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June in Africa: Google balloons, ICOs, and internet shutdowns

Jul10
by on July 10, 2018 at 11:06 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Google is actively seeking partnerships to roll out Project Loon in Kenya, which will involve beaming internet in rural areas from hot air balloons. In a further connectivity boost for Kenya, the country’s government has set aside $30 million USD from taxes paid by the country’s mobile operators to roll out connectivity projects in rural areas. What will Africa do with all this increased connectivity? Not much, if some African governments have anything to do with it. In May, Uganda imposed a tax on social media, and this month the Algerian government shut down the internet altogether, allegedly in a…

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June in Africa: Google balloons, ICOs, and internet shutdowns

Jul10
by on July 10, 2018 at 11:06 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Google is actively seeking partnerships to roll out Project Loon in Kenya, which will involve beaming internet in rural areas from hot air balloons. In a further connectivity boost for Kenya, the country’s government has set aside $30 million USD from taxes paid by the country’s mobile operators to roll out connectivity projects in rural areas. What will Africa do with all this increased connectivity? Not much, if some African governments have anything to do with it. In May, Uganda imposed a tax on social media, and this month the Algerian government shut down the internet altogether, allegedly in a…

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Or just read more coverage about: Google

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June in Africa: Google balloons, ICOs, and internet shutdowns

Jul10
by on July 10, 2018 at 11:06 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Google is actively seeking partnerships to roll out Project Loon in Kenya, which will involve beaming internet in rural areas from hot air balloons. In a further connectivity boost for Kenya, the country’s government has set aside $30 million USD from taxes paid by the country’s mobile operators to roll out connectivity projects in rural areas. What will Africa do with all this increased connectivity? Not much, if some African governments have anything to do with it. In May, Uganda imposed a tax on social media, and this month the Algerian government shut down the internet altogether, allegedly in a…

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Or just read more coverage about: Google

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PSA: MyEtherWallet compromised in hack, urges users to move tokens now

Jul10
by on July 10, 2018 at 11:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork, Insider


Popular Ethereum interface and defacto token wallet MyEtherWallet (MEW) has been caught up yet another goddamn hack. This one affects users of the Hola chrome extension, specifically those who have used MEW in the past 24 hours. Hackers, who TechCrunch reports have utilized what “appeared to be a Russian-based IP address,” have taken over the Hola VPN service. Over five hours, MEW users who simply had the Hola chrome extension installed and running have had their wallets completely compromised. We received a report that suggest Hola chrome extension was hacked for approximately 5 hrs and the attack was logging your…

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PSA: MyEtherWallet compromised in hack, urges users to move tokens now

Jul10
by on July 10, 2018 at 11:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork, Insider


Popular Ethereum interface and defacto token wallet MyEtherWallet (MEW) has been caught up yet another goddamn hack. This one affects users of the Hola chrome extension, specifically those who have used MEW in the past 24 hours. Hackers, who TechCrunch reports have utilized what “appeared to be a Russian-based IP address,” have taken over the Hola VPN service. Over five hours, MEW users who simply had the Hola chrome extension installed and running have had their wallets completely compromised. We received a report that suggest Hola chrome extension was hacked for approximately 5 hrs and the attack was logging your…

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