Technology

Melbourne-based ShareRing has been tapped as the first digital identity provider to begin testing its tech for the Australian government’s US$4 million verification technology trials approved late last year to enforce social media restrictions for underage users. The blockchain firm will launch a pilot program with school students in Darwin, testing its self-sovereign identity platform

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based genetic engineering company, claimed this week it had “de-extincted” the dire wolf—thrilling scientists and Game of Thrones fans alike. While Colossal said the dire wolves were revived using ancient DNA, how close are they to the real thing? The company makes it clear that they’re not “cloning” in the traditional sense,

As quantum computers edge closer to breaking current cryptography, Bitcoin developers are racing to protect the world’s largest cryptocurrency from the unprecedented threat of quantum decryption. One proposed solution, outlined in a recent Bitcoin Improvement Proposal submitted by Chilean technologist Agustin Cruz, calls for a mandatory migration to so-called Quantum-Resistant Address Migration Protocol addresses to

Infected, a pandemic-simulation crypto game that gained viral popularity, has announced its decision to abandon Ethereum’s Layer-2 solution, Base, and migrate to Layer-1 blockchain Solana.  The move follows technical difficulties during the game’s launch, with Infected alleging the platform failed to handle the high transaction volume, resulting in gas price spikes and frustrated users.  “Base