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Amazon has announced that its facial recognition system can now detect “fear” in people. Dubbed Rekognition, the software offers a comprehensive range of tools for face detection, analysis, and recognition in images and videos. origin »
Microsoft has patched four serious vulnerabilities that could allow a malicious actor to remotely take control of Windows computers. The four remote code execution flaws — addressed as part of the company’s monthly Patch Tuesday updates — affect all in-support versions of Windows and concern the Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) component, enabling attackers to take over a computer and then propagate malware to other computers without any user intervention. origin »
Akaso’s V50 Pro Special Edition action camera is a wallet-friendly little action shooter that punches well above its weight class. If you’ve been searching for a decent-quality 4K cam you can use underwater, but you don’t want to spend GoPro money for it, keep reading. origin »
Samsung's private key wallet, the Blockchain KeyStore, initially launched with support for Ether and other ERC-20 tokens. Now, the wallet will support bitcoin, though such support will be limited to Samsung‘s S10 and Note10 devices and be only available in Canada, Germany, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the US, and the UK. origin »
Since your daily email haul is all but guaranteed to continue growing, you need tools to help make sure the important stuff doesn’t get lost in the digital avalanche. Well, Darwin Mail is your virtual shovel. origin »
The UK‘s advertising watchdog has upheld its complaint about a Bitcoin newspaper ad from cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) explained in a blog post that it took issue with an ad published on January 3, 2019, depicting a graph of Bitcoin‘s price performance. origin »
Barclays is no longer banking Coinbase, resulting in delayed fiat withdrawals and deposits for the crypto exchange's U.K. users. origin »
Overstock’s tZERO, a platform that claims to be focused on revolutionizing the capital markets with blockchain technology, has announced that TZROP, its preferred equity security tokens previously traded by only accredited investors, are now available for resale to non-accredited investors too, according to a press release published August 12, 2019. origin »
The crypto market is prone to manipulation. If you don’t believe it, you can just check the many examples that can be easily found. The latest one was a coordinated sell-off of Ripple’s XRP tokens on the Beaxy Exchange. origin »
Learn about working at Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/careers - Medium origin »
Sources reveal ClearBank will be the new payment provider for Coinbase UK, and the possible reason for removing ZCash (ZEC) for British buyers.
origin »The ‘Internet and Mobile Association of India vs RBI’ case hearing resumed on August 14 where the Supreme Court faced some strong arguments from the IAMAI counsel, Ashim Sood over Reserve Bank of India [RBI] overstepping its jurisdiction, as reported by Crypto Kanoon. origin »
As government agencies continue to push for the deployment of facial recognition systems, you needn’t look far to see why that’s bad news. To illustrate the point, the ACLU conducted a test of Amazon’s Rekognition software — facial recognition tech currently being used by US law enforcement — in which it incorrectly identified 26 California lawmakers as matches in a criminal database. origin »
Facebook doesn’t need any more bad press, but here we go again. According to a report by Bloomberg, the company paid hundreds of contractors to transcribe audio snippets from your conversations within its services – without making it sufficiently clear these clips were being recorded. origin »
In a blog post on August 12, 2019, Hedera Hashgraph, a decentralized public blockchain network announced that IBM and Tata Communications, a leading telecommunications company and global provider of digital infrastructure services, have joined the Hedera Governing Council, to guide the guide growth of the Hashgraph distributed ledger. origin »
Nic Carter, a partner at Castle Island Ventures and co-founder of Coin Metrics, created a matrix chart for some of the crypto-sphere’s most talked about innovations. The chart ranked Bitcoin, blockchain protocols, Libra, and other innovations by maturity relative to hype, showing there is still unrecognized potential in many parts of the industry. origin »
The total market capitalization of Litecoin is on the verge of dropping below $5 bln origin »
By CCN Markets: The Dow Jones took a hammering on thin liquidity on Wednesday as a blizzard of terrible news iced bulls and thrust the index into a 630 point tailspin. The bears were out in force as the mighty German economic machine contracted, Chinese data missed estimates, Hong Kong wallowed in chaos, and bond […] The post Dow Staggers While World Economy Spirals Toward Brutal Recession appeared first on CCN Markets origin »
By CCN Markets: The Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index has crashed to its lowest level in almost a year. The index, which tracks sentiment among investors, hasn't plumbed these lows since December 2018 when the king of crypto finally found yearly support just above $3,000. origin »
London-based bank Barclays will no longer work with crypto exchange Coinbase. While the exchange has already found a replacement in ClearBank, the breakup with Barclays means UK Coinbase users will no longer have access to the Faster Payments Service for the time being, also meaning that deposits and withdrawals will take much longer on the platform. origin »
The Bitcoin hype may have died down, but the tech behind it definitely hasn’t. With Bitcoin’s price on the rise again, and with major companies adopting and experimenting with blockchain, the way we do business, make payments, and perceive the value of money is about to change. origin »
Coinspeaker Elrond Joins the Trusted IoT Alliance to Facilitate a Sustainable IoT EcosystemThe Trusted IoT Alliance has just welcomed Elrond as a new member. The Elrond Network, with its high throughput and sharding, is expected to bring benefits to the Internet of Things. origin »
It was a scandal. Third-party contractors, many working from places where data protection legislation is lax (or even non-existent), were listening and transcribing recordings of conversations from people who unwittingly believed robots were doing all the work. origin »
Coinspeaker Facebook Collected Audio Conversations from Messenger and Transcribed ThemIt has now come to light that Facebook has been paying contract transcribers to review private audio chats from its Messenger app. origin »
Coinspeaker Ripple Faces Another Lawsuit from Investors Claiming XRP Is an Unregistered SecurityRipple continues to face the ire of the investors who claim that XRP is "unlawful securities" under the SEC's guidelines of the Howey Test. origin »
Coinspeaker Without Loud Announcements Samsung Adds Bitcoin to Its Blockchain KeystoreRecently it has come to light that Samsung has added Bitcoin to its Blockchain Keystore SDK. However, the SDK is still under development. origin »
Coinspeaker Alejandro Lambarri has Joined the Maya Preferred 223 (MAPR) Board of Directors TeamAlejandro Lambarri joins the Maya Preferred 223 and Maya Coin’s Board of Directors team which will ensure all of Latin American’s will accept Maya preferred 223 as possibly the next Euro of Latin America. origin »
You hear the word “innovation” a lot in tech, and half the time, it’s never really that impressive or even innovative. But last week, for the first time, I was bewildered by the tech that is a LG Smart Refrigerator and the innovation of one Ariana Grande twitter fan account, @thankunext327. origin »
The Dallas Mavericks have become the second NBA team to accept Bitcoin (BTC) as a means of payment for match tickets and merchandise
origin »By CCN Markets: As recent events have framed video games in a bad light, it's vital to remind ourselves that they can be a source of immeasurable good. A case in point is a group of No Man's Sky players who've rallied their collective might to make a sizeable donation to a children's hospital in […] The post No Man's Sky Hospital Donation Bolsters Gaming's Tarnished Image appeared first on CCN Markets origin »
The ABS Bank, a banking institution from New Zealand that is owned by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, has recently invested in a local company called TradeWindow. The company uses the blockchain technology and it is focused on creating solutions for supply chains. origin »
It seems that PIVX, a popular private transactions crypto, may be vulnerable to attacks together with 200 other chains. According to a recent report made by Lunar Digital Assets, there is a vulnerability of the system that can be currently exploited. origin »
Many cryptos are all about a promise. Patientory is one of them. The crypto, which was created for a health app, is worth only a cent per PTOY token, but some of its executives believe that the project may be worth millions in the day. origin »
Korean tech giant Samsung has added Bitcoin support to its Blockchain Keystore SDK. This will eventually allow users to use Bitcoin with applications via the company’s secure storage hardware featured on supported devices. origin »
Protests in Hong Kong and a trade dispute with the U.S. have put China in the eye of the economic storm. The People's Bank of China has been testing a digital currency, and this week it announced that it is ready. origin »
By CCN Markets: The Tesla Model 3 accounted for 81% of Tesla’s overall vehicle sales during Q2. So it is not difficult to understand why the Elon Musk-led company’s gross margin fell 168 basis points annually during the second quarter as the production of Model 3 units increased. origin »
Coinspeaker Flexa Spreading Their Crypto Payments to CanadaFlexa is finally launched outside of the US for the first time ever, which made instant, in-store cryptocurrency payments available to residents of the Great White North, from Yukon to Nova Scotia and from Vancouver to St. origin »
“Monero is dead,” said my colleague when I asked him about last month’s upgrade. When asked why? he replied, “the price has been stagnating for the past couple of months.” The Price Although I didn’t really pay much attention to the importance given to the price of cryptocurrencies before, this remark by another journalist got […] The post Monero: The efficiency of the inefficient RandomX appeared first on AMBCrypto. origin »
Crypto developer education tool FumbleChain is a deliberately flawed blockchain that allows developers to earn fumblecoins every time they find a new flaw to exploit.
origin »Sports editor, Jeff Eisenband, recently took to his Twitter account to disclose another NBA team to accept Bitcoin [BTC] as a medium of exchange. This is none other than the Dallas Mavericks, making them the “2nd @NBA franchise to accept” its likes with Sacramento Kings being the first. Said endeavor also includes bitcoin payment service […] origin »
As many have long expected, WeWork, the preferred provider of office space for freelancers and startups alike, has filed to go public. Its prospectus, which highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the business, including the current state of its financials, is currently live on the SEC website. origin »
HIVE Blockchain has entered into a strategic agreement with Blockbase to be the HIVE’s software and maintenance service provider for mining operations in Sweden, as per a press release, August 13, 2019. origin »
1The entire Apollo 11 mission to the moon took just eight days. If we ever want to build permanent bases on the moon, or perhaps even Mars or beyond, then future astronauts will have to spend many more days, months and maybe even years in space without a constant lifeline to Earth. origin »
Coinspeaker Binance Highlights on Its Scheduled System UpgradeBinance made an official announcement about its scheduled system upgrade at 02:00 AM (UTC) on 2019/08/15. All services will be suspended during this entire process that may take up to 8 hours.Binance Highlights on Its Scheduled System Upgrade origin »
Linking addresses to identities means not all Bitcoin (BTC) are created equal, and connections to dubious wallets and addresses may be a burden.
origin »Coinspeaker Mark Cuban’s Mavericks Accepting Bitcoin as the Form of PaymentEven though he didn’t offer any specifics, Cuban suggested that the Dallas Mavericks’ crypto payments system could, when launched, offer support for not only for BTC and ETH but other coins as well. origin »
Iran experienced one of the worst floods in history this March which continued till April. The country received its heaviest rainfall in 70 years, flooding 28 provinces and killing 76 people. The catastrophic floods caused an estimated $2. origin »
The crypto space is on the sensitive ground at the moment. This is because more people are looking into how the relationship between paper assets and crypto-assets is going to work in the future. origin »
South Korean tech conglomerate Samsung has quietly added Bitcoin support to its decentralized app store, Blockchain Keystore
origin »Coinspeaker Barclays Broke Up with Coinbase and Put Crypto Relations to ColdCoinbase’s partnership with Barclays allowed British clients to use Coinbase extensively. The end of this partnership could also potentially end Coinbase users’ access to the UK “Faster Payments Scheme” (FPS). origin »