A prominent bank has claimed a piece of New Zealand’s exporting history, by sending some meat to Korea and tracking it with its fancy new blockchain system. ASB, a subsidiary of Australia’s Commonwealth Bank, says it has conducted New Zealand’s first “bank blockchain” trade. Kiwi meat exporter Greenlea Premier Meats conducted the meat trade with
Read MoreSometimes it seems institutions and governments spend more time trying to figure out how Bitcoin should be classified, rather than actually doing anything with it. Well, global investment bank Morgan Stanley is the latest to stick their oar in, claiming that Bitcoin has become an institutional investment class, CoinDesk reports. Basically this means its a
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: Apple held preliminary talks with radio broadcaster iHeartMedia about an equity stake or a marketing partnership to boost its music streaming service — Apple is turning to traditional broadcasting to boost its streaming service, exploring a tie-up with iHeartMedia … Sources: Apple held preliminary talks with radio broadcaster iHeartMedia about an equity
Read MoreThe Internet of Trucks is here. Or, to be, more specific: the internet of tarpaulins. Industrial textile company Sioen is currently developing smart truck tarpaulins that notify security when someone tries to cut through it. It’s one of three new innovations created for the project PASSAnT, a Dutch-Belgian initiative by Interreg to deal with crime
Read MoreAnother day, another vulnerability. Discovered by [Kevin Backhouse], CVE-2018-4407 is a particularly serious problem because it is present all throughout Apple’s product line, from the Macbook to the Apple Watch. The flaw is in the XNU kernel shared by all of these products. This is a buffer overflow issue in the error handling for network packets.
Read MoreMobile management is the way of the future. Statista estimates that by 2021, mobile e-commerce will make up 54% of U.S. e-commerce sales, making effective mobile sites a vital element for e-commerce companies. To find out which e-commerce mobile mistakes should be avoided to stay relevant, I asked a panel of entrepreneurs from YEC the following question:
Read MoreWe might finally get what’ve been asking for from Twitter: a chronological timeline. The company tweeted saying it’s testing a button to display tweets by post time, instead of showing an algorithmically picked feed. According to Jack Dorsey, the company’s CEO, this feature is currently available to only a small number of iOS users and
Read MoreThe store, which opens Thursday, includes stuff that’s 4 stars and above, are top sellers, or are new and trending on Amazon’s website. Amazon to open second 4-star store, bringing it to Denver area – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook has had a turbulent two years. But almost no one in tech thinks Mr. Zuckerberg, the social network’s chief executive, should step down from the company he built. State of the Art: How Mark Zuckerberg Became Too Big to Fail Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreKara Swisher / New York Times: Social platforms and Silicon Valley Funders operate with sloppy disregard of the consequences of hate speech, unwilling to lose users and hurt their bottom line — This is what the internet has come to: thugs like Mohammed bin Salman funding tech companies to host the vitriol of thugs like
Read MoreSpoiler: There was a lot of them. All the planets found by NASA's Kepler space telescope – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe tend to think of elaborate electronic conference badges as something limited to the hacker scene, but it looks like the badgelife movement is starting to hit the big time. Now even the “big boys” are getting into the act, and pretty soon you won’t be able to go to a stuffy professional conference without
Read MoreThey move at terrifying speeds of 6 kilometres per hour. Robots will deliver your mail in Norway – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJon Russell / TechCrunch: Line Games, chat app Line’s gaming division, raises $110M from Anchor Equity Partners; Anchor acquires 27.5% stake, dilutes Line’s holdings to a minority 41.7% — Messaging app firm Line has given up majority control of its Line Games business after it raised outside financing to expand … Line Games, chat app
Read MoreNDTV Gadgets 360: WhatsApp’s VP Chris Daniels confirms WhatsApp will put ads in its ‘Status’ section, but declined to provide a timeline — Clearing the air on Facebook’s monetisation efforts towards WhatsApp, the mobile messaging service’s Vice President Chris Daniels on Wednesday said the company … WhatsApp's VP Chris Daniels confirms WhatsApp will put ads
Read MoreScientists are calling it “mind-boggling”. Scientists confirm there's a 'supermassive black hole' at the centre of our galaxy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBrian Heater / TechCrunch: Fitbit posts a net loss of $2.1M in Q3, down from $113.4M a year ago, on revenue of $393.6M, as smartwatches accounted for 49% of company’s total revenue — Fitbit is slowly righting its financial ship, courtesy of a successful push into smartwatch category. Fitbit posts a net loss of .1M
Read MoreBen Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: Apple’s newly unveiled products start at higher price points, with the 2018 Macbook Air 128GB model starting 20% higher, continuing Apple’s push into higher ASP — When Apple launched the iPhone X, it did more than just change the design language of the iPhone: it also offered a whole new pricing
Read MoreThere is a certain sense of accomplishment one gets when building their own tools. This is what [Alejandro Velazquez] was going for when he built his own soldering station. Sure you can get a decent station for a pittance on Amazon, or eBay. You can even build your own microprocessor controlled station. [Alejandro] is currently
Read MoreMegan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: Xiaomi sends cease and desist letter to Lyft, saying it will pursue legal action if Lyft continues to modify scooters originally manufactured by Xiaomi — Xiaomi, the electric scooter manufacturer that a handful of the shared electric scooter services in the U.S. (like ones from Lyft … Xiaomi sends cease
Read MoreKiera Knightley shines in this undemanding fairy tale. Ballet-inspired Nutcracker and the Four Realms isn't quite on point – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEmployees don’t like how the search giant has dealt with claims of misconduct. Google workers plan worldwide walkout over handling of sexual harassment cases – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe partnered with DC Entertainment to give away a set of Batman figurines to commemorate All Hallows’ Eve. This giveaway ends Nov. 5, 2018. You can win* Batman, The Joker and Harley Quinn collectibles for Halloween – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe case focused on user privacy, but users didn’t get any money in the deal. Supreme court appears divided on Google settlement that gave to charities – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe day we’ve been fearing is on the horizon: WhatsApp is getting ads. For real, this time. In a comment to several publications in India. WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels confirmed that the popular messaging app will be placing ads in the Snapchat-like Status section: “We are going to be putting ads in ‘Status’. That is
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