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Blockchain integration led by the California Department of Transportation (DMV) is changing the way government agencies do business.The agency is registering the titles of 42 million vehicles on the Avalanche blockchain, marking a major step toward updating the public record.This new approach speeds up the process and shows how blockchain can improve government services.Related article: Terra Blockchain loses over $4 million due to exploitStreamlining Vehicle Title Transfer with Blockchain IntegrationCalifornia DMV’s Innovative ApproachThe California DMV worked with Oxhead Alpha to develop a system that allows users to transfer vehicle titles in minutes. This blockchain integration cuts the typical two-week wait…

Researchers from the University of Limerick (UL) have developed a robotic solution for inspecting floating offshore wind farms. The remotely operated vehicle developed by UL has been successfully tested on WindFloat Atlantic, the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm, and the results will help prepare for the maintenance challenges of these structures.The intervention, repair and maintenance study was conducted by a team from UL’s Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CRIS).Regular inspection and maintenance are essential for offshore wind farms, whether fixed-bottom or floating, and currently these tasks rely primarily on human intervention. However, as the industry grows and…

A New York City-based startup is buying up used Pelotons that have been gathering dust since the pandemic and reselling the once-prized bikes at premium prices, The Washington Post has learned. Trade My Spin, launched in March by City University of New York graduate Ari Kimmelfeld, hopes to attract new customers and spur interest in the struggling exercise-bike maker by making pricey Peloton bikes available for a cheaper price. Kimmelfield buys unused bikes for as little as $200 from people who simply want to get rid of bulky bikes from their homes by filling out a form on the company’s…

Darktrace, the global leader in cybersecurity AI, today announced the Darktrace Defenders Partner Program to foster closer collaboration, empower partners, and help organizations improve their cyber resilience using the Darktrace ActiveAI security platform and products. “At Darktrace, partners are integral to our strategy and play a critical role in helping customers use AI to increase cyber resilience in the face of a rapidly changing threat landscape,” said Dennis Walter, Chief Revenue Officer at Darktrace. “Over the past year, we’ve made several strategic investments to transform how we go to market with our global partner community and drive deeper collaboration and…

Aerial view of vehicles traveling near downtown Los Angeles, California during the afternoon commute on April 4, 2022. Photo by Mario Tama via Getty ImagesThe California Department of Transportation has decided to upload 42 million vehicle titles onto a blockchain as a new measure to prevent fraud. ‘Magnitude 7’? Or rather ‘Lug 7′, say strategistsThe DMV has partnered with technology company Oxhead Alpha to register vehicle titles on Ava Labs’ Avalanche Blockchain, which collaborators say will allow more than 39 million Californians to apply for and access vehicle titles through a mobile app, a first for the U.S. The app…

Listen to this article For robots to function in a variety of real-world situations, they need to learn generic policies. To do this, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) created a Real-to-Sim-to-Real model. The goal of many developers is to create hardware and software that allows robots to work anywhere, under any circumstances, but a robot that works in one person’s home doesn’t need to know how to work in every home in the neighborhood. The MIT CSAIL team decided to focus on RialTo, a method that makes it easy to…

We recently compiled a list of the 10 best cybersecurity stocks recommended by hedge funds, and in this article we’ll take a look at how CyberArk Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYBR) positions itself against other cybersecurity stocks.Increased internet usage has made internet connectivity a ubiquitous part of the daily lives of businesses and individuals, and it has also increased the ways in which malicious individuals and organizations can extort money, steal sensitive data, and disrupt critical infrastructure and systems. The scale of this activity is also staggering, with studies estimating that cybercriminals will have caused $6 trillion in damages as of 2021,…

Expand / Here’s an idea: Don’t be lazy and do it yourself! If you followed any Olympic coverage this week, you probably saw a “Dear Sydney” ad for Google’s Gemini AI, in which a proud father asks for help writing a letter on behalf of his daughter, an aspiring runner and huge fan of world-record-holding hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. “I’m good with words, but this has to be perfect,” the father says, asking Gemini to “help me write a letter telling Sydney how much of an inspiration she is to him…” Gemini dutifully responds with a draft of a letter in…

We recently compiled a list of the 10 best cybersecurity stocks recommended by hedge funds, and in this article we’ll take a look at how Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTNT) ranks against other cybersecurity stocks.Increased internet usage has made internet connectivity a ubiquitous part of the daily lives of businesses and individuals, and it has also increased the ways in which malicious individuals and organizations can extort money, steal sensitive data, and disrupt critical infrastructure and systems. The scale of this activity is also staggering, with studies estimating that cybercriminals will have caused $6 trillion in damages as of 2021, more than…

Sure, cars are great, but some of the biggest automotive moves seem to be happening in the agriculture industry. Just look at the latest news from Monarch Tractor: the largest fundraising ever in agricultural robotics. It’s all for the MK-V and its ecosystem. Dear friends and fellow farmers, we have before us the MK-V, a fully electric, driverless smart tractor that aims to revolutionize the world of agriculture. The MK-V will be seen on countless farms across America as its sole purpose is to “Fight the Bottom Line Challenge.”The story here has to do with the decline in American farm…