Japanese Manufacturers Enter Blockchain-Backed Data Sharing Arrangement
Overseen by the Industrial Value Chain Initiative, the blockchain project will connect 100 Japanese manufacturers to share information......»»
Brazilian Financial Regulators Will Vet Companies and Political Appointees on a Blockchain
Brazil’s major financial regulators have unified their intelligence troves under a blockchain-backed sharing system called PIER......»»
Ride-Sharing Company Grab Raises $856M, Seeks To Expand Its Financial Services
SoftBank Group Corporation (OTC: SFTBY) backed Grab, a ride-hailing company operating in Southeast Asia, is raising more than $850 million from Japanese firms Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc read more.....»»
Major Korean Banks Join Government-Backed Blockchain ID Initiative
Institutions including the Shinhan and NH Nonghyup banks have joined a blockchain identity initiative aimed to securely share personal data......»»
South Korea Aims to Put Trade Finance on the Blockchain by 2021
The government-backed program will bring trade and contract data into distributed ledgers......»»
Apollo Cryptocurrency Brings You Database Sharing
Apollo (APL), a cryptocurrency backed by the Apollo Foundation, said Friday it successfully implemented database sharding to reduce blockchain bloat. read more.....»»
Steve Case Backs $4.7M Seed Round for Blockchain Database Startup Fluree
This North Carolina-based startup is extending blockchain fundamentals to data sharing......»»
GM, BMW Back Blockchain Data Sharing For Self-Driving Cars
General Motors will chair the next autonomous vehicle data markets working group, using blockchain to help share self-driving data......»»
China"s State Electricity Firm Eyes Blockchain to Decentralize Data Sharing
China State Grid Corporation, the country's state-owned power utility, is looking to blockchain to advance its plans for an "Internet of Energy.".....»»
VSP invests in, forms partnership with online security company PokitDok
PokitDok Inc. creates data-sharing platforms using blockchain, the technology that is also behind the digital currency bitcoin......»»
Facebook reportedly gave over 60 device makers access to data on users, friends
Facebook has a new scandal on their hands - a New York Times report that says the social media giant had data sharing agreements with at least 60 phone and device manufacturers. Rob Smith (@robsmithonline) has all the details......»»
Mitsubishi Bets People Will Reveal Their Driving Habits to Insurers---For a Freebie
Mitsubishi Motors is trying a novel approach to get more American car owners interested in sharing driving data with auto insurers: $10 off an oil change. The Japanese car maker has debuted a rewards-linked smartphone app......»»
Nissan Admits Emissions-Test Data Was Falsified
Staff at some of Nissan Motor’s Japan plants falsified auto-emissions and fuel-economy data, the company said, in what is the latest data-faking incident among Japanese manufacturers......»»
Streamr Is First Blockchain Organization To Win Startup AutoBahn Global Innovation Award
Blockchain-backed data platform, Streamr, joins previous winners Porsche and Daimler in receiving Plug and Play Global Innovation Award for Partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Q2 hed.....»»
Mazda, Suzuki, Yamaha Motor cheated on fuel economy, emissions testing: Japan government
Mazda Motor Corp, Suzuki Motor Corp and Yamaha Motor Co improperly tested vehicles for fuel economy and emissions, the Japanese government said on Thursday, in the latest cases of data falsifications by the nation's manufacturers......»»
A company that calls itself the "Flatiron Health of rare diseases" and is backed by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos just raised $3 million
RDMD RDMD is a platform for data sharing between patients with rare diseases, doctors, and researchers. The company announced on Monday it har raised $3 million in seed funding led by Lux Capital and Village Global, whose .....»»
$1 Billion Blockchain Fund Founders Plan Japanese Yen Stablecoin
Founding partners of the $1 billion blockchain fund backed by a Chinese city government are planning to roll out a Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin......»»
BlackBerry Unveils Blockchain Partnership to Support Medical Research
BlackBerry announced Thursday it was working with ONEBIO to support a new blockchain platform aimed at storing and sharing medical research data......»»
Japanese Firms Claim Success in Marine Insurance Blockchain Trial
NTT DATA and a major Japanese insurer have completed a blockchain trial that speeds up marine cargo insurance claims......»»
Facebook CEO backed sharing customer data despite second thoughts: documents
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg questioned the business case for giving millions of outside software developers wide access to customer data before endorsing the practice in 2012, according to internal emails published on Wednesday......»»
IBM, Aetna, PNC Explore Medical Data Blockchain for 100 Million Health Plans
Aetna, Anthem, Health Care Service Corporation, PNC Bank and IBM are collaborating to improve healthcare data sharing with blockchain......»»