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'Sovereign' cryptocurrencies serve governments, not people
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2018 01:41
GUEST: Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies promise to enable economic, political and social freedom, if implemented properly. But the emergence of "sovereign" cryptocurrencies — backed by governments — contradicts ever...
Check Point Research: How Android allows 'man-in-the-disk' cyberattacks
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2018 22:00
Check Point Research said it has found a design flaw in Android’s Sandbox that allows external storage to be used as an avenue for cyberattacks. Those attacks could result in undesired outcomes, such as silent installa...
How blockchain can help advertisers combat 'ad blindness'
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2018 21:10
GUEST: As internet users, we are exposed to an ever-increasing number and density of advertisements every day. Out of preservation for our sanity, each of us has developed a type of natural defense, termed “ad blindnes...
Adshir enables real-time ray tracing on mobile devices
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2018 17:35
Adshir is announcing that it can demonstrate the holy grail of computer graphics: real-time ray tracing on mobile devices. That means that it can show physically accurate computer animations in real-time on mobile device...
AMD unveils Radeon Pro workstation graphics cards for visualization market
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2018 15:00
Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled its latest graphics cards for workstations: the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200. The Santa Clara, California-based company is targeting the machines at the visualization market, so it unveiled ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 beta -- hands-on with the tense Heist multiplayer mode
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2018 07:19
Treyarch unveiled a new Heist mode in its second beta test for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 multiplayer. I’ve played it a number of times on the PlayStation 4 and here’s my hands-on report. The Black Ops 4 multiplayer b...
McAfee researchers falsify a patient's vital signs in real-time
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2018 02:00
McAfee's security researchers announced at the Defcon hacker event in Las Vegas this week that they were able to hack into a medical network and falsify a patient’s vital signs. Exposing this weakness is the first step...