Web3 – Current State of Affairs
Web3 is a blockchain-based attempt to technically and socially improve and decentralize the World Wide Web.
Author: Martin Treiber
Proof of Stake – Will this make Ethereum Eco-Friendly?
NFTs, so called non fungible tokens that can represent digital art, music and videos, saw a huge increase in demand last year, reaching $44 billion. The blockchain network that most NFTs are traded on is Ethereum. The massive media coverage, however, drew attention to another issue: the huge energy wastefulness involved in cryptocurrency mining. This...
Digital Trends in Retail 2022
It's clear that digital transformation in retail has been accelerated by the recent global events and that this trend won't slow down.
Massive online surveillance by PenLink: Google is ‘best’, Apple ‘phenomenal’
A small Nebraska company called PenLink claims it does very good business with law enforcement agencies in the US and around the world. The company specializes in helping investigators monitor users of messenger services and social networks. Acting as an intermediate instance, they collect the data streams from Facebook, Google & Co. and passes them...
AirTags have serious Privacy Issues
When Apple released AirTags last spring, many marvelled at the effectiveness of the coin-shaped trackers in locating lost items. At the same time, many early reviewers raised concerns because the AirTag's remarkable accuracy makes it a powerful stalking tool. This was proven by several cases of stalking that got a larger media coverage. There is...
What is a Mockup?
Anyone who has ever been involved in designing a website or an application knows the importance of creating a mockup. What is a Mockup? A mockup is a static design for a web page or an application. It includes many of the final design elements, but it is not functional. Mockups are not as polished...
Seven Power Tips for Web Stories
Stories on social media keep us for much longer than we planned. It's hard to know what's next and we're more likely to click through than exit. Stories keep users watching things, making it a great place for businesses. Have you ever wondered what type of story to write? Here are seven ideas worth considering....
What is Passwordless Authentification and why is it important?
Fernando Corbato was a MIT professor in the 1960s. When he was creating a new type of shared computer system, he wanted people to be able protect their files. A password was his solution. Corbato's solution was the most popular and widely used method of authenticating users for decades. But there's a catch: Passwords are...
A little bit of Consciousness
Ilya Sutskever is a senior scientist at OpenAI with a certain knack for PR. With a casual tweet, Sutskever revived a long-closed discussion: The question of whether artificial intelligence can ever possess a consciousness. Sutskever suggested that the large neural networks of today "have a little bit of consciousness". OpenAI, which Sutskever founded with Elon...
Irish regulator orders Meta to suspend data transfers to US
Meta, the Facebook owner, is under threat from Ireland's data regulator. They will order Meta to stop data transfers to the United States. This comes in the wake of a privacy case that has already seen threats from the social media giant to withdraw its websites from Europe. Helen Dixon, the Irish data protection commissioner,...
