More DBC is the first AI computing platform driven by blockchain. It is a new attempt between AI and Digital Currency. The company introduced its cloud platform in May 2017 and already created a working product with over 100 manufacturers using the platform including Microsoft, Samsung, Siemens, and Lenovo. SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–January 12, 2018– DeepBrain Chain is an Artificial Intelligence Computing Platform driven by blockchain. The DBC project is for global AI computing resource...

High Fidelity recently unveiled Avatar Island, a virtual reality domain where users can buy and sell items based on a blockchain service. Philip Rosedale, CEO of High Fidelity, sees it as the latest evolution of virtual worlds and virtual life. While at Linden Lab, Rosedale created Second Life, one of the earliest and most successful virtual worlds, in 1999. Now he has a new startup in High Fidelity, which is a contender to build the same kind of virtual society in VR. But at his new company,...

Back in May, I wrote about the concept of DAOs, decentralized autonomous organizations capable of running themselves thanks to blockchain technology — no CEO or C-Suite needed. At the time I was writing, there were a few people in the blockchain community testing out the idea but no strong efforts underway. That was six months ago. As anyone in the crypto space will tell you, six months is a really long time. Today, a market for DAO platforms is emerging, complete with teams, funding,...

Until this week, many people had never heard of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Then it became part of a dramatic showdown between advocates and critics of regulation, as two individuals with dramatically different worldviews each claimed to be the bureau’s acting director. On Tuesday a judge sided with the Trump Administration, enabling the president’s budget director Mick Mulvaney to serve as acting CFPB director until a permanent replacement gets named next year. This may...