The Compact Tablet That Keeps Professionals Connected Anywhere Has Arrived

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Techme101

This 5th Gen iPad mini is a budget-friendly investment for professionals who need to stay connected anywhere.

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UK’s internet watchdog finalizes first set of rules for Online Safety law

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Techme101

On Monday, the U.K.’s internet regulator, Ofcom, published the first set of final guidelines for online service providers subject to the Online Safety Act. This starts the clock ticking on the sprawling online harms law’s first compliance deadline, which the regulator expects to kick in in three months’ time. Ofcom has been under pressure to […]
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Google names new India chief

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Techme101

Google has appointed Preeti Lobana to lead its India business, filling a key position that had been vacant since Sanjay Gupta’s promotion to Asia-Pacific president in July. Lobana, who was vice president of advertising technology at Google, takes over as the company pushes its AI products in India amid intensifying competition in the digital market. […]
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This stealthy African stablecoin startup already processed over $1B in cross-border payments

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Techme101

Juicyway, an African fintech that leverages stablecoin technology to power fast and cheap cross-border payments, is launching out of stealth after processing over $1 billion in transaction volume for thousands of African businesses over the last three years. The fintech claims to have processed over 25,000 transactions, generating $1.3 billion in total payment volume (TPV) […]
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Social media given ‘last chance’ to tackle illegal posts

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Techme101

Platforms have three months to take action or they could be fined up to 10% of global turnover.

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Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware, on a journalist’s phone

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Techme101

Amnesty said it found NoviSpy, an Android spyware linked to Serbian intelligence, on the phones of several members of Serbian civil society following police stops.
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Bitcoin rises to new record above $106,000 as investors await this week’s Fed decision

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Techme101

Bitcoin rallied to a new all-time high Sunday evening as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s final interest rate decision of the year.

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Bitcoin hits new record high of more than $106,000

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Techme101

The world’s largest cryptocurrency has risen by more than 50% since Donald Trump’s election victory.

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Revisiting 19th-century Paris with VR

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Techme101

While I have fond memories of past efforts to combine VR content with real-world locations, I’d assumed the pandemic had put those ambitions to an end. If I wanted VR in 2024, I thought I’d have to buy a headset, and it would be a largely solitary experience at home or in the office — […]
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NeurIPS keynote speaker apologizes for reference to Chinese student

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Techme101

A speaker at the annual NeurIPS AI conference has drawn criticism — not for her opinions about AI, but the way she referred to a Chinese student. During her keynote presentation on “How to optimize what matters most,” MIT Media Lab Professor Rosalind Picard (pictured above) included a slide quoting an excuse given by a […]
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