Month: January 2022
Fintech Future
Covid-19 has also accelerated the adoption of digital financial processes. We will likely have another year of really aggressive venture capital funding and fintech growth. It is quite extraordinary how quickly consumers have adopted fintech; 96 percent of global consumers are aware of at least one fintech service or company, taking it from a niche
Cryptocurrency review in 2021
Digital assets and crypto businesses showed massive growth and significant market cap gains, indicating maturity in the sector. Coinbase debuted in 2021 as the biggest digital asset listing in history, coming to market at twice the valuation of Nasdaq. The Bitcoin price burst through its all-time high of $68,000 on 5 November, showing a massive
favourite 2021 stories playback on Instagram
the platform will share a “curated Playback of 10 stories for each user, but anyone can edit, add, or remove stories from their Playback list via their stories archive, which will pop up within Playback”. The company has rolled out the Playback feature to all Instagram users as a limited feature available for the next
Mega-VMS with HCI 2.0
The idea of consolidating storage, networking and computing resources into one ‘mega-server’ that is simple and quick to scale has been great for many applications but definitely not all of them. As a result, data centre managers must often spend time reallocating resources, moving VMs to different nodes or changing limits on certain applications for
6G breakthrough in china
the global rollout of 5G has not gone as smooth as expected due to a variety of reasons ranging from high cost to conspiracy theories. The 5G rollout began in early 2019 and since then, China has rolled out around 1.4 million 5G base stations across the country. The recorded 6G speed is roughly 10-20
Wordle to donate Game Profits
Steven Cravotta, 24, developed word game Wordle when he was 18 and uploaded it to Apple’s App Store more than five years ago, but abandoned the project soon after and has not updated it since. A word game called Wordle on the Apple App Store has had 500,000 new downloads in recent days. A developer
Amazon has reverses Visa Credit Cards Ban
Amazon had emailed customers in November to say it would stop accepting payments made using Visa credit cards issued in the UK “starting January 19 2022”. The online retailer said it would no longer accept the cards due to “the high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions”. The company has now reversed a
LabVPN taken down
Set up in 2008, LabVPN offered virtual private network services via the dark web for around 60 US dollars per year. An encryption service used by cyber attackers to remain anonymous online has been shut down in an international operation involving the UK National Crime Agency. The National Crime Agency said that LabVPN was used
Social Media Defrauding
People have lost thousands of pounds, some people have lost their entire livelihoods, Even we others committing suicide as a result of the scams. To a great extent, social media companies have failed to do enough to stop fraudsters. For companies like Meta, they have checks over any advertisement to ensure it is in line
Stopping internet misinformation
During the pandemic, misinformation has spread online about issues such as vaccine safety and the origin of Covid-19,Removing harmful scientific misinformation from the internet is not a viable solution for eradicating the issue. Other than content removals, there is need to protect independent news media, and platform policies around algorithms that determine an outlet’s trustworthiness