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Waffle House Closes 418 Locations; ClassPass Reopens Live Video; Big Tech Teams With WHO On...
Coronavirus // March 26, 2020

Restaurants are shuttering their eateries, while tech companies and eCommerce platforms aiming to provide support to businesses as well as organizations amid the coronavirus. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus around the world. Facebook is working with firms throughout the technology space and...

EU Encourages Contactless Payments To Reduce Coronavirus Risk
Payment Methods // March 25, 2020

The European Union financial watchdog said that payment companies should use more contactless payments to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, according to a report by Reuters. The European Banking Authority (EBA) is following the lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) about not...

Hackers Target World Health Organization
Security & Fraud // March 23, 2020

A hacking organization tried to breach the World Health Organization (WHO) recently, according to a report by Reuters. WHO Chief Information Security Officer Flavio Aggio said the identity of the hacking group isn’t known, and cyberattacks against the organization have increased exponentially during the coronavirus...

DOJ Shuts Down Fraudulent COVID-19 Vaccine Website
Security & Fraud // March 23, 2020

The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that it has shut down a website fraudulently claiming to have vaccine kits for the coronavirus, according to a release. Attorney General William Barr recently ordered the department to prioritize the “detection, investigation and prosecution of illegal conduct related...

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Bitcoin Daily: WHO Debuts MiPasa Blockchain To Share Covid-19 Data; Coinbase’s Retail Payments Portal Passes...

March 29, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with blockchain and other tech companies on a program to help convey data about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which it is calling MiPasa. The program is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) that will hopefully help with early detection of the virus and identifying carriers and hotspots. MiPasa is […]

Waffle House Closes 418 Locations; ClassPass Reopens Live Video; Big Tech Teams With WHO On...

March 26, 2020
Restaurants are shuttering their eateries, while tech companies and eCommerce platforms aiming to provide support to businesses as well as organizations amid the coronavirus. Here are the latest updates on...

EU Encourages Contactless Payments To Reduce Coronavirus Risk

March 25, 2020
The European Union financial watchdog said that payment companies should use more contactless payments to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, according to a report by Reuters. The European...

Hackers Target World Health Organization

March 23, 2020
A hacking organization tried to breach the World Health Organization (WHO) recently, according to a report by Reuters. WHO Chief Information Security Officer Flavio Aggio said the identity of the...