India lifts WhatsApp payment curbs

India has removed restrictions on WhatsApp’s payments service in a significant victory for Meta in its largest market by users as it seeks to compete with entrenched fintech rivals. The National Payments Corporation of India, the payments body overseeing the popular UPI payments rail, said Tuesday that WhatsApp can now roll out WhatsApp Pay to … Read more

XRP Volumes Zoom Ahead of Bitcoin, Dogecoin in South Korea. What’s Next?

XRP trading volumes on South Korea’s biggest crypto exchanges have overtaken those of bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) in a sign of flurried interest that often precedes price volatility. Total trading volume against the won on UpBit, Bithumb and Korbit, the country’s largest exchanges by volumes and users, topped $800 million in dollar value in … Read more

Making the Web More Inclusive: Accessibility Testing with open source testing agents

Hey dev community! With the holidays right around the corner, it feels like the perfect time to talk about one of the best gifts we can give our users: an accessible web. Here at TestZeus, we’ve been hard at work adding Accessibility Testing to our open-source Hercules Agent—and I’m super excited to share the details with you! Why Accessibility … Read more

Melting Glaciers Slash Shipping Times—But Come With a Hidden Cost

:::info Authors: (1) Jorge P. Rodrıguez, Instituto de Fiscia Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC), CSIC-UIB, 07122 Palma de Mallorca (Spain), CA UNED Illes Balears, 07009 Palma (Spain) and Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA), CSIC-UIB, 07190 Esporles (Spain); (2) Konstantin Klemm, Instituto de Fısica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC), CSIC-UIB, 07122 Palma de Mallorca (Spain); … Read more

Don’t Expect Bitcoin Fireworks Ahead of New Year, Traders Say, as BTC ETFs Lose $420M

Bearish trading in bitcoin (BTC) markets continued late Monday as the asset briefly fell under $92,000 on profit-taking despite another mammoth MicroStrategy purchase, recovering to just over $92,800 as of Asian morning hours Tuesday. Some traders expect the current price action to likely continue until February, weeks after president-elect Donald Trump takes office in the … Read more

When ML Meets Microservices: Engineering for Scalability and Performance

Introduction Some of the most exciting applications available, from recommendation engines to fraud detection, use machine learning models at their core. As businesses grow and scale, the architecture serving these models must also be scaled to provide optimal performance. Enter microservices – a modern approach to building software that guarantees flexibility, scalability, and reliability. How … Read more

Role of Customer Services in Business Management

Customer service is not just responding to calls and emails. It is the backbone of business management success. Applying to startups to large corporations, good customer dealing promotes growth while creating loyalty and a stronger brand. The better you know them, and fulfil their needs, the more successful you become. Use of positive/warm communication and … Read more