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Putting Huawei on the Entity List may have stopped it from licensing critical US technology, but Huawei is seeking to earn revenue in other ways. Huawei filed patent infringement claims against Verizon and also for products Verizon acquires from other US companies such as Cisco and Hewlett-Packard; and Huawei is demanding royalty payments for hundreds […]
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As the diamond industry re-emerges from the Covid-19 shutdown, Everledger CEO Leanne Kemp urges business leaders to widen their perspective on what really matters to consumers.   Professional appraiser at work ©H_Ko – stock.adobe.com The diamond industry was reeling, even before Covid-19 hit it with an uppercut. In India, for example, where the vast majority of […]
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Snorkel AI cofounders (L to R): Alex Ratner (CEO), Chris Ré (Board Member), Paroma Varma (Head of … [+] Solutions), Braden Hancock (Head of Technology), and Henry Ehrenberg (Head of Engineering) Snorkel AI In 2014, computer science PhD candidate Alex Ratner and a team of fellow Stanford PhDs, advised by associate professor and MacArthur Fellow […]
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Amid a growing backlash against the incumbent giants of social media, blockchain-based platforms are working to offer people ambitious alternatives. One such platform, the embryonic Revolution Populi led by former Goldman Sachs vice president Rob Rosenthal and outspoken computer scientist David Gelernter, is aiming to challenge the dominance of Facebook and Twitter by using blockchain […]
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Interest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, including ethereum, is booming—fueled by unprecedented central bank stimulus measures and rocketing demand for alternative finance. The bitcoin price, up around 30% so far this year, is being left in the dust by huge gains seen by some smaller cryptocurrencies. Ethereum, the second most valuable cryptocurrency after bitcoin, has […]
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Haphazard stock markets. Expansive lay-offs. Impending corporate bankruptcies. Government bail-outs. Global economic downturn. Manifold are the characteristics that the current coronavirus crisis shares with its 2008 predecessor. Social distancing. Reduced mobility. Home-schooling. Remote work. Unprecedented government intervention in personal lives. Just as numerous are the features unique to the Covid-19 crisis, making it all the […]
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Daniel Dines, cofounder and CEO of UiPath UiPath Robotic Process Automation (RPA) company UiPath  announced today that it closed a $225 million Series E round, reaching an 11-digit valuation for the first time in the company’s history (10.2 billion).  Alkeon Capital led the round, with participating investors including Accel, Coatue, Dragoneer, IVP, Madrona Venture Group, […]
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From his ‘Silicon Prairie’ in Des Moines, Iowa, the former Political Director for the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign, Craig Bergman now runs a company called Vortex Blockchain Technologies Inc. (Vortex) as President and CEO. In a phone interview, Bergman discusses how he is quietly mining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for now, while he catches […]
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Concept of DEFI. Getty As noted in prior publications, bitcoin has disappointed many onlookers with muted price action, post-halving, for which multiple narratives have taken blame. However, despite the aforementioned “finger pointing,” no analyst has suggested that bitcoin price could be much lower without one large phenomenon occurring over the past 3 months, DeFi explosion. […]
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Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have seen a surge in popularity in recent months due to unprecedented economic stimulus measures, with some smaller cryptocurrencies seeing massive gains. The bitcoin price, after quickly rebounding from a coronavirus-induced crash in March, has been treading water at just under $10,000 per bitcoin since May and has been on a slight […]
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istock Bottom Line: Monitoring remote locations in real-time at a low operating cost combined with advances in AI and machine learning to interpret data are why cloud platforms are defining the future of SCADA and industrial monitoring. Cloud platforms’ reliability, security, and scale are defining the future of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)-based real-time […]
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Getty Images/iStockphoto Bottom Line: Traditional banks aren’t innovating fast enough to improve credit card fraud, endpoint cybersecurity, AI-powered end-to-end identity verification and more intuitive user experiences creating new opportunities for startups. Fintech is forecast to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25% through 2022, reaching a market value of $309B. The broader financial […]
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The power of digital: well understood, but lagging. Photo: ISABEL INFANTES/AFP AFP via Getty Images Next-generation technologies such as artificial intelligence are working well as proofs of concept and small-scale, highly focused applications such as chatbots or predictive analytics. Now, it’s time to scale these technologies to the point where they can move the enterprise […]
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What’s missing in your transformation strategy? Getty Given the turmoil of the past several months, it’s clear that we’re entering a new era in our history. Organizations have the opportunity to refresh their company’s mission, products and practices during this transition. What should we be doing and whom will we look to for leadership during […]
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Brock Pierce during the Sime Awards at Epicenter on November 16, 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden. Pierce … [+] is a serial cryptocurrency entrepreneur and recent U.S. Presidential candidate. Getty Images for The Sime Awards The New York Supreme Court today unleashed the state’s attorney general to investigate a number of businesses behind the tether cryptocurrency. […]