Recent moves by social media companies to outlaw certain types of content raise big questions about the future of free speech in the modern internet era.
The Confidential Computing Consortium aims to create systems that sequester sensitive data so it can't be exploited by nefarious actors.
Economists at the Federal Reserve suggest Libra – in its original, basket-backed stablecoin form – might not have had as severe an impact on financial stability as policymakers suggested last year.
"Disinformation is a routine consequence of surveillance capitalism," says "Surveillance Capitalism" author Shoshana Zuboff in a wide-ranging interview.
Libra's most vexing challenge may be juggling inclusion and compliance. But policy chief Dante Disparte says the project is not giving up on reaching the unbanked.
Libra can make it easier for Facebook's users to buy goods advertised on its platform, which would incentivize businesses to buy more ads, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday.
In the run-up to launch, libra's digital wallet subsidiary has been given a new look and a new name: Novi, which means "new way."
Facebook's new "oversight" board includes impressive names, but its formal powers are necessarily limited. There are learnings for blockchain governance.
Checkout.com, a digital payment processor that focuses on cross-border transactions, has become the 24th member of the Libra Association.
Major tech firms are opening their patents to allow developers to build much needed tools during the coronavirus crisis.
Libra may have been scaled back but Facebook is significantly expanding the team working to support the stablecoin project.
Rep. Sylvia Garcia's comments suggest libra's roots as a Facebook initiative remain a political liability despite the consortium's steps to sate critics.
The Facebook-spawned Libra Association has scaled back its original vision of a global digital currency backed by a basket of fiat currencies.
Analysts from the U.K.'s central bank said private currencies could work alongside any future CBDC initiative if they offered real utility.
Dozens of blockchain companies and investors are committing to promote Celo tokens in some fashion by joining the cLabs “Alliance for Prosperity.”