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Crypto exchange Binance under investigation for facilitating illegal Bitcoin trades HIGHLIGHTS Binance is reportedly under investigation in the US. The investigation intends to find out if Americans were able to make illegal trades through Binance. Officials who handle money laundering and tax offences are looking into the matter C ryptocurrency exchange Binance is reportedly undergoing an investigation for possibly facilitating illegal trades through its platform. The exchange might have helped in Bitcoin transactions worth around $756 million in 2019 that were associated with criminal activities. A recent report by Bloomberg highlights the ongoing investigation by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice, US. Binance is being investigated on the possible charges by officials who particularly handle money laundering and tax offences. The investigation aims to find out if Americans were able to make illegal trades through Binance by buying derivatives linked to digita...

We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe The technology is coming, but contrary to  what some people say  there could be health risks The telecommunications industry and their experts have accused many scientists who have researched the effects of cell phone radiation of "fear mongering" over the advent of wireless technology's 5G. Since much of our research is publicly-funded, we believe it is our ethical responsibility to inform the public about what the peer-reviewed scientific literature tells us about the health risks from wireless radiation. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced through a press release that the commission will soon reaffirm the radio frequency radiation (RFR) exposure limits that the FCC adopted in the late 1990s. These limits are based upon a behavioral change in rats exposed to microwave radiation and were designed to protect us from short-term heating risks due to RFR exposure.   Y...

  Internet of Things (IoT) Another promising new technology trend is IoT. Many “things” are now being built with WiFi connectivity, meaning they can be connected to the Internet—and to each other. Hence, the Internet of Things, or IoT. The Internet of Things is the future, and has already enabled devices, home appliances, cars and much more to be connected to and exchange data over the Internet. As consumers, we’re already using and benefitting from IoT. We can lock our doors remotely if we forget to when we leave for work and preheat our ovens on our way home from work, all while tracking our fitness on our Fitbits. However, businesses also have much to gain now and in the near future. The IoT can enable better safety, efficiency and decision making for businesses as data is collected and analyzed. It can enable predictive maintenance, speed up medical care, improve customer service, and offer benefits we haven’t even imagined yet. And we’re only in the beginni...

BLOCKCHAIN TO PLAY A LARGER ROLE Blockchain seems complicated, and it definitely can be, but its core concept is really quite simple. A blockchain is a type of database. To be able to understand blockchain, it helps to first understand what a database actually is.  A database is a collection of information that is stored electronically on a computer system. Information, or data, in databases is typically structured in table format to allow for easier searching and filtering for specific information. What is the difference between someone using a spreadsheet to store information rather than a database? Spreadsheets are designed for one person, or a small group of people, to store and access limited amounts of information. In contrast, a database is designed to house significantly larger amounts of information that can be accessed, filtered, and manipulated quickly and easily by any number of users at once. Large databases achieve this by housing data on servers that are made of powe...

EDGE COMPUTING Timeline of Computing The timeline of computing looks something like this: At first, there was one big computer; after that came the UNIX era; then we were introduced to personal computers, which led to the cloud computing era. And now, we find ourselves in the next stage of computing, named the Edge computing era. Nowadays we use our personal computers to access centralized services such as Gmail, Google Drive, cloud storage, office 365… The personal assistants on our smartphones and smart speakers are powered by centralized cloud artificial intelligence. We can say with certainty that the new opportunities of cloud services are located at the “EDGE.” Even though we are still in the cloud computing era – we can say that our cloud infrastructure relies much on hosting companies and compute power of the very few who are providing it for us: Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, and Google. Why do we call it Edge? The word Edge is used in the context of geographic distribution. Edge com...

  Airtel claims to have the capability to operate its 5G network over existing technology- neutral spectrum in both mid-bands and sub-GHz bands. New Delhi, January 28, 2021:  In a major landmark, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India's premier communications solutions provider, announced that it has become the country's first telco to successfully demonstrate & orchestrate LIVE 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city. Airtel on Thursday announced that it had become the first telco to successfully demonstrate live 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad. Taking on Reliance Jio, the New Delhi-based telco stated that it operated 5G and 4G concurrently over the existing liberalised spectrum in the 1800MHz band through the Non-Standalone (NSA) network technology. Airtel 5G is touted to deliver 10 times the speed of existing network technologies — allowing users to download a full-length movie in a matter of seconds on a 5G phone. Airtel  worked with it...