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BSP’s Project Agila CBDC to use Hyperledger Fabric as DLT

Hyperledger Fabric was cherrypicked to be the backbone of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) project, dubbed Project Agila, following the Philippines’ central banking institution’s announcement yesterday. Known formerly as CBDCPh, Project Agila serves as BSP’s learning ground as it aims to orient itself and its partners in the financial sector […]

Posted inBusiness

TANGGapp secures $2.5M seed funding to make remittance cheaper for OFWs

The future of cheaper remittance for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) becomes more sure as international payment solutions app TANGGapp closed a $2.5 million seed funding round. Leading the round were global consumer tech venture capital funds leaders, Goodwater Capital and TEN13, in addition to regional investors, including North Fifth Asia, and investors from the Philippines, […]

Posted inApps/Games/Softwares, How to's

How to disable Google Chrome’s targeted ad tracking

Google, in the summer, began the rollout of the Topics API, which is a new feature that functions similarly to a cookie. The feature is described simply as allowing browsers to “share information with third parties about a user’s interests while preserving privacy.” It comes as part of the July version 115 update alongside Google’s […]

Posted inApps/Games/Softwares, Gaming

Xbox Game Pass September 2023: new games, updates, and perks

Ever since its launch in 2017, in response to Sony’s years-long dominance with the PlayStation Plus, Microsoft’s Xbox and PC Game Pass has been a source of excitement among Xbox owners. With monthly additions of games to its library, updates, perks, and quests to experience, subscribers get value for the money they spend with the […]

Posted inApps/Games/Softwares, Audio

Spotify puts in-app lyrics behind a premium paywall

Popular music streaming service Spotify is conducting a “routine testing” that puts in-app lyrics behind a premium paywall, corroborated by a multitude of reports suggesting the latter. According to multiple free users, lyrics that were previously publicly available had become inaccessible to them and are instead greeted with a notification bubble saying, “Enjoy lyrics on […]