Category Archives: Libra

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency loses all but one payment company

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Gone: Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, eBay, Stripe, Mercado Pago. Of six payments firms first involved in Libra, just one, PayU, remains. Continue reading Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency loses all but one payment company→

Facebook has acquired Servicefriend, which builds ‘hybrid’ chatbots, for Calibra customer service

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As Facebook prepares to launch its new cryptocurrency Libra in 2020, it’s putting the pieces in place to help it run. In one of the latest developments, it has acquired Servicefriend, a startup that built bots — chat clients for messaging apps based on artificial intelligence — to help customer service teams, TechCrunch has confirmed. […] Continue reading Facebook has acquired Servicefriend, which builds ‘hybrid’ chatbots, for Calibra customer service→

Tiny Pacific nation forges ahead with national cryptocurrency

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The Marshall Islands is facing rising seas and financial isolation. But critics say their get-rich-quick cryptocurrency scheme won’t work. Continue reading Tiny Pacific nation forges ahead with national cryptocurrency→

Visa funds $40M for no-password crypto vault Anchorage

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Visa and Andreessen Horowitz are betting even bigger on cryptocurrency, funding a big round for fellow Facebook Libra Association member Anchorage’s omnimetric blockchain security system. Instead of using passwords that can be stolen, Anchorage requires cryptocurrency withdrawals to be approved by a client’s other employees. Then the company uses both human and AI review of […] Continue reading Visa funds $40M for no-password crypto vault Anchorage→

Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency, Firefox Zero Day, Smart TV Malware

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This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for June 24th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Facebook announces a new cryptocurrency called Libra, two new zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Firefox, and should you be scanning y… Continue reading Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency, Firefox Zero Day, Smart TV Malware→