Month: April 2025

Technology

‘Profiting from misery’: how TikTok makes money from child begging livestreams

Exploitation fears as people in extreme poverty perform stunts and beg for virtual gifts Three…

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Technology

UK bans £2.2bn ‘sneaky’ fees and fake reviews for online products

New law aims to eliminate added costs that can be up to 25% of retail…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

SEC Staff to Reassess Biden-Era Crypto Guidance Amid Regulatory Shakeup

Staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are reviewing past crypto-related guidance to…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Bitcoin Developer Proposes Hard Fork to Protect BTC From Quantum Computing Threats

Bitcoin could be headed for its most sweeping cryptographic overhaul yet if a new proposal…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

PayPal Pushes Further Into Crypto by Adding Chainlink and Solana as New Offerings

PayPal has added chainlink (LINK) and solana (SOL) to its growing list of supported cryptocurrencies,…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

PayPal Pushes Further Into Crypto by Adding Chainlink and Solana as New Offerings

PayPal has added chainlink (LINK) and solana (SOL) to its growing list of supported cryptocurrencies,…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Crypto Outperforms Nasdaq as BTC Becomes ‘U.S. Isolation Hedge’ Amid $5T Equities Carnage

President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff unveiling had led to a $5.4 trillion U.S. equities market…

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Technology

Meta and Pinterest believed to have donated to Molly Russell charity

Anonymous donations made to Molly Rose Foundation, set up after UK teenager took her own…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Why OFAC Delisted Tornado Cash

Last month, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control delisted Tornado Cash from…

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Technology

How looser affordability rules may widen home ownership in the UK

Mortgage lenders encouraged by regulator to loosen affordability tests so would-be homebuyers can borrow more…

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