WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook, said on Wednesday (Oct. 10) that the bug that enabled hackers to take over apps when a user answered an incoming video call has been fixed. According to a Reuters report, WhatsApp’s comments that the problem is fixed came after ZDNet and The Register reported the security weakness, […]
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Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto, a former COO of a NASDAQ subsidiary, will develop Gemini’s marketplace to attract institutional investors. Former COO of major U.S. stock exchange NASDAQ subsidiary Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto has joined crypto exchange Gemini, the company revealed in a Medium post on Wednesday, Oct. 10. The U.S.-based Gemini, launched by the Winklevoss twins back in 2015, […]
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An expert from the People’s Bank of China thinks the country has to study USD-backed cryptocurrencies and to launch its own yuan-backed stablecoin. The Chinese government should consider launching its own yuan-backed stablecoin despite the current ban on cryptocurrencies, an op-ed in Chinese financial journal CN Finance reports Tuesday, Oct. 9. An expert from the […]
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As is often the case with these big hardware events – the Made by Google Event was both surprising and not. Much of what was rolled on a New York stage yesterday afternoon (Oct. 9) was anticipated and well known long before the stage presentations began: the new Pixel phone was described as “exactly as […]
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PwC will provide tech expertise to decentralized lending platform Cred in the launch of their USD-backed stablecoin. “Big four” audit giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has partnered with decentralized lending platform Cred to provide tech expertise in the launch of their USD-backed stablecoin, the company announced on Monday, October 8. In the announcement, the professional services firm […]
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Economist Nouriel Roubini, aka “Dr. Doom,” compares Bitcoin to North Korea, stating it has the worst inequality coefficient in the world. American Economist Nouriel Roubini has stated that cryptocurrency is more centralized than North Korea in a tweet October 7. New York University professor Roubini, better known as “Dr. Doom” for his alleged prediction of […]
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Crypto finance company Circle has acquired equity crowdfunding platform and broker-dealer SeedInvest. Cryptocurrency finance company Circle Internet Financial Ltd. has acquired equity crowdfunding platform and broker-dealer SeedInvest, according to an announcement published October 5. Exact terms of the transaction were not disclosed. New York-based SeedInvest was founded in 2012 as a startup investing platform. Since […]
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), working in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice, announced on Thursday (Sept. 27) that it is mailing 1,179,803 refund checks totaling more than $505 million to people who were deceived by a payday lending scheme operated by AMG Services, Inc. and Scott A. Tucker. In a press release, the […]
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Amazon has opened Amazon 4-star, a new store in New York City where every product is rated 4 stars and above, is a top seller or is new and trending on Amazon’s website. The store is located in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, on Spring Street between Crosby and Lafayette Streets. “We created Amazon 4-star […]
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The tech stack and IP address history for Beadfest.com, per Notablist Two New York City-based companies are — separately — making available their internal marketing data: Parse.ly is unveiling its “attention map” of Net topics, and Notablist is detailing the tech stacks behind brands’ emails. About the Currents platform. Parse.ly’s new Currents attention platform […]
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