E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- August 16, 2018

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The Two Sides of the Artificial Intelligence Coin
Sugar's New Shot Clock
Square's Cash App Supports Bitcoin in All US States
JEDI Mind Games
Def Con Voting Machine Hacks Ruffle Feathers

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Today's Story Highlights

The Two Sides of the Artificial Intelligence Coin
The growth of artificial intelligence in recent years has been
astounding -- yet AI is still in the very early stages of growth. Where
are we today with this new technology, and where are we heading? Which
companies are struggling, and why? What's coming next? AI for years has
been a staple of science fiction. Now AI has moved beyond sci-fi and
become real, with all sorts of technologies.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85512.html

Sugar's New Shot Clock
SugarCRM has agreed to acquisition by Accel-KKR, a leading technology-
focused private equity firm. Although the announcement calls the deal "a
significant investment," what typically happens when private equity
moves in is that venture capital moves out. Private equity likes to own
everything and thus have greater control. In basketball terms, Sugar
just got a big rebound and a new shot clock.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85513.html

Square's Cash App Supports Bitcoin in All US States
Square on Monday announced that Cash App users could buy and sell
bitcoin in all 50 U.S. states. Square began testing Cash App's bitcoin
purchasing option last fall and officially launched the option early
this year. However, it was not available in four states -- New York,
Georgia, Hawaii and Wyoming -- because of their more restrictive
regulation of bitcoin transactions.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85509.html

JEDI Mind Games
During the same week it was sued by irate investors over progress moving
its customer base to the cloud, Oracle protested a procurement process
for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure. The lawsuit will take a
long time to resolve, and it's difficult to see how the plaintiffs can
prove their case -- but in comparison, the Department of Defense's
procurement will run at light speed.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85508.html

Def Con Voting Machine Hacks Ruffle Feathers
Hackers cracked into a wide array of voting equipment Def Con's Voting
Village, an event held Friday at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Last year, conference goers hacked five machines and an e-poll book of
registered voters. This year, in addition to voting machines, tabulators
and smart card readers were available for hacking. Websites weren't off
limits, either.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85505.html

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