Google Pay, Walmart-backed PhonePe, and Amazon Pay are among five payment firms seeking to participate in India's central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, according to a new report from Reuters. Sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that these firms are working with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ...
Polyhedra Network has announced the launch of Expander, an open-source zk-proof system that claims to be the fastest available globally. Zero-knowledge (zK) systems are among the numerous scaling solutions available for blockchain networks especially Ethereum. They stand out from other solutions because they use mathematical processes to verify transactions. Expander ...
Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, reportedly filed a lawsuit today, April 4, 2024, against two individuals claiming they deployed fraudulent crypto mobile applications as part of a massive racketeering scheme. The accused, Yungfeng Sun and Hongnam Cheung, are alleged to have used a range of deceptive tactics. These included promotions ...
Google's search engine now incorporates Ethereum Name Service (ENS) data, sourced from Etherscan, directly into its search results. Brantly Millegan, a former ENS core development member, pointed this out in an X post shared on March 22, 2024. Millegan's post showcased a screenshot of a Google search displaying his ENS ...
Following recent changes to its privacy policies, Google is now the target of a class-action lawsuit with serious allegations of privacy infringement and unauthorized use of copyrighted materials. The lawsuit was filed on July 11, 2023, by eight individuals claiming to represent millions of internet users and copyright holders. They ...
According to an internal document by Luke Sernau, a senior software engineer at Google's artificial intelligence (AI) efforts are threatened by the open-source community. Sernau argued that independent researchers who use open-source technology are making rapid and unexpected progress in AI development, outpacing both Google and its rival OpenAI. Sernau ...
