Blockscale 1000-series chips end of lifed

A project pushed by former Intel graphics-chief Raja Koduri to create a Custom Compute Group within the AXG graphics unit to support its Bitcoin ASICs has been mothballed.

Solid is better

Sir Tim Berners-Lee "is skeptical about a blockchain-based internet" and the decentralised architecture that gives users control of their data called Solid is much better.

We are surprised they know what it is

The telly company which provides news to those without opposable thumbs, Fox, says it plans to double down on its investments in blockchain technology by introducing more NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and digital collectibles for its shows and franchises in the coming months.

Ooo ahh it be Argus

A new paper (PDF) published by Microsoft's research department proposes to tackle piracy with a blockchain-based bounty system titled "Argus".

More resistant to quantum computing attacks

A team of boffins have emerged from smoke-filled labs with a cure for a problem which has not arisen yet. 

Failed to meet revenue targets

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that IBM has cut its blockchain team down to almost nothing.

CompTIA sets the record straight

CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the global technology industry, has released a new free educational resource on blockchain that dispels myths and misunderstandings about a technology that has the potential to transform the way businesses and industries operate.

Libra ban likely

Private digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra should not be allowed in the European Union until the risks they could pose are clearly addressed, EU finance ministers agreed.

Doesn't this sound like an episode of Mr Robot?

HSBC aims to shift $20 billion worth of assets to a new blockchain-based custody platform by March, in one of the biggest deployments yet of the widely-hyped but still unproven technology by a global bank.

It is not as if you didn't know who would be elected 

A French security researcher has found a critical vulnerability in the blockchain-based voting system which Russian officials plan to use next month for the 2019 Moscow City Duma election.