Cool Heads and Hot Wallets – Here’s my take on the event’s key takeaways and how those in charge of protecting digital assets from cyber attackers must act now to re-evaluate their defences.
Why is Bitcoin so popular? [Cool Heads and Hot Wallets]
Rising inflation is devaluing cash reserves by the day, making cryptocurrency an increasingly appealing investment…
Cashing in on Crypto – The Financial Stability Board maintained this month that the $133 billion stable coin market is only a small part of the global financial market. Stable coins are cryptocurrencies that attempt to peg their price to a fiat currency such as the US dollar in a 1:1 ratio.
The Financial Stability Board is a consortium advisory body that makes financial system…
Protecting a Hot Wallet Service – A digital wallet is where valuable digital currency is kept. A key is required to open a digital wallet, but if you lose the key, someone else may be able to open it without your knowledge, so losing the key effectively means you have lost the wallet and the money it contains.
A cash wallet can be opened with your hands, but a digital wallet requires…
Whatsapp ios Picture in Picture Mode Video Calls – WhatsApp introduced a new feature for its beta iOS app in December last year that allowed users to use picture-in-picture mode for video calls. As it turns out, the developers are now making the available to everyone.
Picture-in-picture mode for video calls functions similarly to Apple’s implementation of PiP mode for Facetime…
Instagram Lets Users Post GIFs In Comments – A GIF conveys more than words can, which may explain why they have become a mainstay in modern-day conversations. There is a GIF for every situation and emotion. Instagram, the popular photo and video-sharing app, has introduced a slew of new features, including the ability to post GIFs in response to posts and stories.
The GIFs will be…
Perfect Earphone For Office – In the last few months, our working lives have changed yet again. After nearly two years of working in isolation, most of us have returned to the office. But, with many of our colleagues still working from home or remote locations, we haven’t given up on video meetings and long conference calls.
This means having earphones on hand for the numerous calls I…
Twitter Offer Paid Blue Verification Tick – Following Twitter’s decision to make the coveted blue verification check mark a purchaseable item, which caused utter chaos on the platform for a time, Meta appears to be considering the same. Yes, the Twitter Blue approach of charging people for verification may be in the works at Facebook and Instagram as well.
TechDroider has…
ChatGPT can Boost Your Business – The world has changed since OpenAI unveiled its AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT. The chatbot, which was built on OpenAI’s GPT-3 family of large language models, quickly became a worldwide phenomenon.
The chatbot’s widespread acceptance can be attributed to its ability to provide instant responses that are human-like and understandable. After…
Microsofts AI-powered new Bing is rapidly evolving – With the new Bing approaching its tenth day since launch, users have had a mixed reaction, with some praising the AI-powered answers and others amused by its erratic behaviour. Microsoft appears to have learned from its previous chatbots (such as Tay, which went haywire) and is now updating the new Bing almost daily based on feedback from…
More Influenced by Pop Culture – “You can’t stop time, and you can’t stop the sun from setting.” ‘Star Wars’ Shmi Skywalker
Pop culture has taken a toll on our generation, or what we call it in Pop terms, Gen-Z. Pop culture is an emotion that can be expressed through what we wear, what we eat, what movies we watch, and how we decorate our…