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Your next BMW electric might sound fabulous, thanks to Hans Zimmer

Jun28
by on June 28, 2019 at 9:31 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Cars


What if I told you your next BMW electric car could emulate The Dark Night’s fabulous theme music? Don’t think I’m joking, because famed composer Hans Zimmer has partnered with the auto giant. BMW made the announcement official at the company’s NextGen event in Munich. Under the brand name “BMW IconicSounds Electric,” Zimmer will work with Renzo Vitale, an acoustic engineer and sound designer, to shape the sound for its upcoming electric cars. The iconic composer said he admired BMW growing up and expressed his enthusiasm about the project: I have always been a BMW enthusiast. As a kid, I used to recognize…

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11 things to remember when testing your product before launch day

Jun28
by on June 28, 2019 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Rolling out new hardware and software can be a stressful time for any business. You are excited about the new experience for your customers but nervous about any issues that could arise. In order to prepare, you need to test, test and test again to ensure there won’t be any problems with the product launch, or later down the road, that will force you to issue a recall or endanger your customers’ trust in you. To find out the most important things to remember during the testing process, I asked a panel of entrepreneurs from YEC the following question: What…

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Bitcoin dark web drug ring busted after dealer doxes himself buying stamps

Jun28
by on June 28, 2019 at 8:44 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


US law enforcers have busted a Bitcon-fuelled dark web drug ring after one of the alleged dealers messed up and bought pre-printed postage online using his real identity. The dealers, which sold almost $9 million worth of counterfeit Adderall, leveraged the anonymity afforded by the dark web and received payments in Bitcoin. But, one of the men involved made a crucial mistake that led to their arrests. It’s all well and good using the dark web and Bitcoin to stay anonymous, but this story shows that these technologies don’t protect your identity outright. According to Quartz, undercover federal agents spent the past six months…

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Iran seizes 1,000 Bitcoin miners, says mining with state electricity is a no-no

Jun28
by on June 28, 2019 at 8:41 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Authorities in Iran have seized around 1,000 Bitcoin mining machines from two abandoned factories, according to Reuters. The report hasn’t stated what cryptocurrency was being mined, or for how long the farm had been operating. It’s also unclear why, or for how long the farms were abandoned. “Two of these Bitcoin farms have been identified, with a consumption of one megawatt,” Arash Navab, a power official in the central province of Yazd, told state television. The news comes just days after local media reported that Irananian officials were blaming the country’s recent increase in energy consumption on cryptocurrency mining. The…

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You can now test Mozilla’s new fast and secure Android browser

Jun28
by on June 28, 2019 at 6:29 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Mozilla has announced the first preview of a completely redesigned version of Firefox brower for Android, and you can test it right away. Firefox Preview has been built from the ground up using Mozilla’s own GeckoView rendering engine and will ultimately replace the current Firefox for Android mobile app “this fall.” The pilot version promises to be twice as fast as the last stable version and also brings Firefox‘s tracking protection, which is on by default. GeckoView already powers its privacy-focused mobile browser Firefox Focus, but Mozilla is pausing development on that app to focus all its efforts and resources on GeckoView.…

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