Stablecoins are a form of digital currency that has been slowly adopted by the broader financial markets and regulators. Due to technological changes, the traditional financial industry is slow to move when they encounter new products as they do not like disruption. By the end of the article, you will …
Read More »Facebook & It’s Cryptocurrency Wallet
What if you could send money as easily and inexpensively as sending a message to your friend? This isn’t a pipedream anymore, as Facebook promises to make this possible. Facebook is dipping their toes in cryptocurrency waters to revolutionize the current financial fabric with a project known as Libra. Facebook …
Read More »Brave Browser Fork Changes Name After Legal Threats
A legal threat has forced Braver – the ad-free extension of the Brave Browser – to change the brand name, causing confusion among users. Initially, it was known as Braver. It was a browser derived from the popular Brave browser, which was available as open source. It was an adware …
Read More »PayPal Exits Facebook Crypto Group, Can Libra Manage?
Washington, D.C. – PayPal recently announced it is dropping its support to the Facebook backed Libra Association. The company gave a statement, Friday, on its decision to forgo any and further association with Libra, and shifting their time and efforts into advancing their existing business priorities and missions. The decision …
Read More »Binance launches Bitcoin-pegged token – A quick overview
I would like to draw our reader’s attention to the recent announcement published by Binance CEO Chanegpeg Zhao, also known by his initials, CZ. It was regarding the update to its launch of the bitcoin-pegged token to be available on the Binance chain. I want to briefly give you guys …
Read More »Jack’d: Millions of private photos leaked online despite users’ warning year ago
Private intimate photos/videos have been leaked online as a result of a security flaw on the dating app. Hough had informed Jack’d on Twitter last February that the media on their platform is being ’outed’ to the public. He went on to explain how these leaked photos of gentlemen could …
Read More »We take a look at reasons why Facebook will struggle to ban Fake News
Facebook is not having a good time. Every day we see and hear new allegations and rumours around the Facebook and its privacy problems. Everything started with privacy issues back in 2014 and company is still paying for its mistakes. The Cambridge Analytica scandal was the biggest one is Facebook’s …
Read More »Viewers’ favourite Chef Fatima Ali dies at just 29
The favourite from last season of Bravo’s ‘Top Chef’ passed away on Friday after a yearlong battle fighting bone cancer. Ali publicised her illness at the end of 2017 when she posted an Instagram post after being diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a bone cancer that affects soft tissue around the …
Read More »Constantinople Hard Fork is just a waiting game now
Ethereum was to undergo an update on its system known as a ‘Hard Fork’ on January 16th/17th. However, due to a vulnerability with the upgrade found by ChainSecurity, as mentioned in there blog post on 15th January, the new Ethereum fork would be vulnerable to the Reentracy attack. This meant …
Read More »German shops to pull iPhone 7 & 8 models from the shelf
15 stores across Germany have been forced to remove some older iPhone 7 and 8 models form their shelves after a patent row with the chip maker. Munich courts have ruled the smartphone makers have breached two European patents involving their products. Qualcomm, the chip makers, , based in San …
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