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A sex toy company is suing the MTA over censorship of its NYC subway ads

Jun20
by on June 20, 2019 at 10:11 am
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On NYCs subway you’ll probably spot a few ads promoting medication for erectile dysfunction and low male libidos from companies like Hims and Roman. But you won’t see ads for Dame’s sex toys since the Metropolitan Transit Authority banned its campaign late last year — after initially approving it. Because of these double standards in advertisements, Dame, a female-founded sex toy company is suing the MTA for censoring its campaign — and this isn’t the first time ads for female sex toys have been rejected from subway spots in NYC. Earlier this year, Dame’s co-founders, Alex Fine and Janet Lieberman launched #PleasureIsHealth, a…

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Bought a used Nest security cam? The previous owner can spy on you

Jun20
by on June 20, 2019 at 10:03 am
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If you are thinking about buying a used Nest cam, you may want to hold off on that purchase. According to a new report by the Wirecutter, some users who sold their Nest cam devices are able to access images from their old cameras even after performing a factory reset — only the images are those from the new owners. This effectively means those who sold Nest cams can tap into the feeds of the new owners without their knowledge. It appears that only Nest Cam Indoor devices that have been paired with a Wink Hub — a hardware device that…

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Australia: Cryptocurrency unlikely for retail payments, Facebook or not

Jun20
by on June 20, 2019 at 9:38 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The world is still processing the specifics of Facebook‘s Libra digital currency, but even the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has realized it’s set to rub cryptocurrency purists the wrong way. In a whopping 5,800-word paper published earlier today, four RBA analysts argued there’s “little likelihood of a material take-up of cryptocurrencies for retail payments in Australia in the foreseeable future,” reports the Sydney Morning Herald via AAP. To the RBA, cryptocurrencies suffer from a “scalability trilemma,” a trade-off that inevitably sees a digital asset fail in one of three areas: scalability, security, or decentralization. “As long as the Australian dollar continues…

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Swede facing extradition to US over $11M Bitcoin investment scam

Jun20
by on June 20, 2019 at 8:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A Swedish citizen has been charged with securities, wire fraud, and money laundering in a scheme that saw him encourage victims to invest using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin In a complaint submitted on March 4, 2019, and unsealed yesterday, Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson and his company, Eastern Metal Securities (EMS), were charged with engaging in a scheme that defrauded more than 3,500 victims of over $11 million. According to the complaint, Karlsson allegedly used websites to communicate false representations to victims since September 2006. Karlsson reportedly used the website to invite potential investors to buy shares of the plan for $98 per…

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Report: QuadrigaCX CEO used fake trades to misappropriate users’ cryptocurrency

Jun20
by on June 20, 2019 at 8:32 am
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The Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX appears to have been playing with fire long before it collapsed – and took $134 million with it – earlier this year. According to the latest report from administrators, EY, QuadrigaCX had been operating a fraudulent cryptocurrency exchange. It failed to follow basic business processes, maintain financial accounts, and manage user and company funds appropriately. Adding insult to injury, EY identified that Cotten exploited his position as CEO and used alias accounts, on his own platform, to make fake deposits and trades. This resulted in “inflated revenue figures, artificial trades with [real] users,” and let…

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