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Europe Debates COVID-19 Contact Tracing That Respects Privacy

European researchers are looking for ways to track the spread of coronavirus while respecting privacy rights.

Inside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Emergency Operations Center. (Credit: CDC/Unsplash)

Policy

Think a Privacy Law Will Stop Surveillance Capitalism? You Don't Know Google

Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious.

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Markets

Unstoppable Domains Chrome Extension Lets Users Browse Ethereum-Based Sites

Unstoppable Domains, the censorship-resistant web developer, has released a Google Chrome extension in its bid to open up web 3.0.

Unstoppable Domains CEO Matthew Gould (left) and Chief Technical Offier Braden Pezeshki

Markets

Google Reinstates Bitcoin Rewards Game Suspended for ‘Deceptive Practices’

The “Bitcoin Blast” app is back on the Google Play store, though Google still hasn’t clarified why it was taken down in the first place.

The Bling team in 2020.

Markets

Developers Say Google Play Unfairly Booted Their Bitcoin Rewards Game

"Bitcoin Blast," a puzzle game that rewards players with BTC, was kicked off the Google Play store with little explanation, said the game's developers.

“The moment they see crypto or bitcoin, I think Google's red flags just go off,” Bling CEO Amy Wan said. (Courtesy photo)

Finance

Coinbase Hires Google VP as Chief Product Officer

Surojit Chatterjee becomes Coinbase’s first chief product officer since the departure of Jeremy Henrickson in December 2018.

Coinbase Chief Product Officer Surojit Chatterjee (left) poses with CEO Brian Armstrong. (Courtesy photo)

Markets

Bitcoin's Halving Captures Growing Interest – Among Google Searchers

"Bitcoin halving" searches are surging on Google, according to a report from the Norwegian cryptocurrency analysis firm Arcane Research.

Source: Arcane Research

Markets

How Should Crypto Prepare for Google's 'Quantum Supremacy'?

Google just officially announced "quantum supremacy." When will it turn its quantum sights on crypto?

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Markets

What Google's 'Quantum Supremacy' Means for the Future of Cryptocurrency

Quantum computing could break bitcoin. Here's how researchers from government and academia are trying to future-proof blockchain technology.

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Tech

Square Crypto Hires Lightning, Libra Developers for 'Bitcoin Dream Team'

The Square Crypto team announced three more developer hires on Thursday, pulling from major companies in the crypto space.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018