Strategic Russian firm dumps SWIFT in favor of domestic bank transfer alternative

Russian state tech giant Rostec will use Russia’s analogue of SWIFT interbank cash transfer services, the company said in a press release. Read more The tech firm will connect to the Russian system for transfer of financial messages (SPFS) to make its payments safer. “The digital infrastructure will help to exchange data in encrypted mode, […]

Why AA Ditched Its A350 Order in Favor of the Dreamliner

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‘Not being a favorite can work in Portugal’s favor at the World Cup’ – Nuno Gomes

Former Portugal international Nuno Gomes says that in his eyes, the team led by Cristiano Ronaldo can win this year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia. Gomes notes that hard situations ‘historically’ always worked in their favor. The 41-year-old former striker, capped more than 80 times at the senior level for his home country, was recently […]

iOS game developers tell why they favor iPhone exclusives over fragmented Android

Many mobile game developers launch their titles on both iOS and Android at the same time. But there’s a batch of talented iOS game makers who prefer creating exclusives on Apple’s platform. They think that Android’s fragmentation makes it too hard to do simultaneous launches. In 2017, games made up a larger share of Google […]

Bitcoin Is Falling Out of Favor on the Dark Web

Of all of bitcoin’s uses—as a currency, a payment system, an investment, a commodity, a technology, a remittance network, a market hedge—perhaps its most notorious is as a facilitator of online drug transactions. For years now, the cryptocurrency has allowed anonymous purchasers to pay anonymous vendors on eBay-like markets, avoiding the use of the formal […]

Bank Error Not in Your Favor: Citi Overcharged Interest on 1.75 Million Credit Card Accounts

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Trump: Leadership of FBI & Justice Dept politicized investigative process in favor of Democrats

Published time: 2 Feb, 2018 11:40 Edited time: 2 Feb, 2018 12:01 Donald Trump has lashed out at the leadership and investigators at the FBI and the Justice Department, saying that they politicized “the sacred investigative process” in favor of Democrats and against Republicans. The US president attacked both authorities on Twitter by saying that […]

Supreme Court justices signal in favor of cell phone privacy

A string of robberies could end up having a major impact on technological privacy rights in the US, after Supreme Court justices expressed concern over warrantless cell phone tower data usage during a hearing on the case. Supreme Court justices heard a case on Wednesday in which authorities obtained 127 days of information from cell […]

France’s Macron vows to ban glyphosate weed killer, as Germany swings EU vote in its favor

The EU has managed to prolong the license for Monsanto’s controversial glyphosate weed killer for five years with Germany’s unexpected support, but the French president vowed to ban it in France within three years. “I have asked the government to take the necessary measures for the use of glyphosate to be banned in France as […]