Crypto-currencies and criminality: myth or reality?
The recent bust of a worldwide international paedophile ring using Bitcoin payments highlighted one of the key fears surrounding crypto-currencies—their use by criminals.
Nov 3, 2019
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Volvo Cars and owner Geely consider merger deal
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars and its owner Chinese automaker Geely Holding said Monday they are considering combining their businesses to create a company that "would accelerate financial and technological synergies between ...
Feb 10, 2020
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China's Xi calls for stronger fintech oversight, security
A high-level Chinese government meeting led by President Xi Jinping has called for stronger oversight and better security in financial tech, state media reported, with the sector hit hard by a regulatory crackdown.
Jun 23, 2022
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Facebook is losing users for the first time ever and shares in Meta have fallen off a cliff
Feb. 4—A day after Facebook reported that its streak of user growth had come to an end, its parent company's stock plunged more than 26% in a staggering loss that obliterated more than $230 billion in market value and triggered ...
Feb 4, 2022
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Thyssenkrupp's hydrogen unit surges in stock market debut
Thyssenkrupp's green hydrogen unit Nucera made a strong debut on the Frankfurt stock exchange Friday, amid growing interest in the technology as an alternative to fossil fuels.
Jul 7, 2023
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People 'fly to quality' news on social sites when faced with uncertainty
When information becomes a matter of life or death or is key to navigating economic uncertainty, as it has during the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears people turn to tried and true sources of information rather than iffy sites ...
Jul 22, 2020
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New research addresses predicting and controlling bad actor AI activity in a year of global elections
More than 50 countries are set to hold national elections this year and analysts have long sounded the alarm on the threat of bad actors using artificial intelligence (AI) to disseminate and amplify disinformation during ...
Jan 23, 2024
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Chipmaker Intel Corp. blames internal error on data leak
The computer chipmaker Intel Corp. on Friday blamed an internal error for a data leak that prompted it to release a quarterly earnings report early. It said its corporate network was not compromised.
Jan 23, 2021
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BuzzFeed News to be shuttered in corporate cost cutting move
Pulitzer Prize winning digital media outlet BuzzFeed News is being shut down as part of a cost-cutting drive by its corporate parent that's shedding about 15% of its entire staff, adding to layoffs made earlier this year.
Apr 20, 2023
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Why 'buy now, pay later' stocks fell in 2021, and what's in store
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) companies were among the stock market darlings of 2020—and nowhere more than in Australia, the birthplace of pioneering companies Afterpay and Zip Co. There are 15 BNPL companies listed on the ...
Dec 14, 2021
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