Computing Paxos Claims $50 Million in Price-Stable Crypto Issued in First Weeks | Crypto Oct 16, 2018 Paxos, the startup behind the Paxos Standard (PAX) stablecoin, said it has so far issued a total of $50 million-worth of the U.S. dollar-pegged…
Computing Bitcoin ‘Breakthrough’ Claims Block Size Increase Possible Without Hard Fork | Crypto Oct 6, 2018 Some dub it a “breakthrough,” others call it a “network attack.” Those were the prevailing opinions leading up to Mark Friedenbach’s much-anticipated…
Social Media Average Briton has over 500 social media friends but only five close ones in real life, poll claims… Oct 6, 2018 Britons now have more than 500 online friends but just five “true and close” real-life friendships, according to a new survey. A poll of 2,000…
Computing Venezuela’s Controversial Petro Sale Starting November, Maduro Claims | Crypto Oct 3, 2018 Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has appeared on national television to announce the official launch of the national cryptocurrency Petro,…
Mac Report Claims Apple News Brings Publishers Higher Traffic But a Lot Less Ad Revenue | Mac Sep 26, 2018 An extensive new report by Slate has revealed the challenges publishers are facing when it comes to profiting from Apple News despite the platform’s…
Tech News update Mobike responds to claims of inflated numbers | Digital Asia Sep 21, 2018 Mobike’s new model Chinese bike-rental company Mobike has responded to reports of exaggerated user numbers. A Bloomberg article headlined “Meituan…
Tech and Gadget Lime is pissed at San Francisco for denying it an e-scooter permit, claims ‘unlawful bias’ |… Sep 21, 2018 Lime is waging a war against the San Francisco Municipal Transporation Agency (SFMTA), claiming the organization acted with “unlawful bias” and…
Tech and Gadget Coinbase Refutes Claims in New York Attorney General’s Exchange Report | Crypto Sep 20, 2018 A recent report published by the New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG), which claimed several cryptocurrency exchanges it investigated are…
Tech and Gadget Lenovo claims CEO comments that “We are not a Chinese company” is being misunderstood | Digital Asia Sep 17, 2018 Chinese multinational Lenovo has issued a statement saying that CEO Yang Yuanqing’s interview with UK-based technology website The Inquirer, in…
Computing Ethereum’s Vlad Zamfir Claims Breakthrough In Blockchain Sharding | Crypto Sep 14, 2018 Ethereum might just be one step closer to sharding its blockchain. At least that’s according to long-time blockchain researcher Vlad Zamfir, who…