The Federal Highway Administration launched a research program earlier this week in an attempt to bring in transformational changes and advances in highway engineering through the use of artificial …
Baidu’s “Xuperchain” launch is just the beginning of China’s blockchain rush
Baidu, China’s largest Internet company, released a preliminary version of its new blockchain service on Thursday. “Xuperchain” is advertised to help small to medium-sized businesses launch …
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Moscow’s blockchain voting system cracked a month before election
The blockchain-based voting system that Moscow wants to use next month for the regional parliamentary election contains a critical flaw that breaks the security of the entire system, a security …
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An FCC Commissioner Sees AI and Blockchain As Contributing to 5G
An FCC commissioner hopes that machine learning and distributed crypto-ledgers will free up wireless spectrum for billions of devices. Jessica Rosenworcel, a commissioner at the US Federal …
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World Bank to issue the first ‘blockchain bond’
The World Bank is arranging the financial industry’s first ‘blockchain bond,’ which will become available later this month and is slated to raise about $70 million. The bank is using it for its …
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West Virginia tests blockchain voting system for overseas voters
West Virginia is testing a blockchain-based voting system for overseas residents, a move driven to a large extent by difficulties and failures in existing absentee ballots and systems. Source: …
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Could quantum computers render current bitcoin and most blockchain cryptography powerless?
Bitcoin ledgers are protected by puzzles that are currently too complex for modern computers to solve without access to the private key of each one. A revolution in quantum computing, however, could …
Sierra Leone holds world’s first blockchain-powered elections
"Swiss startup Agora has helped oversee the results of Sierra Leone’s March 9 presidential election, marking the first use of blockchain technology in a national poll, writes Quartz." Source: Sierra …
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BMW to use blockchain to source ethical cobalt
"An early mainstream adopter of blockchain has been the motor industry, and BMW has just announced it is turning to the technology to help source ethical cobalt." Source: The Chain: BMW to use …
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Fed tech experts: To Unleash Blockchain’s Potential, Government Must Direct Its Growth
"The decentralized ledger system behind Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize everything from personal finance to international trade, but blockchain needs privacy and security standards before …