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Opera will support ‘multiple blockchains’ in its browser, starting with TRON

May15
by on May 15, 2019 at 11:59 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Opera will soon be adding native support for the TRON blockchain in its cryptocurrency-focused browser. Among other things, the new integration will make it possible to natively use TRON-powered dapps and tokens within the browser. Opera will also add support for TRON‘s TRX and other TRC-standard tokens in its built-in cryptocurrency wallet for desktop and mobile (available on both iOS and Android). “We are excited that Opera, a mainstream browser with hundreds of millions of users, will now seamlessly support TRX and other TRON tokens,” said Justin Sun CEO of TRON.”Soon, Opera users will be able to use dapps on the TRON…

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Get ready to see more shopping ads on Google Search, Images and YouTube

May15
by on May 15, 2019 at 10:36 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Google is betting big on ecommerce with the latest update to its search engine. The company is unveiling a redesigned personalized Google Shopping experience, along with introducing the idea of a universal shopping cart across its platform of services, including Search, Shopping, Images and even YouTube. You can now discover and compare products from various parts of the Google platform through shopping ads, then choose to purchase them instantly using your Google account. “With this new experience, we’re merging the best of Google Express with Google Shopping,” the company said in a blog post. By unifying the shopping experience, the move…

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RIP Cryptopia, the seminal exchange that supported over 500 shitcoins

May15
by on May 15, 2019 at 10:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia is officially gone. All trade has been ceased, and authorized liquidators have been appointed. A message posted Wednesday confirmed the business had failed to recover from January’s crippling hack. Attackers are thought to have stolen roughly $16 million worth of cryptocurrency directly from the exchange’s wallets. “Despite the efforts of management to reduce cost and return the business to profitability, it was decided the appointment of liquidators was, in the best interests of customers, staff and other stakeholders,” reads Cryptopia’s message. Cryptopia trade is suspended indefinitely as liquidators manage what’s left of its assets. They’re reportedly working with…

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Facebook finally takes steps to limit abusive live streamers

May15
by on May 15, 2019 at 8:15 am
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Almost two months after a horrific terrorist attack in New Zealand, Facebook‘s finally taking some concrete steps to stop the abuse of its live streaming feature. Today, the social network introduced a new ‘one strike’ policy to ban users who violate its community guidelines. Guy Rosen, Facebook’s VP of Integrity, said in a blog post that the platform will ban users for a period of time when they abuse its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy:  From now on, anyone who violates our most serious policies will be restricted from using Live for set periods of time – for example 30 days…

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Skype didn’t deliver on P2P’s promise, but Estonia has

May15
by on May 15, 2019 at 8:13 am
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While Skype is now a Microsoft-owned behemoth, its early days were very different. Skype‘s heritage goes back to KaZaa, a P2P (peer-to-peer) file-sharing application that was one of the pillars of the early internet. And while the spirit of those times petered in Skype itself, the country of its origin, Estonia, has fulfilled the promise of P2P. First, some context. We met Tanel Erm – the Managing Director of Microsoft’s Estonia dev center – in Talinn, who gave us some insight into the early days of Skype and the company’s evolution from scrappy start-up to tech titan. The beginnings Let’s start with…

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