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Putin signs Russian crypto payments ban
Audio player loading… Russian president Vladimir Putin has vowed to ban cryptocurrency payments with a new law that would make paying with digital assets illegal in the country. The highly-anticipated move follows years of discussion between the Central Bank of Russia and the country’s government on whether to allow cryptocurrencies,…
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TikTok security chief steps down following Oracle database move
Audio player loading… TikTok’s global chief security officer Roland Cloutier has stepped down, shortly after the company announced a significant shift in its data protection rules (opens in new tab). Kim Albarella, who was previously head of security risk, vendor, and client assurance at the company is set to step…
Read MoreThe UK wants to host a “drone superhighway”
Audio player loading… The UK government has just announced the construction of the world’s longest and largest drone “superhighway” in what could be a major shake-up for logistics and delivery workers everywhere. The 164-mile superhighway, dubbed “Skyway”, will aim to connect towns such as Reading, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Coventry…
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FCC proposes major boost in minimum broadband speeds
Audio player loading… The US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) wants to quadruple the minimum broadband standard in the US and believes that gigabit speeds should be the long term target. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rocenworcel said (opens in new tab) the current standard of 25Mbps download speed and 3Mbps upload determined…
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Snapchat brings chatting and video calling to the web
Snapchat features like snapping, chatting, and video calling are coming to desktop through a new web app, marking the first time the company has made its service available beyond smartphones. With Snapchat for Web, you can log in with your Snapchat account and send private messages or call friends on…
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Elastix VoIP systems targeted by massive malware campaign
Audio player loading… A number of different threat actors have attacked VoIP (opens in new tab) telephony servers belonging to Elastix with more than 500,000 different malware (opens in new tab) samples between December 2021 and March 2022, researchers have claimed. Elastix is a unified communications server software, bringing together…
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