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Devs worry Ethereum is clogged with crappy apps, but Vitalik has a fix
There’s growing concern that Ethereum cannot handle anymore dApps – but founder Vitalik Buterin says he’s close to fixing the scalability issues. Afri Schoedon, part of the Parity wallet development team, recently urged new decentralized app (dApp) projects away from Ethereum. дальше »
2018-9-24 17:31 | |
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WhatsApp appoints a grievance officer to handle fake news concerns in India
WhatsApp has appointed a ‘grievance officer’ to address complaints concerning the spread of fake news and misinformation on its platform in India, reports the Press Trust of India on NDTV. This comes in response to the government’s demands from earlier in the year, following a nationwide string of lynchings believed to be incited by false information shared on WhatsApp. дальше »
2018-9-24 10:36 | |
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Twitch confirms it’s been blocked in China
Gaming-focused live streaming platform Twitch has been blocked in China, the company confirmed. A report by Abacus suggests that Twitch’s iOS app has vanished from the App Store and its website is inaccessible across the country. дальше »
2018-9-21 09:18 | |
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Coinbase and Kraken hit back at NY Attorney General’s scathing criticism
Cryptocurrency exchanges are hitting back at New York Attorney General’s scathing criticism, suggesting the industry lacks fairness, integrity, and security. Earlier this week, the office of the NY Attorney General office published a report which highlighted a number of risks cryptocurrency exchanges expose their users to, including the possibility of market manipulation. дальше »
2018-9-20 13:50 | |
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Beauty app teams up with Kik to bring cryptocurrency to 92 million women
AR-powered vanity platform Perfect365, which touts more than 100 million (mostly female) users, is the latest startup to embrace blockchain technology and tokenize its platform. Through a collaboration with Kin (a cryptocurrency developed by messaging giant Kik), the beauty app will soon reward users with cryptocurrency for their activity on Perfect365. дальше »
2018-9-20 18:31 | |
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Cloudflare “Crypto Week” Launches IPFS Platform as First Announcement
Cloudflare Launches IPFS Platform as First Announcement of “Crypto Week” Internet security giant Cloudflare is introducing a new product catered to crypto markets. Cloudflare’s new decentralized web gateway will make it easier for users to access the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) decentralized storage protocol. дальше »
2018-9-17 22:28 | |
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Elon Musk recruits Dogecoin creator to fight cryptocurrency scambots
We might finally be getting an antidote to Twitter’s cryptocurrency scambot virus – thanks to none other than Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Determined to stop malicious botnets from impersonating him, Musk has asked Dogecoin creator Jackson Palmer to help him build a solution to curb the spread of fraudulent bots on the platform. дальше »
2018-9-17 16:41 | |
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Trending tools: 10 ways to take advantage of new social media functionalities
In the last year, nearly every major social network has rolled out new features to improve the user experience and expand the platform’s functionality. Twitter raised its character count, Snapchat introduced its Lens Studio and Instagram gave users the ability to save “highlights” from their Stories. дальше »
2018-9-14 12:00 | |
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IBM joins efforts to create the blockchain equivalent of the ‘Yellow Pages’
Remember those massive yellow books that everyone used to collect by the front door? If you thought they were gone and buried, think again. Someone is making the blockchain equivalent and IBM just joined. дальше »
2018-9-14 19:08 | |
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BMW steps on the gas to define its ‘blockchain strategy’ with new startup accelerator program
Car manufacturer BMW has taken further steps in defining its blockchain strategy with the announcement of a new startup accelerator program. Two were picked from a category specifically for blockchain startups. дальше »
2018-9-12 15:43 | |
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BitConnect officially delisted from the last cryptocurrency exchange that traded it
The final blow has been dealt to notorious BitConnect: it has finally been delisted from the last remaining cryptocurrency exchange that traded it. As announced in August, exchange desk TradeSatoshi promised to delist BitConnect and its BCC token from its platform on September 10 – and the day has finally come. дальше »
2018-9-11 16:35 | |
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Spark, a New GUI Lightning Wallet for Bitcoin, Now Available for Download
Spark is a web-based GUI wallet designed for speed, safety and simplicity that utilizes Blockstream’s Lightning implementation c-lightning as its backend. The platform allows for easy spending and receiving of bitcoins over the Lightning Network, which is renowned for its payment speeds. дальше »
2018-9-11 22:32 | |
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Stellar acquires blockchain startup backed by Visa and Nasdaq
A long-speculated acquisition has finally come to fruition. Stellar’s for-profit arm Lightyear has acquired San Fransisco-based blockchain startup Chain, Reuters reported today. The two companies will now retire their individual brands and form a single entity called “Interstellar. дальше »
2018-9-11 17:28 | |
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Valve clarifies what ‘troll’ games look like
Valve today released an update on Steam which allows users to restrict certain games from showing up in their search results. It also clarified which games, exactly, it won’t allow on the platform — or, more precisely, it made its position marginally less vague. дальше »
2018-9-7 01:39 | |
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Ecommerce platform gives Latin American entrepreneurs the digital tools needed to export their products
Just like Proust had his madeleines and Salman Rushdie had his pickles, the association of identity, memory, and a different time can be related back to the foods that one ate as a child. Which is how Colombian national Nestor Taveras, who had a digital development agency with his brother, decided to open up Brands of Americas. дальше »
2018-9-2 17:00 | |
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Dark Web Powers the World’s First Jihadi Cryptocurrency Crowdsourcing Effort
Benjamin Strick, a specialist in open-source investigations in international crime, terrorism, and human rights abuses, recently discovered a crowdsourced mujahideen platform that allows anyone in the world to fund Jihadist projects anonymously. дальше »
2018-8-31 06:00 | |
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Stratis ICO platform now available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Stratis, a platform offering native C# and . Net end-to-end blockchain solutions today announced that its ICO application is now listed and available for deployment via the Azure Marketplace, making it the first blockchain-based web. дальше »
2018-8-30 19:37 | |
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Cloudbric to provide wallet security for blockchain project ICE Protocol
Cloudbric, a web security company creating a new decentralized universal security platform today announced its latest strategic partnership — this time with ICE Protocol, a blockchain project that seeks to expand the value of consumer. дальше »
2018-8-28 12:03 | |
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Google rebrands its Tez payments app to Google Pay in India, adds instant loans
Last September, Google launched Tez, an app for instant money transfers in India. At its annual event in the capital of New Delhi, the company announced it’s rebranding the app to Google Pay. That means it’s unifying its global payments services with what it’s built for India. дальше »
2018-8-28 11:15 | |
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Toyota teams up with Uber to build self-driving cabs in $500m deal
Uber‘s efforts to develop self-driving vehicles been flagging of late – but the company’s just received a shot in the arm from Toyota, in the form of a $500 million investment, and a partnership to build autonomous car tech together. дальше »
2018-8-28 08:29 | |
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Microsoft is using blockchain to curb spam calls in India
If you thought blockchain was completely useless as a technology, Microsoft is out to prove you wrong. The technology giant has partnered with Tech Mahindra, a leading IT solutions provider, to tackle spam calls using blockchain technology in India, Hindustan Times reports. дальше »
2018-8-27 17:46 | |
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Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent block cryptocurrency forums and trading in China’s latest crackdowns
China is showing no intention of slowing down its cryptocurrency crackdown. In the latest, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (BAT) — the three largest technology companies in the country — are banning cryptocurrency-related activities from their platforms. дальше »
2018-8-27 13:45 | |
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China to crack down on 124 offshore cryptocurrency exchanges
It appears that cryptocurrency businesses are on the Chinese authorities’ radar again. China is blocking access to the websites of 124 offshore cryptocurrency exchange desks in the country, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported today. дальше »
2018-8-23 15:21 | |
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Facebook will remove 5,000 discriminatory ad options this fall
Facebook has recently come under fire for its discriminatory ad options. Yesterday the social media giant responded with a blog post outlining its plans to remove more than 5,000 ad targeting options in an attempt to prevent advertisers from discriminating against its users, in relation to religion or ethnicity. дальше »
2018-8-22 14:10 | |
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Universal security platform Cloudbric welcomes blockchain VC ZeroCap as advisor
Cloudbric, a web security company developing a decentralized universal security platform has introduced ZeroCap as its newest strategic partner. ZeroCap is a blockchain VC fund focused on sourcing deal flow for early phase seed. дальше »
2018-8-21 08:19 | |
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Research from Stripe shows Brits love Apple Pay; hate tipping
Research from hugely popular payment platform Stripe has shone a light on the payment preferences of British consumers, especially compared to their American cousins. It doesn’t paint a positive light on UK punters, who are reportedly too lazy to key in their payment information, and are loath to tip their Uber and Deliveroo drivers. дальше »
2018-8-20 16:59 | |
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Twitter should try a new approach to tackling misinformation already
Addressing the spread of misinformation on Twitter, CEO Jack Dorsey told CNN’s Brian Stelter over the weekend that the company isn’t in a hurry to begin proactively taking down fake news posted on its platform. дальше »
2018-8-20 10:23 | |
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Pornhub subsidiary wants to pay you cryptocurrency for watching porn – but don’t get too excited
Adult entertainment streaming service Tube8 – a Pornhub subsidiary with over 150 million page visits each month – wants to reward your porn-watching habits with cryptocurrency… so it is putting its entire platform on the blockchain. дальше »
2018-8-17 18:43 | |
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Google’s Firebase adds in-app messaging and new Crashlytics integrations
Firebase, the app development platform acquired by Google in 2014, today saw a major update. In addition to several platform-wide enhancements, the company is introducing an in-app messaging services, as well as several major integrations for the popular crash reporting tool, Crashlyics. дальше »
2018-8-16 19:00 | |
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AMA With Origin Team Reveals Plans for Decentralized Sharing Economy
Matt Liu, Josh Fraser and former PayPal head Yu Pan want to bring the blockchain to the sharing economy. The trio is devising a platform with an emphasis on inclusive, peer-to-peer service hubs designed to decentralize the same consumer cost-friendly business models that have made companies like Airbnb, Uber and Lyft so popular in recent years. дальше »
2018-8-16 23:25 | |
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Playboy sues blockchain startup for screwing its cryptocurrency porno payment plan
Playboy Enterprises, the company behind seminal softcore pornography magazine Playboy, is suing a blockchain startup for fraud and breach of contract after it, uh, failed to deliver. The LA Times reports that a lawsuit has been filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. дальше »
2018-8-15 11:20 | |
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Twitter is now recommending users follow cryptocurrency scambots
Despite constant pressure to ban them, it appears Twitter is actively contributing to the cryptocurrency scam epidemic on its platform and encouraging users to follow obvious scambot accounts. The social media giant was caught recommending a suspicious account impersonating Tesla CEO Elon Musk, as spotted by security researcher Troy Mursch. дальше »
2018-8-14 14:59 | |
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Everipedia Chooses EOS Over Ethereum Blockchain Ahead of Launch
Everipedia, the decentralized encyclopedia application, has abandoned the Ethereum blockchain to launch on EOS instead. Everipedia’s developers believe that building the platform on Ethereum is “infeasibly difficult” due to its existing scalability issues. дальше »
2018-8-11 15:00 | |
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Compound makes it easy to borrow and lend cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies may be the money of the future, but in comparison to traditional fiat currencies, they lack a mature and diverse ecosystem of financial services. Addressing this is Compound, which launches in September, and wants to bring a functional, liquid money market to several significant cryptocurrencies. дальше »
2018-8-11 23:28 | |
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Brave Browser Adding Cryptocurrency Tipping for Reddit and Twitter
Cryptocurrency-powered ad-blocking web browser Brave has announced that they will be creating a new mechanism on their platform that will allow users to tip authors of tweets and Reddit posts in the form of Brave’s Basic Attention Token (BAT). дальше »
2018-8-10 19:28 | |
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BitConnect is getting delisted from the last cryptocurrency exchange that still trades it
The final nail in BitConnect’s coffin will come September 10, when the last exchange to offer trading pairs in the controversial cryptocurrency will delist its worthless token, BCC. For the uninitiated – BitConnect was both a pyramid and Ponzi scheme masquerading as a cryptocurrency lending platform. дальше »
2018-8-10 15:53 | |
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White Hat Hacker Exposes Critical Vulnerability in Augur Platform
According to a report published on The Next Web, the decentralized betting platform Augur was found to possess a critical bug, which could potentially allow cyber hackers to provide wrong information to the users and rig the mechanism of prediction markets website. дальше »
2018-8-10 22:00 | |
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Binance CEO teases demo of its new decentralized exchange desk
Leading cryptocurrency exchange desk Binance has been working on a new decentralized version of its platform for a couple of months now, and it appears CEO Changpeng Zhao is finally ready to share a glimpse into the upcoming project with the rest of the world. дальше »
2018-8-9 16:52 | |
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Xtock OTC Trading Platform Launches Alpha Website, Set to Begin Global Marketing
Xtock blockchain-powered OTC trading platform has launched its alpha web version, and it’s now set to ready to start a global marketing campaign. Xtock is looking to provide DLT-based OTC token that will be based on off-the-shelf, financial and corporate data solutions. дальше »
2018-8-9 11:59 | |
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Ethereum Payments To Be Enabled Through The Opera Browser
Opera is a web browser that can run on Windows, Mac and Linux, Android and iOS, offering millions of users around the world a platform through which they can browse the internet, utilise social tools, access private networks and, very recently, store cryptocurrency within a built in Ethereum wallet. дальше »
2018-8-8 13:30 | |
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Fallout: 76 and Fortnite pave the path for ditching Steam
Bethesda recently revealed, via updated beta notes, that it’s upcoming game Fallout: 76 won’t be released on Steam. Both the game itself and the PC beta will only be available via the company’s own launcher on Bethesda. дальше »
2018-8-7 20:21 | |
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Bug in cryptocurrency platform Augur meant users could be duped into losing money
A massive vulnerability has been discovered in the decentralized betting platform Augur. Hackers have been able to feed users incorrect data and game the system. Everything shown by the app was susceptible to faking, from transactions to wallet addresses – even the markets could have been forgeries. дальше »
2018-8-7 19:09 | |
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Akroma (AKA Token): Crypto Application Development & Design Platform?
What Is Akroma? Akroma is a platform on which decentralized applications are built. Unlike other of its contemporaries, this network combines the powerful functionalities of Ethereum, EVM, Web 3. 0, and so on. дальше »
2018-8-6 15:15 | |
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