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The crypto industry believes this law would be the key to legitimise the sector

The National Assembly of South Korea’s legislation and judiciary committee has voted in favor of the country’s first cryptocurrency-specific legislation. The amended legislation, Special Financial Transactions Information Act, will effectively create and significantly tighten the quality control in the crypto industry, specifically around local crypto exchanges. This was great news for the South Korean cryptocurrency industry and received a positive reaction.

Scientific Games and Vaix.ai have partnered to offer sports bettors personalised recommendations and tailored betting choices

By providing sports, league, team, event, and market recommendations to bettors in real-time, the companies aim to further personalize sports betting through Scientific Games’ OpenMarket solution. OpenMarket is the industry’s first one-stop content marketplace, giving Scientific Games’ partners access to top-tier sports betting intelligence, data feeds and tools without the need for complex integrations and financial agreements.

This wearable AI-enabled sensor technology can be used by doctors to remotely monitor heart patients and provide early warning of potential heart failure

A study led by the University of Utah Health in the US found that a new wearable sensor, working in conjunction with artificial intelligence, was able to predict worsening heart failure in the days leading up to hospitalization. The researchers say the system could eventually help avert up to one in three heart failure readmissions in the weeks following initial discharge from the hospital and help patients sustain a better quality of life.

The European Commission puts forward a European approach to Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

The European Commission is increasing its annual investments in AI by 70% under the research and innovation programme Horizon 2020. It will reach EUR 1.5 billion for the period 2018-2020. It will connect and strengthen AI research centres across Europe. It will also support the development of an "AI-on-demand platform" that will provide access to relevant AI resources in the EU for all users and support the development of AI applications in key sectors.

AI can spot breast cancer more accurately than doctors

A retrospective study measured the diagnostic value of an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to detect breast cancer and found that it outperformed the detection ability of radiologists. Radiologists getting an assist from A.I can detect cancer with a reduced rate of false positive incidents from mammography images.

Mercedes-Benz is running a pilot test using blockchain technology to track carbon dioxide emissions

On the road to sustainable mobility, Mercedes-Benz is increasingly focusing on procurement: together with start-up Circulor, Mercedes-Benz is conducting a pilot project for transparency on CO₂ emissions in the cobalt supply chain as part of startup autobahn. The project partners use blockchain technology to track the emissions of climate-relevant gases as well as the amount of secondary material along the complex supply chains of battery cell manufacturers. In addition, the data network documents whether the Daimler sustainability standards are passed on throughout the entire supply chain. 

Major forces behind BTC rate movements

It's the first month of 2020 and the rate of bitcoin has already hit a peak. From bottom to top, BTC has grown about 28% in the space of 18 days and the price of the largest cryptocurrency has been continuously increasing in the last few days. For the second time in a week, it has climbed over $9,000.

Making work more adaptable to the needs of the moment

What is the gig economy?

For years, the norm of having a job has been either on permanent full or part time basis, but recently more and more people are beginning to take on a variety of short term jobs also known as gigs. These include freelancing, temporary jobs, jobs in the sharing economy and more. All of these different jobs form part of the gig economy. Therefore, the gig economy is one that describes an environment where people work for others as independent contractors. They set their own hours, choose their own clients and work on individually paid project basis rather than a monthly salary. This working environment gives extreme freedom with you deciding what you do, who you work for and how much you charge.

The evolution of transparency on social networking sites

A new social network, Voice, is set to launch on the 14th of February 2020 and aims to revolutionise the industry through token rewards and seemingly forgotten free-speech principles.