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Daily IoT/Blockchain News from @surgethings - Aug 2, 2017
Daily IoT/Blockchain news from @surgethings.
Blockchain and the Power of Singularity
Set on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island, the third annual Blockchain Summit, hosted by BitFury, a leading full service Blockchain company, and Bill … more.
How Blockchain-Powered Platforms Promote Financial Inclusion in Developed
CoinTelegraph It’s Co-Founder, Justas Pikelis, maintains that the Blockchain-based payment solution will afford a small/medium sized merchant in Africa trying to sell … more.
Chinese Central Bank Hiring Blockchain Experts
However, China is seeking fresh Blockchain experts to manage and create internal currency and ledger programs. The Peoples Bank of China … more.
Will the Blockchain Insights Platform Change Ad Buying?
A new trend has emerged in the blockchain ecosystem. Partnerships and consortiums now seem to spring up like mushrooms, creating opportunities … more.
Bitcoin splits in two amid feud
The main bitcoin currency is adopting a system called Segwit2x that moves transactions out of the current blockchain, while bitcoin Cash will use … more.
CSX’s Turnaround Strategy Faces Challenges
IIoT technologies will appear in real-time machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, signaling, train radios, lineside communication, level-crossings, … more.
Telefnica to Use Gemalto eSIM Subscription Management Service
3.1 machine-to-machine subscription management platform. Given the size of the telecom, its leadership in this area could prompt many other service … more.
Can blockchain technology increase credit union efficiency and safety?
With more and more financial institutions exploring potential uses of blockchain technologies, credit unions are looking at creating their own … more.
Study: Nearly 6 in 10 large corporations considering blockchain deployment
Nearly six in 10 (57 percent) large corporations are either actively considering, or are in the process of, deploying blockchain technology, according to … more.
Blockchain-based trade matching engine gets the nod from ING
Dutch bank ING believes the days of mismatched trading tickets could be drawing to a close after conducting tests of a blockchain-powered trade … more.
Centra Tech Launching Centra Card & Wallet - The World’s First
PR Newswire (press release) Centra Tech has a brilliant solution, the world’s first Debit Card that is designed for use with compatibility on 8+ major cryptocurrencies blockchain … more.
Critical Survey: Cogent Communications Holdings (CCOI) vs. Inseego Corp.
Week Herald … asset-management and mobile tracking machine-to-machine (M2M) devices, communications and applications software and cloud services. more.
Why data will transform traditional telecoms
Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication will also become mainstream, with industries as diverse as healthcare, utilities, automotive, retail and … more.
What Happened to Bitcoin Today: A Recap of the Blockchain’s Big Split
As reported earlier today, Bitcoin Cash, a new cryptocurrency, was created when a group of miners “forked” from the main bitcoin blockchain in short, … more.
Bitcoin Is Splitting in Two. Now What?
Computers dubbed miners keep the ledger updated by adding to the sequence of blocks that make up the blockchain as new transactions take … more.
Bitcoin splits, but clone off to slow start
Yet only a small fraction of bitcoin miners have been contributing their computing power to the new blockchain, and it took nearly six hours for the first … more.
Senators introduce internet-of-things security bill
to confront internet-of-things security vulnerabilities, Reuters reports. Sens. more.
US lawmakers are trying to fix the security nightmare that is the ‘internet
Business Insider The internet of things is a massive security nightmare. US lawmakers are finally starting to try and fix that. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is … more.
COM modules in the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud-based solutions and Big Data represent major challenges for future system designs. The Microsoft Azure cloud is … more.
‘Internet of things’ hackers raise cloud of fear
“The internet of things terrifies me,” said Craig Williams, senior technical leader and outreach manager for Cisco Talos, part of Cisco Systems Inc. more.
KDDI to buy low-cost ‘internet of things’ services startup
TOKYO – KDDI will move into the low-cost sphere of “internet of things” services by purchasing Soracom, a mobile virtual network operator. more.
Senators Introduce Bill To Improve Security Of Internet Of Things
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Insecure IoT devices to be prohibited, US Federal purchases restricted
The US Congress has introduced a bill which aims to prohibit sale of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to the government if they can’t be patched or have … more.
Satsafe keeping motorists safer in North West England
… LCR 4.0, which is providing business support to help SMEs innovate in areas like big data, Internet of Things, cloud computing, augmented reality … more.
Blockchain-Enabled Electric Car Charging Comes to California
The peer-to-peer concept relies on blockchain, one of today’s hottest trends in energy, to verify the transactions without a central regulator. more.
Cognizant finds blockchain is key for financial services
The key factor seems to be that those who delay the move will be left behind. There is also evidence that organisations considering blockchain-based … more.
Large corporations worldwide considering blockchain technology, some expect
Canadian Underwriter Blockchain technology is an increasing consideration among surveyed company representatives around the world, with most firms that have reached … more.
Shipping finance vets launch blockchain startup
Shipping analyst Johnson Leung is behind Hong Kong-based tech startup 300cubits, which believes blockchain-backed cryptocurrency could finally … more.
Britain once again the destination for blockchain and cryptocurrency
FinanceFeeds (blog) The dichotomy between Bitcoin and its anarchistic base of supporting mavericks, track record of instability and eternal incompatibility with the genuine … more.
Blockchain explained: Four benefits for businesses
A blockchain is essentially a database, often called a ledger, that holds … businesses be beginning to consider using blockchain in their company? more.
Blockchain Enterprise Survey: deployments, benefits and attitudes
Blockchain deployments are rapidly becoming mainstream. Nearly 40% of respondents’ companies are deploying blockchain technology, rising to … more.
Vapor IO powers up hypercollapsed micro-datacenters
… IO is launching a new colocation business which could shake up our notion of ‘distributed edge’ technologies serving the Internet of Things (IoT). more.
Senators Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Internet of
The Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 would require “Internet of Things” devices purchased by the U.S. government to … more.
The Internet of Things: Big and Getting Bigger
past few years, you’re likely familiar with the term Internet of Things – or … more.
Get a full-body workout with one piece of equipment: The kettlebell
If you are tired of wasting precious gym time hopping from machine to machine, consider building your next sweat session around a single piece of … more.
Working groups on new telecom policy this week
… Sinha said technologies such as health monitors and smart transport are projected to result in 21 percent increase in machine-to-machine services. more.
MQTT switch send and listen with True/False ignoring payload_on and
Home Assistant release ( hass –version ): 0.50.2. Python release ( python3 –version ): Python 3.6.2. Component/platform: MQTT Switch component. more.
Researchers Urge Corporates To Let FinServ Bear The Blockchain Disruption
The growing number of banks and FinTechs taking to blockchain technology has caught the attention of the financial services world, with the industry … more.
Working groups on new telecom policy this week
… Sinha said technologies such as health monitors and smart transport are projected to result in 21 per cent increase in machine-to-machine services. more.
New digital currency ‘bitcoin cash’ rallies nearly 200% following
CNBC A new digital currency called “bitcoin cash” was created yesterday by the splitting of the bitcoin blockchain. Everyone who held bitcoin before the split … more.
Three More Blockchain Patents Filed by Bank of America
Bank of America filed three patent applications for distributed ledger technology (DLT) or Blockchain technology. First filed in February 2016, the … more.
Daniel Zakrisson, speaker at Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Stockholm, to
newsBTC In June 2017, his own Cofound.it platform, designed for investment-seeking and startup financing (the project was designed by the team of ICONOMI … more.
IBM breaks its own record yet again with 330TB tape cartridge
But for the reams of machine-to-machine data (M2M) that are created every second, this could be a viable solution. Most of the data created by … more.
Thai Banks Consider Free Document Verification Via Blockchain
The Thai banking industry has long been flirting with Blockchain technology, and now seems to have embraced it. Baoquan also indicated that the … more.
Nasdaq Inks Blockchain Trading Deal With Swiss Stock Exchange
Nasdaq has signed a deal with the operator of Switzerland’s primary stock exchange to integrate blockchain into its over-the-counter product services. more.
Blockchain to boost revenues by more than 5% say three-quarters of
Bobsguide (press release) New research of over 1,500 financial services executives from 578 firms worldwide reveals that blockchain will become a catalyst for change in … more.
EGEB: Will County, Illinois ‘solar smart’; JPMorgan $25B/year into green;
Electrek Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial and political review/analysis of important green energy news. Will County is first in Illinois to be … more.
Arkansas farmers use blockchain to trace meat products
The small-scale suppliers of Grass Roots Farmers’ Cooperative are among the first in the U.S. to use blockchain technology to trace their products … more.
Vault One Leverages Ethereum Blockchain Technology To Secure Data
On August 2, 2017, blockchain -based cybersecurity startup Vault One announced the global release of Vault One Solution, a method for securing … more.
What is the bitcoin fork? What happens now has bitcoin forked?
This fork will result in two sets of tokens: bitcoin (BTC) on the original chain and bitcoin cash (BCC or BCH) on the new blockchain. more.
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