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 …
Read More »Etheruem Spikes 30% after 16 Month low
After last week’s bloodbath in the crypto world they are finally in recovery mode as of Thursday 13th. The market shows all the signs of a dead cat bounce so the bulls aren’t quite free to run yet. The past 2 days have seen an extra $10 billion added in …
Read More »WhatsApp’s monetisation plans
As we know Facebook purchased Whatsapp for a whopping $19bn back in 2014. The social media giant has now decided to monetise its acquisition by including advertisements in its chat messages. WhatsApp has increasingly been used as a platform for which marketers are using to advertise thier products and services. …
Read More »Fortnite’s Puzzling Platforms
Fornite Drama You love Fortnite, You love your PS4. Sadly, if your friend has an Xbox One, you’re out of luck. And Nintendo Switch gamers aren’t too happy with Sony, either. Fortnite Players on Xbox One and PS4 can match up against opponents on PC, Mac, and iOS. But they …
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