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Ted Alcorn / Bloomberg: How Togo, a country where few possess a driver’s license or national ID card, built a digital platform to rapidly disburse relief payments to millions of people  —  In two weeks, Togo designed and launched an all-digital system for delivering monthly payments to millions of people—and made the U.S. program look […]

It’s not as hard as you might think. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Trying new creative challenges can not only help keep your mind focused, but it can also teach you new skills you can use later on. And what better tool to get those creative juices flowing than your trusty phone? Whether you’re trying to get inspired

Wolfie Zhao / The Block: Taproot, the first major upgrade to Bitcoin’s code since the introduction of Segregated Witness in 2017, has been activated  —  Taproot, Bitcoin’s long-anticipated code upgrade with a focus on enhancing the network’s privacy and security, has been activated. Source link

What about the corruption that has plagued this country and might daunt would-be émigrés? Future administrations might not allow tech companies to flourish without raids and seizures. Russia threatens from the east. There are also revolutions to worry about. There have been two since 2004. Even without another revolution, Steven Hanke, a professor of applied

Chris Prentice / Reuters: US states led by Texas file an amended Google lawsuit, providing more details about “Project Bernanke”, which allegedly gave Google’s own ad-buying an advantage  —  A group of U.S. states led by Texas have filed an amended complaint against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) … Source link

Getty Images Nearly 200 countries reached an agreement at the United Nations COP26 climate summit Saturday that UN Secretary-General António Guterres said takes important steps but still leaves us “knocking on the door of climate catastrophe.” “The approved texts are a compromise,” Guterres said in a statement. “They reflect the interests, the conditions, the contradictions

A reliable VPN is an essential tool for everyday phone users, whether you’re browsing on public Wi-Fi at the airport, logging into your bank’s website or just trying to enjoy some basic privacy online. Finding the right mobile VPN, however, can be tricky. While Google and Apple have expanded their mobile encryption offerings in recent months, if you’re serious

Agam Shah / The Register: Mercury Research: ARM’s market share in PC chips was about 8% in Q3 2021, up from 2% in Q3 2020 when Apple’s ARM-based M1 Macs weren’t on sale  —  What a difference a year makes?  —  It took Apple less than a year to seemingly start undoing decades of x86