The WhatsApp soap opera continues. A privacy-focused advertising campaign has just been launched in the UK and Germany.After a shattering controversy around new terms of use in January 2021, WhatsApp is trying somehow to restore its image. Following this announcement, the messaging company even postponed the implementation of its T&Cs to May 15 in order to play the … [Read more...] about UK: WhatsApp launches campaign focused on privacy
He turns his $25K of Dogecoin into $4.3 million
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin invested $ 25,000 in Dogecoin in 2016. His tokens are now worth millions.Vitalik Buterin is not just a genius developer. Co-creator of Ethereum, his holdings in Ether today represent a veritable fortune. In early May, his tokens even made him a billionaire in cryptocurrencies .But the co-founder of Ethereum is also an investor in his … [Read more...] about He turns his $25K of Dogecoin into $4.3 million
For the return of Bitcoin payments, Tesla has a plan
How long will it take?After the criticism, up to the pressure. With its central place in the communication around Bitcoin for the public, Tesla wants to push cryptocurrency miners towards green electricity. On Sunday, Elon Musk said that Bitcoin payments at Tesla, withdrawn during the month of May, will return on one condition.In response to a Cointelegraph article, … [Read more...] about For the return of Bitcoin payments, Tesla has a plan
Bitcoin on the assault on lost methane
Several companies have developed solutions to avoid burning methane, until then wasted or released into the atmosphere by oil wells. While waiting for oil exploitation to disappear, can Bitcoin make it cleaner?"We are helping oil and gas producers reduce their emissions and operate more efficiently”. This is how Upstream Data, a Canadian company founded in 2017, … [Read more...] about Bitcoin on the assault on lost methane
Mega Man the Wily Wars: when Capcom’s blue robot was invited to SEGA
At the end of 1994, Capcom made a small infidelity to Nintendo with its Mega Man saga by offering an exclusive episode to the Mega Drive of SEGA. Heresy?In 1994, in view of the success of the SEGA Mega Drive (especially in the United States), Capcom granted SEGA players a new episode of Mega Man. A shock for Nintendo players, as the little blue robot seemed doomed to … [Read more...] about Mega Man the Wily Wars: when Capcom’s blue robot was invited to SEGA
Facial recognition envisioned to save koalas from extinction
Australia faces the challenge of saving from extinction a species endemic to its territory, the famous koala. To do this, researchers at Griffiths University in Queensland want to use facial recognition to better assess the behavior of these marsupials.Classified as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the koala is the subject of … [Read more...] about Facial recognition envisioned to save koalas from extinction
On Twitter, 20% of trends are created by bots
A new study suggests the extent of this phenomenon.This is a real warning signal that researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne wish to send. After a major study, they found that 47% of trending topics in Turkey and 20% of global trends were created from scratch by bots. Scientists could identify 108,000 fake accounts involved in these operations.To … [Read more...] about On Twitter, 20% of trends are created by bots
Samsung to produce foldable screens for Google, the foldable Pixel still scheduled for 2021?
After a first leak in August 2020 and some stammerings last March, Google's folding smartphone, unofficially named Pixel Fold, has been emulated for a few days following indiscretions coming straight from South Korea.Google has never hidden its efforts to compete with Huawei and Samsung in foldable screen smartphones, with patents filed a few years back and the admission by … [Read more...] about Samsung to produce foldable screens for Google, the foldable Pixel still scheduled for 2021?
Swiss and French central banks to transfer digital currency
The Swiss and French central banks will transfer digital currency.The Banque de France announced on June 10 that it would experiment with the use of Central Bank Digital Currency (MNBC) "in a cross-border context", towards the Swiss National Bank. The transfer is not that of everyone, they are digital currencies reserved for so-called “wholesale” financial … [Read more...] about Swiss and French central banks to transfer digital currency
El Salvador to mine bitcoins with energy from volcanoes
The first country to make bitcoin legal tender, El Salvador announced in the process that it would use the energy of volcanoes to mine this cryptocurrency. An option that would meet the enormous energy challenge posed by bitcoin.El Salvador made a splash on the crypto scene by becoming on June 9 the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. President Nayib Bukele … [Read more...] about El Salvador to mine bitcoins with energy from volcanoes
