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Kik raised $98M with a potentially illegal ICO. Now it wants your money to fight the SEC
Kik, the embattled messaging startup behind the Kin cryptocurrency, is now crowd-sourcing donations to help fund its legal battle with US regulators. The Defend Crypto Fund is said to be tailored specifically to fight the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “on behalf of the future of crypto in the [United States]. дальше »
2019-5-28 17:30 | |
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TikTok’s parent company ByteDance reportedly wants to launch its own phone
ByteDance is likely on your phone through its colony of popular apps like TikTok or Helo. Now it wants to make a phone of its own. Yes, you read that right. According to a new report by The Financial Times, the Beijing-based social media company is developing a “phone preloaded with its own apps — which include newsfeeds, short video platforms and games — in a bid to further spread its reach. дальше »
2019-5-27 15:15 | |
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Apple’s privacy reputation at risk with new iTunes class-action lawsuit
Apple has marketed itself as a company that puts customers’ privacy first, but a new class-action lawsuit claims to the contrary. Leigh Wheaton, Jill Paul, and Trevor Paul — three iTunes users from Rhode Island and Michigan — filed a federal lawsuit against the Cupertino-based tech giant alleging that the company unlawfully collects and sells their iTunes listening information to third parties without informed consent. дальше »
2019-5-27 11:23 | |
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Infographic: An Overview of Compromised Bitcoin Exchange Events
The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2. дальше »
2019-5-25 21:56 | |
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5 bite-size Bitcoin factoids to beef up your cryptocurrency knowledge
Bitcoin celebrated its 10th birthday earlier this year. The cryptocurrency is technological feat and while its inner workings are often difficult to understand, or explain, there are a few interesting facts every enthusiast should know. дальше »
2019-5-24 18:30 | |
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Block.One Innovation Hub EOSIO Labs Releases New EOSIO Explorer for dApp Developer Benefits
EOSIO Labs, the lead developer of EOS blockchain announced the launch of the EOSIO Block Explorer earlier this week. The platform is a full web application that allows the developers (both smart contract and front end developers) to launch their smart contract development and further connect and communicate with the EOS blockchain in a local […] дальше »
2019-5-23 17:29 | |
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Thailand’s oldest bank hints at new blockchain app powered by Ripple
Thailand‘s oldest bank, Siam Commerical Bank (SCM), has hinted it will be experimenting with blockchain technology powered by Ripple. Earlier this week, rumors of its blockchain pilot surfaced online after eagle-eyed users took to Twitter to share images of what appears to be a Ripple-based app for cross-border transactions. дальше »
2019-5-23 16:43 | |
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Sign this petition to stop Craig Wright from copyrighting the Bitcoin white paper
An online petition to remove Craig Wright’s name from a copyright claim submitted earlier this week has surfaced after his latest effort to lay claim to the fact he authored the original Bitcoin white paper. дальше »
2019-5-22 18:31 | |
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Game of Thrones’ Bronn becomes Master of VeganCoin cryptocurrency (we shit you not)
Before you read this, beware there might be Game of Thrones spoilers in this piece. The actor that played one of the more Machiavellian characters in the HBO series, Game of Thrones, is joining the advisory board of a vegan lifestyle oriented cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-5-21 17:18 | |
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Amazon granted patent for Bitcoin-style system to fight DDoS attacks
Cryptocurrency rumor mongers are likely to be dancing today as Amazon has successfully filed a patent for a Bitcoin-styled Proof-of-Work system. But don’t get ahead of yourself, it doesn’t look like the Seattle-based ecommerce giant will be accepting Bitcoin for payments. дальше »
2019-5-17 14:58 | |
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Microsoft announces cloud gaming partnership with Sony
Microsoft and Sony, makers of the eternally-competing Xbox and PlayStation consoles, respectively, today announced they were partnering up to find “joint development of future cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure to support their respective game and content-streaming services. дальше »
2019-5-17 03:09 | |
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Blockchain startups RepuX and JoyToken pull exit scam after raising $8M in ICOs
Even thought it’s 2019, initial coin offering (ICO) exit scams are still being uncovered. The latest to surface has seemingly conned over $8 million from would-be investors. It appears that blockchain startups RepuX and JoyToken have conned investors out of $4. дальше »
2019-5-16 18:36 | |
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‘PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY DEPOSITS,’ begs dying shitcoin factory Cryptopia
It seems some overzealous cryptocurrency traders didn’t get the memo that exchange service Cryptopia is shutting down – and they’re still trying to make deposits to the platform. In a tweet earlier today, the embattled exchange warned users not to send funds to the trading platform. дальше »
2019-5-16 13:09 | |
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Blockstream’s new ‘Bitcoin ICO’ platform is handy – but you still need to know the laws
The blockchain infrastructure firm that sent a Bitcoin satellite into space is launching a platform to allow businesses to offer security tokens on the Liquid Network. Blockstream announced the launch of “Liquid Securities” earlier today at CoinDesk’s blockchain and cryptocurrency conference, Consensus. дальше »
2019-5-15 17:15 | |
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No, end-to-end encryption isn’t a marketing gimmick
There’s bad takes, and then there’s bad takes. An example of the latter comes from Bloomberg Opinion columnist Leonid Bershidsky, who thinks that today’s WhatsApp security woes proves that end-to-end encryption is “a gimmick” and “largely pointless. дальше »
2019-5-15 00:03 | |
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Coinbase doubles down on expansion, now available in 103 countries
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has just announced that it now offers trading in over 100 countries, after adding support for a further 50 countries. It’s also doubling down on its USDC stablecoin, making it available in 85 countries. дальше »
2019-5-14 18:10 | |
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Australian ‘influencer’ Belle Gibson faked cancer and used profits to trade cryptocurrency
Authorities are investigating an Australian social media influencer‘s bank accounts after she defrauded her followers with fake cancer claims and used the money to trade cryptocurrency. Annabelle “Belle” Gibson has been systematically lying to her followers and using her company’s profits to trade cryptocurrencies, futures, and place sports bets, the Canberra Times reports. дальше »
2019-5-14 12:36 | |
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Bitcoin breaks past $8,000 to hit yet another 2019 price record
Bitcoin’s price is rallying, surpassing the $8,000 for the first time this year. According to CoinMarketCap, the digital currency last stood at around $8,000 in July last year. It comes after the world’s most famous cryptocurrency reached a new yearly high, pushing past $5,600 earlier this month. дальше »
2019-5-14 12:25 | |
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What Gab’s Dissenter Means for BAT and ERC-20’s
Earlier this year, Gab. com, a social media site akin to Twitter with added emphasis on freedom of speech, began to roll out their Dissenter platform. Last month, they sparked buzz by integrating a forked version of the open-source Brave web browser. дальше »
2019-5-13 01:02 | |
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Slack: Why your company needs to find its hedgehog
Slack‘s VP of customer experience, Ali Rayl, took to the stage earlier today at TNW2019 to explore how technology is reshaping the way we work, and how we should deal with it. Rayl takes a rather dystopian look at the business market: “companies will die,” she said. дальше »
2019-5-9 16:42 | |
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See you earlier: Physicists sent a (simulated) particle back in time
An international team of physicists looking for loopholes in the laws of physics recently simulated a brute-force method for reversing the age of a particle by 1/1,000,000th of a second. In other words: time travel is possible (in a simulation). дальше »
2019-5-9 23:02 | |
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Website Providing Links to Illicit Crypto Marketplaces Seized
A website that provided a link between the regular internet and dark web marketplaces offering illegal goods and services in exchange for crypto has been seized. Deep Dot Web went down earlier today with a seizure notice detailing the authorities involved with the bust. дальше »
2019-5-8 00:00 | |
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Apple’s iOS 13 slated to focus on replacing other companies’ apps
Apple’s developer conference WWDC now less than a month away, and Bloomberg’s latest report spills beans on what to expect from the event. The company will reportedly bring a ton of changes with iOS 13, watchOS 6, and MacOS 10. дальше »
2019-5-6 18:45 | |
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Admins of Largest Dark Web Marketplace Arrested in Germany
In a major operation to uncover dark web business, the German Federal Criminal Police pulled down the shutters of the largest dark web market, the Wall Street Market. In a similar operation earlier this year, Finnish Customs and the French National Police busted Silkkitie, aka the Valhalla Marketplace, along with its entire content, Europol announcedRead MoreRead More. дальше »
2019-5-5 09:00 | |
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Here are the Star Wars games on sale for May the 4th
May the 4th is almost upon us, and if you’re anything like me, you’re going to indulge in some Star Wars video games, which let you live out your space-faring action hero fantasies. Luckily for us, most gaming platforms are eager to cater to this love, as several of them are offering sales on the best Star Wars games ever made. дальше »
2019-5-4 23:10 | |
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Major Darknet Marketplace Wall Street Market Shuttered by Law Enforcement
Wall Street Market, the second-largest darknet market in the world in recent months, has been shut down by international law enforcement agencies, including Europol as well as U. дальше »
2019-5-4 22:03 | |
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Darknet Market Wall Street Shut Down by the German Federal Criminal Police
In a press release published earlier today, Europol announced that they have shut down the latest darknet marketplace – Wall Street. The market had over one million users and over five thousand vendors and was ranked the world’s second largest dark web market trading drugs, stolen data, fake IDs and other illicit products you would […] The post Darknet Market Wall Street Shut Down by the German Federal Criminal Police appeared first on NullTX. дальше »
2019-5-3 19:49 | |
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1 million crypto-jacking attempts blocked daily, despite Coinhive’s demise
The cryptocurrency mining script Coinhive may have shut down earlier this year, but crypto-jackers are still active across the internet. Many devices originally infected with Coinhive are also still trying to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-5-2 17:59 | |
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JP Morgan helps Canada and Singapore trial bank transfers on the ‘blockchain’
Central banks in Canada and Singapore claim to have successfully completed a cross-border payment using distributed ledger technology. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced earlier today that it has successfully settled an international payment with The Bank of Canada, in what it refers to as “Project Jasper-Ubin. дальше »
2019-5-2 14:03 | |
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Vitalik Buterin schools Elon Musk on Ethereum’s best use-cases
The most recent conversation between Elon Musk and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin seems to have shifted from trolling to legitimate discussion. Earlier this morning, the Tesla founder mysteriously tweeted “Ethereum. дальше »
2019-4-30 13:48 | |
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The Microsoft Outlook hackers are stealing victims’ Bitcoin
Earlier this month, hackers accessed the emails of numerous Microsoft Outlook users after snatching the credentials of one of the company’s customer support reps. But now it turns out the hackers were also able to steal users’ cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-4-30 11:44 | |
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Even the Galaxy S10 couldn’t save Samsung from a 60% drop in profits last quarter
When Samsung issued its guidance earlier this month, it predicted a decline in operating income by a whopping 60 percent, the company’s biggest decline since a similar drop in the third quarter of 2014. дальше »
2019-4-30 09:58 | |
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‘You Can’t Take My Door’ is both country music and AI’s greatest achievement
We know there’s no justice in the world because the Country Music Awards, held earlier this month, didn’t issue the evening’s most prestigious accolade to Botnik Studios for its AI-generated lyrical masterpiece “You Can’t Take My Door. дальше »
2019-4-26 02:10 | |
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TikTok is no longer banned in India — but the app is still unavailable
A week-long ban of popular social video creation app TikTok in India has been reversed, according to a report by Reuters, citing two lawyers involved in the case. The Android and iOS apps, however, are yet to return to Apple and Google’s app stores. дальше »
2019-4-25 15:02 | |
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Bitcoin-Western Union Drug Sellers Nailed in NY, First BTC Money Laundering Case Recorded in Area
Another criminal use case of Bitcoin on the dark web is brought to light, this time in New York, Manhattan Earlier this week, a District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan published a press release, detailing a. дальше »
2019-4-25 09:34 | |
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Bitcoin hackers threaten to leak masturbation vids if victims don’t pay up
Bitcoin sextortion scams are so 2018, right? Well, there are some hackers out there that would beg to differ. It appears that residents of Norton, a small town in Kansas, US, are being targeted by scammers threatening to release sensitive material unless the victims pay a Bitcoin ransom. дальше »
2019-4-23 11:53 | |
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For the love of Satoshi, don’t give your Bitcoin to rebuild Notre Dame
A significant chunk of the famous Notre Dame cathedral burned down earlier this week, and now France’s government is mulling whether to accept cryptocurrency to rebuild it—but please, for the love of Satoshi, keep your Bitcoin. дальше »
2019-4-18 13:19 | |
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Sirin Labs cuts 25% of its workforce as CEO faces $50M lawsuit
Bitcoin‘s price might have risen lately, but blockchain startups are still reeling from the bite of the bear market. Sirin Labs, the firm behind the “world’s first blockchain phone” has confirmed 25 percent of its workforce has been let go. дальше »
2019-4-16 17:41 | |
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Google will reveal a new Pixel product on May 7
After several leaks detailing Google’s upcoming mid-range phones over the past couple of months, we might finally see the Pixel 3a, and the Pixel 3a XL in a matter of weeks. Google just announced that it’ll hold a briefing on May 7 (May 8 for some parts in the world), and it’s almost certainly about the company’s new handsets. дальше »
2019-4-16 09:11 | |
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Sony is automatically changing offensive PlayStation usernames
Earlier this week, Sony finally rolled out the name change option for PlayStation Network users. And gamers who are rushing to change the problematic name they once thought was funny might discover that Sony’s taking the liberty of doing it for them. дальше »
2019-4-13 21:42 | |
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You can now directly edit Microsoft Office files with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
It’s a great week for productivity. First, Slack announced that it’ll let you view documents without leaving the app, and then Dropbox enabled editing Google Docs within its own cloud storage app. дальше »
2019-4-11 08:53 | |
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Bitcoin hits massive milestone with its 400,000,000th transaction
Bitcoin has reached a milestone! The blockchain powering the world’s most popular cryptocurrency officially processed its 400,000,000th transaction overnight. That’s right. Check the records – at pixel time, there have been at least 400,251,742 transactions sent via Bitcoin‘s independent, censorship-resistant, peer-to-peer electronic cash system. дальше »
2019-4-9 12:19 | |
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WhatsApp says its fake news tip line is just for research
Earlier this week, WhatsApp announced that it’s launching a tip line in India to verify messages during the election. But as it turns out, the new service is not exactly a hotline for debunking fake news – but rather a tool for researching misleading information shared on the platform. дальше »
2019-4-4 16:47 | |
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Bitcoin’s price surge pushes cryptocurrency-related stocks into the green
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies weren’t the only investments to benefit from the leading coin‘s recent price jump. The cryptocurrency made headlines earlier this week for a price rally thought to have been ushered in by one mystery buyer. дальше »
2019-4-4 12:20 | |
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Facebook data leak (yeah, another one) allegedly exposes passwords, likes, etc
Flip that board that says “It’s been _ days since we found a massive pile of unsecured Facebook data” right back to zero, and get ready to reset your passwords again just to be safe. Security researchers discovered hundreds of millions of records on publicly-accessible Amazon cloud servers — including names, passwords, comments, likes, and all the other stuff we should all just assume has already leaked at some point. дальше »
2019-4-4 00:23 | |
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PR lessons from Boeing’s poor handling of the 737 MAX crisis
Imagine for a second you run the largest aircraft manufacturing company in the world. You have orders worth +$600-billion of an aircraft model that, as of March 10th 2019, has had it’s second tragic crash. дальше »
2019-3-30 16:30 | |
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NPR’s Invisibilia podcast deals with the invisible forces that shape who we are
Earlier this month, Invisibilia celebrated its fifth birthday. As one of NPR‘s most popular podcasts, it deals with the invisible forces behind why we do what we do, think what we think, feel how we feel, and believe what we believe. дальше »
2019-3-29 18:35 | |
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Twitch copies another community-made feature with Squad Stream
Twitch recently introduced Squad Stream, a way for multiple streamers to stream “together” in the same window. Like lots of Twitch‘s features, it’s an official variant on software streamers have been using for years. дальше »
2019-3-28 21:31 | |
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