'It's robbery': Salvadorans slow to adopt Bitcoin
Two years ago, El Salvador shrugged off a chorus of warnings and adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in a bid to revitalize its economy and improve access to financial services.
Sep 7, 2023
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Scammers can abuse security flaws in email forwarding to impersonate high-profile domains
Sending an email with a forged address is easier than previously thought, due to flaws in the process that allows email forwarding, according to a research team led by computer scientists at the University of California San ...
Sep 5, 2023
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Elon Musk aims to turn Twitter into an 'everything app.' An expert explains what that is and why it's not so easy to do
Elon Musk's recent rebranding of Twitter as X is a step toward the CEO's goal of developing an "everything app." Musk's vision is for X to mark the spot for all your digital needs—to chat with your friends, order groceries, ...
Aug 12, 2023
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Sony's profits drop as it warns of the impact from US movie strikes
Sony's April-June profit slipped 17% from a year earlier, as worries grew about revenue damage from a strike in the movie sector, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said Wednesday.
Aug 9, 2023
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Researchers investigate ethical side of AI impacts on meaningful work
Artificial intelligence threatens to dramatically change the work we do and how our workplaces operate. Macquarie University researchers examine some vital ethical questions raised by this new technology.
Jul 13, 2023
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Nigeria's mobile money system has a dark side even though it's convenient: Study explores the risks
Financial services play vital roles in supporting economic activities. In Nigeria, though, a significant number of people don't have access to essential banking services.
Jun 28, 2023
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Team develops a bridge between different cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin is probably the best-known cryptocurrency in the world today—but there are many others, each implementing and offering different technical features. For exchanging a cryptocurrency for another, so-called "bridges" ...
Jun 26, 2023
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Singapore tech giant Grab to lay off over 1,000 employees
Singapore-based tech giant Grab will lay off over 1,000 employees, its CEO said Tuesday, a move that will affect about 11 percent of its workforce.
Jun 20, 2023
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Crypto here to stay, must be regulated: Hong Kong treasury chief
Hong Kong has decided to let retail investors trade cryptocurrency under its new regulatory regime because "virtual assets are going to stay", the city's minister overseeing financial services said Tuesday.
May 30, 2023
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Crypto trading: Politicians who say it should be treated like gambling are completely wrong
Cryptocurrency trading should be regulated in the same way as gambling, according to the UK parliamentary select committee in charge of scrutinizing finance. The committee published a report arguing that this was necessary ...
May 24, 2023
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