However, China is seeking fresh Blockchain experts to manage and create internal currency and ledger programs.
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How police catch drone-flying criminals
From invading privacy to smuggling drugs over jail walls, more criminals are turning to flying drones forcing detectives to learn new skills to find them.
Web design trends being followed in 2017
The web is evolving rapidly with all latest technologies and techniques. Ever improving tools allow for easier design interfaces and interactions.
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Neuroreality: the New reality is coming. And it’s a brain computer interface
With the release of the Oculus Rift in March 2016, the age of virtual reality (VR) truly began. VR tech had been generating buzz since the 1990s, but the Rift was the first high-end VR system to reach the consumer market, and early reviews confirmed that it delivered the kind of experience users had been hoping for.
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MIT’s food computer is changing the future of the way we eat
When was the last time you ate something you grew? For many of us, the answer might well be “never.” Farming, increasingly, is something that happens in distant states or even distant lands, with the results flown or trucked in for us to pick over. But how we eat is straining the environment, and as our demand to live in cities pushes their boundaries ever outward, cropland disappears, raising the distinct possibility of a food crisis.
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Why the promise of big data hasn’t delivered yet
The ubiquity of big data is such that Gartner dropped it from their Hype Cycle of Emergent Technologies back in 2015. Across sectors, businesses are scrambling to make every function “data driven,” and there’s no shortage of firms lining up to help them. The big data analytics industry, dedicated to helping big businesses leverage the petabytes of information they now generate and store, is worth $122 billion — and growing.
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VR is the fastest growing skill for online freelancers
Workers who specialize in artificial intelligence also saw big jumps in demand for their expertise.
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The first made-for-iPhone cochlear implant will help even more people FaceTime and listen to music
Apple does pretty well when it comes to accessibility for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. The tech giant offers more than 50 models of hearing devices that, when linked to an iPhone, introduce a host of useful settings not available to the basic iPhone user. Continue reading… “The first made-for-iPhone cochlear implant will help even more people FaceTime and listen to music”
62% of cybersecurity experts believe AI will be weaponized in next year
Some 62% of security experts believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will be weaponized and used for cyberattacks within the next 12 months, a Cylance survey released Tuesday found. This makes the growth of AI a double-edge sword, according to Cylance’s blog post on the finding.
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Tech firm starts microchipping employees so they can buy potato chips
Why hire robots when you can just turn your humans into robots?
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The most-loved social network among Americans isn’t the one you think
Google+ has topped the American Consumer Satisfaction Index’s 2017 list evaluating how users feel about Internet social media companies.
Yes, Google+.
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SEC concludes that “initial coin offerings” may be securities
After an investigation, the Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded that organizations offering or selling digital assets using blockchains or distributed ledgers may be subject to securities laws, depending on the circumstances. This includes “initial coin offerings” (ICOs), a recently popularized crowdfunding method by which an organization issues virtual currencies or tokens.
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