4th Industrial Revolution News

• Tron’s 28-year-old CEO wants to use blockchain games and BitTorrent to decentralize the internet 19 Jan 2019 22:10 VentureBeat An estimated 80 percent of the companies that raised funding via initial coin offerings (ICOs) have been called scams by researchers at the Satis Group. But Justin Sun, the 28-year-old CEO of Tron, wants to prove that his company is different. Sun, a …
• Surprise! Attorney General Nominee William Barr Supports Marijuana Prohibition 19 Jan 2019 21:58 The Motley Fool The legal marijuana industry has come an incredibly long way in a short amount of time. At the beginning of the decade, not a single U.S. state had legalized recreational marijuana, and the same could be said for any country around the world. Now, Canada …
• A daily dose (or 2): Curious minds turn to CBD to treat range of ailments 19 Jan 2019 20:16 CBTK With cannabis now legal in Canada, curious minds are seeking out marijuana-based treatments, like CBD — a compound of cannabis — for treating ongoing medical conditions, with some people even using it to wean themselves off prescription medications. A …
• Power Panel: Women in Blockchain | @CloudEXPO @IBMCloud @IBMBlockchain #FinTech #Blockchain #SmartCities 19 Jan 2019 18:10 SYS-CON Power Panel: Women in Blockchain Register for this session ▸ Here Blockchain has shifted from hype to reality across many industries including Financial Services, Supply Chain, Retail, Healthcare and Government. While traditional tech and crypto …
• Curious minds turn to CBD to treat range of ailments 19 Jan 2019 17:20 CBC With cannabis now legal in Canada, curious minds are seeking out marijuana-based treatments, like CBD — a compound of cannabis — for treating ongoing medical conditions, with some people even using it to wean themselves off prescription medications. A …
• Pakistan’s place in Artificial Intelligence and computing 19 Jan 2019 13:46 Pakistan Today The fourth industrial revolution has now begun In the world of science and technology, it is being said that we are at the beginning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The first that lasted from 1760 to 1840 brought in the age of mechanised production. …
• Ron DeSantis goes shock-and-awe in his first 10 days as Florida governor 19 Jan 2019 12:34 Miami Herald Historically, newly elected politicians are given 100 days to settle into office and get to work before their actions and policies are pored over and dissected. But it took Florida’s new governor less than two weeks to set his agenda and offer a clear view …
• From other editors: Iowa should fix medical marijuana law 19 Jan 2019 08:47 Fort Dodge Messenger The Iowa Legislature’s tepid entry into the medical marijuana field is so typically Iowa. It is overly cautious and, we suspect, likely to be marginally effective as it now stands. Since 2014, the legislature has taken baby steps to make cannabidiol …
• What We Are Reading Today: Breaking and Entering 19 Jan 2019 08:46 Arab News A few short decades ago, we were informed by the smooth signals of analog television and radio; we communicated using our analog telephones; and we even computed with analog computers. Today our world is digital, built with zeros and ones. Why did this …
• WISeKey and the Blockchain Research Institute sign agreement to create interconnected Blockchain Centers of Excellence around the world 19 Jan 2019 08:41 BigCharts Jan 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- WISeKey and the Blockchain Research Institute sign agreement to create interconnected Blockchain Centers of Excellence around the world The agreement was announced by Don Tapscott and Carlos Moreira at the Geneva …