel-booking startup Oyo, as part of SoftBank-led $1B round that had raised $800M earlier — (Reuters) – Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab has invested $100 million in Indian hotel-reservations startup OYO, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. Source: ride-hailing
Read MoreWindows Server 2019 brings key improvements to infrastructure roles, hyperconverged solutions and Azure integration. Windows Server 2019 review: A solid foundation for future data centre developments Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWhatsApp has faced a lot of criticism for the way it’s handled fake news in India. In its latest move to battle misinformation, the company has launched three TV commercials in India to spread awareness about the issue amongst its users in the country. The 60-second commercials, named “Share joy, not rumors,” will be aired starting
Read MoreWelcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Those that buy into cryptocurrency normally fall into two camps: you’re either an investor, or a trader. Investors are all about the holding, making smart, long-term plays that they hope
Read MoreOne of the best uses of AI is harnessing its power to tackle problems that require looking at large amounts of data. To that end, DeepMind may have just cracked a way to help develop cures for diseases by simulating protein structures. Each cell in our body is made of millions of protein molecules, with
Read MoreThe Mauritshuis in the Netherlands, working with Google, has created an app that provides a virtual museum filled with all of this artist’s works. Want to See All the Vermeers in the World? Now’s Your Chance Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreOne of the first things we learn about computers is the concept of binary ones and zeroes. When we dig into implementation of digital logic, we start to learn about voltages, and currents, and other realities of our analog world. It is common for textbooks to use flow of water as an analogy to explain
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to wait until at least 2020 before releasing an iPhone that works with 5G — – Next IPhone won’t connect to new faster networks, people say — Apple Inc. plans to hold off until at least 2020 before offering an iPhone that can connect to the next generation … Sources: Apple
Read MoreChina has remained vigilant toward the fledgling blockchain and cryptocurrency industry for a while – and things might be about to get even worse. Beijing has declared security token offerings (STOs) illegal. At a wealth management forum held over the weekend, Huo Xuewen, chief of Beijing’s Municipal Bureau of Finance, said that raising funds in
Read MoreIt’s testing the system in a large space in Seattle, sources told The Wall Street Journal. Amazon Go: Bigger cashierless stores reportedly being tested – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt seems like the age of commercial 5G is almost here, at least for the people living in South Korea. According to a report in The Korea Herald, Korean network provider SK Telecom made first world’s first commercial 5G video call. The report said that the company’s CEO Park Jung-ho made a video call to a staff manager
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