Jarrod Dicker, CEO of Po.et, explains how his company utilizes Blockchain technology to track content online. Dicker shocked the media industry when he left his job at The Washington Post for the top job at Po.et.
Dicker explains Po.et is an online marketplace for creative content. Blockchain is a huge part of this because it's an easier way to classify data and find out what the value of media is.
Dicker explains the company decided to launch an ICO as a way to raise funds instead of going the venture capital route. He says this was a better choice because Po.et is community driven. Dicker says moving from The Washington Post to Po.et was a natural progression of his work.
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
Climate change doesn’t just mean more extreme weather – it also leads to billions of dollars in lost productivity, tourism, and stresses infrastructure.
