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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...
Weekly Platform News: CSS ::marker pseudo-element, pre-rendering web components, adding Webmention to your site
18.7.2019
In this week's roundup: datepickers are giving keyboard users headaches, a new web component compiler that helps fight FOUC, we finally get our hands on styling list item markers, and four steps to getting webmentions on your site.
The post Weekly Platform News: CSS ::marker pseudo-element...
Get Peak WordPress Performance with Jetpack
18.7.2019
The irony of web performance is that the average page weight of a site continues to go up year after year, despite us being more aware of the problem and having more tools at our disposal to fight it than ever.
To paraphrase Seinfeld, "we know how to fight page weight issues; we just don't use...
New Show in Cryptoverse: Roubini vs. Hayes Fight Heats Up
17.7.2019
After calling Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin a scammer and a thief in a tweeter feud last year, then going head-to-head with him at a conference this past April, professor of economics at New York University and crypto-skeptic, Nouriel Roubini, has strengthened his attacks against Arthur...
CSS Gradient Text
15.7.2019
Web developers know the fight we’ve all had to improve fonts on the web. Whether it be load time, odd strategies for using custom fonts (Cufon, anyone?), or just finding the right font itself, beautifying text on the web has never come easy. That got me thinking about fonts and CSS gradients, since...
The Fight Against Layout Jank
11.7.2019
A web page isn't locked in stone just because it has rendered visually. Media assets, like images, can come in and cause the layout to shift based on their size, which typically isn't known in fluid layouts until they do render. Or fonts can load and reflow layout. Or XHRs can bring in more content...
After FATF Battle, Cryptoverse Has 3 Months for a Fight in the UK
3.7.2019
Another regulatory battle has just been announced, as the UK financial watchdog said it wants to ban cryptocurrency derivatives to all retail consumers in the Kingdom.
"We are consulting on banning the sale, marketing and distribution of derivatives and exchange traded notes referencing...
XRP, Libra and Visa to Fight It Out for Cross-Border Remittance Crown
30.6.2019
Given Facebook’s 2 billion strong user base, will banks become more amenable to cryptocurrency adoption as a way of maintaining their relevance in international money transfer?
A Monumental Fight Over Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Is Coming
24.6.2019
The buck stops with Zuck in the looming fight between the world's governments and Facebook over Libra
Samourai Wallet Raises $100,000 In First Funding Round, Will Utilise Funds To Fight Bitcoin Surveillance
4.6.2019
Samurai Wallet, a privacy-focused crypto wallet, which deals specifically only in Bitcoin, has managed to raise $100,000 in its first-ever funding round. The wallets place special emphasis on improving privacy and fighting Bitcoin surveillance. Created by Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill, former...
Samourai Wallet Raises First Funding Round in Fight Against Bitcoin Surveillance
3.6.2019
The team behind the privacy-centric Samourai Wallet has received a $100,000 investment to expand its offerings
Kik is Crowdfunding $5 Million in Crypto to Help Fight SEC
28.5.2019
Messaging app firm Kik has launched a crypto crowdfunding campaign to support a likely court battle with the U.S. SEC over its ICO token, kin
Kin Sets Aside Another USD 5 million to Fight SEC, Wants to Raise More
28.5.2019
The Kin Foundation, developer of the Kin Ecosystem, just set aside USD 5 million in order to fight the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a legal battle, considered to be "the most important storyline in the world of crypto securities law in 2019."
Also, the foundation launched the Defend...
Crypto Industry vs G20: a Fight Against 'Draconian' KYC Procedures
14.5.2019
The cryptocurrency industry is not happy with the possibility of G20, the group of 19 large countries and the European Union, imposing stricter know-your-customer (KYC) procedures on cryptocurrency exchanges and related businesses. Calling it “more draconian than the BitLicense [New York’s...
Cardano (ADA) Signs MoU with the Government of Mongolia to Fight Counterfeit Drugs
14.5.2019
Cardano foundation is working hard for the implementation of blockchain technology in the developing nations. Recently, they have made significant steps towards this determination. IOHK, the company behind Cardano has announced on Twitter about their deal with Mongolian blockchain development...
CoinGecko Unveils Exchange ‘Trust Score’ to Fight Fake Volume Data
13.5.2019
Crypto market data aggregator CoinGecko has a unveiled a new "trust score" for its system of ranking exchanges
William Shatner Joins Effort to Fight Collectibles Fraud With Blockchain ‘Passports’
10.5.2019
Star Trek acting legend and producer William Shatner has joined an initiative to tackle fake memorabilia and collectibles using blockchain tech
<span>L</span><span>e</span><span>t</span><span>t</span><span>e</span><span>r</span><span>s</span>
20.2.2019
Did you see this Facebook crap?
"Why do I need a 4Ghz quadcore to run facebook?" This is why. A single word split up into 11 HTML DOM elements to avoid adblockers. pic.twitter.com/Zv4RfInrL0
— Mike Pan (@themikepan) February 6, 2019
I popped over to Facebook to verify that and what...
Fighting FOIT and FOUT Together
19.12.2018
Lots from Divya with the setup:
There are 2 kinds of problems that can arise when using webfonts; Flash of invisible text (FOIT) and Flash of Unstyled Text (FOUT) ... If we were to compare them, FOUT is of course the lesser of the two evils
If you wanna fight FOIT, the easiest tool is...
MintPal Vows to Fight Former Moolah CEO in Court
30.10.2014
Digital currency exchange MintPal is seeking control of customer funds allegedly held by former Moolah CEO Alex Green