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3 years later, Visa’s blockchain-powered payment network finally goes live

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by on June 12, 2019 at 10:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, Hard Fork


Visa’s blockchain-powered B2B payments product has finally gone live after almost three years in the making. First made public in October 2016, the Visa B2B Connect network is being made available in 30 markets, with plans to expand to as many as 90 territories by the end of the year. According to a company statement, the service was created to help financial institutions (aka Visa’s corporate clients) to circumvent existing banking networks and process cross-border payments by leveraging blockchain technology. “Launching Visa B2B Connect marks an important industry milestone which will accelerate the evolution of how commercial payments move around…

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Coinbase’s crypto debit card launches in 6 more EU countries, despite user problems

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by on June 12, 2019 at 9:38 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Following its launch in the UK in April, Coinbase is rolling out its cryptocurrency debit card to more European countries, despite users reporting numerous problems. The cryptocurrency exchange will be launching its Coinbase Card in six more European nations. As of today, the crypto-funded debit card will be available to users in Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The debit card lets users spend the cryptocurrency they hold on Coinbase anywhere in the world, providing the store accepts Visa cards as payment. Coinbase’s UK CEO Zeeshan Feroz told CNBC the goal of the card is to make payments…

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Addressing the privacy paradox: Top leaders and experts share insights

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by on June 12, 2019 at 8:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


As technological innovation evolves, society evolves with it. The problem is, with each new innovation also comes risk. Whether it opens us up to new security issues or debates over our personal privacy, we’re moving fast towards a future with a lot of unknowns. During TNW Conference 2019 top government officials, business and technology leaders and everyday technology users like you and me came together at The Assembly to discuss the growing privacy paradox. The talks centered around the biggest challenges society is facing today including: protecting data privacy; paving the way for the next billion internet users; the need…

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Facebook won’t remove Zuck’s Instagram deepfake — yet

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by on June 12, 2019 at 8:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


The internet’s often a big bad place, but every once in a while it’ll make you chuckle. In a hilarious prank, two creators have uploaded a deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg on Instagram talking about stolen data. The video starts off with Zuckerberg saying, “Imagine this for a second: One man, with total control of billions of people’s stolen data, all their secrets, their lives, their futures. I owe it all to Spectre. Spectre showed me that whoever controls the data, controls the future.” View this post on Instagram Mark Zuckerberg reveals the truth about Facebook and who really owns the future……

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Facebook, Twitter and major social media sites blocked amid Liberian anti-corruption protest

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by on June 12, 2019 at 8:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media, syndication, world


Telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Liberia have restricted Internet access in the country by blocking Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat amid anti-corruption protests by citizens. The move seems to be an instruction from Liberian authorities in a bid to try and suppress the “Save The State” protests mainly taking place in the capital, Monrovia. Based on a report by Netblocks, the restrictions came in effect on 7 June 2019. “Concerned about the rapid decline of Liberia’s image, diminishing global and geopolitical standing as well as its deteriorating business and investment climate; Determined to help avert the…

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