Microsoft’s blockchain platform expands for royalties management, but how will this impact the gaming sector as a whole? Enterprise Ethereum is beginning to show its impact as some of the largest companies in the world start to leverage the Ethereum network to solve complex business challenges. For example, tech giant Microsoft and Big Four firm…
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Analysts have been categorizing blockchain projects worldwide into a “periodic table” that allows for a granular analysis of the technology’s inroads into global trade. The World Trade Organization and Trade Finance Global have published their latest taxonomy of blockchain projects in international trade, arranged into what they present as a “periodic table” for the industry.…
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Windows users must be wary. In a tweet, Microsoft Security Intelligence (MSI) warned cryptocurrency owners who are also Windows users on August 27 that their funds in crypto wallets might be in danger because of a new malware. The new malware, called Anubis, seems to use code forked from Loki. It steals crypto wallet credentials,…
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As Trump clamps down on Chinese social media in the U.S., tech in general becomes subject to nationalism. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note The U.S.–China trade war continues its brazen spillover into tech. In response to concerns over where…
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Blockchain can play a role in solving the profitability challenges of content generation industry giants like TikTok. Chinese content generation platform TikTok, a video-sharing app that has been called the fastest-growing social networking service in history, has been in the spotlight since early 2019 and now surpasses 800 million users. Despite the fact that the…
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Creating global standards for tokenized carbon markets will provide more clarity, but data challenges need to be addressed. Climate change is one of the greatest problems facing society today. Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see large corporations stepping in to mitigate their environmental impact. For example, Amazon plans to be carbon neutral…
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The recent high-profile hack of Twitter accounts where 12 BTC was stolen is being investigated, and some exchanges may already know who did it. July 15 will go down as an infamous day for Twitter, as an unknown attacker managed to take control of a number of accounts on the social media platform before duping…
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Avaddon ransomware is exploiting Excel 4.0 macros to deploy an attack against users. Microsoft Security Intelligence alerted users to a type of ransomware, called Avaddon, that uses Excel 4.0 macros to distribute malicious emails. These emails contain attachments which deploy an attack when opened in any version of Excel. Avaddon ransomware emerged in early June…
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The Baseline protocol has released integrations for Google Sheets and Microsoft 365, allowing multiple entities to privately verify that their databases share the same records. The Baseline Protocol has launched integrations for Google Sheets and Microsoft Dynamics 365. The new function allows for the maintenance of verifiably consistent records using a spreadsheet in conjunction with…
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Oscar-winning director shares conspiracy theory which claims Microsoft’s recent crypto mining patent is satanic. Oscar-winning Russian director, Nikita Mikhalkov, has espoused a bizarre conspiracy theory on local television. He claims that Microsoft’s recent patent for a sensor-based cryptocurrency mining system using body activity data comprises the first-step in a satanic plot to microchip the human…
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