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Good morning, CIO. Sometimes, as maybe once or twice a week, the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency forks in a new direction too much, and it's time to take a step back and evaluate where things are. The editorialist of the IOC Journal Irving Wladawsky-Berger does just that with his helpful glance at "The emergence of a blockchain-based" block economy ". Begin by putting forward the growth of this economy, observing what has expanded from Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott has published "Blockchain Revolution" in 2016. The book has been updated this year, and things have changed.
"When the original book was published, the entire cryptoassets market was worth $ 9 billion, the new edition estimates that in March 2018 the cryptoasset market was about $ 400 billion, worth subject to rapid fluctuations ", writes dr. Wladawsky-Berger.
Then, it guides us through the distinctions between cryptocurrencies, platforms, security tokens, tokens and stablecoins of natural assets, and what they mean to the business and beyond. "Whether they are revolutionary or evolutionary, these technologies promise to destroy business models and transform industries and economies, but much work remains to be done to turn the promise into reality," concludes Dr. Wladawsky-Berger. Understanding the forms that emerge from this economy is a good start.
Technical recruitment rebounds in July. US companies added 75,000 new IT operators last month, after losing jobs in the technology sector since February, cutting 90,000 positions in June alone, according to an analysis of the CompTIA Labor Group published Friday. The number of IT job offers also increased in July, from 53,000 to over 300,000, doubling the number of postings in January.
CYBERSECURITY
U.S. officials push new penalties for hackers on the electricity grid. Probably the tools would be a more frequent use of the charges against the named hackers and the request for red communications from Interpol, or the request of other nations to locate and arrest the suspects, which would make it difficult for the guilty to travel out of their countries of origin. Confiscations and asset sanctions are two additional tools that could be used more, reports Rebecca Smith of the WSJ.
Top uncertainty. Officials who have harsher sentences do not know whether the president, who has sent contradictory messages about his position on Russia's repeated meddling, will embrace the recommendations.
The Singapore attack has the characteristics of the group linked to the state. Officials say a June attack that led to the theft of medical data of about 1.5 million people, including the Prime Minister, was the work of an "Advanced Persistent Threat" group, Reuters reports. The government did not share the identity of the attackers.
iPhone contractor affected by viruses. 80% of the manufacturing tools of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co returned online, according to the company, after its systems were hit by a computer virus. Bloomberg reports that the company has accused the infection of an error made during the installation of the software.
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By breaking with culture, Honda outsources the technology. Under the stress of the enormous investments needed to develop the technologies used in electric vehicles and autonomous driving, car manufacturers are relying on megasuppliers such as Continental AG as well as smaller companies with all-new technologies. 39; vanguard like Intel Corp. subsidiary Mobileye. For the Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. whose official name translates as Honda Technical Research Industry, change is forcing it to rethink its identity as a maker of unique automotive technologies. The newspaper Sean McLain reports on the existential crisis of Honda.
From the creator to the borrower. "Honda is changing the things that Honda should not change," said Hideaki Tsuru, who has been working in the Honda research and development arm for 20 years until his retirement in 2016. He said that making unique products is " the soul of Honda "
Filipino call centers try to put the threat of automation on hold. With the business-outsourcing sector generating $ 23 billion a year, nearly a tenth of the country's production, industry leaders are training staff to handle more specialized tasks in an effort to "overcome the algorithms ", reports James Hookway of the Journal.
Bot race. "Company like company C based on UK elaton Ltd are working on new software that can mimic what happens in a call center, replacing help desks with virtual virtual assistants that can learn to understand different accents and typing incorrectly
Technological sector pins, now pro-legislation John D. McKinnon of the WSJ reports that US technology companies hope to anticipate state regulation of privacy online helping to shape potential new federal privacy legislation
. Other US companies are scouring online characters of job applicants for racist and other comments, sometimes tapping software that uses an algorithm to sifting posts: This presents new challenges to human resources departments, including the possible violation of digital privacy laws and, the report by the magazine Rachel Feintzeig and Vanessa Fuhrmans.
Apple interrupts the hate site. Apple Inc. removed links from its podcast directory to the far-right website Infowars, the journal's Tripp Mickle reports.
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President Trump recognized that a meeting his son held with a Russian government lawyer in June 2016 was an attempt "to obtain information about "Hillary Clinton, but defended him as" totally legal ". (19659002) The largest US companies are recording the strongest earnings growth since the recession, backed by lower tax rates and a robust US economy. (WSJ)
Public sector unions are facing severe declines in revenue and seeking to prevent the loss of members following a recent Supreme Court ruling (WSJ)
Global stocks have declined mainly, while tensions business have weighed on the Chinese markets while US companies have continued to record strong gains. (WSJ)
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