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Ethereum lagged in active dapp users in Q2, but its price doubled – here’s what happened

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by on July 26, 2019 at 6:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


If you’ve been interested in cryptocurrency and blockchain for anything more than a week, you’ll almost certainly know about Vitalik Buterin’s Ethereum platform. But if you don’t here’s a quick recap on what Ethereum is. Ethereum’s creators wanted to build a platform that would allow users all over the world to write decentralized applications, and use the Ethereum blockchain as what it calls a “world computer.” Ethereum made smart contracts a common part of the blockchain conversation. Smart contracts are programming tools that let developers write self-executing scripts that run on the Ethereum blockchain. When these scripts are executed, the…

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Senate Intelligence Committee: Russia targeted all 50 US states ahead of 2016 elections

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by on July 26, 2019 at 6:50 am
Posted In: Around the Web


In a heavily redacted report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee today says Russians targeted election systems in all 50 US states ahead of the 2016 elections. This shows a much larger impact than previous reports (which separately noted that 21 states, and then 39 states were affected) as targets of the Russian interference. Michael Daniel, the cybersecurity coordinator for the Obama administration, told the committee in August 2016 that Russians had “attempted to intrude in all 50 states.” The suspicion was confirmed by an intelligence report in 2018. This was echoed in a joint report published in April by the Federal…

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India doesn’t want WhatsApp sharing your payment data with Facebook

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by on July 26, 2019 at 6:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web, India


Even as WhatsApp readies to launch its mobile payment service in India later this year, the government is concerned about its privacy and security ramifications. “Indian authorities are concerned that WhatsApp’s payment service might share user data with group companies Facebook and Instagram, compromising the security, privacy and non-commercial information of its subscribers,” according to a report from the Economic Times. The government has reportedly asked the National Payments Corporation of India — the authority operating retail payments and settlement systems in the country — to ensure that user data collected through payment services such as WhatsApp and Google Pay…

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Apple just bought Intel’s smartphone modem business to prepare for 5G

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by on July 26, 2019 at 12:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


If there’s one thing we know about Apple, it’s the company likes to do things its own way. Case in point: the company today announced it has acquired the “majority” of Intel’s cellular modem business. The $1 billion deal involves a transfer of some 2,200 Intel employees, as well as intellectual property, equipment, and leases. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019. According to Apple: Combining the acquired patents for current and future wireless technology with Apple’s existing portfolio, Apple will hold over 17,000 wireless technology patents, ranging from protocols for cellular standards to modem…

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