Here’s what scares us most about Apple’s iOS 13 and Google’s Android 10 (ZDNet YouTube) Attenborough, Neill, and Dern all play their characters as good actors should.But Jeff Goldblum simply plays Jeff Goldblum, as he always does.He gets around, from inserting a virus from a very old Mac into an invading alien spaceship , to…
Libra Cryptocurrency
Libra is a permissioned blockchain digital currency proposed by the American social media company Faceboo
Visa and Mastercard leave the Facebook Libra Association
Home / LifeStyle / Visa and Mastercard leave the Facebook Libra Association Visa and Mastercard leave the Facebook Libra Association Google + A weekly news program documenting our crippling collective dependence on technology.The Engadget Podcast: Is Apple’s Vista MacOS Vista? Discuss Apple’s latest desktop operating system.We’re also considering what Google will be showing at the…
Facebook announces Libra cryptocurrency and Calibra digital wallet
Facebook announces Libra cryptocurrency and Calibra digital wallet 12.10.2019 2 Facebook has announced its cryptocurrency Libra and a global association of organizations that will govern it.The company also announced Calibra, a new subsidiary that will build a digital wallet for Messenger, WhatsApp, and a standalone app on iOS and Android. The move, which has been…
Facebook’s digital currency dealt another blow – BBC News
Facebook’s digital currency dealt another blow By Szu Ping Chan Business reporter 14 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Facebook had said it hoped to launch Libra in 2020 Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency must not go ahead until the company proves it is safe and secure, according to a report by the world biggest economies. In…
Visa, MasterCard, eBay and others drop out of Facebook’s Libra project
Facebook’s bid to launch an alternative digital currency, called Libra, has gotten much tougher.Big partners announced by Facebook have just dropped out.That includes credit card giants Visa and MasterCard , e-commerce giant eBay, payments startup Stripe and Latin America payment app Mercado Pago.PayPal had previously switched course on Libra.“It’s a big setback for them but…
Mastercard, Visa, eBay Drop Out of Facebook’s Libra Payments Network
Mastercard, Visa, eBay Drop Out of Facebook’s Libra Payments Network The Wall Street Journal.30 mins ago AnnaMaria Andriotis, Peter Rudegeair © fabrice coffrini/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The biggest financial companies that Facebook Inc.recruited to launch a world-wide cryptocurrency-based payments network have backed out of the project, threatening to derail an ambitious initiative to remake global finance…
eBay, Visa, and Mastercard Back Away from Facebook’s Libra Coin
Facebook’s digital currency alliance lost more companies on Friday amid heavy criticism from regulators around the world on the planned Libra global cryptocurrency. Credit card giants Visa and Mastercard, online marketplace eBay and digital payments firm Stripe each announced they had changed their minds about being founding members of the Libra Association assembled to promote…
St. Louis Religion, Landslide Risks, PG&E Outages , More: Thursday ResearchBuzz, October 10, 2019
Word & Way: In St.Louis, Mapping How Religion Is Lived — in Sanctuaries Holy and Profane .“[Adam] Park is a fellow with a novel project called Lived Religion in the Digital Age.The SLU project uses photos, interviews and other data to map religious happenings around the city.The idea is to capture the varieties and complexities…
German blockchain strategy aims to head off ‘stablecoin’ currencies
Germany has published a comprehensive blockchain strategy as the country seeks to be “at the forefront of innovation” – but issued a stark warning on private firms’ attempts to issue digital currencies. The federal government’s strategy – which is only currently available in German – aims to capitalise on the potential of blockchain and distributed…
Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency coalition is falling apart as eBay, Visa, Mastercard and Stripe jump ship
EBay, Visa, Mastercard and Stripe announced Friday they will no longer be part of Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency project.The news comes one week after PayPal announced its withdrawal as government regulators continue to scrutinize the plans.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify on the currency at an Oct.23 hearing before the House Financial Services Committee.…