Digital ID

Data Bill Faces Scrutiny Over Sex Data Accuracy and Digital Verification System

Data Bill Faces Scrutiny Over Sex Data Accuracy and Digital Verification System

The government’s terrible Data Bill continues to make its way through Parliament. It’s being met with increased scrutiny and criticism, including how it could damage sex data accuracy and the effects of a planned new digital verification system. Specifically, the bill would establish a new data clearinghouse. Worries persist that...

eToro Integrates UAE PASS to Enhance User Experience in the Emirates

eToro Integrates UAE PASS to Enhance User Experience in the Emirates

Social trading and investment platform eToro, which is based in Israel, just took a major step. They shared how enabling UAE PASS integration would help make the onboarding process easier for their customers in the United Arab Emirates. This latest strategic move is designed to eliminate friction points, make the...

Sign to Expand Government-Level Blockchain Deployment After $32 Million Funding

Sign to Expand Government-Level Blockchain Deployment After $32 Million Funding

Sign, a company focused on blockchain technology solutions, plans to launch a series of strategically significant product updates in 2025. Sign recently closed a $32 million funding round. This investment will allow them to catalyze government-level deployment in more countries and further expand the use of blockchain technology within sovereign...

Gen to Acquire MoneyLion, Expanding Financial Security Offerings

Gen to Acquire MoneyLion, Expanding Financial Security Offerings

Gen, the global company behind some of the most popular cyber safety brands, has something special in store! They want to buy MoneyLion, a state-of-the-art financial technology firm. The combined entity would have the opportunity to advance a holistic ecosystem for consumers, marrying digital safety with financial security.The transaction is...

Saudia Reverts to Retro Livery as Part of Vision 2030 Transformation

Saudia Reverts to Retro Livery as Part of Vision 2030 Transformation

Saudia, the flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, is bringing back its retro liveries. The airline recently revealed a new livery that draws on aesthetics from before the 2000s. The airline's decision to embrace its heritage is part of a broader strategic digital transformation plan aimed at bolstering the Kingdom's Vision...

Avatars and Identity: How AI Fuels the Age of "Reverse Licensing"

Avatars and Identity: How AI Fuels the Age of "Reverse Licensing"

Now the internet is inundated with whimsical Ghibli-esque portraits, Barbie-fied posters and Barbie core aesthetics as folks turn themselves into avatars. This trend represents a profound shift in consumer expectations. Now, people are no longer simply buyers in a marketplace, but they are actually creating their own microcosms. Experts say...

IRS Unveils 2025 "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams, Targets Businesses and Individuals

IRS Unveils 2025 "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams, Targets Businesses and Individuals

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list. This rundown shines a light on the most prevalent and pernicious tax scams likely to make headlines in 2025. This year’s list focuses on dangers that face both taxpayers and tax preparers, underscoring the effort by the IRS...

Cloud-Native IAM: A New Era of Security and Efficiency

Cloud-Native IAM: A New Era of Security and Efficiency

As a result, enterprises are increasingly moving to cloud-native Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions. These automation and AI-enabled tools make identity centralization, increasing security and operational efficacy a reality. As businesses adopt hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, the evolution of IAM from static, manual processes to dynamic, automated solutions has...

HeyGen Secures $5.6 Million, Sparks Debate Over AI Cloning Ethics

HeyGen Secures $5.6 Million, Sparks Debate Over AI Cloning Ethics

HeyGen, a new platform for creating lifelike AI videos, has raised $5.6 million in growth capital. Joshua Xu and Wayne Liang, co-founders of SilverLine Technologies, told FORBES. The Seattle-based company’s mission is to democratize video creation for businesses by leveraging its AI clone tech. HeyGen’s tech has sparked a new...

The Presentation of Self in the Age of Social Media

The Presentation of Self in the Age of Social Media

The rise of social media has created a digital stage where individuals meticulously craft and present their identities. From emergencies to vacations, professionals to social media influencers, folks are digital-casting their wins, accolades, skills and everyday life routines, 24 hours a day. This remarkable phenomenon creates a challenging set of...

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NFTs Explained: Beyond the Hype, What Are They Really Good For?

NFTs, aka non-fungible tokens, have been taking the world by storm. Most people associate NFTs with expensive digital art and collectibles. These digital assets hold the potential to transform the economy and every sector on it. Calloutcoin.com explores the exciting and sometimes bizarre world of NFTs. We help separate fact...

NFTs Explained: Beyond the Hype, What Are They Really Good For?

NFTs Under the Hood: Are These Smart Contracts Really That Smart?

Let's be blunt: the NFT gold rush feels like a distant memory. We witnessed the speculative mania, the million-dollar profile picture NFTs, and the quaint talk of a new decentralized world. Now that the dust has settled, it's time to pull back the curtain and ask a crucial question: are...

NFTs Under the Hood: Are These Smart Contracts Really That Smart?

Unlocking NFTs A Guide to Non-Fungible Tokens

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have rapidly become a cornerstone of the cryptocurrency market, achieving prominence in just a few years. Though NFTs exploded into the mainstream consciousness in 2020 and 2021, the roots of the technology actually extend decades in the past. This article explores the history, technology, and impact...

Unlocking NFTs A Guide to Non-Fungible Tokens

DePINs' Achilles Heel? How Blockchain Authentication Can Save Infrastructure

Now, picture having that happen, as you awaken, with no electricity. Not in a brief temporary outage, but in a long-extended blackout paralyzing hospitals, blocking transportation, and predisposing communities to disasters. This is not some dystopian fantasy, it’s a present danger. Our increasing dependence on decentralized, physical infrastructure networks, or...

DePINs' Achilles Heel? How Blockchain Authentication Can Save Infrastructure

DePIN Authentication: The 3 Smart Contract Secrets That Unlock Scalability

The dirty little secret about DePINs though? They’re sitting ducks. All that new decentralized infrastructure, humming away, is ripe for attack as anyone can spoof an admin account and cause chaos. We’re not talking about just theoretical doomsday scenarios – but real-world consequences like compromised energy grids, hijacked sensor networks...

DePIN Authentication: The 3 Smart Contract Secrets That Unlock Scalability

DePIN Security Revolution: Blockchain & Traceable Authentication

Hello blockchain and crypto enthusiasts! Jason back again, bringing you even more dank insights from Calloutcoin.com. Today, we're diving deep into a critical area for the future of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs): security. As DePINs expand to maintain more real-world infrastructure, making sure their networks are cyber threats robust...

DePIN Security Revolution: Blockchain & Traceable Authentication

NFT News: Genius or Gimmick? A Tech Deep Dive into the Facebook Group

I know, I know—what could possibly be more interesting than this “What’s Going on Quad Cities” Facebook group turned NFT news hub. 106,000 dogmatic, astroturfed followers strong, it certainly outstrips the reach of the local fish wrap. For all traditional media entities, that’s a gut punch and a warning shot....

NFT News: Genius or Gimmick? A Tech Deep Dive into the Facebook Group