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JJ Snow: “Innovation is hard, even more difficult in core bureaucratic spaces like the Pentagon and DC where risk aversion abounds and breaking paradigms for the better is exceedingly rare. Until DoD adopts a more flexible perspective regarding innovation, it will remain a catch phrase vice a call to action. We need to enable those…
IBM Just Announced an Insanely Powerful 50-Qubit Quantum Computer Along with even more quantum computing records. DOM GALEON, FUTURISM 11 NOV 2017 At the IEEE Industry Summit on the Future of Computing in Washington DC on Friday, IBM announced the development of a quantum computer capable of handling 50 qubits (quantum bits). This breakthrough puts…
Military alliance wants to encompass member countries’ cyberwarfare capabilities into its options NATO wants to add the cyberwarfare capabilities of member states to its range of military options. “We must be just as effective in the cyber domain as we are on land, at sea and in the air, with real-time understanding of the threats…
More than 26,000 new projects related to blockchain were created on code repository GitHub last year, according to data collected by Deloitte. For its new report – titled “Evolution of Blockchain Technology: Insights from the GitHub Platform” and published today – the professional services firm drew information from the development platform, which plays home to the…
Blockchain Will Really Disrupt Silicon Valley Once Consumers Control Own Data The mantra “If the service is free you are the product!” has become the common battle cry for Silicon Valley. Consumers on the lookout for freebies have flocked to these free services and signed away their data rights to access these cool and “indispensable”…
Elon Musk Made A Secret Appearance To Elite US Marines And Gave A Stirring Speech Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a welcomed appearance at the 1st Marine Raider Battalion Ball and delivered a sobering speech that took many US Marines by surprise last Friday. The 1st Marine Raider Battalion out of Camp Pendleton, California, is…
The announcement by CME that it plans to launch Bitcoin futures has resulted in a spike in interest across the world. Coinbase, the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange, has added 100,000 new users in the 24 hours past the announcement. Why Coinbase matters Coinbase is a popular exchange to buy Bitcoins with 11.9 mln users supported…
Blockchain development is the now second-hottest skill in the job market today, growing more than 200% since this time last year. Blockchain developers now rank second among the top 20 fastest-growing job skills, and job postings for workers with those skills have more than doubled this year. Taking second fiddle only to robotics specialists, blockchain…
PIVOT: 21 Inc, once a maker of bitcoin mining hardware, is rebranding to emphasize its new focus on using cryptocurrency to power a social network. Effective today, the startup has changed its name to Earn.com to drive home the message users can get paid for answering emails and completing tasks, according to a company blog…
The European Commission has announced €30 billion on new investments in technology initiatives including those involving blockchain. The funding would come through the Horizon 2020 initiative, which to date has been supported by €77 billion in public funding. The goal is to support new investments in the areas of “migration, security, climate, clean energy and digital…
It’s not just initial coin offerings (ICOs) that are acting like magic – the word ‘Blockchain’ has just revolutionized one company’s finances by 400 percent. UK-based On-Line PLC, which supplies Internet-related software through various subsidiaries, saw its share price rocket from £15 ($19.60) to a high of £84 ($110) in hours after it announced it…
(makes sense only if it is the real & only PoW Blockchain — TJACK) Blockchain technology is increasingly moving into the business realm, with a large number of new technology applications being released. Because of the complexity of processes in legacy systems, and the relative simplicity of Blockchain technology in producing the same results, companies…
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Marines training expeditionary cyber defenders to join forces in the field When it comes to information technology systems, the Marines have a few adages: they fight on one network, and the discussion starts from the fighting hole to the flagpole given the expeditionary nature of the force. As such, they need capable cyber defenders that…
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has given its blessing to an initial coin offering set to launch at the start of next month. In a decision posted online Oct. 23, the OSC approved the token sale organized by TokenFunder, which is developing a platform for projects aiming to raise funds through coin sales of their own. The company…
Bad Rabbit ransomware: A new variant of Petya is spreading, warn researchers Organisations in Russia, Ukraine and other countries have fallen victim to what is thought to be a new variant of ransomware Bad Rabbit, a ransomware infection thought to be a new variant of Petya, has apparently hit a number of organisations in Russia…
The chief financial officer for the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest independent semiconductor foundry, cited cryptocurrency mining in the firm’s third-quarter results. The company – which provides semiconductor manufacturing services for a range of industries, including firms that design and assemble application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for cryptocurrency mining – announced third-quarter revenue of…
(Reuters) – The U.S government issued a rare public warning that sophisticated hackers are targeting energy and industrial firms, the latest sign that cyber attacks present an increasing threat to the power industry and other public infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation warned in a report distributed by email late…
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