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Privacy Is a Human Right Worth Fighting For
23.7.2019
Privacy is a basic human right. It’s there in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence.” Attaining that right in an era of dragnet surveillance, mass data breaches, state-sponsored hacks...
Top Republican Touts Blockchain Privacy as Alternative to Regulating Big Tech
16.7.2019
U.S. House minority leader Kevin McCarthy has argued for the use of blockchain networks in protecting users' data from "exploitation."
US Lawmakers Draft "Keep Big Tech out of Crypto" Bill
15.7.2019
American parliamentarians are moving fast in an attempt to stop major IT companies from offering financial services and issuing cryptocurrencies.
The draft discussion bill (which you can read in its entirety here), is entitled the Keep Big Tech out of Finance Act. The proposal has been circulated...
US May Bar Large Tech Firms From Issuing Cryptocurrencies
15.7.2019
Lawmakers in the U.S. are discussing a bill that seeks to prevent large technology institutions in the country from issuing cryptocurrencies
How US ‘Keep Big Tech Out of Finance’ Draft Bill Targets Facebook’s Libra
14.7.2019
Facebook’s digital currency plans have caused concern among bureaucrats worldwide and members of the U.S. government seem fearful of a giant tech establishing itself as a financial institution. Prior to the U.S. congressional hearings and the upcoming G7 finance meeting, a U.S. discussion...
Shell Invests In Blockchain Startup That Uses The Tech For Energy Tracking
11.7.2019
Blockchain technology is the latest and most disruptive innovation that has been unleashed on the tech scene over the past couple of years. While it is true that most people associate it with cryptocurrencies, it is important to note that the creation of cryptocurrencies is only a tiny part of...
PR: Crypto Exchange Bithoven.com Enables Margin Trading
11.7.2019
Bithoven.com a progressive and high-tech cryptocurrency trading platform, has reported on the launch of advanced Margin Trading services on multifunctional MetaTrader 5, with maximum leverage 1:20 and BTC as margin nominal currency for more scalable and convenient buy and sell operations.
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Oil Giant Shell Invests in Startup That Uses Blockchain Tech for Energy Tracking
11.7.2019
A blockchain startup that says it's working to give energy consumers more choice has raised an undisclosed sum from Shell and Sumitomo Group
Nestle Testing Public Blockchain Tech To Streamline Dairy Supply Chains
10.7.2019
Even a few years ago, blockchain technology was not something that man had heard about; However, the continued prevalence of cryptocurrencies eventually made people aware of the tech and the immense potential it had. It is important to note that blockchain technology is not only meant for digital...
IndieWeb and Webmentions
9.7.2019
The IndieWeb is a thing! They've got a conference coming up and everything. The New Yorker is even writing about it:
Proponents of the IndieWeb offer a fairly straightforward analysis of our current social-media crisis. They frame it in terms of a single question: Who owns the servers? The bulk...
IRS Allegedly Hopes to Make Tech Giants Release User Crypto Activity
9.7.2019
United States Internal Revenue Service allegedly hopes to require tech giants such as Google and Microsoft to silently share crypto-related activity by users: Report
The Top Tech People to Follow on Twitter for Your Stack
9.7.2019
Twitter like other social media bring people together, and lots of everyday activities go on here too, people get jobs, sell, connect, work and even get items for free. This brings in the q
Blockchain Retains Nominal Role in Cleveland Tech Hub
2.7.2019
Plans to turn a failing shopping mall in Cleveland into a blockchain hub have changed, as the local community apparently pushes for an entrepreneurial center instead
Tech Material Export To South Korea To Be Curbed By Japan Due To World War Two Dispute
1.7.2019
Technology is one of the biggest industries in South Korea and over the years, the country has imported key components from Japan. However, it has now emerged that a dispute between the two countries with regards to a labor law dating back to the Second World War could result in Japan curbing...
PR: Tokengen Makes Creating and Automating ICOs Free
28.6.2019
Niquid Tech today announced the release of a new version of TokenGen, the company’s proprietary ICO automation tool. The new update features a re-structure of the pricing model, more specifically, a free basic plan. Previously, the company added a KYC solution by integrating TokenGen to work with...
Ethereum Tokens to Trade on Swiss Stock Exchange via R3 Tech
27.6.2019
Swiss stock exchange SIX's digital asset platform will list "mirrored" versions of ethereum tokens using R3's tech
Tim Draper Is Bullish On Argentina’s Blockchain Tech Potential
26.6.2019
Draper and the Argentinian president bet that bitcoin would overtake the peso. He might be right
Crypto-keen S Korean Tech Giants ‘Six Months ahead of Facebook’
24.6.2019
A report in South Korea claims that two of the country’s biggest IT companies are hoping their blockchain technology related activities of recent months will help them steal ahead of Facebook and its new Libra project – both domestically and abroad.
Fn News claims that the Kakao Group and Naver–...
Oxfam Partners With Tech Firms to Test Dai’s Use in Disaster Aid
21.6.2019
A new partnership between Oxfam, ConsenSys and Sempo is testing Dai in Vanuatu, the most natural disaster-prone country on earth
Storecoin brings tokenized data to the masses, announces latest milestone-based token offering
20.6.2019
With every policy shift, every deplatforming, and every data breach, our faith in Big Tech decreases. In Washington, the drums of anti-trust beat ever louder. But what consumers truly want isn’t necessarily a break up of today’s tech companies: they […]
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