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• President Biden's Cryptocurrency Executive Order—What It Does And Does Not Do - Lexology

  14-03-2022 21:48 via lexology.com
  
  President Biden's Cryptocurrency Executive Order—What It Does And Does Not Do  Lexology
  
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• Apple supplier Foxconn halts production amid COVID-19 outbreak in China

  14-03-2022 19:02
  
  Some of the world’s largest tech manufacturers have temporarily shuttered operations in China amid government lock downs in multiple provinces and cities meant to stem the spread of a COVID-19 outbreak.As part of its zero-tolerance goal to suppress COVID-19’s spread, the Chinese government ordered lockdowns in several places, including Shanghai and Shenzhen, a major container port and tech hub. Residents in cities under lockdown can only leave their homes for essential reasons.Foxco
  
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• What are the best VPN services for conflict zones?

  14-03-2022 17:56
  
  There has been a rapid spike in demand for VPN services in Russia and Ukraine since the invasion began almost three weeks ago. People in both nations seek online freedoms as offline misery intensifies, and want to see through the fog of conflict.VPN services see rapid growth in Russia
  A VPN (virtual private network) service creates an encrypted tunnel between users and the servers they interact with. This helps secure the traffic to protect people from being identified, tracked, and survei
  
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• Do you know where your software comes from?

  14-03-2022 16:56
  
  Where does your software come from?That’s one of the questions online users at AskWoody.com have asked in recent weeks. Obviously, this comes up as the world sees what’s going on in Ukraine. For many years, one security software vendor in particular was tagged as possibly having Russian ties — and as far back as 2017, the US Government banned the use of Kaspersky antivirus over fears the security software could spy on defense contractors for Russia.To read this article in full
  
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• UK DCMS proposes One Login for Government digital identity initiative

  14-03-2022 16:51
  
  Last week, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published the outcomes from its consultation into digital identities. In its proposal, the UK government has said it will look to introduce the One Login for Government programme, which aims to provide a single account for citizens to prove their identity and access central government services.The consultation was launched in July 2021, following the publication of initial government proposals around the subject of digi
  
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• The US is 'very far' behind China and others in creating a national digital currency

  14-03-2022 11:00
  
  Even before President Joe Biden's White House Executive Order (EO) last week, the US had been exploring the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). But its efforts have fallen far short of other countries.In the Executive Order, Biden called on several US agencies and regulatory bodies to intensify their exploration of a digital form of a dollar, similar in some ways to cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, but vastly more stable. Biden called on the Federal Reserve System (T
  
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• IT Ministry Fails to Appoint Executive Director NITB in 8 Months - ProPakistani

  14-03-2022 09:27 via propakistani.pk
  IT Ministry Fails to Appoint Executive Director NITB in 8 Months  ProPakistani
  
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• Rivian Is Getting Serious About EV Production. It Hired a Magna Executive. - Barron's

  14-03-2022 08:00 via barrons.com
  
  Rivian Is Getting Serious About EV Production. It Hired a Magna Executive.  Barron's
  
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