Theta Network is the leading video delivery network powered by blockchain technology. Theta allows users to simultaneously watch video content and earn token rewards for relaying video to other users who are also watching the same content. In the same vein as other sharing economy models, users opt-in to volunteering their spare bandwidth and computing…
How Will HCA Healthcare & Google Partnership Improve Next Generation Healthcare?
HCA Healthcare recently announced a new multiyear strategic partnership with Google Cloud focused on analytics-driven process improvement and digital transformation. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Why It Matters The partnership between the cloud giant and Nashville-based HCA, with its 186 hospitals and 2,000 ambulatory sites nationwide, is aimed at building “next generation…
Blockchain Project Of The Week – Polygon (MATIC)
Polygon (Previously known as MATIC network) is a protocol and a framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks. Aggregating scalable solutions on Ethereum supporting a multi-chain Ethereum ecosystem. Polygon combines the best of Ethereum and sovereign blockchains into a full-fledged multi-chain system. Polygon solves pain points associated with Blockchains, like high gas fees and…
United Airlines Will Purchase 15 Boom’s Overture Supersonic Aircrafts
In a move that facilitates a monumental leap forward in returning supersonic speeds to aviation, as well as a cooperative sustainability initiative, United Airlines recently announced a commercial agreement with Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic to add aircraft to its global fleet. The price of each Overture aircraft is $200 million, which airlines will customize…
Blockchain Project Of The Week – Cardano (ADA)
Cardano is a blockchain platform for changemakers, innovators, and visionaries, with the tools and technologies required to create possibility for the many, as well as the few, and bring about positive global change. According to its founders, its the first to be founded on peer-reviewed research and developed through evidence-based methods. It combines pioneering technologies…
Microsoft is supplying 120,000 HoloLens-based headsets to the US Army
Microsoft has won a contract to supply the US Army with HoloLens-based headsets. The contract could be worth up to $21.88 billion over 10 years, and CNBC reports that it will involve Microsoft supplying 120,000 headsets. The software maker has been working closely with the Army since 2018, and soldiers have been testing the Integrated…
Banque De France Has Finished CBDC Trial
Banque de France has successfully conducted its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial, with a blockchain platform for interbank settlement, CoinDesk reported. A statement from the bank said the pilot involved a settlement on a private blockchain, which U.K. startup SETL provided, of around 2 million euros (about $2.4 million), per CoinDesk. Banque de…
Bristol Myesrs Squibb & Exscientia In $1.2 billion Artificial Intelligence Drug Discovery Deal
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has announced a new collaboration agreement with Exscientia to use artificial intelligence (AI) to discovery drug candidates across a number of therapeutic areas. The collaboration will leverage Exscientia’s AI technology to accelerate the discovery of small molecule therapeutic drug candidates in multiple therapeutic areas, including oncology and immunology. As part of…
South Korea Unveils $450 Billion Push For Global Chipmaking Crown
South Korea unveiled ambitious plans to spend roughly $450 billion to build the world’s biggest chipmaking base over the next decade, joining China and the US in a global race to dominate the key technology. Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. will lead more than 510 trillion won of investment in semiconductor research and…
Tesla Full Self-Driving May Go To Wide Public Release By July
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software may go public before July, Elon Musk said on Twitter on Wednesday (US time). Tesla released its FSD beta program in late 2020, and when it is released publicly it is expected to allow a Tesla car to drive with almost no interventions – although a driver must pay attention…
AllianceBlock to Integrate With Avalanche
According to an Avalanche announcement published on 7 April, users will be able to access AllianceBlock’s DeFi Investment Terminal, compliant P2P financial services, NFT capabilities, trustless KYC and identity verification solutions, and derivative pricing engine and analytics on Avalanche. AllianceBlock, a globally compliant decentralized capital market, will also collaborate with Ava Labs, the company behind…
Amazon’s Big Push Into Telehealth Could Shake Up Health Care Delivery
Amazon may be trying to do for health care what it did for shopping online. In September 2019, the world’s largest online retailer quietly launched a Seattle-area pilot program offering its employees health care through an app. The service, called Amazon Care, lets patients use an app to schedule appointments and connect with a medical…
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