This image from the Twitter account of President Donald Trump shows a tweet he posted on Friday, May 29, 2020, after protesters in Minneapolis. On Tuesday, the Center for Democracy and Technology sued Trump over the president’s executive order aimed at limiting a legal protection long enjoyed by tech companies […]
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Tech Mahindra, the IT subsidiary of Mahindra Group, is to work with local edutech firm Idealabs to develop blockchain talent within India. The two firms will begin offering curated professional certification courses on blockchain, including live online classes and sessions with experts from the industry in the effort to boost […]
Google, Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Hulu, Disney released statements supporting racial equality following a weekend of mass violence by leftist protesters from coast to coast. Hundreds of businesses and government offices were destroyed, looted and torched.Americans were attacked and traumatized. But the cowardly tech giants want you to know they […]
Some members of Congress want to let tech startups access federal stimulus loans. But venture-capital-backed startups aren’t like other small businesses — they fail even in good economic times. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Like many small companies, tech startups have been laying off employees – more than 40,000 people by one […]
To “B” or not to “B”? CoinDesk editors are currently reviewing our style guide’s capitalization policy. Should every blockchain project be written in lowercase, uppercase or a mix? Should we differentiate between “bitcoin” the currency and “Bitcoin” the protocol? Should the standard differ by project, depending on how decentralized, permissionless […]
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday, seeking to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Section 230 prevents social media companies from civil liability for the content posted on them. The order targets Twitter and Facebook after Twitter fact-checked two of the President’s tweets. The text […]
A 1980s teen tech tycoon has teamed up with a one-time international carnivorous plant smuggler and a veterinarian to promote what they claim is a possible vaccine for COVID-19—but experts warn the budding research project could contribute to the flood of misinformation plaguing the coronavirus crisis. The trio co-authored a […]
India 08:34 GMT 18.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): The government of India has eased policies, permitting the nation’s start-ups and private firms to be part of deep space missions that would be undertaken by the country’s apex space body ISRO. Access to ISRO’s geospatial data would ensure the development […]
Synthetix is putting over $40,000 in crypto on the line to entice users to try out the faster beta of its decentralized exchange (DEX). “While DEXs offer significant improvements over CEXs [centralized exchanges] in terms of safety of funds and transparency, there is typically a painful trade-off on transaction speed,” […]
United Arab Emirates-based retail and business bank, RAKBank, is expanding its remittance routes using Ripple’s blockchain technology. Ripple, which provides distributed ledger payments products for financial institutions, was selected to help the UAE’s 9th largest bank provide quick cross-border payments in a new Bangladeshi corridor. A partnership, announced Sunday, between […]
A handful of big names in crypto want in on the privacy features offered by Zcash. “It is humbling and inspiring that such a strong group of builders is leaning in to push that mission forward and help guide the future of Zcash,” privacy coin co-founder Zooko Wilcox said in […]
US 14:54 GMT 10.05.2020Get short URL The 48-year-old, who recently became a father for the seventh time, also announced that Tesla would be suing a California county for acting contrary to the president, the country’s constitutional freedoms, and “just plain common sense”. California Democrat Lorena Gonzalez tweeted “f**k Elon Musk” […]
India 14:59 GMT 06.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): To combat COVID-19, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a countrywide lockdown from 25 March, however the government allowed the conditional opening of several sectors of the economy starting from 4 May. An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi startup has […]