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Google, YouTube to target ads promoting climate change misinformation
Google LLC announced late Thursday that will ban digital ads promoting misinformation about climate change and the monetization of such content with the aim to limit the spread of climate change denial on its platforms. The new policies affect Google advertisers, publishers and YouTube creators and will prohibit ads for, and make money from, content ...
Google launches online training courses to boost cloud skills
In light of the need to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for the skills required to build and maintain large-scale cloud deployments, Google LLC today announced the launch of a new educational initiative called Google Cloud Skills Boost. With the launch of Skills Boost, Google Cloud will provide access to more than 700 hands-on ...
MoneyGram partners with Stellar for blockchain-based payments
Global payments company MoneyGram International Inc. announced Wednesday that it’s working with the Stellar Development Foundation, the nonprofit that supports the Stellar blockchain, to allow customers to send money instantly using Circle’s USD Coin stablecoin. A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency that is “pegged” to a traditional currency — in the case of USDC, ...
Tabnine partners with Gitpod to bring AI code assistant to automated dev environments
Tabnine Ltd., an artificial intelligence-powered code completion tool maker, today announced it has partnered with Gitpod GmbH, an open-source developer platform startup, to integrate its AI assistant into Gitpod’s automated developer workspaces. Using an AI model, Tabnine predicts as developers type code based on the current project and local code and then provides suggestions on ...
Ojamu raises $1.7M to disrupt marketing with blockchain and AI
Singapore-based marketing technology firm Ojamu today announced it has raised $1.7 million for its platform that uses blockchain technology in conjunction with artificial intelligence to implement advertising strategies for brands. According to the announcement, the funds were raised in an oversubscribed private sale that included strategic partners Ascensive Assets, Master Ventures, Moonrock Capital, Morningstar Ventures ...
Visa unveils universal cryptocurrency payment channel project for businesses
Visa Inc.’s research and product teams announced Thursday that they’re developing a new concept for interconnecting multiple blockchain networks for the secure transfer of digital money that it calls a “Universal Payment Channel.” The new project would create payment channels to facilitate the ability for anyone to pay for products and exchange equivalent value no ...
Decentr launches a blockchain-based browser to attract users to cryptocurrency
Decentr, a blockchain startup building a decentralized browser of the same name, today announced that it has launched its flagship project of the same name to provide the security and features needed to attract users to cryptocurrency. According to the company, the crypto ecosystem has been stifled because it’s still highly technical and lacks pathways ...
Ripple announces $250M fund to support NFTs on XRP Ledger
Ripple Labs Inc. announced today a $250 million fund to support the formation of nonfungible token projects on its XRP Ledger blockchain protocol. The money will form a “Creator Fund,” which will give NFT artists and developers with the financial, creative and technical support needed to produce premium NFT and other tokenized crypto projects. Ripple said ...
Puppet rolls out new integrations for security and compliance
DevOps automation company Puppet Inc. today announced a number of new integrations during its Puppetize Digital 2021 virtual conference to support more automation through self-service at large scale and provide customers more security across hybrid infrastructures. Announcements at Puppetize Digital included Compliance Enforcement Modules bundled into Puppet Comply, a new integration for ServiceNow Graph Connector Program for ...
Roll raises $10M to power social tokens for creators
The social token infrastructure company Roll today announced it has raised $10 million in funding led by IOSG Ventures to expand the platform’s technical capabilities. The Series A round also saw participation from Animoca Brands, Alchemy, Huobi Ventures, Weekend Fund, Mischief Fund and more. This new round of financing brings the company’s total funding raised ...