Smartphone manufacturer HTC is taking a major leap into the cryptocurrency ecosystem and wider blockchain industry. The Taiwanese firm on Tuesday unveiled the “HTC Exodus,” which it describes as the “world’s first native blockchain phone.” The Android-powered phone will be tailor-made to provide support for decentralized applications (DApps) like CryptoKitties, and it will feature a secure […]

Ripple has launched an initiative that aims to give entrepreneurs in the blockchain space a better start in business – as long as they boost its own ecosystem. Announced Monday, Xpring (pronounced “spring”) will to invest in, acquire and provide grants to “serious” projects and companies run by “proven” entrepreneurs, a company release states. The venture capital […]

GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER – Palestinians buried the dead on Tuesday from the bloodiest day in Gaza in years, after Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians near the Gaza-Israel border during demonstrations against the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Israeli forces shot dead at least two more Palestinians on Tuesday, although protests were quieter than the […]

Duluth, GA – April 30, 2018– Steve Latham, founder and chief executive officer of Banyan Hills Technologies, an Internet of Things company, will speak at FinTech South. Speaking on a panel on May 8, 2018 from 1:40 p.m – 2:30 p.m., Latham will share insights on the topic of Enabling Secure Commerce for the Internet […]

Moon Alert We have the “all clear” today to shop and do business. The Moon is in Taurus. Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a strong way to start your week. Business and commerce are favoured; however, there is a tiny chance that you might go overboard financially because you are blinded to seeing something. […]

Do you warm up and cool down? And still manage to do something in between? As always share your top tips and weekend triumphs and woes below the line. Having spent yesterday in a ‘Leadership in Running Fitness’ course, I definitely set a PB for time spent talking about, thinking about and discussing running in […]

The heatwave might have passed and your holiday might feel like a long way off, but fortunately there is some light relief in the form of fragrance. For years, brands have been successfully bottling the scent of the sun, sea and sand to transport us to far-flung, exotic lands. Here are the scents that will […]

Seven years on from his infamous “Nazi” comments, Lars von Trier is back at the Cannes Film Festival. Will he hold his tongue this time? Lars von Trier’s reputation as an impish provocateur was already well established when he came to Cannes in 2011 with his apocalyptic science fiction fable Melancholia. Yet the Danish film-maker […]

Memory transfer has been at the heart of science fiction for decades, but it’s becoming more like science fact. A team successfully transplanted memories by transferring a form of genetic information called RNA from one snail into another. The snails were trained to develop a defensive reaction. When the RNA was inserted into snails that […]

Amazon has long been a kind of big shapeless threat hanging over retail, but now this threat is solidifying into something that could compromise the medium-term survival of even the most established retail brands. Already in 2018, we’ve noticed that ‘The Amazon Problem’ is now dominating retail conversations more than ever before and we’re also […]