Police are using a new type of DNA sleuthing, called genetic genealogy. Already the technique has caught murder and rape suspects in California and Washington. While solving the cases has given cause for celebration, the tactics used in catching the alleged culprits have many privacy and civil rights experts worried. Closing the Golden State Killer case (SN […]

Did you know that the attention of a goldfish is nine seconds? Ours is shorter — we only have an attention span of eight seconds. So, when it comes to catching the eye of a potential customer, you got to be quick, engaging and to the point. This is where Facebook ads come in. The channel is […]

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange has inked a partnership with Equifax, a UK-based fintech company that provides blockchain technology services for capital markets. Equichain will be advising ADX on the best way to use new technologies including blockchain to increase the operational efficiency of the exchange in terms of transaction speed and security. ADX Chief Executive Rashed […]

Volatility, flash crashes, hacks and scams: life in the crypto demimonde can be tough, but perhaps the worst fear of every trader is the harrowing possibility that, after earning a tidy profit in bitcoin or ethereum, they lose their wallet signature or air-gapped drive. As nightmarish as this sounds, it actually does happen. There have […]

Young women coders in Afghanistan are getting a chance to use ethereum’s cryptocurrency. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Code to Inspire (CTI), a non-profit for teaching women in Afghanistan to write code, has partnered with the Bounties Network to allow students to accept ether (ETH) for fixing vulnerabilities for businesses or projects posting bounties. And according to Fereshteh […]

U.S. stocks edged higher on Tuesday, with help from Twitter and media stocks, as investors looked past a historic U.S.-North Korea summit and focused on the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, but their joint statement gave […]

US President Donald Trump says his historic talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that ended in a joint agreement were “tremendous”. The signed document includes a pledge from Mr Kim to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. But in an extraordinary media conference later, Mr Trump announced details not in the paper. He […]

By Laura Desmond Much like the words “blockchain”, “AI” and “cloud”, “smart contract” is one of those phrases that get a lot of hype. After all, what can be better than being able to trust what will happen instead of using the judicial system? The promises of smart contracts include: Enforcing contracts automatically, trustlessly and […]

By  Scott Brown If you seek confirmation and corroboration for all the assertions that Digital OOH is the future of outdoor advertising nay all advertising, then these points will help make up your mind. The OOH advertising space is growing at a tremendous pace because of infrastructural development and rapid urbanization. Urban locations are becoming […]

By Alex Mardikian The internet opened up advertising by making it a two-way communication. Today, DOOH, which leverages the Internet of Things, is taking the concept further and is totally turning traditional advertising wisdom on its head. DOOH shows us how the true benefits of advertising lie in sharing information and having a communication with […]