Month: October 2020

Youtube-dl is taken down due to DMCA takedown notice by RIAA

Technology

The video downloading utility youtube-dl, like other large open-source projects, accepts contributions from all around the globe. It is used practically wherever there’s an Internet connection. It’s especially shocking, therefore, when what looks like a domestic legal spat–involving a take-down demand written by lawyers representing the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a U.S. industry group, to Github, a U.S.[…]

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Initiative Q. The future of payments!

Money, Technology

Initiative Q is the brainchild of Saar Wilf, a serial entrepreneur who started his first payments start-up in 1997, and later founded Fraud Sciences, which redefined the payment security space and was acquired by PayPal in 2008. Wilf has compiled a team of experts from a variety of disciplines, including mathematics, economics, and other social sciences. The economic and monetary[…]

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Bitwala. The Crypto Banking for everyone

Money, Technology

Bitwala is a unique Crypto Banking for everyone, a service that bridges the gap between legacy finance and cryptocurrencies. Bitwala is a platform that offers both bankings and crypto wallets, but also trading services and even has its own debit card that can be used for spending money and crypto daily. In July 2019, Bitwala raised a grand total of[…]

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