There is an opportunity here for Pakistan, and other markets where Amazon has no presence, to come up with its own alternatives. Build a more transparent and ethical platfom.

the Guardian

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittificati...

Dawn

Taliban internet cut sparks Afghanistan telecoms blackout

“We are blind without phones and internet,” says one shopkeeper in Kabul.

This has nothing to do with Islam or Sharia.

Have started using Primal (omn Android), initial impression is good. It shows the notifications that Amethyst fails to show for some reason. The profile page also seems to beess temperamental.

IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive

Cross-chain Lightning Trades: Getting the Advantages of a Custodial Exchange while Keeping Your Assets

Payment channels are a cornerstone of a scalable blockchain infrastructure that enables transacting parties to lock assets on the blockchain and pe...

Preprint of our new paper

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/05/15/serious-blackrock-bitcoin-warning-fuels-fears-of-disaster-as-the-price-suddenly-dives/ got to love the hyperbolic headlines. And quantum computing community loves to portray doom-and-gloom, see e.g.,

Quantum Doom Clock

Track the inevitable march towards quantum supremacy

. cryptography is fine, we’ll have migrated to PQC by the time a quantum computer is able to break real world systems.