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Enterprise blockchains are screwed, 90% will need replacing by 2021

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 2:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Think corporate-level blockchain adoption is going smoothly? Think again. According to new research, corporations will need to replace their enterprise blockchains within the next two years. Global research company Gartner says that 90 percent of current enterprise blockchains will need to be replaced in the next 18 months if they are to remain “competitive, secure, and avoid obsolescence,” it said in an article spotted by Computer Weekly. “Many CIOs overestimate the capabilities and short-term benefits of blockchain as a technology to help them achieve their business goals, thus creating unrealistic expectations when assessing offerings from platform vendors and service providers,”…

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Bitcoin is the ‘King of the Asset Class Hill’ in 2019, analysts say

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 2:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin’s price rose more than 60 percent in May — the highest monthly return in over a year and a half. This means the world’s most popular cryptocurrency has performed better than almost any global asset in 2019. Boutique analysis firm Delphi Digital even labeled Bitcoin the “King of the Asset Class Hill” in its latest market commentary, after it posted four consecutive months of solid returns. “The acceleration in BTC’s performance comes at a time when conventional risk assets, notably global equity markets, continue to see selling pressure […],” said Delphi Digital. “May’s outperformance has been especially important given the broader…

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Review: RHA’s MA650i are the best Lightning headphones under $60

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 2:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Too much courage can be a bad thing, as iPhone users learned in 2016 when Apple made the shock announcement that the iPhone 7 would ship without a 3.5mm headphone jack. The good news is that you don’t have to use wireless buds or an adapter in order to get a decent audio experience, as demonstrated by the RHA MA650i. This will be a short review. These wired earbuds are essentially the wired equivalent of the RHA MA650 Wireless, which the company released towards the tail-end of 2017, and we subsequently reviewed. The main difference is the RHA MA650i comes…

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Walmart teams up with Big Pharma to track drugs on the blockchain

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 1:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Global retail Goliath Walmart has joined a consortium that’s attempting to build a blockchain for tracking pharmaceutical supply chains. A spokesperson representing the firm confirmed to CoinDesk that Walmart has joined MediLedger, but they did not provide any further comments. MediLedger is aiming to create an “open and decentralized network for the pharmaceutical supply chain,” designed to address the tightening regulations that govern the supply chains of drugs and medications. That said, according to the MediLedger website, network nodes are run and operated by industry participants, so it doesn’t sound entirely open and decentralized. The Drug Supply Chain Security Act…

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Microsoft stops asking you to change your Windows 10 password every 60 days

Jun03
by on June 3, 2019 at 12:30 pm
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Microsoft has finally removed its 60-day password expiration policy from its Windows 10 security baseline, claiming there are better ways to keep users secure. This means organizations using Windows 10 won’t have to force their users to change passwords frequently. In its blog post detailing Windows 10 build, the company said that expiration is a defense only against the probability that a password (or a hash) could be stolen during its validity interval: Recent scientific research calls into question the value of many long-standing password-security practices such as password expiration policies, and points instead to better alternatives such as enforcing banned-password lists (a…

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