ECB Says Real-Time Payments Are Banks’ Bitcoin Foil
ECB Says Real-Time Payments Are Banks’ Bitcoin Foil
December 01, 2017  |  Faster Payments

A European Central Bank (ECB) director urged banks on Thursday (Nov. 30) to speed up the launch of instant payments to push back against cryptocurrencies...

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Amazon’s Move Into RX Seems Likely
Amazon’s Move Into RX Seems Likely
December 01, 2017  |  Amazon Investments

Amazon has held preliminary talks with generic drug makers about the company’s potential entry into the pharmacy space. According to news from CNBC, sources familiar with...

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Europe Leads ICO Investments
Europe Leads ICO Investments
December 01, 2017  |  Investments

Atomico, the European venture capital firm, said in a report on Thursday (Nov. 30) that over the course of the past few years, close to...

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Giving AI Street Smarts
Giving AI Street Smarts
December 01, 2017  |  Innovation

“Alexa, is the store closed?” “Alexa, does the store have clothes?” When spoken aloud, these questions sound very similar. The difference is obvious to a...

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The Cashier-less Grocery Store Experience
The Cashier-less Grocery Store Experience
December 01, 2017  |  Authentication

Timing is everything, as the saying goes. It’s also the story of a startup named Poly, and its visual identification software, says its CEO, Alberto Rizzoli. Two...

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Uber’s Rough Ride And Amazon’s Holiday Stride
Uber’s Rough Ride And Amazon’s Holiday Stride
December 01, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Breaches, scandals galore, and not a few losses on the bottom line -- call it a year Uber wants in the rearview mirror, with a ...

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