January 18, 2022 An underwater volcano erupted in Tonga on Saturday, triggering a massive tsunami that knocked out Tonga's internet and phone lines hours after the incident. Communications and electricity on the islands have been partially restored, but more...
January 18, 2022 Mozilla pauses cryptocurrency transactions due to its environmental impact. Mozilla was forced to suspend the company's announcement of cryptocurrency donations on New Year's Eve after co-founder Jamie Zawinski tweeted his opposition. Echoing Zawinski's tweet and more...
January 18, 2022 Twitter will extend its test feature, which allows users to flag misleading content on its social media platform, to countries such as Brazil, Spain and the Philippines. The social media giant introduced the new feature more...
January 18, 2022 With bitcoin still strong in 2022, a growing number of long-term investors hold significant holdings in the cryptocurrency and are optimistic that its recent slump was only temporary. Digital currency brokerage Genesis trading said the more...
January 18, 2022 CEOs of major U.S. airlines sounded the alarm on Monday when AT&T and Verizon rolled out their new 5G service in less than 36 hours, sparking a potentially "catastrophic" aviation crisis. The airlines warned that more...
January 17, 2022 In the top ten mobile markets including the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Japan, users spent an average of 4.8 hours a day on their phones. Data from App Annie's State of Mobile 2022 report showed more...
January 17, 2022 The central bank of Switzerland successfully used digital currency for transactions with five commercial banks. This is one of the most advanced central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiments in Europe. The experiment, named Project Helvetia more...
January 17, 2022 Tech giant Facebook is facing a $3.2 billion class lawsuit in the U.K. for allegedly abusing its market dominance by exploiting the personal data of its 44 million users. Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, a senior adviser more...
January 17, 2022 North Korean hackers stole nearly $400 million worth of digital assets in 2021, one of its most lucrative years to date. This was revealed in a report by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. "Once North Korea more...
January 13, 2022 U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai confirmed on Wednesday that the U.S.-European Union Trade and Technology Council (TTC) will hold a second meeting in Europe later this year. "Going forward, the Biden-Harris Administration will use the more...
January 13, 2022 A survey conducted by Visa found that nearly a quarter of small businesses in nine nations plan to accept digital currencies as a means of payment by 2022. The survey of 2,250 small businesses was more...
January 13, 2022 The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is allowed to pursue its lawsuit against Facebook over antitrust issues. The FTC accuses Facebook - now renamed Meta - of monopolizing by gobbling up competition through acquisitions. This more...
