Image credit: Just_Super | Getty Images Few had heard much about decentralized finance (DeFi) in its early days in late 2017 and late 2019, beyond murmurs about Bitcoin and a mysterious new digital technology called blockchain. But a pandemic can change everything. Since May of this year, the total value…

Image: Artur Aldyrkhanov Hold on tight. You’re in the fast lane to a new digital era. 5G, IoT, AI, and Blockchain are all collaborating to create an awe-inspiring experience. Once novel concepts and ideas, they are quickly becoming commonplace and the norm, and as they take hold in every industry…

Image: Unsplash — Mitchelll Luo How do you reach younger generations? Put the content on TikTok. The company not only hosted a live forum earlier this month to mark the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, but also plans to host a virtual New Year’s Eve celebration to help bring friends and…

Image: Unsplash — Charlize Birdsinger The Internet of Things (IoT) has been booming all around the globe for a decade. The most obvious focus of IoT is the consumer domain. However, Industrial IoT (IIoT) is probably the greatest champion of this new technology. Industrial IoT is an extension of IoT…

As mobile operators step up efforts to roll out 5G networks, they face resistance from local groups convinced that the new technology poses a threat to health. In the city of Bath, in Somerset, one such group is celebrating a victory after the local council refused permission for a 5G…

An ultraflexible endovascular flow sensor that is guided using magnetic fields. Image: Alain Herzog / 2020 EPFL EPFL scientists have invented a technique to navigate electronic devices that are smaller than human hair inside blood vessels and reach arterioles. The next step will be conducting in vivo tests. The cardiovascular…

Image: styf The current pandemic is a painful reminder that business resiliency can too easily be overlooked in favor of efficiency, leaving companies and employees vulnerable. Though it is recognized as an important investment area, lessons we thought had been learned from previous tragic events are often quickly sidelined when…

Image: vchalup — stock.adobe.com When real-world quantum applications begin appearing, cost, complexity, and other issues will likely float them into the cloud. As cloud providers search for new markets, many are turning their attention to quantum computing, a science that’s long been touted as the ultimate disruptive technology, but which…

Cryptocurrency holders can now cash out their bitcoin at 16,000 ATMs across the UK thanks to a collaboration between East London-based Cryptocurrency company BitcoinPoint and independent cash machine opwerator Cashzone. With interest in bitcoin surging, user-friendly processes to securely buy, sell and use cryptocurrency have long been a hurdle to widespread adoption.BitcoinPoint has been working to break down these barriers with a mobile app that makes it possible to buy and sell bitcoin at a network of agents, from Bureaus de Change to newsagents, as well as online through an instant bank transfer solution via Open Banking.“When we started the service early 2018, there was not enough emphasis on making it easier for people to simply buy £5 of bitcoin,” says BitcoinPoint CEO and former Credit Suisse VP Benoit Marzouk…. https://xchange.jaagnet.com/JAAGNet-Groups/uki/blog/bitcoin-cash-outs-arrive-at-16-000-atms-in-the-uk