Ransomware attack ruins a transport manager’s week, the IRS wants bitcoin users to complete their taxes, AI researchers have gone completely bonkers, and a European police officer proves that everything is completely broken. Here’s your weekly tech roundup.
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Battles between governments and search engines, secret phone-control messages in your radio programme and rampaging robots. It may be the summer season, but that’s no reason for the tech world to take a holiday.
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Those unable to decide if the self-proclaimed inventor of bitcoin is legit might need IBM’s quantum computer. Google has been quietly slurping up U.K. patient data, and a Finnish schoolkid collected a cool $10K. It’s all happening in our tech roundup this week.
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Dozens of banks are mulling blockchain technology for settlements and other processes; some are even building their own digital currencies. This emerging technology has the potential to unshackle entrenched procedures in finance — and turn existing financial models upside down.
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The digital payment network is in trouble, Google wants you to pay for groceries with your face and the Pentagon is launching its first-ever bug bounty program. It’s been a weird and wonderful week in IT. Read all about it in our weekly expertIP technology roundup.
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