Europe’s first dedicated blockchain research facility and the world’s first advanced blockchain identity laboratory has been launched in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. Known as the Blockpass Identity Lab, the pioneering blockchain research facility will focus on exploring ways in which blockchain technology can be applied in protecting personal data online according to The Scotsman. Built at the […]

Scattered throughout Philadelphia’s western suburbs, these suds-soaked spots promise top-notch imbibing. Bald Birds Brewing Company First-time brewpub owners Joe and Abby Feerrar “felt the Audubon area was somewhat short-listed with local breweries.” On Sept. 15, they debut their “rustic-industrial” converted 7,000 square-foot warehouse, which makes use of reclaimed wood, picnic tables and comfortable couch seating. […]

Sometimes our beautiful world seems like a scary place. The news that we are drip-fed through our devices often paints a biased and disproportionally terrifying picture. Technologically, we are more connected, but in many ways more isolated than ever. Instead of using interconnectedness to seek out data that broadens our knowledge and understanding, too often […]

Naomi Campbell has an opinion on just about everything—which makes her the perfect talk show guest. Last night, the supermodel appeared on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, where a viewer called in to ask what she thought of Kendall Jenner being the highest-paid model, despite insisting she’s could never do 30 shows runway in a single […]

Walmart has advised its fresh, leafy greens producers to use blockchain technology to trace the movement of their products under its food traceability initiative, and to have all systems in place about one year from now, according to the company’s website. A letter to its suppliers noted the U.S. has suffered a multi-state outbreak of E coli linked to romaine lettuce, […]

Two Washington-based financial experts say that North Korea is increasingly using cryptocurrency to evade U.S. Sanctions. According to Lourdes Miranda, a financial crimes investigator specialized in intelligence collection and analysis, and Ross Delston, an expert witness who specializes in anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, Pyongyang is creating its own cryptocurrency and is likely also using popular […]

More than 50 stakeholders from the cryptocurrency and finance industries this week met with U.S. lawmakers in Washington to discuss the future of blockchain regulations in the country. The roundtable, which took place at Capitol Hill at the behest of Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), saw attendance from the representatives of industry heavyweights including Coinbase, Kraken, Nasdaq, […]

HONG KONG – Tencent Music, which owns China’s most popular music streaming apps, is often compared to Sweden’s Spotify Technology (SPOT.N) but it offers more in the way of socially interactive services that is helping it hit bigger notes in money making. The company, majority owned by Chinese tech powerhouse Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) and slated […]

US President Donald Trump was “ranting and venting on trade” to French President Emmanuel Macron during their bilateral meeting Monday evening, according to a senior diplomatic source. Trump lambasted the European Union for its trade policies, saying it was worse than China — a complaint that the US president made to his French counterpart in an […]

In news with several layers of weird, researchers have determined that the mix of bacteria that live inside your nose — yes, there are organisms living inside your nose — correlates with the type and severity of cold symptoms you develop. For example, people whose noses are rich in Staphylococcusbacteria had more severe nasal symptoms than […]