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CORO Global Brings Gold Payment App To Alabama

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The Alabama Securities Commission on Tuesday (Nov. CORO says its app is designed to fend off cyberattacks through the use of hashgraph distributed ledger technology (DLT). The future is looking a bit more golden for CORO Global.

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Uber Agrees To Pay $145M Fine To Settle Data Breach Lawsuit

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced on Wednesday (Sept. 26) that they have reached a settlement with Uber Technologies Inc., in which Uber will pay $148 million to resolve allegations that it violated state laws pertaining to data breach reporting.

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Congress Supports Facial Recognition Regulation

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Cummings and the Committee even discussed having a moratorium on the technology. “I Facial recognition technology is accessible to one in four law enforcement agencies across the country, according to a study by Georgetown University Law Center. “That just means that it’s more important that Congress acts,” said Rep. Thank God.”.

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Visa-Western Union Deal And Alexa’s Roommate Potential Top The Week’s News

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In a year that has been marked by mega mergers in the payments space (linking networks, technology and a continuum of products and services), several themes dominate: scale, digital, real-time and cross-border. The eCase for Liberating $190B in Rental Security Deposits. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

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Who Should Lead The Digital ID Push?

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Despite all the discussion about verifying digital IDs without creating friction for the user, recent incidents like cybercriminals using AI to impersonate an energy company’s CEO to falsely request money could give security professionals nightmares. There’s no question the world is moving in a digital direction. Department of Commerce.

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Decision On TikTok Ban Coming Sunday

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has asked a federal judge to temporarily stop President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting the popular app over national security concerns. In court documents, TikTok argued the ban is motivated by political considerations over the November presidential election, not by a genuine national security concern. and Walmart Inc.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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The feedback was eye-opening and generally the same: “Really great technology and vision. In our mission to deliver the best tea experience, we didn’t compromise on the Teforia Infuser technology, quality or the premium tea packaged within our Sips. Product: AOptix Technologies. But how does this become a platform?”…

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