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The lowdown on Libra: what consumers need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency

The lowdown on Libra: what consumers need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrencies have become a global phenomenon in the past few years. Now Facebook is launching it’s own cryptocurrency, in association with Visa, MasterCard, Uber and others. The stated aim of Libra is to “enable a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people”. The announcement has sparked fears that Libra could be a threat to […] … learn more→

The role of SMM for business: The Big 8 social networks

The role of SMM for business: The Big 8 social networks

SMM technology is familiar to all of us because we all subscribe to various informational publications, groups, pages of popular newspapers or magazines, favorite brands, and companies on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Almost every well-known publication has its own representation in social networks. Confidence in it increases the check mark at the left above the […] … learn more→

Congress is considering privacy legislation – be afraid

Congress is considering privacy legislation – be afraid

Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called privacy the “right to be let alone.” Perhaps Congress should give states trying to protect consumer data the same right. For years, a gridlocked Congress ignored privacy, apart from occasionally scolding companies such as Equifax and Marriott after their major data breaches. In its absence, states have taken the lead in experimenting with […] … learn more→

The skills of 21st century lawyers

The skills of 21st century lawyers

Like other professions, the legal profession has evolved in recent years and, like other sectors, has been particularly influenced by globalization and technology. In relation to globalization, on the one hand, there is a greater need to offer legal services of greater international scope and there are also more and more law students who travel […] … learn more→

How cryptocurrency scams work

How cryptocurrency scams work

Millions of cryptocurrency investors have been scammed out of massive sums of real money. In 2018, losses from cryptocurrency-related crimes amounted to US$1.7 billion. The criminals use both old-fashioned and new-technology tactics to swindle their marks in schemes based on digital currencies exchanged through online databases called blockchains. From researching blockchain, cryptocurrency and cybercrime, I can see that some cryptocurrency fraudsters rely […] … learn more→

Projection mapping for business: Everything you need to know

Projection mapping for business: Everything you need to know

Projection mapping utilizes conventional video projectors but does not project light on a flat screen in order to present, say, a powerpoint presentation. Instead, the light that is generated is formed onto any surface of the person’s choosing, transforming conventional three-dimensional objects, such as an automobile, into an interactive display. In essence, then, projection mapping […] … learn more→

From ‘Total exoneration!’ to ‘Impeach now!’ – the Mueller report and dueling fact perceptions

From ‘Total exoneration!’ to ‘Impeach now!’ – the Mueller report and dueling fact perceptions

The Mueller report was supposed to settle, once and for all, the controversy over whether the Trump team colluded with Russians or obstructed justice. Clearly it has not. Reactions to the report have ranged from “total exoneration!” to “impeach now!” Shouldn’t nearly 700 hundred pages of details, after almost two years of waiting, have helped the nation to achieve a […] … learn more→