Big tech firms like Google, Facebook, Apple, Alibaba and Tencent want our payments data. Are we right to share it with them? “The entry of BigTechs into the provision of […]
Social network Telegram is abandoning its plans to launch a new blockchain, the firm announced yesterday in a blogpost from its chief executive, Pavel Durov. Together with the recent decision […]
Digital identity systems promise a way out of the coronavirus slump. But as they have major implications for money systems, politics and democracy, getting them wrong could have disastrous repercussions. […]
In theory, micropayments could be one of the most disruptive technologies of all. But will a future of instant, free small money transfers ever arrive? The micropayment promise The designers […]
Dystopian visions Bit by bit, the optimism of the early internet era has dissipated, replaced by widespread fear over a dystopian future. Valuable personal information is exposed unwittingly and carelessly […]