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UK drafts collaborative plan to crack down on cryptocurrency crime

Jul15
by on July 15, 2019 at 11:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The UK government is seeking to crack down on the use of crypto assets for money laundering or other illicit activities. To do so, the government has published the Economic Crime Plan, agreed between the Chancellor Philip Hammond, Home Secretary Sajid Javid, and heads of law enforcement, major financial institutions and legal, accountancy and property organisations. The plan seeks to tackle the scourge of ‘dirty money’ in the UK by bringing together public and private sectors and establishing a better information sharing system. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, said: The UK has one of the toughest systems for combatting money…

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PRIME CHEAP: At $22, who cares if the Echo Dot is spying on you?

Jul15
by on July 15, 2019 at 11:48 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to PRIME CHEAP, our series about things that are good, cheap, and part of Amazon’s Prime Day sales. Hey, we gotta eat too.  Hating on the existence of Monday? What better way to brush off that existential crisis with some great online shopping? Amazon’s got you covered with Prime Day deals that will feel almost therapeutic. Echoing my thoughts, Amazon is selling its third-gen Echo Dot smart speakers at just $22. That’s less than half of its original price of $49.99. Just think of all the things you can do with it! On your nightstand, it can serve as an alarm…

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PRIME CHEAP: Discover if you’re 0.1% extraterrestrial with $100 off a 23andMe DNA kit

Jul15
by on July 15, 2019 at 11:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


If you’re curious about your family history, there are a bunch of services to choose from for analyzing your DNA and tracing your roots. 23andMe is one of the most well known of the lot, and it’s got a sweet deal running on Amazon right now. In addition to charting your ancestry, the company also offers a Health Predisposition report to reveal insights on whether you carry genetic markers that could hint at difficult health conditions, like Diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Parkinson’s Disease. It’s best to get ahead of these issues as much as possible, and 23andMe’s Health + Ancestry…

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Nations must double down on AI R&D — or risk falling behind

Jul15
by on July 15, 2019 at 11:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Opinion, Podium


Artificial intelligence technology is waiting for its Sputnik moment. The Soviet Union put its infamous unmanned probe into orbit around our planet in 1957. Though Sputnik resembled a two-foot wide beach ball and barely weighed 200 pounds, it was a shot heard around the world. Sputnik signaled that there was new territory in play for world powers to jockey and improve their positions. The United States formed NASA the very next year, and manned space exploration became practical reality soon after that. There’s a clear comparison between the space race of the 1960s and the present-day surge in national AI…

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MyDashWallet was compromised for 2 MONTHS — users, move your cryptocurrency

Jul15
by on July 15, 2019 at 10:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


MyDashWallet, a service that purports to be the fastest way of using DASH cryptocurrency, has revealed its platform was compromised for two whole months, and is now urging users to move their funds as soon as possible (if they’re still there). “The hacker was able to obtain private keys used between May 13 and July 12,” wrote Dash marketing manager Michael Seitz in a July 12 Dash forum post. Inspired by MyEtherWallet, MyDashWallet acts as an online wallet for fledgling altcoin DASH. The service, which runs almost entirely on JavaScript, allows users to store, send, and receive DASH from within their web browser.…

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