Associated Press will use blockchain to combat false news

Associated Press will use blockchain to combat false news

The Associated Press (AP) news agency has partnered with Everipedia and Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network, to track down fake news. The collaboration will allow AP to authenticate race-related news using blockchain, according to a statement from Everipedia. The Associated Press works with a large number of freelance journalists to get information on local campaign developments. The news agency will use the power of the blockchain to cryptographically sign the data it receives from these…

Monero devs update Oxygen Orion

Monero devs update Oxygen Orion

The developers of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero have rolled out another update to the Oxygen Orion network. According to a Monero blog post, the latest node software update is the work of about 30 developers. The Oxygen Orion update will bring new features to improve network efficiency. For example, the update includes the CLSAG feature, which reduces the size of network transactions by about 25% and the time to confirm transactions by about 10%. At…