Digital Id

Worldcoin, which aims to provide unique digital IDs to individuals, has been accused of violating Colombia's personal data protection laws. If an investigation confirms these breaches, Worldcoin could face the permanent closure of its operations in the country.

Human Protocol has gained unicorn status after it raised $30 million in a fresh funding round led by Kingsway Capital. Other venture capital firms that participated in the seed funding round included Animoca Brands, Blockchain.com, Hashed, and Shima Capital.

Over 1,000 Skype IDs run by cross-border cybercriminals engaged in online intimidation, blackmail, extortion and "digital arrests" have been blocked by the government, according to an official statement on Tuesday.

Buyers of Apple’s new Vision Pro headset are finding it can be a major hassle if they lose their passcode. The company is telling users who forget their code — typically a series of digits — that they’ll have to bring the device to a store or mail it to AppleCare customer support if they want to get it working again. Apple will then erase a...

The president of the World Economic Forum has said that a part of the reason why India has seen the fastest growth among large economies for three years in a row is affordable digital connectivity and the digital ID, or Aadhaar.

China Mobile has reportedly reached out the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with some proposals around the metaverse sector. The first suggestion from China is a digital IDs system for metaverse users. ITU’s metaverse focused group is slated to meet in October, where China’s proposal could be tabled for a vote.

Worldcoin will expand its operations to sign up more users globally and aims to allow other organisations to use its iris-scanning and identity-verifying technology, a senior manager for the company behind the project told Reuters. Co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Worldcoin launched last week, requiring users to give their iris scans in exchang...

Founded by Sam Altman, the Worldcoin project says it aims to create a new "identity and financial network" and that its digital ID will allow users to, among other things, prove online that they are human, not a bot.

Samsung Wallet users will now be able to store their PAN cards, Aadhaar cards, driving licences, vehicle registration details, as well as the CoWIN vaccination certificates on the Samsung Wallet app. Users of the company's all-in-one app will be able to benefit from a combination of Samsung’s Pay and Pass functions, according to the company.

Speaking on Thursday at the ‘India Roundtable on Financial Inclusion’, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said the country takes financial inclusion seriously and it has led to social and economic empowerment of the people.

Worldcoin has announced the launch of its World ID project that aims to eliminate the need for authentic humans to verify their IDs by providing personal details to websites. While people can start obtaining their World IDs right away, Worldcoin has opened a waitlist for developers to get access to its World ID software kit.

Nixi is offering .in domain names for free for the first three months. In addition, users can opt for a free personalised email ID with 10GB of space. The .in domain can be used for emails, websites, and other applications. This service currently has around 3 million people onboard. People can also get a .bharat domain name for targeting regional u...

Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) transactions would remain anonymous to a certain degree, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said on Wednesday. The IT department allows cash transactions up to a certain limit to be carried out without government ID proof, but the RBI is yet to clarified the degree to which CBDC transactions w...

The RBI states that in case of unintentional transactions through digital services, the aggrieved person should first file a complaint with the payment system used.

Industrialist Anand Mahindra took to Instagram to hail a post featuring a teashop in Uttarakhand's Mana village - the last Indian village.

Worldcoin, which aims to provide unique digital IDs to individuals, has been accused of violating Colombia's personal data protection laws. If an investigation confirms these breaches, Worldcoin could face the permanent closure of its operations in the country.

Human Protocol has gained unicorn status after it raised $30 million in a fresh funding round led by Kingsway Capital. Other venture capital firms that participated in the seed funding round included Animoca Brands, Blockchain.com, Hashed, and Shima Capital.

Over 1,000 Skype IDs run by cross-border cybercriminals engaged in online intimidation, blackmail, extortion and "digital arrests" have been blocked by the government, according to an official statement on Tuesday.

Buyers of Apple’s new Vision Pro headset are finding it can be a major hassle if they lose their passcode. The company is telling users who forget their code — typically a series of digits — that they’ll have to bring the device to a store or mail it to AppleCare customer support if they want to get it working again. Apple will then erase a...

The president of the World Economic Forum has said that a part of the reason why India has seen the fastest growth among large economies for three years in a row is affordable digital connectivity and the digital ID, or Aadhaar.

China Mobile has reportedly reached out the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with some proposals around the metaverse sector. The first suggestion from China is a digital IDs system for metaverse users. ITU’s metaverse focused group is slated to meet in October, where China’s proposal could be tabled for a vote.

Worldcoin will expand its operations to sign up more users globally and aims to allow other organisations to use its iris-scanning and identity-verifying technology, a senior manager for the company behind the project told Reuters. Co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Worldcoin launched last week, requiring users to give their iris scans in exchang...

Founded by Sam Altman, the Worldcoin project says it aims to create a new "identity and financial network" and that its digital ID will allow users to, among other things, prove online that they are human, not a bot.

Samsung Wallet users will now be able to store their PAN cards, Aadhaar cards, driving licences, vehicle registration details, as well as the CoWIN vaccination certificates on the Samsung Wallet app. Users of the company's all-in-one app will be able to benefit from a combination of Samsung’s Pay and Pass functions, according to the company.

Speaking on Thursday at the ‘India Roundtable on Financial Inclusion’, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said the country takes financial inclusion seriously and it has led to social and economic empowerment of the people.

Worldcoin has announced the launch of its World ID project that aims to eliminate the need for authentic humans to verify their IDs by providing personal details to websites. While people can start obtaining their World IDs right away, Worldcoin has opened a waitlist for developers to get access to its World ID software kit.

Nixi is offering .in domain names for free for the first three months. In addition, users can opt for a free personalised email ID with 10GB of space. The .in domain can be used for emails, websites, and other applications. This service currently has around 3 million people onboard. People can also get a .bharat domain name for targeting regional u...

Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) transactions would remain anonymous to a certain degree, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said on Wednesday. The IT department allows cash transactions up to a certain limit to be carried out without government ID proof, but the RBI is yet to clarified the degree to which CBDC transactions w...

The RBI states that in case of unintentional transactions through digital services, the aggrieved person should first file a complaint with the payment system used.

Industrialist Anand Mahindra took to Instagram to hail a post featuring a teashop in Uttarakhand's Mana village - the last Indian village.