Crypto market takes a dive with Bitcoin leading the way
Cryptocurrency prices continued to tumble Friday with Bitcoin leading the charge, with prices for the internet currency dipping below $50,000 for the first time since early March. Bitcoin is down roughly 20% week-over-week, around 30% from its all-time high of nearly $65,000 early last week. The market cap of the coin has dipped below $1 trillion. The tumble has been less severe for Ethereum, which hit an all-time high just yesterday but has since dropped 13% as the broader market…
Youverify aims to combat fraud with IAM technology
When his mother lost money in her bank account to a fraudster, Gbenga Odegbami started his journey to create an identity and access management (IAM) system that would stop the many cases of fraud in Nigeria, and throughout Africa. Gbenga Odegbami’s journey to create an identity and access management (IAM) system to help stop rampant fraud in Nigeria started when his mother fell victim to a scam and lost money in her bank account. A fraudster claiming to be an official from…
Launching a new job in a pandemic: Virtual onboarding to the rescue
Like most new pandemic-induced working practices, remote onboarding is here to stay. How can employers make the process, from device provisioning and training to help new hires feel welcome, as seamless as possible? Starting a new job can be stressful under normal circumstances, but starting a new job during a global pandemic, when all interactions with managers and teammates take place online, is a uniquely challenging situation. Just ask Marta Rodriguez, who started her job as a social media manager…
27-year-old female ex-banker raises 1 million dollars for her tech startup
To the surprise of the cryptocurrency world, AFEN, the first government-backed NFT initiative, held one of the quickest public sales in the crypto space on April 20th, 2021. Raising over a million dollars in her token’s sales round. Deborah Ojengbede, Chief Executive Officer of the AFEN group and a former banker, is in charge of the NFT initiative. The 27-year-old CEO resigned from her job as a business analyst at a top Nigerian bank, where she had worked for the…
WordPress Pushes To Block Google’s FLoC
Google’s FLoC came under more pressure as WordPress discussed a proposal to block it as a security threat WordPress discussed a proposal to block Google’s new user tracking scheme called FLoC. While most expressed support others raised valid concerns. No decision has been made to block FLoC. Discussions will continue in the official WordPress Slack channel.AdvertisementContinue Reading Below UPDATEMatt Mullenweg Says No Decision Has Been Made There have been many articles inaccurately saying that WordPress was blocking FLoC. As we initially reported, WordPress…
Defining the digital workspace of tomorrow
There’s a lot of talks these days about the hybrid workplace. But what comes next after that? A while back, I wrote about a new company at the forefront of the cloud desktop effort — Cameyo, which has emerged as a better alternative to Citrix. It continues to impress, putting together a Digital Workspace Consortium focused on defining what the cloud office of the future should contain. It is an initial effort, and I can see where components are missing. But we likely can…
Side by side, Apple continues to make superior Windows PCs
One tester found that Windows for ARM running on an M1 Mac via Parallels Desktop was the “fastest version of Windows” they’d ever used. You know things have changed when one of the fastest ways to run Windows is to run it using Parallels Desktop on an M1 Mac and Microsoft brings in Apple Silicon support for its own Remote Desktop application. The fastest Windows PC? Get a Mac Parallels now offer native Apple Silicon support in Parallels Desktop 16. As anticipated, this extends to various…
Google Releases New Killer Google Maps Feature for More Users
The driving mode pretty much turns Google Maps into a hub for the experience behind the wheel, obviously with the navigation app the core of everything. Google Maps pretty much becomes an alternative to Android Auto for phones, with the interface clearly inspired from this app, while the feature lineup includes pretty much the same capabilities. Google Maps driving mode allows you to make calls, control the music playback, and read your messages from just one place, all while also…
