Switzerland’s largest insurance company AXA is now allowing customers to pay their insurance premiums with Bitcoin (BTC). However, this does not include life insurance premiums (for regulatory reasons). This is the first time a Swiss insurance company has allowed customers to pay their premiums with Bitcoin. AXA collaborated with the cryptocurrency broker Bitcoin Suisse to…
Yamaha has developed a 496HP electric motor for the construction of electric hypercars. The company has a history of developing internal combustion engines, as well as ATVs, motorcycles and other motorsports equipment. The decision to start building high-performance electric powertrains signifies an interest in vehicle electrification. The company also helps manufacturers to build prototypes. What…
ShapeShift has launched a decentralized exchange that will soon be able to natively trade BTC for ETH or LTC in a non-custodial, permissionless manner.
There is now an easy way to run Windows 10 on M1 Macs.
Sony has added several features, including improved 120Hz functionality in their latest PlayStation 5 firmware update.
Apple devices will eventually have randomized serial numbers. Previously, their serial numbers contained details such as the location, date and time the devices were produced. Future Apple devices will contain a randomized 10-12 digit (first it will be 10) serial number that does not provide such details. The move will hopefully reduce fraud by making…
The drop-in audio chat platform Clubhouse has been rolling out the ability to accept payments to content creators. They started by offering the feature to 1,000 users during its test period, and now they are rolling it out to more than 60,000 users in the United States. The feature enables users to accept payments such…
DuckDuckGo, Brave, and Vivaldi move to block Google’s FLoC tracking method, questioning its privacy benefits.
Apple’s M1 processors are making waves in the news. Here’s why people are so excited and what it could mean for the PC industry.
Australian data center provider Iris has doubled its fundraising round to $40 million AUD ($30.7 million USD) ahead of its Initial Public Offering (IPO). The company provides data center services for computing applications requiring high performance and efficiency, such as machine learning, genomics and research, rendering and visualization, mining, and more. They do so using…
How Bitcoin is from a privacy standpoint, and how to protect your transaction history from prying eyes.
The Goguen update is being rolled out on the Cardano blockchain. It will enable the creation of smart contracts and native tokens.