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 »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 »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 »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 »Facebook Data Breach Drama
Yes, another personality quiz is under fire. It’s called myPersonality and it may have exposed the data of 3 million Facebook users. Data myPersonality was shared with researchers from more than 150 institutions, according to New Scientist. They needed a username and password to access it. But they could also …
Read More »ASMR based Fornite tingles gameplayers
Everyone’s is obsessed for Fortnite. Over 90 million people play it every month, according to reports. But now the craze is taking on a weird new dimension: YouTubers are starting to post Fortnite ASMR videos, which have been racking up thousands of views. ASMR stand for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. …
Read More »Social Media Sites Help In Reducing Youth Crime, Research Say
Social media sites are gaining more popularity each day, and it has become a significant part of life for many young people today. While numerous studies have discovered many negative impacts of social media on the youth, a recent study says that social media sites play a vital role in …
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