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January 24, 2019

The Linux Foundation launches the Hyperledger Grid project to let developers create blockchain-based supply chain apps running atop the distributed ledger tech (Lucas Mearian/Computerworld)

Lucas Mearian / Computerworld: The Linux Foundation launches the Hyperledger Grid project to let developers create blockchain-based supply chain apps running atop the distributed ledger tech — The Linux Foundation’s blockchain initiative – Hyperledger Project – has created a set of developer tools to allow the creation … The Linux Foundation launches the Hyperledger Grid

Microsoft's GitHub: Requests for user data double in 2018, but gag orders grow faster

GitHub in most cases is legally prevented from informing users when it provides information to law enforcement. Microsoft's GitHub: Requests for user data double in 2018, but gag orders grow faster Source: ZDNet Microsoft

January 24, 2019

Understanding blockchain is way easier if you think of it as an onion

Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. In previous Hard Fork basics articles we’ve mentioned something called “blockchain layers.” Things like the Lightning Network, or even side chains are considered to be second layer protocols – they

The Mac That Helped Build the Xbox Rides Again

The original Xbox, released in 2001 by Microsoft, was notable for being built out of largely off-the-shelf PC components. With a custom Pentium III CPU and IDE peripherals, the console was much closer to a contemporary desktop computer than any of the dedicated game consoles which had come before it. Which of course makes perfect

January 24, 2019

AWS launches WorkLink, a fully managed service for $5 per month per user, that aims to make accessing mobile intranet sites and web apps easier (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: AWS launches WorkLink, a fully managed service for $5 per month per user, that aims to make accessing mobile intranet sites and web apps easier — If your company uses a VPN and/or a mobile device management service to give you access to its intranet and internal web apps, then you

Apple reportedly dismissed over 200 employees from Project Titan – Roadshow

The autonomous vehicle program is apparently being restructured. Apple reportedly dismissed over 200 employees from Project Titan – Roadshow Source: CNet

January 24, 2019

The West’s unconscious bias against tech in Afrika limits innovation

January 2017 was special in many ways; important to note, it was the first time I ever boarded an airplane, but also it was the time I underwent a grueling visa experience. Armed with notarized documents, among them, a promissory 6-month work contract, particulars of my record of employment (hint; a startup), curriculum vitae, birth

January 24, 2019

Research firm says China had 713 VC deals in Q4, down 25% YoY, worth $18.3B total, down 12% YoY, amid cooling valuations and tighter hiring for tech startups (South China Morning Post)

South China Morning Post: Research firm says China had 713 VC deals in Q4, down 25% YoY, worth $18.3B total, down 12% YoY, amid cooling valuations and tighter hiring for tech startups — – The number of venture capital deals in China dropped 25 per cent year on year to 713 in the fourth quarter

Microsoft's Bing search engine blocked in China – CNET

Search engine is inaccessible by government order, the Financial Times reports. Microsoft's Bing search engine blocked in China – CNET Source: CNet

January 24, 2019

Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner, who left the dog-walking startup last year, announce $37M funding for their new electric bike-sharing startup Wheels (Megan Rose Dickey/TechCrunch)

Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner, who left the dog-walking startup last year, announce $37M funding for their new electric bike-sharing startup Wheels — Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner are leaving dogs behind for bikes. Wheels, the Viner brothers’ new electric bike-share startup … Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua

Running OpenCL on a Raspberry Pi GPU

This is an interesting development for media users and machine learning hackers: [doe300] has implemented OpenCL on the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+called VCFCL That’s big news because the Pi 3+ has a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) built into the processor that has been generally underutilized. The VideoCore IV GPU is built into the Broadcom BCM2837B0 and

January 24, 2019

Amazon Go, now one year old, is sparking cashierless imitators from startups like Mighty AI, and also established companies like Walmart, Kroger, and Microsoft (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Amazon Go, now one year old, is sparking cashierless imitators from startups like Mighty AI, and also established companies like Walmart, Kroger, and Microsoft — Mighty AI spent much of its first five years building software that helps self-driving cars recognize real-world objects. Amazon Go, now one year old, is sparking cashierless imitators from

The Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting Into Class

Student demand for computer science courses is outstripping the supply of professors, creating a student divide of computing haves and have-nots. The Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting Into Class Source: NY Times Tech

January 24, 2019

Microsoft’s Bing search engine is the latest victim of China’s ‘block and don’t tell’

Last night, several people on Twitter and Reddit based in China complained that Microsoft’s Bing search engine was inaccessible; hours later, the company confirmed that the search engine was indeed blocked across the country. “We’ve confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine next steps,” a company spokesperson told TNW

January 24, 2019

Sources: Apple laid off 200+ employees this week from a Project Titan; Apple acknowledges it has restructured its autonomous systems tech team (CNBC)

CNBC: Sources: Apple laid off 200+ employees this week from a Project Titan; Apple acknowledges it has restructured its autonomous systems tech team — – Apple dismissed just over 200 employees from Project Titan this week, its stealthy autonomous vehicle initiative, people familiar with the group told CNBC. Sources: Apple laid off 200+ employees this

Rifle-Mounted Sensor Shows What Happens During Shot

People unfamiliar with shooting sports sometimes fail to realize the physicality of getting a bullet to go where you want it to. In the brief but finite amount of time that the bullet is accelerating down the barrel, the tiniest movement of the gun can produce enormous changes in its trajectory, and the farther away

Olympus OM-D E-M1X goes gonzo on image stabilization – CNET

With up to seven stops of compensation, Olympus hopes to entice pro action and wildlife photographers who’d like to shed the burden of a tripod or monopod. Olympus OM-D E-M1X goes gonzo on image stabilization – CNET Source: CNet

January 24, 2019

Twitter is testing an "Original Tweeter" tag to make it easier to see who started a thread; test has rolled out to "a small percentage" of iOS and Android users (Lucas Matney/TechCrunch)

Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: Twitter is testing an “Original Tweeter” tag to make it easier to see who started a thread; test has rolled out to “a small percentage” of iOS and Android users — Twitter is testing a new tag that will make it easier to parse who started a thread. Twitter is testing

Sundance 2019: Previewing the hard-hitting documentaries, horror chillers – CNET

Documentaries on Harvey Weinstein and Michael Jackson are among the highlights of this year’s film festival. Sundance 2019: Previewing the hard-hitting documentaries, horror chillers – CNET Source: CNet

In China, you can now stalk blacklisted debtors on WeChat – CNET

The country has been testing a mini program in the province of Hebei since last week. In China, you can now stalk blacklisted debtors on WeChat – CNET Source: CNet

January 24, 2019

China appears to block Microsoft's Bing, despite the company's self-censorship of its search results in the country (New York Times)

New York Times: China appears to block Microsoft’s Bing, despite the company’s self-censorship of its search results in the country — SHANGHAI — Under China’s president, Xi Jinping, the last vestiges of the global internet have slowly disappeared from an online world that had already shut out Twitter, Google and Facebook. China appears to block

Xiaomi's double-bending foldable phone just stole Samsung's thunder – CNET

Commentary: We’ve never seen a foldable phone prototype like this. Xiaomi's double-bending foldable phone just stole Samsung's thunder – CNET Source: CNet

The singer who hid a beautiful new song in her YouTube videos – CNET

It feels like I’ve been rickrolled (but in a good way). The singer who hid a beautiful new song in her YouTube videos – CNET Source: CNet

January 23, 2019

Inside Google's 27-person in-house counterespionage team, the Threat Analysis Group, which tracks 200+ hacker groups, many of which are linked to US adversaries (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: Inside Google’s 27-person in-house counterespionage team, the Threat Analysis Group, which tracks 200+ hacker groups, many of which are linked to US adversaries — Google likely has ‘the most useful data set available to any private company for tracking state adversaries and intelligence services,’ an expert says Inside Google's

January 23, 2019

Cision, a public relations software company, has agreed to buy AI-powered analytics company TrendKite for $225M as it continues to invest in software automation (Nate Lanxon/Bloomberg)

Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: Cision, a public relations software company, has agreed to buy AI-powered analytics company TrendKite for $225M as it continues to invest in software automation — – Purchase will help Cision automate parts of PR campaigns — TrendKite is company’s second acquisition announced this month Cision, a public relations software company, has

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