In order to improve the conditions of roads and streets in Caracas and the 23 states of Venezuela, the Government announced on Wednesday a plan that includes the recovery and maintenance of more than 3,800 kilometers of roads, for which about 2.26 million tons of asphalt will be used, according to…
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Paypal laid off about 2,500 employees
PayPal, the global digital payments giant, would have laid off about 2,500 employees today, in order to reduce operating costs and maximize profit margins.
PayPal cuts payroll An employee of the company who attended a meeting confirmed…
Visa offers its crypto-to-fiat exchange service in 145 countries
Visa, the global payments giant, is driving the adoption of cryptocurrencies by offering another method to exchange crypto for fiat currencies without the need to use a centralized exchange.
Visa has partnered with Transak, the Web3…
Digitel suffered a security flaw in its servers
Digitel, the Venezuelan telecommunications company, suffered access failures to some of its services and platforms, because its system received security threats that forced it to temporarily block its servers to protect itself.
Digitel's…
IMF predicts a contraction in Latin America’s GDP
Argentina’s economic crisis, which will contract by 2.8% in 2024, has led the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cut Latin America and the Caribbean’s growth forecast for this year by 0.4 percentage points, to 1.9%.
This is indicated by…
Coinbase will charge fees on large USDC changes
Coinbase, the US exchange with global reach, announced that it will apply new fees to institutional clients who exchange dollars for the stablecoin USD Coin (USDC), provided they are dealing with large-volume transactions.
The Coinbase…
The EU extended economic sanctions to Russia
The European Union (EU) extended for a further six months, until 31 July 2024, the economic sanctions it has imposed on Russia for the occupation of Ukraine.
The 27 began to implement punitive measures against Moscow since the annexation…
Netflix will remove the standard plan without ads
Netflix will stop offering the standard plan without ads, a decision that it already started to implement in some countries in summer for new subscribers, and that it will extend to the rest of users, starting with Canada and the United…
Milei eliminates a ministry and gives more power to Caputo in Economics
The Argentine president, Javier Milei, finished his first cabinet reform with the elimination of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the strengthening of the Economy minister, Luis Caputo, who takes control of the area that was in charge of…
Binance.US suspended operations in Alaska and Florida due to regulatory issues
Binance.US, the arm of Binance for the US market, stopped operating this week in Alaska and Florida due to conflicts with local authorities.
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), this decision is due to the investigations…
US will auction confiscated bitcoin from Silk Road
The U.S. government reported that it will auction more than $130 million in Bitcoin, which were seized during the investigations against the trading platform Silk Road.
The notice was made on the website of the U.S. Department of Justice,…
FTC to investigate five tech giants for AI use
The FTC, which is the U.S. government agency responsible for protecting competition, decided to investigate five tech giants for their investments and alliances in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
These are Alphabet, Amazon,…