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Steam Will Soon Let You Hide The Porn Games You Play
8.11.2023
Valve is apparently working on a new Steam feature that will allow users to hide their very not-safe-for-work games from their friends. Or, well, whatever games they may want to hide, for whatever reason.Read more
Telegram Wallet avoided self-custody to ease crypto onboarding, COO says
6.11.2023
As Telegram prepares to roll out Telegram Wallet as a native setting on the messenger in November, it’s important to understand why Wallet opted for custody over self-custody
Monero’s Security Breach Drains Entire Funds In Community Wallet: What’s Going On?
6.11.2023
Monero’s community wallet was drained of all assets following a security breach described as shocking and a little sketchy.  The attack on the privacy coin’s wallet took place on Sept 1 but was not revealed until Nov 2 on GitHub. According to the company, the source of the breach...
Moonstone Research Study Etches Doubts on Monero’s Privacy; Crypto Community Reacts
6.11.2023
On September 1, 2023, hackers made off with 2,675.73 monero (XMR), worth over $3 million at the time, from the Monero CCS donation wallet in nine separate transactions. Now, blockchain analysis firm Moonstone Research has traced forward through three of those transactions in a postmortem released...
VERTU Introduces METAVERTU2, a Revolutionary Web3 and AI Smartphone – How Does It Work?
3.11.2023
Manufacturer of luxury handmade mobile phones VERTU has revealed its METAVERTU2: a “highly secure” Web3 smartphone with extensive storage capacity, AI model tagging data, and AI agents managing tasks. It is described as an AI companion called “One More Brain.” The device...
Privacy Technology Firm Nym Plans Early 2024 Rollout of 'Decentralized VPN'
2.11.2023
The privacy-focused infrastructure project says that the new NymVPN will disperse traffic across a network of nodes rather than running data through single servers as centralized VPNs do
Deutsche Telekom Becomes Validator of Privacy-Focused Aleph Zero, More to Come
2.11.2023
Privacy-enhancing layer-1 blockchain Aleph Zero has announced Deutsche Telekom’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Deutsche Telekom MMS, as its newest validator. Talking to Cryptonews, execs from the two companies discussed the relevance of supporting blockchains, what it means when a major company...
Worldcoin claims 4 million app downloads and 1 million active users
1.11.2023
The ‘World App’ for iOS and Android has now been downloaded 4 million times, according to data collected by its development team, Tools for Humanity
MetaMask and Blockaid deploy Privacy-Preserving Security alerts
1.11.2023
Consensys has announced that Privacy-Preserving Security alerts are now live. These have been developed by MetaMask in association with Blockaid. Privacy-preserving security alerts aim to help users prevent the theft of their funds. Per the estimate made public by Consensys, the community...
Can Monero maintain its unstoppable privacy with upcoming upgrades?
1.11.2023
Monero has been constructed based on the idea of anonymity, and it functions based on that to date. These blockchains, which serve as the foundation for digital currencies, are open records of user activity that display every transaction made across the network. Many upgrades are upcoming...
NEAR taps Nym for metadata privacy, encryption services
1.11.2023
Layer 1 blockchain NEAR will integrate Nym Technologies’ data privacy and encryption services for users and DApps operating across its ecosystem
MetaMask and Blockaid Collaborate to Launch Phishing Attack Alert Feature for Enhanced User Protection
31.10.2023
MetaMask has teamed up with security firm Blockaid to introduce a new feature aimed at bolstering user security. Starting today, MetaMask desktop users will have the option to opt-in to the new security feature by enabling the MetaMask experimental setting and adding the Privacy Preserving Offline...
Biden Administration Issues Landmark AI Executive Order
31.10.2023
United States president Joe Biden has issued an executive order to establish new rules and standards that artificial intelligence (AI) companies will have to follow to secure the leadership of America in the field. The executive order also ostensibly seeks to protect the privacy of citizens...
Biden administration releases executive order for new AI safety standards
30.10.2023
The U.S. government’s executive order establishes six new standards for AI safety and security and its intentions for ethical AI usage within the government
State Channels ‘Significantly Reduce Congestion and Transaction Fees,’ Ideal for Decentralized Exchanges — Louis Bellet
28.10.2023
According to Louis Bellet, the founder of the Layer-3 peer-to-peer protocol Yellow Network, crypto trading has not scaled largely because it remains unregulated in many places which in turn “greatly slows down its growth and produces tons of scams.” In contrast, traditional finance...
UK Residents Flags Privacy Concerns in Digital Pound Consultations: Bank of England
27.10.2023
The Bank of England (BOE) says the majority of 50,000 feedbacks it received from the public consultation on the digital pound revolve around privacy and fiat scarcity concerns. Jon Cunliffe, the bank’s Deputy Governor disclosed in a speech, Money and payments: a ‘black ships’...
Kaspersky Unveils Powerful Malware Posing as Crypto Miner Infecting Over 1 Million Computers
27.10.2023
Global cybersecurity and digital privacy firm Kaspersky’s researchers have discovered highly sophisticated malware affecting over a million victims since 2017. The malware – “StripedFly” – initially masqueraded as a cryptocurrency miner and was later found to be...
Digital Pound Consultation Received Over 50,000 Responses, With Privacy a Major Concern
27.10.2023
Many of the respondents outlined concerns around privacy, programmability and the decline of cash, Jon Cunliffe, deputy governor of the Bank of England said
Bain Capital, Polychain, Lead $6M Funding Round For Privacy Protocol Firm Nocturne Labs
25.10.2023
Other investors included Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Bankless Ventures and HackVC
Nocturne Raises $6M From Vitalik Buterin, Polychain, Bankless and Bain Capital Crypto to Enable Private Accounts on Ethereum
25.10.2023
Nocturne, a protocol enabling private accounts on public blockchains, has raised millions from prominent players in the Ethereum ecosystem, aiming to go live on the mainnet in the coming weeks.
Launched earlier this year, Nocturne today announced its $6 million seed funding round co-led by Bain...