Coinbase is growing up fast — or at least trying to. As an emblem of its current effort to accommodate the massive demand on its platform, the mainstream U.S. cryptocurrency exchange just added Facebook Vice President of Messaging Products David Marcus to its board of directors. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Por muy segura que sea una cadena de bloques, las transacciones con monedas digitales suelen depender de entidades centralizadas con riesgos de seguridad. Algunos tecnólogos proponen los contratos inteligentes descentralizados basados en Ethereum para resolver el problema
Source: MIT
A diferencia de rivales como Google y Facebook, la compañÃa tendÃa a mantener ocultos sus proyectos. Pero la ferocidad del sector ha provocado un cambio de estrategia. La semana pasada, su equipo de inteligencia artificial presentó algunos de los proyectos en los que trabaja
Source: MIT
Cada vez más empresas venden productos al consumidor que permiten modificar el ADN con CRISPR, y no dejan de aparecer pruebas de sujetos que se las autoadministran. Aunque de momento ninguna parece dar resultado,  las agencias regulatorias ya han dado la voz de alerta
Source: MIT
Capping off months of controversy, espionage claims and international intrigue, the U.S. government ban on Kaspersky Lab software has been signed into law. The ban, wedged into the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), would preclude all federal computers and connected networks from using antivirus software made by the Russian cybersecurity firm. “Considering the… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
If you want to make a living creating white supremacist content, you’re probably not going to do it via sites like Kickstarter and Patreon, which prohibit hate speech. Fortunately there’s Hatreon, a hate speech crowdfunding site that, despite having been booted from the web by a couple hosts, is back online and eager to let you back your favorite xenophobe. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Lyft has officially opened for business in Toronto, its first market outside the U.S. The Canadian expansion was announced last month, and December 12 is the first day of official operations with ride-hailing services available in the city. Lyft service in Toronto includes standard Lyft service, Lyft Plus, Lyft Premiere, Lyft Lux and Lyft Lux SUV rides. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
The Trump administration had previously signaled its intentions to send astronauts back to the Moon, but now that renewed space exploration objective is official. On Monday, the president signed Space Policy Directive 1, a document detailing a shift in U.S. policy that would reprioritize a mission to put American boots on the Moon for the first time in 45 years. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Weaknesses in bitcoin’s underlying technology slow processing times, and spawn big fees.
Source: Wired
Startups die by suicide, not competition. It wasn’t that anyone was stealing SoundCloud’s underground rappers, bedroom remixers, and garage bands. SoundCloud stumbled because it neglected these hardcore loyalists as it wrongly strived to usurp Spotify as the streaming home of music’s superstars.
But four months ago after laying off 40% of its staff, SoundCloud scored a… Read More
Source: TechCrunch