Don’t Feed Copyright Trolls: Canadian Court Urged to Protect Internet Users
The vast majority of today’s movie-related copyright infringement lawsuits can be linked back to companies working with piracy monetization company, GuardaLey. They begin with piracy tracking firm Maverickeye monitoring IP addresses allegedly sharing certain movies online. Those IP addresses later become evidence in court processes where the owners of the monitored movies ask the court to compel ISPs to match the IP addresses with...
Achieve smart home interoperability with open source technology
Achieve smart home interoperability with open source technology Florian Robert Wed, 11/02/2022 – 03:00 Advertisers sell the myth of the “Smart Home” as a magical world where you automate everything with ease to simplify your life and free your mind of trivial tasks. It looks great on paper and TV, but so far, it’s mainly been a battle of technologies and manufacturers. Suppose you want to add a presence sensor...
You Need to Update Google Chrome, Windows, and Zoom Right Now
Plus: Important patches from Apple, VMWare, Cisco, Zimbra, SAP, and Oracle. Powered by WPeMatico
Vitalik Buterin Says Crypto Is a ‘Better Bet’ Than ‘Incredibly Inconvenient’ Gold
The Ethereum blockchain co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, insisted in a recent tweet that crypto is a better bet than gold, which is not only inconvenient, but difficult to use as well. While Buterin asserts that such characteristics make gold less appealing, some crypto opponents argued that gold is better, because unlike the Ethereum blockchain, it is not controlled by only a few entities. Decentralized Issuer of Money The Ethereum...
Mastercard Study: African Fintech Sector Had One of the Highest Year-on-Year Growth Rates in Funding in 2021
In 2021, African fintech startups accounted for 61% of the $2.7 billion in venture capital funding that was deployed on the continent, a new study has found. While its share of global fintech funding is just over one percent, the continent’s fintech sector still recorded one of the highest year-on-year growth rates globally. ‘Record-High Number of Deals Closed’ According to the findings of a new Mastercard study, African fintech...
