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IBM Food Trust Looks To Keep Seafood Safe By Tracking Scallops With Blockchain Tech
A shellfish plant is partnering with IBM so that it can use blockchain technology to track fresh scallops. Situated in Fall River, Massachusetts, the raw seafood plant is joining hands with IBM Food Trust. дальше »
2019-10-18 16:54 | |
Autonomous ‘Mayflower’ to sail across the Atlantic 400 years after the original
The Mayflower set sail from England in 1620 carrying approximately 130 Pilgrims across the Atlantic ocean to The New World. Next year, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of that voyage, a new ‘Mayflower’ will set sail on the same course. дальше »
2019-10-17 23:12 | |
MIT Targets Web 3.0 Awareness with Micro Courses
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has launched a series of mini-courses covering emerging topics ranging from blockchain and artificial intelligence to 3D printing and robotics. According to Ledger Insights, the course named MIT Horizon will be available for enterprise-use as corporations strive to integrate new-age technology into their business verticals, October 8, 2019. дальше »
2019-10-8 14:50 | |
An entrepreneur’s guide to Boston’s tech ecosystem
Over the years Boston has been given some pretty grand nicknames. Back in the 19th century it was called ‘The Hub’ by Oliver Wendell Holmes; later, in the 1980s, Ronald Reagan referred to the capital of Massachusetts as ‘the shining city on a hill’. дальше »
2019-10-4 19:57 | |
The case against traditional passwords — and how biometrics can better secure us
Passwords have been around for millennia. Thousands of years before the advent of the computer, the Roman military would use what Polybius described as a watchword to distinguish ally from enemy. дальше »
2019-10-2 15:55 | |
New Balance to Use Cardano Blockchain to Verify the Origins of a Range of Its Products
IOHK has announced a strategic partnership with the global athletic brand New Balance to use the Cardano (ADA) blockchain to authenticate a premium line of training shoes for the company. New Balance is one of the world’s leading brands in athletic footwear. дальше »
2019-9-29 19:22 | |
Venture Capitalist: Bitcoin Offers Escape From Crippling Monetary Policy
According to Investopedia, the first paper money in the U. S. was issued on February 3, 1690 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Less than two hundred years later, Americans were able to trade $20. дальше »
2019-9-14 17:30 | |
Greedy Hackers Get ZERO from U.S. City after Moronic $5.3 Million Bitcoin Ransom Demand
When ransomware attackers targeted the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, two months ago demanding $5. 3 million in Bitcoin, they must have felt very confident when turning down a counter-offer of $400,000 that the city presented. дальше »
2019-9-8 12:57 | |
Bitfury’s Crystal blockchain analytics to provide AML service for Provident Bank
CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourceThe Bitfury Group a full-service blockchain technology company, has announced a collaboration with Massachusetts, U. S. -based The Provident Bank to use its Crystal blockchain analytics platform for new digital asset compliance, including anti-money laundering services. дальше »
2019-7-11 19:44 | |
Solve This Math Problem, Steal All The Bitcoin
The P versus NP problem is one of seven Millennium Prize Problems, meaning the Clay Mathematics Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will award $1 million to whoever manages to prove or disprove the statement. дальше »
2019-7-4 23:53 | |
Second City in Florida Gives in and Pays over $500,000 to Hackers in BTC
Cities in the United States are under attack from hackers. In recent times, cities like Baltimore in Maryland, Cartersville in Georgia and Lynn in Massachusetts have all suffered attacks. And now, a city in the state of Florida has caved in and decided to pay the hackers. дальше »
2019-6-27 18:17 | |
MIT: Blockchain Advantages: “Transparency, Distributed Control and Anonymity” Works Against the Tech
Blockchain technology has been highly spoken of, as the technology has been proven (in many businesses) to improve operations in terms of efficiency, costs and security – with the latter having been widely emphasized. дальше »
2019-6-7 06:18 | |
Amazon Creates 1,500 Jobs in Massachusetts After Spurning NYC
By CCN: As widely reported, Amazon vastly scaled back its plans to build in New York City. While they planned to bring as many as 25,000 jobs to Queens, building a large campus and even funding local public education, they’re now reportedly developing a relatively small distribution center. дальше »
2019-5-30 19:17 | |
BitMEX Operator Firm Donates to MIT to Conduct Crypto, Bitcoin-Related Research
HDR Global Trading Limited, the owner and operator of BitMEX crypto exchange, has made a donation to support research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Don’t Kid Yourself! Bitcoin is a Terrible Stock Market Hedge: Study
By CCN: Bitcoin is not an effective hedge against an uncertain economy or volatile stock market — despite what crypto evangelists vehemently insist. That’s the conclusion of a report that was just published in the Annals of Operations Research. дальше »
2019-5-21 21:59 | |
California: 21-Year Old Sim Swapping Thief Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Stealing $7.5m in Crypto
Joel Ortiz, a 21-year student at the University of Massachusetts Boston, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Judge Edward Lee of the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Ortiz was convicted of stealing $7. дальше »
2019-4-25 13:59 | |
Bittrex Welcomes Rhode Island Users With Acceptance Of New Money Transmitter License
Bittrex Extends Its Reach To Rhode Islands With Its New Money Transmitter License Today, a leading global crypto exchange Bittrex, added another American state to its fold. This new addition brings Bittrex’s territory to 40 American states, which include but are not limited to Kentucky, Montana, Washington DC, South Carolina, Iowa, Colorado and Massachusetts. Bitlicense […] дальше »
2019-4-25 00:29 | |
New York Makes First Money Laundering Conviction Involving Cryptocurrency
In what the Manhattan District Attorney calls the first crypto money laundering conviction in New York, two defendants have pleaded guilty to running a drug trafficking business that laundered millions of dollars in Western Union and crypto payments. дальше »
2019-4-25 20:37 | |
Bittrex opens its USD markets to customers in Rhode Island with Money Transmitter License
Bittrex, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, announced the addition of another state to its USD market, earlier today. Bittrex has thus expanded its presence to around 40 United States territories, including South Carolina, Washington D. дальше »
2019-4-24 15:30 | |
Elizabeth Warren’s Bombastic Rhetoric Smacks of Grandstanding
By CCN: 2020 Democrat presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is at it again. Just a few weeks after flying the kite of slavery reparations in an effort to pander to African American voters, the Massachusetts senator has come out swinging. дальше »
2019-4-23 22:47 | |
The internet’s idiots are already trying to discredit Katie Bouman’s historic accomplishments
In years to come, April 10 will be remembered as a historic day for humankind, science, and women in STEM. On this day, the first ever image of a celestial phenomenon was published — a black hole — largely thanks to the algorithms created by Katie Bouman. дальше »
2019-4-12 16:14 | |
MIT Bitcoin: Legislators Discuss Regulation, Potential of Blockchain Tech
On March 9–10, 2019, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a two-day event, the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019. Put together by the student-organized MIT Bitcoin Club, the conference welcomed more than just Bitcoin voices from every corner of the industry. дальше »
2019-3-15 01:08 | |
Crypto-Hostile Massachusetts Extends Olive Branch to Blockchain Industry
A new working group in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts launched by the state’s chief securities regulator is looking to clear up some of the murky regulation for blockchain innovators. The olive branch couldn’t have come too soon as Western U. дальше »
2019-3-11 23:45 | |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sets up Fintech Advisory Group
William Gavin, the famously crypto-critical Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, seems to have had a change of heart as it was reported on March 7, 2019, that he had set up a fintech advisory Group. дальше »
2019-3-9 14:00 | |
OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma ‘Engineered’ the Opioid Crisis. Now it’s Getting What it Deserves.
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, is reportedly on the verge of filing for bankruptcy as a way to help settle the thousands of lawsuits it faces in response to the opioid epidemic that has caused thousands of deaths and left many areas of the United States ravaged. дальше »
2019-3-5 23:29 | |
Американский фонд нашел способ заработать на продаже доли в российской Luxoft
В конце четвертого квартала 2018 года американский фонд Massachusetts Financial Services (MFS) увеличил свою долю в «дочке» российского холдинга IBS Group — разработчике софта Luxoft — с 7,5% до 29,6%. дальше »
2019-3-5 21:38 | |
Американские компании нашли способ заработать на продаже доли в российской Luxoft
В конце четвертого квартала 2018 года американская компания Massachusetts Financial Services (MFS) увеличила свою долю в «дочке» российского холдинга IBS Group — разработчике софта Luxoft — с 7,5% до 29,6%. дальше »
2019-3-5 21:38 | |
Watch MIT’s new four-legged bot acing backflips
In the past couple of years, we’ve seen four-legged robots dance to Bruno Mars’ hit, ‘Uptown Funk’, and open doors for each other to keep the chivalry alive. Now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory has released a video showing off its new four-legged robot – the mini cheetah – doing backflips. дальше »
2019-3-4 11:12 | |
Bernie Sanders Raises $5.9 Million in a Single Day as Trump’s Most Significant Challenger
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) is joining what is shaping up to become the most crowded and most diverse field of presidential candidates ever to be presented by the Democrat party, with the likes of Sen. дальше »
2019-2-22 15:38 | |
Elizabeth Warren Schemes to Take Down Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election, Does She Even Stand a Chance?
After much speculation, Senator Elizabeth Warren officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign on Saturday, where she vowed to challenge the super wealthy and fellow Democrats who served as their power brokers. дальше »
2019-2-10 00:08 | |
Boston Dynamics, Maker of Scary Fast Robots, Raises $37 Million from Uber’s Biggest Shareholder; Sales to Begin in 2019
The next 12 months might be the period when the dreaded “robot apocalypse” swings into effect, as Japanese-based SoftBank, has reportedly invested an additional $37 million into next-generation robotics company Boston Dynamics. дальше »
2019-2-6 11:28 | |
MIT Reveals its New Cryptocurrency, Claims to Reduce Data Needs by 99%
A new cryptocurrency was recently unveiled by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researches which claims to reduce the data needed to join the network and verify transactions by up to 99% compared to other popular cryptos. дальше »
2019-1-26 20:34 | |
MIT Professor: The Key to Unlocking a Global Borderless Economy Rests with Blockchain
Speaking with Bloomberg’s Daybreak Asia radio show January 21, 2019, professor Silvio Micali of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spoke positively on the future of blockchain, believing that global blockchain development can lead to the establishment a truly borderless economy. дальше »
2019-1-23 06:00 | |
MIT Professor Thinks Blockchain Can Lead to Borderless Economy
Blockchain, Cryptocurrency–Silvio Micali, the Ford Professor of Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, claims that development of blockchain on a global scale could lead to the creation of a truly borderless economy. дальше »
2019-1-22 04:41 | |
Academics and Pantera Capital’s “Better Bitcoin” Is still Slower than Visa
A non-profit group comprised of MIT and bay area academics, as well as hedge fund Pantera Capital was formed to develop a coin that can offer faster speeds of processing transactions than Bitcoin. How to Make Unit-e More than a “Nice Idea” Teachers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and Berkeley’s University in California along with five other. дальше »
2019-1-19 19:00 | |
What is Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP)?
Zero-knowledge proofs or zero-knowledge protocols (ZKP) were first introduced in the mid-80s by a group of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers in their paper, “The Knowledge Complexity Of Interactive Proof Systems. дальше »
2018-12-27 09:00 | |
Why you can smell rain, explained by science
When those first fat drops of summer rain fall to the hot, dry ground, have you ever noticed a distinctive odor? I have childhood memories of family members who were farmers describing how they could always “smell rain” right before a storm. дальше »
2018-12-25 04:00 | |
Study: Pump and Dump Schemes have Negligible Effect on Crypto Markets
A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has revealed that machine learning can identify crypto pump and dump schemes before they happen. It arrived at a figure generated by fraudulent trading which is a tiny fraction of the total trade volume. дальше »
2018-12-6 18:00 | |
MIT and Elastos cooperate on a Blockchain Research Group while Icon (ICX) calms the community with a response to the recent turmoil
MIT and Elastos cooperate on a Blockchain Technology Development and Research Group Feng Han, the co-founder of Elastos, earlier this autumn donated $5 million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s initiative to establish an in-university blockchain research wing. дальше »
2018-11-16 23:37 | |
Blockchain Healthcare Platform MediBloc Partners with Massachusetts General Hospital
Blockchain startup MediBloc has announced a three-year project with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, to help it become one of the first healthcare institutions in the world to leverage blockchain technology for secure and accessible data storage. дальше »
2018-11-10 21:04 | |
Binance Labs Holds Talks With Harvard, MIT and Columbia University Students
Binance recently talked about this past weekend’s activity with students at the Harvard Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University. Binance Labs, the investment arm of the largest crypto exchange in the world held a meetup titled, “State of Blockchain: A Chat with Binance Labs. дальше »
2018-11-1 21:59 | |
Worlds Biggest University Endowments Harvard, Stanford, MIT Invest in Crypto Funds
Many leading academic players including Harvard University, Stanford University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have reportedly invested in crypto-centric funds. The revelation indicates the shift of interest of institutional investors towards the growing asset class. дальше »
2018-10-16 17:30 | |
Harvard, MIT, Stanford Endowments Invest in Crypto
According to a recent report, the endowments of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, and the University of North Carolina have all invested in one or more cryptoasset funds. дальше »
2018-10-16 21:00 | |
Roubini Faces Off With Coin Center’s Van Valkenburgh at Senate Hearing
Nouriel Roubini, an economist best known for his predictions of the 2008 housing bubble, and Peter Van Valkenburgh, Coin Center’s director of research, testified before the U. дальше »
2018-10-12 18:06 | |
U.S. Court Cements Commodity Verdict On Cryptocurrency After Landmark Ruling
A US court has formally dismissed an attempt to stop the country’s commodities regulator prosecuting an alleged cryptocurrency fraudster, ruling that such assets are commodities. CFTC Can Legislate With Crypto In a press release October 3, Senior Judge Rya W. дальше »
2018-10-5 00:00 | |
Boston Federal Executive Speaks on Limitations of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Jim Cunha, the Senior Vice President of Treasury and Financial Services at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, spoke about cryptocurrency and blockchain at the Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 summit in the Massachusetts capital. дальше »
2018-10-5 23:00 | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Hacking Arts Festival Connects Blockchain and Art
MIT Hacking Connects Art and Blockchain On October 13 and 14, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be hosting the sixth annual Hacking Arts festival. The event explores the intersection of art and technology in a broad sense. дальше »
2018-10-4 19:24 | |