🎄 Happy New Year to everyone! WebK launched its first update of 2023, adding a pack of feaures you can now enjoy on Web!
📚Topics 2.0 Admins of any group can enable Topics, creating separate spaces within the group to discuss different subjects – with a sleek two-column layout to easily navigate chats.
😶🌫️Hidden Media Media hidden with a shimmering spoiler effect is properly displayed in the app – just tap or click to view the image. The next WebK update will allow you to send media with this spoiler effect.
🏴☠️No-SIM Signup and Login Users who have an anonymous number from Fragment can login to their existing account or create a new accountwith the number.
🔤Collectible Usernames Owners of collectible usernames can now assigncollectiblesto their personal account, groups or channels – and manage them within the app.
Lastly, the app also preserves your history stack– if you follow a t.me link to another message in a chat, you can return to the firstmessage with the🔽 button.
🎄 Happy New Year to everyone! WebK launched its first update of 2023, adding a pack of feaures you can now enjoy on Web!
📚Topics 2.0 Admins of any group can enable Topics, creating separate spaces within the group to discuss different subjects – with a sleek two-column layout to easily navigate chats.
😶🌫️Hidden Media Media hidden with a shimmering spoiler effect is properly displayed in the app – just tap or click to view the image. The next WebK update will allow you to send media with this spoiler effect.
🏴☠️No-SIM Signup and Login Users who have an anonymous number from Fragment can login to their existing account or create a new accountwith the number.
🔤Collectible Usernames Owners of collectible usernames can now assigncollectiblesto their personal account, groups or channels – and manage them within the app.
Lastly, the app also preserves your history stack– if you follow a t.me link to another message in a chat, you can return to the firstmessage with the🔽 button.
Telegram and Signal Havens for Right-Wing Extremists
Since the violent storming of Capitol Hill and subsequent ban of former U.S. President Donald Trump from Facebook and Twitter, the removal of Parler from Amazon’s servers, and the de-platforming of incendiary right-wing content, messaging services Telegram and Signal have seen a deluge of new users. In January alone, Telegram reported 90 million new accounts. Its founder, Pavel Durov, described this as “the largest digital migration in human history.” Signal reportedly doubled its user base to 40 million people and became the most downloaded app in 70 countries. The two services rely on encryption to protect the privacy of user communication, which has made them popular with protesters seeking to conceal their identities against repressive governments in places like Belarus, Hong Kong, and Iran. But the same encryption technology has also made them a favored communication tool for criminals and terrorist groups, including al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
How Does Bitcoin Work?
Bitcoin is built on a distributed digital record called a blockchain. As the name implies, blockchain is a linked body of data, made up of units called blocks that contain information about each and every transaction, including date and time, total value, buyer and seller, and a unique identifying code for each exchange. Entries are strung together in chronological order, creating a digital chain of blocks. “Once a block is added to the blockchain, it becomes accessible to anyone who wishes to view it, acting as a public ledger of cryptocurrency transactions,” says Stacey Harris, consultant for Pelicoin, a network of cryptocurrency ATMs. Blockchain is decentralized, which means it’s not controlled by any one organization. “It’s like a Google Doc that anyone can work on,” says Buchi Okoro, CEO and co-founder of African cryptocurrency exchange Quidax. “Nobody owns it, but anyone who has a link can contribute to it. And as different people update it, your copy also gets updated.”
