As Nigerian ISPs comply with government's Twitter ban blocking the service, the country's AG threatens prosecution of those trying to circumvent the ban
Nigeria's attorney general Abubakar Malami Saturday said the country will prosecute those who flout the government order to deactivate operations …
El Salvador's president unveils a bill to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, partnering with payments startup Strike, in a bid to become the first nation to do so
- El Salvador President Nayib Bukele plans to introduce legislation that will make it the world's first sovereign nation to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
Finance ministers of G7 countries, the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, agree to back a new global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15%
G7 countries reached a landmark agreement Saturday aimed at making it harder for the world's largest companies to avoid paying taxes.
Sources: Apple to announce better multitasking and widget placement for iPadOS, status-based notification alerts, an improved Messages app, and more at WWDC
- Company pitching to developers amid uproar over App Store — Messages, Health apps among those gaining new capabilities
Square partners with Blockstream, says it will invest $5M to build a solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility at a Blockstream Mining site in the US
Square Inc. will invest $5 million to build a solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility at a Blockstream Mining site in the U.S. through a partnership with the blockchain technology provider.
In a letter to Tim Cook, written and edited by about 80 people, Apple employees push back against a policy requiring them to return to the office in September
and Leaks to The Verge — Pushing Back Against Returning to the Office Dan Pontefract / Forbes : Is Apple In Trouble With Its Hybrid Work Model? Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Apple Employees Ask Tim Cook t...
US DOJ has charged a Latvian woman who it says was a programmer in a gang that helped develop TrickBot malware; the woman was arrested in Miami on February 6
The US Department of Justice has arraigned in court today a Latvian woman who was part of the Trickbot malware crew … Source: U.S. Department of Justice .
Microsoft says Bing is not displaying image results for “tank man” on the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre due to “accidental human error”
showing the long column of tanks that he held up. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... @starsandstripes : Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine brie...
Teams behind Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge unveil a development forum at W3C to standardize and build a unified, more secure foundation for extensions
@googlechrome, @firefox, @MicrosoftEdge, and Safari — have banded together to standardize browser extensions. The goal is a unified and more secure foundation. tip @Techmeme https://www.cnet.com/... T...
Facebook buys Unit 2 Games, a studio behind Roblox-like Crayta game platform, says it will integrate Crayta's toolset into Facebook Gaming's cloud platform
Facebook has been making plenty of one-off virtual reality studio acquisitions lately, but today the company announced …
Investigator says hackers breached Colonial Pipeline through a VPN account whose password has since been discovered inside a batch of leaks on the dark web
🍿 Gangster Coworking CNN : Ransomware attackers used compromised password to access Colonial Pipeline network Kim Lyons / The Verge : Hackers reportedly used a compromised password in Colonial Pipelin...
In macOS 11.4 update Apple has fixed the excessive M1 Mac SSD wear reporting issue noticed in February
William Gallagher / AppleInsider :
In 2019, the number of foreign-born entrepreneurs in the US declined by 4,400, the only yearly drop since 2000, thanks to US' convoluted immigration policies
America's convoluted and highly politicized immigration system puts roadblocks in the way of foreign-born founders. Tweets: @paulg , @gnovak_ , @paulg , @balajis , @alexisohanian , @chkashifali , @ste...
A brief history of cryptocurrency mining in China as authorities crack down on mining operations and miners in other countries cut into China's dominance
Crackdown warning highlights the cryptocurrency's reliance on a hostile host; miners head west — Bitcoin enthusiasts prize …
DeFi, which accounted for an estimated 40% of ether moved on the Ethereum network in the year ended April, is helping fuel the crypto boom and recent volatility
Decentralized finance differs from traditional banks because there is no centralized system. It can be risky. Tweets: @trengriffin and @wsj Tweets: Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : “While margin debt re...
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says parts of YouTube are moving from Google's internal infrastructure to Google Cloud
- Parts of YouTube are moving to the Google Cloud Platform, said Thomas Kurian, the leader of Google's cloud division. — The popular video app has run …
Though cybersecurity experts have warned of ransomware for years, it's now having a very visible impact on the lives of everyday people
After years of warnings, the impact of ransomware finally hits home for regular people — SAN FRANCISCO — It can feel abstract … Tweets: @bruceqburke and @heatherkelly Tweets: Bruce Burke / @bruceqbu...
Several companies and clinicians are using VR therapy, which has shown success in treating PTSD, to treat other disorders like social anxiety and phobias
Dani Blum / New York Times : Tweets: @avibarzeev and @wcmpsychiatry Tweets: @avibarzeev : Big wins go to the the companies that get FDA approval. Big risks for those who automate therapies to reach t...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.