The development of payments channels on the bitcoin network took a step forward today with new technology released by wallet startup Blockchain. | Continue reading
Bitcoin's main development team is taking its first steps toward democratizing and lower barriers to entry to its ongoing tech efforts. | Continue reading
Apple, which recently launched a music streaming service, will continue to offer music downloads — an industry it helped legitimize — for a long time. The question now is how long is long?A report surfaced on Wednesday saying plans to terminate iTunes music downloads in two years … | Continue reading
Big data company Palantir says it has no involvement with a Hong Kong cloud mining service that claims to be owned by it. | Continue reading
A representative for a US think tank spoke before a Congressional committee yesterday on blockchain's role in health care. | Continue reading
With each generation the public consciousness conjures up a new fear for our youth: where once it was rock ‘n’ roll, today the concern is that teenagers’ lives are dominated by digital media. The worry is that the digital deluge may affect their capacity to learn, to converse, to … | Continue reading
NATO is on the lookout for military-grade blockchain proposals in a technology innovation contest. | Continue reading
Fluent, a startup focused on supply chain applications of the blockchain, has raised a new seed funding round. | Continue reading
The research arm of SWIFT released a new report today which argues that blockchain won't replace all third parties in securities trade. | Continue reading
The skin is the body’s largest organ, but replacing it has proven a complex and so far unsuccessful quest. Monday, researchers say they have developed a “second skin” made of polymer that is strong, stretchy and adherent, just like the real thing.“It’s kind of like an invisible S … | Continue reading
The city of Zug, Switzerland, will pilot a bitcoin payments project that will allow local citizens to pay fees using digital currency. | Continue reading
After months of testing, bitcoin's long-sought scaling solution Segregated Witness is moving forward to launch. | Continue reading
Bitcoin may now have a fee market, but that reality doesn't mean the network has optimized for this environment, developer Jameson Lopp argues. | Continue reading
From lodging to lip balm, the decentralized bitcoin marketplace OpenBazaar is already home to a surprising variety of wares. | Continue reading
The last day of Consensus 2016 featured a workshop discussion on standards for blockchain development. | Continue reading
A 10-year-old Finnish boy named Jani discovered a flaw in Instagram, allowing him to delete comments at will. He informed Facebook of the issue and received $10,000 from the company. Jani sent Mashable this very real note, detailing a few other flaws he's discovered.SEE ALSO: It' … | Continue reading
Which blockchain implementations are right for your enterprise? Investor William Mougayar breaks down the ecosystem and its providers. | Continue reading
Joe Atkins, chief executive officer of Bowers & Wilkins, has owned a majority stake in the half-century-old British speaker business for the last 30 years. On Tuesday, he told his 1,100 employees that he’s selling it to a tiny company that almost no one has heard of, run by a man … | Continue reading
Balaji Srinivasan, co-founder and CEO of 21 Inc., announced the launch of the 21 software package at the Consensus 2016 blockchain conference. | Continue reading
NEW YORK – It was the biggest night of fashion, what some might call the Oscars of style: The Met Gala, an annual event raising funds for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. This year's theme seemed to have it all. Manus X Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology feted the str … | Continue reading
For people with gluten allergies or celiac disease, the idea of eating out in restaurants can be terrifying. It typically involves scrutinizing menus and food labels, interrogating waiters, or having to bring their own meals wherever they go.But now, a discreet new device, small … | Continue reading
On the first day of the Tech & Policy track of Consensus 2016, there were talks on law enforcement & blockchain and decentralizing existing markets. | Continue reading
Shelby Bonnie had just made a connection at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport when he realized he had misplaced his iPad. He was flying from San Francisco to the Bahamas on April 22, and told the New York Times he believes he set the device aside when he was rearranging the conte … | Continue reading
Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing arm of the Web commerce giant, is partnering with investment firm Digital Currency Group. | Continue reading
Delaware is looking to use blockchain technology in a bid to streamline the cost and paperwork burden of registering new companies in the state. | Continue reading
The Commonwealth Secretariat has launched a blockchain-powered secure communication tool for governments and law enforcement. | Continue reading
Weddings are an on the ground affair so most of the focus is on the physical elements of the day from the attire, the decoration, the ceremony and the venue. However, technology can very much form part of the planning and execution of the wedding as well. As a tech writer and new … | Continue reading
IBM has announced a new framework for securing blockchain systems running in its cloud services. | Continue reading
The UK government is looking at the use of blockchains to track student loans and public grants. | Continue reading
Infosys has become the latest IT services giant to announce the introduction of a blockchain offering through its EdgeVerve Systems subsidiary. | Continue reading
It sounds as if it is the teaser before a local nightly newscast: “A popular bathroom hand dryer could be making you ill, tonight at 11:00!”A controversy that has erupted in the media in recent weeks concerns the top-of-the-line Dyson Airblades, which sound about as deafening as … | Continue reading
Now that Rabobank will be collaborating with Swiss startup NexusLab, they can delve deeper into the world of distributed ledgers. | Continue reading
Working with corporate clients can be very different than working in the personal event space, but it can also lead to big rewards. Corporate business means larger events, expanded budgets and most of the time higher stakes. While working in corporate events can be a lucrative bu … | Continue reading
Distributed ledger aficionados have been telling people this for quite some time now, but the blockchain will have an impact on various aspects of life. After all, this technology is the biggest innovation in computer science, and despite facing a lot of opposition, there are ple … | Continue reading
Despite all of the focus on the Ethereum ecosystem right now, one of the questions waiting to be answered is when the first project making great use of this protocol will come to fruition. Gavin Andresen is waiting for that project as well, and he feels how Ethereum smart contrac … | Continue reading
A blockchain project being developed by MIT researchers gained new attention this week following criticism of its alleged design elements. | Continue reading
Industry investor Blockchain Capital has claimed it has already made what would be the first VC funding in an Ethereum startup. | Continue reading
Imagine a world without Uber? Okay, now come back to 2016. Unless you are in Queensland, Australia.The Australian state of Queensland is trying really hard to stamp out ridesharing by introducing a bunch of new regulations Thursday. Uber responded to the move by releasing a ride … | Continue reading
The Australian government is watching and has the means to launch a cyber attack.On Thursday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull introduced a massive A$230 million cash injection to arm the country for cyber security issues and deal with online threats it is facing, including cyber … | Continue reading
International payments network SWIFT is looking to build its own distributed ledger platform, a new report reveals. | Continue reading
The leak of 11 million confidential documents (in about 2.6 terabytes of data) from the Panamanian law firm Mossack, Fonseca and Co. has been credited by some media outlets to a whistle-blower who wants to remain anonymous. Others have suggested it came from an attack by hackers. … | Continue reading
Oh, you've been experiencing VR sober?According to Run the Jewels, you've been doing things very, very wrong.The rap duo of El-P and Killer Mike would know. They've already dabbled in virtual reality (in their entrancing music video for "Crown") and released their own VR viewer a … | Continue reading
This isn’t a rant post. But if you have worked in tech for long enough, you know this feeling — tech fatigue. At some point, everything new feels old, everything different feels dumb. If you get stuck in this circle of endless cynicism, you need to ask yourself the important ques … | Continue reading
Hyperledger project member Accenture has proposed using blockchain tech to fight the spread of counterfeit drugs. | Continue reading
In this week's Plugged In, Mashable Tech Correspondent Ray Wong hops onto the Onewheel, an electric skateboard that's not only fun to ride, but can also be used as a transportation method. But is it worth $1,500? How fast can it really go? Is it heavy? We answer all of those ques … | Continue reading
INDIO, California — Anyone who walked into the Sahara Tent at Coachella shortly after midnight on Friday saw something that no one had ever seen before. The Lucent Dossier Experience — an L.A.-based collective that combines vocal performances with avant-garde performers and aeria … | Continue reading
“Nearly everyone I know is addicted in some measure to the internet,” wrote Tony Schwartz in a recent essay in The New York Times. It’s a common complaint these days. A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the internet and its offspring apps, social media sites and online ga … | Continue reading
R3CEV's top lawyer talks about 8 proof-of-concepts in the works. But the areas he focused on won't necessarily be replaced by the technology. | Continue reading