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Here’s how to find ethical alternatives to big tech products and services

Jun07
by on June 7, 2019 at 9:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


It’s not like any of us went to a store for unethical people and told the clerk to load us up with dozens of products and services developed by companies that have no regard for personal privacy, human rights, or the future of our planet. But here we sit. There’s a good chance that the company that makes your phone’s OS develops AI for the military and/or uses legal loopholes to avoid paying fair taxes. And, in the US, your phone carrier probably helped destroy net neutrality. Let’s not even get into the company you ordered your smart speakers from,…

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Leak: First unofficial Note 10 renders show off Samsung’s refreshed aesthetic

Jun07
by on June 7, 2019 at 7:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider


Considering Samsung usually reveals its Galaxy Note devices in the fall or late summer, it was about time we started to see some proper leaks of the upcoming Note 10. But while I was expecting essentially a Galaxy S10 with a bigger screen and a stylus, the first renders of the Note 10 and Note 10 Pro (Samsung is supposedly releasing two Notes this time) appear to suggest a new design language altogether. The renders come courtesy of Pricebaba and reliable leaker @OnLeaks. To be clear, these don’t appear to be official renders, but rather designs based on known dimensions…

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CHEAP: Samsung Galaxy S10. Free Galaxy Buds and YouTube Premium. $100 off. Buy it.

Jun07
by on June 7, 2019 at 2:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! The Samsung Galaxy S10 is an excellent phone. It just is. It gets the basics right. The screen is big and vivid, and yet the phone itself is reasonably compact, making it easy to grasp. The S10 offers an insane amount of real estate thanks to its holepunch design. The two front-facing selfie cameras are rich and precise, while the constellation of rear-facing cameras produce some uniquely amazing quality shots. And, like a shot of Hungarian moonshine, the Galaxy S10 is also unbelievably potent.…

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Bitfinex denies role in spooky transfer of $1.37 million in stolen Bitcoin

Jun07
by on June 7, 2019 at 1:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 is on the move. Earlier today, a combined 172.54 BTC ($1.37 million) was mysteriously sent from the hacker‘s wallets to an unknown address. Bitfinex’ marketing director Anneka Dew however told Hard Fork that today’s movements had nothing to do with the company at all. The set of five transfers began at approximately 07:00AM UTC, June 7, and was shared by Twitter-based transaction monitor @whale_alert. The circumstances surrounding the set of eery transactions isn’t yet clear. Curiously, Twitter users highlighted a section from the white paper for Bitfinex’ new LEO token that appears to foreshadow these kinds…

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