New DeFi Project Xfinance(XFI) ILO Presale Will Start Today
As the cryptocurrency world is experiencing rapid growth, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms are also rising. In early 2019, there were only $275M of crypto collateral in the DeFi economy than the current $5 Billion+; this represents the massive adoption of this platform. XFI Presale Xfinance announced earlier that they would cooperate with LID Protocol to launch the XFI ILO presale. The presale is going to be launched on the LID...
Mastercard Launches Digital Currency Testing Platform for Central Banks
Mastercard has launched a digital currency testing platform aimed at helping central banks test their digital currencies. The system will also demonstrate how consumers can use central bank digital currencies to pay for goods and services wherever Mastercard is accepted worldwide. Mastercard’s Digital Currency Testing Platform Global payments company Mastercard announced Wednesday the launch of its “proprietary virtual...
OVPN Wins Court Battle After Pirate Bay Data Demands Rejected
Early June, movie companies Svensk Filmindustri and Nordisk Film, supported by anti-piracy partner Rights Alliance, embarked on legal action in an effort to track down the operators of The Pirate Bay. Early Background After obtaining information from Cloudflare, Rights Alliance later filed a lawsuit in Sweden against a local ISP, requesting an information injunction that would compel it to hand over information relating to The Pirate...
Archivists Want Broader DMCA Exemption for ‘Abandoned’ Online Games
There are a lot of things people are not allowed to do under US copyright law, but perhaps just as importantly there are exemptions too. The U.S. Copyright Office regularly reviews these exemptions to Section 1201 of the DMCA, which prevents the public from ‘tinkering’ with DRM-protected content and devices. These provisions are renewed every three years after the Office hears various arguments from stakeholders and the...
Poll: What do you think of the save icon?
Ok, I have just been doing some writing – something I do a lot of – and for some strange reason, I actually paid attention to the icon that stands for “Save.” It is – what?? – a diskette!! Why? How long has it been since diskettes were actually used? And how would the young people coming into computing even know what a diskette is? read more Powered by...
