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Fluence is using blockchain technology to build a secure internet
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 16:30
One of the topics discussed during the recent Cyber Week in Tel Aviv was the potential of blockchain technology to help solve issues like DDoS attacks, data breaches, and other security loopholes, as well as removing the...
How To Get Executives To Buy From You By Scaring Them To Death
Forbes - 29 Jun 2018 16:45
Executives are human too, and they've got plenty of fears of their own. Luckily, there's a way to play off of these fears to get these ultimate decision makers to buy
How To Go From 800 To 5000 Employees In 3 Years And Still Deliver Beautiful Customer Experiences
Forbes - 29 Jun 2018 16:30
Companies like Wayfair, Lyft and Citizen M employ innovative techniques to help them recruit the right sort of customer service talent. However, Voxpro, who provide outsourced support for brands like Airbnb and Google, h...
RippleMatch uses AI to help students line up work after college
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 23:25
RippleMatch, a machine learning-powered recruitment tool for college students, recently raised $3 million in a funding round led by Accomplice and Bullpen Capital.
How AI could improve the quality of end-of-life care
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 23:10
GUEST: The means to predict mortality using artificial intelligence could be a transformative factor in the future of palliative health care. While this topic may seem a bit morbid, AI has the potential to help medical c...
WhatsApp groups can now be restricted so only admins can send messages
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 23:02
WhatsApp today announced a new control for group administrators to limit activity so that they are the only member of the group who can send messages. WhatsApp groups can include up to 256 participants. The approach coul...
May 2018's top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: that city livin'
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 23:01
A report claims that Microsoft is going to implement a new feature into Xbox One called Xbox Community Content that will bring mods and other creations into games at a system-wide level. Sound familiar? Well, it should. ...
10 Refreshing (And Diverse) Women-Led Podcasts For Creatives
Forbes - 29 Jun 2018 22:55
Whether you commute or elect to take lunch alone, these podcasts will be your personal best friend during a crazy work week.
Meet An Icelandic Entrepreneur Disrupting Global Air Travel
Forbes - 29 Jun 2018 22:07
An Icelandic entrepreneur who believes air passengers should decide what they pay for.
The holy grail of the perfect customer experience
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 21:30
SPONSORED: If you've been in business for any respectable amount of time, you know something really, really well: Your customers don't care how your business operation is structured, or how complicated it is for you to d...
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Long Standing Law On Collection Of Sales Taxes
Forbes - 29 Jun 2018 21:01
The US Supreme Court reversed two long standing cases that prevented states from collecting sales tax on sales made by sellers with no physical presence in the state. The Court, in a 5-4 decision, made it easier for stat...
Superinvestor John Rogers Of Ariel Investments Lauds KKR's Looming PE Stock Shakeup
Forbes - 29 Jun 2018 21:00
The world has yet to see if private equity pioneer KKR attracts hordes of new investors in converting to a corporation. It may present a good summer investment opportunity as a new mega trend takes hold in PE land.
Why Dr. Kristian Henderson Created A Clean Beauty Platform For Black Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 29 Jun 2018 20:56
As the founder of BLK + GRN, Henderson understands the power of voting with your dollars. That's why she's placing her money on all-natural wellness brands created by black entrepreneurs.
Battlefield V feels so good, but I'm playing it wrong
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 20:01
The Battlefield V closed alpha test went live yesterday, and this is giving a number of fans their first chance to try the World War II shooter. This has moved the conversation away from crying about women and character ...
ProBeat: Windows 10 dropping Sets (again) is for the best
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 19:30
OPINION: Microsoft has lately been releasing Windows 10 builds on a weekly cadence. Because of a bug last week, however, this week's build brought more than the average number of improvements (and bugs). And yet, the hig...
Shawn Layden: 9 takeaways from Sony's worldwide game studios chief
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 19:25
Shawn Layden is the guy at Sony who goes on stage at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) or the PlayStation Experience event, wearing a T-shirt. That T-shirt communicates something to fans, like when Layden triggered ...
Virtual Fighting Championship is a first-person VR Street Fighter
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 19:05
Competitive gamers have dreamed about a compelling first-person fighting game ever since Capcom redefined side-scrolling fighting with Street Fighter II. Now Australian indie developer L&L Studio says it will launch a pr...
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is still weird on anything except PlayStation
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 19:01
I’m old enough to remember the PlayStation ads where a man in a Crash Bandicoot suit showed up to yell at Nintendo’s headquarters. For someone who grew up alongside the console wars, those commercials had the effect ...
Business Tips From Joanne Chang, Award-Winning Baker And Boston Cafe Entrepreneur
Forbes - 29 Jun 2018 18:43
Joanne Chang opened her first Flour Bakery + Cafe in 2000. Then, it was a long wait for her next. But, now, her Flours are blossoming across Boston.
Hearings on AI show Congress has no answers, either
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 18:30
On Tuesday this week, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittees on Research and Technology and Energy invited prominent academics, tech executives, and scientists to talk about the “game-changing” potential and...
Periscape VR Takes Off At JFK
Forbes - 29 Jun 2018 18:28
Periscape provides self-serve high-end VR stations with a minimal footprint at airports. With the pilot taking off at New York's JFK, the company is rushing to expand into hundreds of other terminals around the world.
IBM researchers design a fast, power-efficient chip for AI training
Venture Beat - 29 Jun 2018 18:18
IBM researchers have developed a chip that can train certain kinds of neural networks more efficiently than traditional hardware.