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/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24008016/acastro_STK085_Telegram_01.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Telegram will now hand over your phone number and IP if you’re a criminal suspect")
Source: The Verge Telegram will now turn over a user’s phone number and IP address if it receives a request from authorities, according to its just-updated privacy policy: If Telegram receives a valid order from the relevant judicial authorities that confirms you’re a suspect in a case involving criminal activities that violate the Telegram Terms…
Source: Coin Tegraph According to stablecoin firm Tether, approximately $127 billion in Tether-USD tokens (USDt) are currently in circulation. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat One DeepHermes-3 user reported a processing speed of 28.98 tokens per second on a MacBook Pro M4 Max consumer hardware. Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint The chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), C.S. Setty, announced that the bank will not charge any commission under its new ‘Jan Nivesh’ scheme. The initiative, aimed at furthering financial inclusion across India, is a significant step toward empowering underserved segments of the population with the tools to invest and save….
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Source: The Verge Godox, a company known for its professional photography gear like flashes and reflective umbrellas, has announced a new lighting product for smartphones. Its MA5R is a magnetic power bank with an array of diffused color-changing LEDs on the back that can improve phone photography while keeping battery anxiety in check. It’s priced…
Source: Live Mint MUMBAI : Paytm parent One 97 Communications Ltd’s stock rose 8% on Wednesday. While the September quarter (Q2FY25) earnings had a few positives, such as improved traction in merchant loan disbursals and visible cost control efforts, much of this exuberance stemmed from the company receiving the National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI)…
Source: Live Mint For most startups, a buyout offer nearing $100bn is something to be celebrated. But OpenAI is not like other startups—and Elon Musk is not like other acquirers. On February 11th a consortium led by the world’s richest man made an unsolicited $97bn bid for the assets of the non-profit entity that controls…
Source: Bitcoinist In the new HBO documentary “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery Documentary”, filmmaker Cullen Hobak posits that Peter Todd, a prominent Canadian Bitcoin core developer, is the elusive Bitcoin creator known as Satoshi Nakamoto. Despite the sensational claims, the evidence presented falls short of conclusive, leading to significant criticism from the BTC community. Peter…
Source: Coin Tegraph Bitcoin predictions easily favor a six-figure BTC price by the start of 2025, but sell-side pressure keeps growing. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge Mobile card game Marvel Snap is coming back to app stores, starting with Google Play. That’s according to Developer Second Dinner, which announced yesterday it was starting the process of restoring the game to Google’s Android app store at 6PM PT / 3PM ET that day. The developer said in another post…
