Exclusive: Microsoft Registers Blockchain and AI Platform for Agriculture in Brazil

Microsoft’s technology, known as FarmBeats, uses blockchain, drones and AI to improve productivity and reduce water consumption on farms. Microsoft has registered a suite of applications in Brazil that are designed to improve efficiency in the agriculture sector, according to an exclusive report by Cointelegraph Brazil on June 6. The technology, known as FarmBeats, uses blockchain, drones, IoT, artificial intelligence […]

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Decentralized Identity: How Microsoft (and Others) Plan to Empower Users to Own and Control Personal Data

Microsoft continues its blockchain streak, empowering users to own personal data. Microsoft, one of the world’s largest software makers by revenue, is currently on a blockchain streak. This time, Microsoft presented a vast blockchain-related plan: a decentralized identity (DID) network built atop of the bitcoin network, which can potentially empower users all over the internet […]

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Microsoft Builds Decentralized Identity Network Atop Bitcoin Blockchain

Microsoft is developing a decentralized identity network because, “every person needs a decentralized, digital identity they own and control…” Microsoft is building a decentralized identity (DID) network atop of the bitcoin blockchain, the tech giant announced on May 13. In a blog post, the company said the infrastructure, known as the Identity Overlay Network (ION,) is based on […]

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Volkswagen Joins IBM-Backed Blockchain Platform for Cobalt Supply Chains

Amid ethical concerns about mining cobalt, Volkswagen is joining a blockchain-powered platform to ensure the mineral is ethically sourced. Volkswagen is joining a blockchain-powered scheme to ensure the cobalt used in lithium-ion batteries for its electric vehicles is responsibly sourced. The carmaker announced its involvement in a news release on April 18. The German-headquartered company […]

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Thai Petroleum Company Tests Blockchain Energy Trading Platform

Petroleum refiner Bangchak Corporation Public Co. Limited is testing a blockchain-based microgrid at one of its stations in Bangkok. Thai petroleum refining firm Bangchak Corporation Public Co. Limited (BCP) is testing a blockchain-based energy trading platform and commercial microgrid, distributed energy news site Microgrid Knowledge reports on March 7. BCP is testing the new platform […]

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