São Tomé and Príncipe Unveils Blockchain-Powered Citizenship-by-Investment Program
Oct14

São Tomé and Príncipe Unveils Blockchain-Powered Citizenship-by-Investment Program

São Tomé and Príncipe and the UAE-based tech firm IOPn have partnered to launch a blockchain powered citizenship-by-investment (CBI). Anchoring Digital Sovereignty in the UAE The Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe has partnered with United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based sovereign technology ecosystem IOPn to launch a citizenship-by-investment (CBI) program powered by blockchain. The pioneering […] Powered by...

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Grok’s Lack of Piracy Prompt Panic Isn’t Controversial, It’s Reasonable and Rewarding
Oct14

Grok’s Lack of Piracy Prompt Panic Isn’t Controversial, It’s Reasonable and Rewarding

Considering the volume of AI-related lawsuits in U.S. courts, AI companies probably have enough copyright-related pressures to contend with right now. Yet with no shortage of rightsholders with developing claims, significant legal distractions will likely be a feature of the business for many years to come. From the usual content behemoths to authors of a single book, the level of hand wringing thus far doesn’t seem to vary with...

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Anti-Piracy Firm Threatens ICANN with Lawsuit Over .to Domain Piracy
Oct14

Anti-Piracy Firm Threatens ICANN with Lawsuit Over .to Domain Piracy

Since 1997, the Tonga Network Information Center (Tonic) has been responsible for the .to top-level domain This country-specific extension is linked to the Kingdom of Tonga but the Tonic registry is incorporated in the United States and operating from the California city of Burlingame. Compared to more than 160 million .com registrations, use of .to is relatively modest with just over 60,000. Interestingly, however, .to domain names...

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