Bitcoin prices rose sharply yesterday after months of downfall, showing that bullish sentiment has returned to the digital currency markets. “The bulls are back in charge,” said analyst Charles Hayter, who pointed to Bitcoin’s robust intraday gain and a short squeeze taking place on Bitfinex. The world’s largest cryptocurrency reached $8,055.20, climbing almost 20% in less than six …
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Facebook’s privacy practices after a series of scandals revealed the company’s failure to protect the personal information of millions of users. This investigation follows widespread public outrage. “The FTC takes very seriously recent press reports raising substantial concerns about the privacy practices of Facebook,” said Tom Pahl, …
Google is requesting that web publishers provide it with the necessary consents to continue gathering personal information from Europeans for targeted ads as it gears up for the impending arrival of toughened data privacy laws. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May after which companies will be obligated to obtain …
IT security researchers have discovered an android malware which aims at stealing personal data from Android devices, recording live calls and surrounding noises in order to blackmail the victim – Dubbed RedDrop by Wandera researchers, the malware was discovered in 53 applications on third-party app stores including calculators, image editors, languages teaching and space exploration apps. All …
After being announced last year, Google took to the stage at MWC 2018 to announce a beta release of Flutter, its free and open-source framework for building iOS and Android apps with a unified codebase. The SDK lets devs code their apps in the Dart programming language, and packages them along with a rendering engine, as …
New Delhi, February 21, 2018: On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, Microsoft has announced support for email addresses in 15 Indian languages across its email apps and services, including Office 365, Outlook 2016, Outlook.com, Exchange Online and Exchange Online Protection (EOP). For the first time, users will be able to use local language …
Bitcoin holders may have gotten a brief reprieve earlier this month after a rough January, but it didn’t last long. The top digital coin fell as much as 12 percent Wednesday, whipsawing investors who were just starting to take a deep breath after last month’s market rout. Other tokens have also suffered declines in the …
Digital-assets exchange Coinbase Inc. has unveiled a new service designed to help merchants accept cryptocurrency payments, according to a recent blog post by the San Francisco-based company. The service, called Coinbase Commerce, will allow businesses to accept payments in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Litecoin. These payments can be deposited directly into the merchant’s digital …
AI is coming. That is what we heard throughout 2017 and will likely continue to hear throughout this year. For established businesses that are not Google or Facebook, a natural question to ask is: What have we got that is going to allow us to survive this transition? There are hundreds of articles claiming that …
Twitter has pushed back after the release of undercover videos in which Twitter employees – primarily senior network security engineer Clay Haynes – are depicted as saying that they “view everything” users post on their servers, including private messages and sexual photos, and that employees are more than happy to participate in a Department of …