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French, German and British regulators have opened investigations into the iris-scanning technology deployed as part of the Worldcoin project by Sam Altman, founder of OpenAI and ChatGPT. The technology is not yet available in Luxembourg.

Kenya halts Worldcoin activities within its borders, becoming the first country to enforce such a measure, addressing privacy concerns.

It's a cryptocurrency that enables users to make payments using tokens.

What differentiates WorldCoin from many existing cryptocurrency projects is its use of biometrics. Its unique method of sign-up, involving scanning of irises, rang alarm bells in France, Germany and Kenya. India has at least 17 sign-up locations

The Worldcoin project has been popular in Kenya, with long queues forming at shopping malls where the iris scans are being taken.

The OpenAI CEO thinks he's creating a digital ID solution with Worldcoin

Worldcoin doesn't seem to know what problem it's trying to solve, but they want to scan your eyeballs anyway.

Worldcoin, the ambitious project aiming to provide digital ID passports and universal basic income, appears to be seeing high adoption.

In this edition of Week in Review (WiR), we cover Twitter rebranding to "X," hackers infecting Call of Duty and foreign visitors to China go cashless.

X marks the spot where Twitter died.