The International Criminal Police Organization or International Police (Interpol) announced the launch of its first office in the metaverse, in which it will offer training for investigators and police officers, and with which it shows its intention to understand and stop crimes in this environment.…
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71% of the wealthiest people invested in cryptocurrencies
The French consulting firm Capgemini carried out an investigation that determined that in 2021, "high net worth" people increased by 7.8 % to reach 1.7 million in the world. Of that total, 71 % of the wealthiest people have invested in…
Digital Identity Theft, concern for users
74% of users are concerned about the possibility of digital identity theft, especially given the increased digitization triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic and the increased amount of data and personal information they share from it.
Cyber…
Interest in Facebook has fallen by 87 %
The average user's interest in Facebook has plummeted by almost 90 % in the last ten years, according to a study carried out on the current popularity of the social network after its conversion into Meta.
The investigation carried out by…
Moderna earns $12 billion from its Spikevax vaccine
The American laboratory Moderna closed 2021 with a net profit of 12,202 million dollars (10,982 million euros) compared to the losses of 747 million (672 million euros) that it recorded in the previous year, thanks to the millions of doses…
Use of VPNs grew up to 184% in 2021
Virtual Private Network (VPN) downloads grew 184% last year, a figure that reflects the growing popularity and consolidation of a tool virtually unknown until five years ago.
VPNs appeared about 25 years ago to protect transfers within…
The Internet of Things (IoT) will generate millionaire profits
The potential economic value that the Internet of Things (IoT) could generate by 2030 is between $5.5 and $12.6 trillion worldwide, including the value captured by consumers and customers of the Internet's products and services. IoT,…
Facebook denies that there is addiction to its network
The social network Facebook contested the investigation carried out by The Wall Street Journal, which claimed that there were at least 360 million users addicted to the platform.
The network, owned by Meta, published a statement where it…
Spanish Government approves general budget for 2022
The Spanish Government approved the draft bill of General State Budgets (PGE) for 2022, which amounts to 458,970 million euros, of which 27,633 come from European funds. This was reported by the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero.…
WHO opens hub on pandemic and epidemics in Berlin
The World Health Organization (WHO) inaugurated an Intelligence Center on Pandemics and Epidemics in Berlin, whose mission will be to provide nations with the best data and research that will allow timely decision-making for the detection…
Google would have offered special discounts to Netflix
Google is being investigated for accusations of having offered the Netflix streaming platform a special discount on commissions of 30 % for internal payments from the Google Play Store, to prevent it from opting for an external payment…
57% of the world’s population connects to social media
About 61 % of the world's population is Internet user, and slightly less than 57 % uses social networks, a type of service that has seen its user base grow by 500 million in the last twelve months.
The number of users of social networks…