Tag: cryptocurrency
Tech Digest daily round up: Lenovo ‘quietly announces’ Smart Clock 2
Without any fanfare or an official announcement, Lenovo has unveiled the successor to its Google-powered Smart Clock – quietly allowing the Smart Clock 2 to slip into the world's collective consciousness by way of a product page. Marked as 'coming soon' on Lenovo's official US site, the second generation of Smart Clock presents a reinvented shape, improved speaker…
Tech Digest daily roundup: China tells banks to stop supporting cryptocurrency
China has expanded its clampdown on cryptocurrencies, telling banks and payments platforms to stop supporting digital currency transactions. That follows an order on Friday to shut down Bitcoin mining operations in Sichuan province. The price of Bitcoin slumped by more 10% on Monday but stabilised in Asian trading on Tuesday. The value of the cryptocurrency…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Half of UK adults visited adult website during lockdown
UK adults spent more time online than other large European countries such as France and Germany during the pandemic, according to Ofcom. They spent more than three-and-a-half hours (217 minutes) online each day in 2020 – more than an hour longer than in Germany and France and 30 minutes more than Spain, the regulator’s annual…
Tech Digest daily round up: Airships to offer eco-friendly alternative to plane travel
For those fancying a trip from Liverpool to Belfast or Barcelona to the Balearic Islands but concerned about the carbon footprint of aeroplane travel, a small Bedford-based company is promising a surprising solution: commercial airships. Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), which has developed a new environmentally friendly airship 84 years after the Hindenburg disaster, on Wednesday…
Tech Digest daily round up: Tesla fined for slowing down battery charging
A court in Norway has fined Tesla after a software update issued in 2019 slowed down battery charging speeds and affected the number of miles some of its vehicles could travel between charges. The case was brought by 30 customers, reports Norwegian news platform Nettavisen. The fine amounts to 136,000 Norwegian Krone (£11,500) for each complainant.…
Tech Digest daily round up: Online harms bill announced in Queen’s Speech
Social media firms will have to remove harmful content quickly or potentially face multi-billion-pound fines under new legislation. The government's Online Safety Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech yesterday, comes with a promise of protecting debate. It is "especially" geared at keeping children safe and says "democratically important" content should be preserved. But campaigners say…
Is There a Successful Way to Bitcoin Trading?
Approaching the concept of crypto trading possibilities, you will get a chance to deal with one of the most engaging and most innovative financial segments of all time. Here, the world of cryptocurrency is filled with a rather impressive notion of possibilities as it operates with the latest technological advances. To put all of this…
The Different Payment Method for Online Casinos
Online casinos are upping their game and starting to take into account the user experience more than ever before. Visiting a physical casino has always been a real occasion – people get dressed up, enjoy a few drinks and perhaps a few nibbles and while online casinos can’t offer the same, they do want to…
Cryptocurrency theft rises 38% to $513 million in 2020
Data researched by Trading Platforms UK indicates that the value of cryptocurrency hacks and thefts between 2019 and 2020 increased by 38.38% from $370.7 million to $513 million. Over the last five years, the value was highest in 2018 at $950 million, an increase of 257.14% from $266 million in 2017. The analysis further highlights that…
Tesla to accept Bitcoin payments for its EVs
Seems Tesla boss Elon Musk is all over cryptocurrency at the moment. Last week he threw his social media weight behind Reddit-fuelled cryptocurrency Dogecoin. Now, according to its Securities and Exchange Commission filing for 2020, Tesla is planning to allow customers to buy its electric cars using Bitcoin as well as investing in the cryptocurrency. News…
