Global crackdowns target crypto scams and AI deepfake fraud
Vietnamese police arrest crypto mining scammers, Springfield warns about ATM fraud and Hong Kong busts AI-related scams.
Month: January 2025
Workflow Optimization in Healthcare Insurance: How We Achieved 88% Reduction in Execution Time
Expertise Delivered Backend, CRM, DevOps & QA Industry Healthcare Our client, Medigap Life, is a prominent online insurance aggregator based in Florida, USA. Established in 2016, Medigap Life emerged as a key player in the insurance space, particularly within the medicare domain. Medigap Life’s business operates on a two-fold business model. They help top insurance … Read more
Back to $76K for 2025? 5 Things to know in Bitcoin this week
BTC price expectations diverge as Bitcoin bulls eye a charge at $100,000 to mark the end of the holiday period.
Finally, a real contender for Apple’s pricey Thunderbolt 4 cable is here
OWC has released two new super-long active optical USB4 cables, available in lengths of nearly 10 feet (3 meters) and 15 feet (4.5 meters) and offering up to 40Gbps of data throughput. According to OWC’s press materials, they’ll set you back $98.99 and $129.99, respectively, though its website currently lists them for slightly less. That’s … Read more
Fascists and Rakes (2014)
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Top 100 Highest Paying Upwork Clients
Hope you enjoyed the holidays, my fellow freelancers! Here’s how we’re gonna do it. First, go through this list with your eyes wide shut. Then, there’ll be a FAQ section at its end. That’s gonna reduce the number of comments and save me time to finish binging the second season of Squid Game. I ain’t … Read more
Ripple’s Garlinghouse Touts ‘Trump Effect’ Amid Bump in U.S. Deals
Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump is widely expected to be a positive catalyst for the crypto market, but his promises are already bumping business for locally-based crypto firms. Financial firm Ripple Labs, which offers payment rails and the RLUSD stablecoin using the XRP Ledger, is reporting a bump in local deals and hiring efforts ahead … Read more
SOL Worth $227M Moved to Centralized Exchanges, Clouds Bullish Technical Outlook
A SOL market dynamic that characterized the March 2024 price top has reappeared, clouding the token’s bullish technical outlook. Last week, centralized exchanges recorded a hefty net inflow of $227.21 million in SOL, the token powering Solana’s smart contract blockchain, marking the highest influx since the third week of March, according to Coinglass. Back then, … Read more
Lord of the Io_uring (2020)
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The TechBeat: Programmable Bitcoin Is Here: A Turing-complete Bridgeless Bitcoin Execution Layer (1/6/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Programmable Bitcoin Is Here: A Turing-complete Bridgeless Bitcoin Execution Layer By @omnity [ 9 Min read ] The Runes Exchange Environment … Read more
L’Oréal claims its new skincare gadget can tell which ingredients work best for you
Here’s to figuring out whether using retinol is actually worth it for you. | Image: L’Oréal L’Oréal is hoping its latest beauty gadget can demystify skincare. At CES 2025, the company announced Cell BioPrint, a device that’s designed to analyze your skin and give personalized advice on how to slow down signs of aging. The … Read more
MicroStrategy, Metaplanet Want Billions More in Bitcoin as BTC Nears $100K
Two of the biggest corporate bitcoin (BTC) holders plan to continue adding more BTC to their already sizeable coffers. Per tweets over the weekend, Bitcoin development firm MicroStrategy (MSTR) plans to raise up to $2 billion through preferred stock offerings to fuel more bitcoin purchases in the first quarter of 2025. Elsewhere in Japan, investment … Read more
Uncut Currency
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Korea’s Jeju to issue NFT tourist cards to boost Gen Z visitors: Report
South Korea’s Jeju Island, a self-governing tourist hotspot, will reportedly trial NFT tourist cards in a bid to attract the country’s younger generation.
High-Stakes $100K Bitcoin Call Signals Expectation for Record Price Jump After Trump’s Inauguration
Bitcoin (BTC) market trends indicate expectations for prices to reach record highs following President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. On Saturday, a trader on crypto exchange Deribit spent over $6 million to purchase the $100,000 strike call options set to expire on March 28, according to data source Amberdata. “This trade anticipates that new … Read more
IPv6-only Network based on Jool
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Sam Altman expects first AI workers this year, OpenAI closer to AGI
“We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it,” said OpenAI boss Sam Altman.
OpenAI’s Altman, Ethereum’s Buterin Outline Competing Visions for AI’s Future
Sam Altman has emphasized OpenAI’s readiness to build out AGI this year as Vitalik Buterin cautions a need for robust safety mechanisms.
Doom, the Gallery Experience
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OpenAI is losing money on its pricey ChatGPT Pro plan, CEO Sam Altman says
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the company is currently losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because people are using it more than expected “I personally chose the price,” Altman wrote in a series of posts on X, “and thought we would make some money.” OpenAI launched ChatGPT Pro toward the end of … Read more