blockchain2019-08-23
Australian blockchain-powered energy trading company Power Ledger will conduct a trial for letting households in Fremantle, Western Australia to set their own electricity prices to be traded with neighbours who do not have solar. The renewable energy marketplace, created by Power Ledger's platform, ....Read more
blockchain2019-08-21
Uber Technologies Inc. will establish a new U.S. general and administrative hub in Dallas, which will create 3,000 new jobs and more than $75 million in capital investment, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott said. Uber will get a grant of $24 million from the Texas Enterprise Fund or TEF, a business incent....Read more
blockchain2019-08-21
Video game retailer GameStop Corp. laid off more than 120 employees, or nearly 14 percent of the total workforce at its corporate headquarters and at some other offices, according to reports. The layoffs also include senior editorial staff at Game Informer, the company's print and digital publicatio....Read more
blockchain2019-08-21
YouTube is finalizing plans under which it will no longer serve "targeted" advertisements on its main site for videos meant for kids, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the discussion. While the plan is reportedly intended to satisfy U.S. regulators, it could negatively impact the Googl....Read more
blockchain2019-08-21
The World Bank said it raised an additional A$50 million or about $34 million by issuing the second tranche of its Australian dollar-denominated blockchain bond called Kangaroo bond or bond-I, due August 2020. The bond-I tap issue is managed by by Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), RBC Capital ....Read more
blockchain2019-08-19
U.S. President Donald Trump said he discussed with Apple Inc.'s CEO Tim Cook about the impact of the U.S. tariffs on goods imported from China as well as the competition for Apple from South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Cook reportedly warned Trump that the tariffs on Chinese imports would hurt A....Read more
blockchain2019-08-15
Microsoft Corp. has updated its privacy policy indicating that human employees or contractors may listen to audio recordings of people using its Skype calling service and Cortana virtual assistant. According to the company, it uses the personal data collected to improve its products as well as to pe....Read more
blockchain2019-08-15
China's Lenovo Group Ltd. warned it may have to raise prices of its products if the U.S. moves ahead with the decision to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods, according to a report by Reuters. The warning by Lenovo, the world's largest PC maker, comes amid the escalating trade war between the....Read more
blockchain2019-08-13
The United Kingdom's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is looking at Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) to transform its payment services that is expected to benefit its 20 million claimants and customers. The new system is expected to reduce time, cost and failure rate associ....Read more
blockchain2019-08-12
Global blockchain solutions spending is expected to reach nearly $15.9 billion in 2023, according to a report by the International Data Corp. or IDC. The banking sector and the United States will lead the sector wise and region wise spending, respectively, the study shows. Source: RTTNews ....Read more
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