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Bitcoin price rises past $11,000 following Facebook’s Libra announcement

Jun24
by on June 24, 2019 at 11:21 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin’s price continues to rally surpassing the $11,000 mark over the weekend for the first time in 15 months. At the time of writing, Bitcoin‘s price had decreased by approximately 1.15 percent, with each coin being worth $10,873.04, according to Coinmarketcap. Bitcoin’s rise in value comes after Facebook announced the launch of Libra its contentious ‘cryptocurrency.’ In fact, Google Trends data shows that interest in the cryptocurrency increased after the tech giant’s announcement. The world’s most famous cryptocurrency surpassed the $9,000 threshold for the first time in 2019 last week, amid rumours that the tech giant was getting ready to go public with its…

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Moonday Mornings: Elon Musk and John McAfee cryptocurrency scams are back

Jun24
by on June 24, 2019 at 7:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


It’s a new week, which means only one thing: it’s time for Hard Fork’s roundup of cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines from over the weekend. Let’s get to it. 1. Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a new type of cryptocurrency mining botnet. The malware targets Android devices by exploiting a debug port normally used by developers to fix defects in apps, CoinDesk reports. So far, 21 countries have been hit, with South Korea the worst affected. 2. Israeli police arrested two brothers in connection with the infamous 2016 hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, local news reports. Israeli police told…

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Apple is reportedly working on its first 16-inch MacBook Pro, due this September

Jun24
by on June 24, 2019 at 7:29 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


If you’ve been holding out for a powerful new MacBook, you may want to wait just a bit longer. According to IHS Markit’s Emerging PC Market Tracker report published in Forbes, Apple will introduce a brand new 16-inch MacBook Pro later this year. “We foresee that Apple will release a new product [at the] Sep’19 Apple event if there’s no unexpected development issue,” Jeff Lin, Associate Director, Consumer Electronics at IHS Markit, told Forbes in an email. He added that the new model will have an LCD display of 3,072 x 1,920 resolution supplied by LG, the new MacOS Catalina, and an updated processor. …

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Study: Google Play is riddled with thousands of data-stealing counterfeit apps

Jun24
by on June 24, 2019 at 7:22 am
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Google’s Android is facing a tough battle against malware apps, and there seems no end in sight. According to new research, Google’s Play Store is riddled with thousands of possible malware-ridden counterfeit apps and games. The two year study, conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) Data61, analyzed more than a million Android apps on the platform. They found an alarming number that impersonated legitimate apps and games. “We were able to find 2,040 potential counterfeits that contain malware in a set of 49,608 apps that showed high similarity to one of the…

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