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2019: The year Nvidia gets serious about robots

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by on January 14, 2019 at 7:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, robots


Nvidia threw open the doors on its new robotics laboratory in Seattle last week, ushering in a new era for the company. In doing so it’s put the competition on notice. The 13,000-foot Seattle facility is an innovation center designed for a staff of 50. Among its first projects is a joint-endeavor with IKEA featuring a domestic robot designed to assist humans in the kitchen. The competition may be creating contraptions that can perform incredible acrobatics: Or sweet dance moves: But we think the first company to develop a consumer robot capable of making sandwiches and serving drinks, in any consumer’s…

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Rumor: Nintendo to bring classic SNES games to Switch Online

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by on January 14, 2019 at 6:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Over the weekend, an intrepid dataminer found evidence in the recent Nintendo Switch update to suggest games from the company’s Super Nintendo era might soon be available to Switch Online subscribers. The dataminer in question, KapuccinoHeck, spotted clues in the Switch’s code which suggests a SNES emulator could be on its way to Nintendo’s Switch Online subscribers, to complement its library of existing NES games. There’s also some evidence to suggest more emulators could be on the way in future, though it’s very tentative. However, KapuccinoHeck did publish a list of games allegedly coming to the Switch online: Super Mario KartSuper SoccerLegend…

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HSBC leans on blockchain tech to process $250b worth of fx transactions

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by on January 14, 2019 at 5:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, Hard Fork


Global bank HSBC has processed more than 3 million foreign exchange (fx) transactions using blockchain technology.  According to a report, the transactions, completed over the past year, were worth $250bn. If previous statements are anything to go by, HSBC likely used a permissioned (aka private) blockchain to carry out the transaction. Private blockchains are typically preferred by regulated financial entities such as HSBC because they provide a workaround the fact that the anonymity of participants is not acceptable in mainstream finance. To put this into perspective, HSBC is one of the largest financial services organizations in the world. It has 7,500 offices in…

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Surprise – the 3 biggest cybersecurity threats are all cryptocurrency miners

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by on January 14, 2019 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The three most prevalent threats plaguing the internet have been found to be cryptocurrency miners. In its latest analysis of the internet‘s most pressing malware hazards, cybersecurity group Check Point ranked the supposedly neutral Monero-mining script CoinHive in first place – for the thirteenth month in a row, reports ZDNet. Open-source Monero-mining software XMRig was named the second most prevalent, followed by browser-embeddable cryptocurrency miner JSECoin, known as a direct competitor of CoinHive. Check Point analysts noted CoinHive for impacting 12 percent of organizations worldwide, while XMRig and JSECoin were found reaching 8 and 7 percent respectively. CoinHive and JSECoin generally work…

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Surprise – the 3 biggest cybersecurity threats are all cryptocurrency miners

Jan14
by on January 14, 2019 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The three most prevalent threats plaguing the internet have been found to be cryptocurrency miners. In its latest analysis of the internet‘s most pressing malware hazards, cybersecurity group Check Point ranked the supposedly neutral Monero-mining script CoinHive in first place – for the thirteenth month in a row, reports ZDNet. Open-source Monero-mining software XMRig was named the second most prevalent, followed by browser-embeddable cryptocurrency miner JSECoin, known as a direct competitor of CoinHive. Check Point analysts noted CoinHive for impacting 12 percent of organizations worldwide, while XMRig and JSECoin were found reaching 8 and 7 percent respectively. CoinHive and JSECoin generally work…

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