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NY’s Bitcoin Bandit ordered to pay $75M to SIM-swap victim

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 2:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Michael Terpin, the Bitcoin investor who had $24 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from him in a SIM-swapping hack, has been awarded a payout three-times the size of his original loss. Los Angeles Superior Court has ordered New York-based Bitcoin Bandit Nicholas Truglia to pay Terpin $74.8 million in compensation, Reuters reports. Truglia and his gang of 25 accomplices used SIM-swapping to gain access to and control Terpin’s cryptocurrency accounts in early 2018. The gang drained his accounts of 3 million tokens of an unnamed digital asset. Terpin logged his case against Truglia in January this year, and is still…

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This $50 bundle can turn you into an Microsoft Excel whiz

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


You can not only learn all the hidden nooks and crannies that keep Excel so popular after 30-plus years, but prep to get certified as an Excel expert with the training found in The A to Z Microsoft Excel Certification Training Bundle. It’s a giant instruction package now heavily discounted down to only $49 from TNW Deals.

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Seriously, what’s growth hacking?

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 12:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, TNW Answers


There are lots of buzzwords out there — so many that it’s pretty easy to make up new ones and get others to start using them. Next time you’re introducing yourself to someone, just say you work as a Responsive Synergy Disruptor, and see their jaws drop in awe. One of the most common terms, which is also one of the most sought after skills for employers, is growth hacking. But is it all bullshit? Growth hacking is essentially a form of marketing driven by empiricism and data. Lots of data. Growth hackers experiment with strategies to get traffic and…

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Foldable phone race heats up as Google enters the fold

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 11:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


We’ve gone through a rollercoaster ride when it comes to foldable phones this year. Huawei and Samsung released their foldables the Mate X and the Galaxy Fold. Last month, the latter was involved in controversy after reviewers found their units breaking down (both in terms of hardware and software). Samsung eventually postponed the launch. Now, according to a report by CNET, Google is working on a device for this new form factor. Mario Queiroz, who leads the Pixel team at Google, told the publication that the company is experimenting with a foldable phone: We’re prototyping foldable displays and many other new hardware…

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Google forces Nest users to use Google accounts, raising privacy concerns

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 11:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web


The Nest smart home ecosystem as we know it is dead. At its annual Google I/O developers conference last week, the search giant announced a broader restructuring of its smart home lineup that was long coming. Gone is the Google Home brand, as is the standalone Nest, which it acquired in 2014. In its place is the new Google Nest. The latest rebranding is the result of a shakeup that brought the Nest and Google Hardware teams together February last year. But in a separate announcement, Google will discontinue the Works with Nest program on August 31 this year, effectively…

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