Compiler Errors for Humans (2015)
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Bitcoin miners look to software to help balance the Texas grid
Bitcoin mining can help balance electrical grids, but software can help ensure that miners are able to power on and off in seconds.
On the Usefulness of Photography
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Surveillance powers in UK’s Online Safety Bill are risk to E2EE, warns legal expert
Independent legal analysis of a controversial UK government proposal to regulate online speech under a safety-focused framework — aka the Online Safety Bill — says the draft bill contains some of the broadest mass surveillance powers over citizens every proposed in a Western democracy which it also warns pose a risk to the integrity of … Read more
Crypto Self-Custodying Offers Protection Amid FTX Exchange Fallout
Huge losses of funds at FTX have shaken the trust of crypto investors, but private keys and crypto wallets can protect investors from fraud and mismanagement.
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First time Bear market? Advice from Bitcoin Bull Michael Saylor
Homeowners don’t check the price of their homes while drunk at a party, so why check the price of Bitcoin in that way, Michael Saylor joked.
US authorities seize iSpoof, a call spoofing site that stole millions
An international police operation has dismantled an online spoofing service that allowed cybercriminals to impersonate trusted corporations to steal more than $120 million from victims. iSpoof, which now displays a message stating that it has been seized by the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service, offered “spoofing” services that enabled paying users to mask their … Read more
Binance aims to allocate $1 billion for crypto recovery fund
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao is aiming to stockpile $1 billion for an industry recovery fund.
First Mover Americas: Binance.US to Bid for Voyager
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Nov. 23, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
I went to the Genesis point of Dish’s 5G network, and all I got was disappointment
Photo by Mitchell Clark / The Verge Project Genesis launched in Las Vegas first, so I figured the experience of using it there would be much better than in Spokane. I was wrong. Continue reading…
Why the worst recipes imaginable are blowing up on TikTok
Jackson Gibbs / The Verge Eli Betchik has always had a stomach of steel, but it wasn’t until they went to art school that they realized it could make them famous. “I was perfectly willing to eat random things for the entertainment of my friends. I would take a ketchup packet from the diner and … Read more
UK bank Starling bans crypto-related purchases and deposits citing high risk
Starling has banned its customers from purchasing cryptocurrencies with their bank cards or receiving transfers from crypto merchants.
LinkedIn’s new feature lets you schedule posts for later
LinkedIn is rolling out a new feature that allows users to schedule posts to send at a later time. The Microsoft-owned social network has seemingly been testing the new feature for several months already, according to at least one online report dating back to August, but it seems that it’s now ramping up the rollout, according … Read more
The Mystery of the Blue Whale Songs
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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are Nintendo’s fastest selling games of all time
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the latest entries in Nintendo’s long-running franchise. | Image: Nintendo Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, the first new mainline entries into the Pokémon series since 2019, have become the fastest selling games in Nintendo’s history, the company has announced. The two games sold 10 million units between them globally in their … Read more
UAE regulator revokes FTX license amid the exchange collapse
Dubai regulators noted that no clients were exposed as FTX MENA was still in the preparation phase before getting fully approved to operate.
Foxconn offers workers $1,400 to stop protesting and leave ‘iPhone City’
Protest erupted in Zhengzhou on Tuesday when Foxconn workers were told that promised bonus payments would be delayed. | Image: @StephenMcDonell Foxconn has offered workers a 10,000 yuan ($1,400) settlement in an attempt to end protests at the facility, encouraging newly recruited staff to quit and subsequently leave its iPhone assembly factory in Zhengzhou, central … Read more
Bitcoin exchanges see 180K BTC supply decrease amid Mt. Gox BTC sales
Bitcoins from the 2014 Mt. Gox hack are on the move again, with 65 BTC sent to exchange HitBTC on Nov. 22.
Crypto Exchange Bybit Announces $100M Fund to Support Institutional Clients
The exchange will offer up to $10 million to institutional clients and market makers.
Pivo powers up Nigerian freight carriers with a bespoke digital bank, gets $2M seed funding
Most small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in supply chains across different sectors in Africa execute orders in days but receive invoices after several weeks and sometimes months. It’s such an inefficient way of doing business that ultimately leads to cash-flow problems — and on top of that are fragmented payment collection and tracking processes. Recently, … Read more
No Let-Up in Demand for Bitcoin, Ether Puts After Dovish Fed Minutes
Puts tied to BTC and ETH continued to draw demand as the crypto market remained focused on the FTX contagion.