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Moonday Mornings: Cryptocurrency market at 5-month high, Paxful under fire, and more

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 8:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


It’s Monday which means it’s time for a wrap-up of the weekends top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Here’s Moonday Mornings for you. 1. The United Global Resolve For Peace is petitioning the Central Bank of Nigeria after thousands of the country’s residents claim to have been “defrauded” out of millions of dollars earned from trading cryptocurrencies on exchange service Paxful, The Guardian, a local Nigerian outlet reports. 2. After last week’s cryptocurrency upheaval, total market capitalization now sits at over $180 billion reaching a new five-month high, according to CoinDesk. 3. South Korean lawmakers are calling for a deregulation of…

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Moonday Mornings: Cryptocurrency market at 5-month high, Paxful under fire, and more

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 8:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


It’s Monday which means it’s time for a wrap-up of the weekends top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Here’s Moonday Mornings for you. 1. The United Global Resolve For Peace is petitioning the Central Bank of Nigeria after thousands of the country’s residents claim to have been “defrauded” out of millions of dollars earned from trading cryptocurrencies on exchange service Paxful, The Guardian, a local Nigerian outlet reports. 2. After last week’s cryptocurrency upheaval, total market capitalization now sits at over $180 billion reaching a new five-month high, according to CoinDesk. 3. South Korean lawmakers are calling for a deregulation of…

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Here’s why you can’t use AirPlay with Netflix right now

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 7:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Last week, Netflix removed support for AirPlay from its platform. That means you can’t beam Netflix shows from your iPhone or iPad to your Apple TV. Instead, you’ll have to rely on the Netflix app for Apple TV, and use the remote for the set-top box to navigate the platform. Boo. As per the streaming company, the reason behind this is Apple’s newly formed partnership with major TV makers to integrate AirPlay2 into their newer smart TVs. Netflix told The Verge in a statement that because of this new development, it can’t identify if a user is beaming to an Apple…

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UK to regulate social networks to curb the spread of harmful content

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 6:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media, UK


The UK‘s set to kick off this week with a move to regulate social media platforms, so as to hold them accountable for the spread of “online harms,” like misinformation, terrorist propaganda, and content depicting child sexual abuse. “The era of self-regulation for online companies is over,” said Jeremy Wright, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, as the proposal was revealed, reported the BBC. The UK‘s Home Office, and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport jointly announced measures that would see social networks fined or blocked if they violated the code of practice that they hope to implement. The…

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UK to regulate social networks to curb the spread of harmful content

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 6:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media, UK


The UK‘s set to kick off this week with a move to regulate social media platforms, so as to hold them accountable for the spread of “online harms,” like misinformation, terrorist propaganda, and content depicting child sexual abuse. “The era of self-regulation for online companies is over,” said Jeremy Wright, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, as the proposal was revealed, reported the BBC. The UK‘s Home Office, and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport jointly announced measures that would see social networks fined or blocked if they violated the code of practice that they hope to implement. The…

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