Dubai residents will soon have the means to make payments for school fees, bills and other retail purchases with emCash, a state-developed blockchain-based digital currency. The UAE’s first official credit bureau – emCredit – under the Dubai Department of Economic Development is pushing its official blockchain-encrypted state digital currency emCash for wider adoption by rolling […]

A Madrid court has let off a former doctor over stealing newborn babies from their mothers and supplying them to infertile couples. The court found gynaecologist Eduardo Vela, 85, had committed the crimes but could not legally be convicted because too much time had elapsed. He was the first person to go on trial for […]

Apple has doubled down on its repudiation of Bloomberg’s report last week that claimed its systems had been compromised by Chinese spies. The blockbuster story cited more than a dozen sources claiming that China installed tiny chips on motherboards built by Supermicro, which companies across the U.S. tech industry — including Amazon and Apple — have […]

  Startup founders often say, when planning their international expansion, that they are aiming at already established markets, such as the USA, Great Britain, China or Southeast Asia. It makes sense. Such countries have a favorable investment climate, well-developed technological infrastructure, growing distribution markets, production capacities and convenient tax systems. At the same time, there […]

Not all of us live in fabulous solar-powered eco-dwellings. Many of us live in cruddy, old apartments and have mean landlords who look like they tie women to railroad tracks in silent movies. It can be hard to be a green renter. One of the common misconceptions about renting is that an apartment dweller is […]

Packing peanuts are the oil sludge of packing materials. If you have some lying around, reusing packing peanuts is always preferable to throwing them out, but if you’ve banished eco-unfriendly packing materials, there are plenty of alternatives that either make use of waste or provide a usable material for the recipient. 1. Newspaper: Balled up, […]

By Laura Desmond Has trying to understand blockchain ever left you dazed and confused? Sick of hearing nonsense like SHA256 algorithms and byzantine fault tolerance? Just want to know what the hell blockchain is and why people keep talking about it? Well you’re in luck. In this article, I’ll explain in plain English what blockchain […]

There are plenty of major environmental changes you can make when you have an unlimited budget – like installing solar panels, buying a hybrid car, or putting all new windows in your home. But not all the big impacts come from big spending. Make a few small, inexpensive changes – some of which are even […]

If you’ve been dragging your feet about making better environmental choices because it seems like too much effort, then maybe you just need a little more motivation – like factoring in all the money you can save when you cut your energy use. Here are three ways to use less energy and free up funds […]

The manager for UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov blasted Conor McGregor on Sunday hours after his fighter won his UFC 229 match and subsequently attacked McGregor’s entourage in the crowd. Ali Abdelaziz blamed McGregor for sparking the chaos and called him a “horrible human being,” USA Today reported. “You can’t bite a dog and not expect to be […]