Weekly News Digest (16 Jul, 2019)

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Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future

Kai Stinchcombe in the article “Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future” claimed that blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future. Its failure to achieve adoption to date is because systems built on trust, norms, and institutions inherently function better than the type of no-need-for-trusted-parties systems blockchain envisions. That’s permanent: no matter how much blockchain improves it is still headed in the wrong direction. Do you agree with this? Check out the article to find out more arguments from the author.

How important will blockchain be to the world's economy?

Another great article about blockchaine. Did you hear that Long Island Iced Tea Company are planned to sell beverages using blockchain technology? Would it be a successful idea for the business? Take a look at “How important will blockchain be to the world's economy?” by Tim Harford to get more information about the subject.

Why risk is suddenly part of the security conversation

Over the past 20 years, startups designed to calculate, quantify, and reduce cybersecurity risk have fallen as quickly as they appeared. In fact, security professionals cannot protect everything all the time. Karim Toubba and Kenna Security in the article “Why risk is suddenly part of the security conversation” investigate this issue.

Why the BBC does not want to store your data

BBC audience members could soon be using all the data from their social media and online accounts to fine-tune the content they listen to and view. The BBC is developing a personal data store that analyses information from multiple sources to filter content. Read “Why the BBC does not want to store your data” to find out more information about the early prototypes.

5 Tips to improve User Experience of your Angular app with NgRx

Do you agree that the web app performance matters? Alex Okrushko claims that it matters even more so when the company’s finances are depending on such apps. Therefore, in his recent article “5 Tips to improve User Experience of your Angular app with NgRx” the author discusses this issue profoundly, providing tips of how to improve performance for your further business development prospects.

We hope that the articles we mentioned were useful and will have a beneficial influence on the development of your business. Stay tuned and see you next week!