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IOTA Foundation and Dell Amongst Participants for Industrial IoT Challenge

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) is holding a smart building challenge for blockchain and IoT projects, with the goal of integrating tech partners and suppliers to build smart complexes. This challenge, launched in tandem with Trusted IoT Alliance, revolves around participants solving crucial problems in a particular sector with a basic outlay and execution plan,Read MoreRead More. дальше »

2019-10-9 17:00


Sennheiser is definitely mocking Beats in its new ad campaign

“Would you really take sound advice from a basketball player?” That line sums up Sennheiser‘s ad campaign for its new Momentum 3 Wireless headphones.  The venerable audio company doesn’t usually do much in the way of commercials, but this one highlighted a particular pet peeve of mine in mainstream headphone commercials: the celebrities peddling them don’t know jack about audio (probably). дальше »

2019-10-5 00:51


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MasterMana Botnet takes over your machine to empty your cryptocurrency wallet

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a dangerous botnet specifically targeting businesses to steal sensitive data and cryptocurrency. Dubbed “MasterMana Botnet,” the ongoing campaign is believed to be connected to the “Gorgon Group,” a crew of cyberbaddies linked to worldwide criminal activity and repeated attacks on governments. дальше »

2019-10-2 19:57


Filecoin Blockchain Data Storage Network Will Launch Testnet In December And Mainnet in 2020

Launching Schedule for Testnet and Mainnet Following a blog post on Tuesday, Filecoin has declared the launching dates to be Dec 11 for testnet and mainnet will commence in March the coming year. The provided windows are considered as estimates and therefore the particular date for mainnet launching could not be declared. дальше »

2019-9-26 18:51


Understanding PLONK

Special thanks to Justin Drake, Karl Floersch, Hsiao-wei Wang, Barry Whitehat, Dankrad Feist, Kobi Gurkan and Zac Williamson for review Very recently, Ariel Gabizon, Zac Williamson and Oana Ciobotaru announced a new general-purpose zero-knowledge proof scheme called PLONK, standing for the unwieldy quasi-backronym “Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge”. дальше »

2019-9-24 04:03


Market Commentary: Altcoin Correlation To BTC Decreases, ETH And XRP Rise.

Bitcoin and the rest of the market is surprisingly linear today, with many altcoins registering modest gains as BTC remains range-bound. Ethereum and XRP in particular are showing strong gains.   How correlated is the crypto market? As experts debate the correlations between Bitcoin and gold versus the stock market, it’s interesting to look at […] The post Market Commentary: Altcoin Correlation To BTC Decreases, ETH And XRP Rise. appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2019-9-18 18:42


Here’s how we should design companion robots

As the companion robot industry grows — the robots that not only assist us with a particular task, but also exist to make us happy — it’s time to analyze exactly what makes a companion robot.   What are the secret ingredients to designing a convincing character? What are the essential principles to fully deliver on the promise of this industry to build something worthy of a truly emotional connection with a user? The most fun thing about creating a companion robot, is that you will be standing on the intersection of art, technology, and psychology. дальше »

2019-8-16 14:00


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LGBTQ+ creators file lawsuit against YouTube for discrimination

A group of LGBTQ+ YouTubers this week filed a federal lawsuit against Google, claiming the site has engaged in discriminatory practices that deliberately suppress their ability to make money. Part of the problem is that YouTube has kept its algorithms so mysterious, there’s no way to know if it’s deliberately discriminating against any particular group, or if it’s just an offshoot of its recurring problems with ad revenue According to the vid creators, both YouTube‘s algorithms and human reviewers single out content with words like “gay,” “lesbian,” etc, and put it behind an age-restriction gate. дальше »

2019-8-15 21:02


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WhatsApp’s chat manipulation exploit remains unresolved even after a year (Updated)

Vulnerabilities uncovered in WhatsApp — the messaging app used by about 1. 5 billion users across the world — can allow bad actors to exploit the platform to manipulate or spoof chat messages. The flaws would make it possible to “intercept and manipulate messages sent in both private and group conversations, giving attackers the power to create and spread misinformation from what appear to be trusted sources,” the researchers noted. дальше »

2019-8-8 14:01


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Twitch is okay with breastfeeding — but many viewers aren’t, and that’s a problem

A Twitch streamer apparently started a revolution when she began breastfeeding her child on stream. When a clip of her doing so was deleted, she protested to Twitch. Site support eventually revealed the issue was that no one had, up to now, actually set policy on breastfeeding — but they did decree that it’s allowed. дальше »

2019-8-3 21:37