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Cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase suffer downtime as CloudFlare goes dark

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by on July 2, 2019 at 3:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Major web host CloudFlare has suffered a technical mishap that sent multiple cryptocurrency services – including Coinbase – into unexpected downtime. Cryptocurrency services known to have been affected include Bitfinex, Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, CoinMarketCap, and MyEtherWallet. Our CDN/DDoS protection provider @cloudflare is currently experiencing issues across different regions. Our platform is stable and live, and funds remain safe. — Bitfinex (@bitfinex) July 2, 2019 The full extent of interruptions to live cryptocurrency trade as a result of Cloudflare‘s outage hasn’t yet been disclosed. Hard Fork has reached out to Coinbase and Bitfinex to learn more, and will update this piece…

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3 easy ways to remove backgrounds from images

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by on July 2, 2019 at 1:50 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. You might have noticed that we have some pretty bad ass header images on our articles at TNW. Take this one. Or this one. Or maybe even this one, for example. People seem to really like them. I have to say, the @thenextweb images accompanying their stories are always a highlight of my @Twitter feed 🤣 https://t.co/dSP6fMDqef — fiiv (@mtimofiiv) May 2, 2019 But as with all great artwork, these images don’t make themselves.…

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Nestlé plans blockchain pilot for its palm oil, but it won’t run on IBM tech

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by on July 2, 2019 at 1:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Nestlé has bragged it’s the first major food and beverage company to announce a blockchain pilot that will allow consumers to track product sustainability and provenance. The company’s DLT program will start by tracing milk from producers in New Zealand to Nestlé’s factories and warehouses in the Middle East. Nestlé expects to add palm oil sourced in the Americas at a later date. “We believe it is another important step towards the full disclosure of our supply chains announced by Nestlé in February this year, raising the bar for transparency and responsible production globally,” said a Nestlé representative in a press…

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by on July 2, 2019 at 1:00 pm
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Ohio real-estate developers ditch ‘blockchain hub’ plans over lack of interest

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by on July 2, 2019 at 12:56 pm
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Real-estate developers attempting to reinvigorate a failing shopping mall with the blockchain are stepping away from the idea after realizing it’s not what the public want. The shopping mall, located in Cleveland, Ohio’s Tower City was originally planned to become a “blockchain-focused technology hub,” Cleveland.com reports. It will now become an entrepreneurship center, with some shops, instead. The shopping mall, located in Tower City, Cleveland was originally planned to become a “blockchain-focused technology hub,”  It will now become an entrepreneurship center, with some shops, instead. In an interview on Monday, one of the leaders of the venture, Bernie Moreno, said…

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