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10 things we learned from the Democratic candidates’ Instagrams

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by on May 2, 2019 at 1:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


In a crowded pool of candidates, one stacked from top to bottom with political icons and young upstarts hoping to unseat them, it’s time to put up or shut up. The Presidential Election is still more than 18 months away, but we find ourselves quickly encroaching on primary and caucus season. The first, in Iowa, is scheduled for Monday, February 3. A month later there’s Super Tuesday, a single day smackdown with 12 primaries in 24 hours that could make or break a candidate’s chances at taking on President Donald Trump (the presumptive Republican nominee) for a bid at the…

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The Bitcoin bear is dead, but Tether drama could spell bad news for traders

May02
by on May 2, 2019 at 1:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The price of Bitcoin has “bottomed” – or so say the cryptocurrency analysts who predicted the end of the bear market. But, they’re also warning the recent Tether drama could turn Bitcoin bearish again over the short term. If that’s true, Bitcoin could soon mirror 2015 market cycles that led to a bull market lasting two years, independent research firm Delphi Digital reports. “In our […] report that we released in early December, we made a call that Bitcoin will bottom by the end of Q1 2019,” said Delphi Digital. “We continue to stand by that call, we believe Bitcoin has…

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How Facebook and Google are using algorithms to predict your next thought

May02
by on May 2, 2019 at 12:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


Advertisements follow you everywhere. Google and Facebook have become the de facto diarchs, mining your online attention to track every single move to serve their needs. While it’s becoming increasingly impossible to quench the big tech’s thirst for user data, collect they must in order to sell ads, and for them to survive and grow. So don’t be surprised the next time you have a private conversation with your friend about a specific brand of earphones you were planning to buy, only to see an ad for that very earphone the next time you pick up your phone. According to…

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JP Morgan helps Canada and Singapore trial bank transfers on the ‘blockchain’

May02
by on May 2, 2019 at 11:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Central banks in Canada and Singapore claim to have successfully completed a cross-border payment using distributed ledger technology. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced earlier today that it has successfully settled an international payment with The Bank of Canada, in what it refers to as “Project Jasper-Ubin.” The project’s technology was developed with assistance from management consulting firm Accenture and American bank JP Morgan. The announcement didn’t disclose the total value of the transaction. Both banks have been experimenting with their own proprietary digital coins and distributed ledgers which they linked up using what it calls “hashed time-locked contracts,”…

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NYPD: Bitcoin thieves posing as government officials have stolen over $2M

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by on May 2, 2019 at 10:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


New York’s Police Department (NYPD) is alerting the public about phone scammers posing as Social Security Administration officials and requesting payment in Bitcoin, prepaid gift cards, and bank wire transfers. NYPD noted the scammers have already thieved millions of dollars by exploiting the trusted reputation of government agencies. Such scams are on the rise, NYPD said. So far this year, the NYPD has received more than 200 complaints with losses totalling more than $2 million. In 2018, the NYPD received only three similar complaints. “Sophisticated phone scams use the trust victims have in their own governmental and law enforcement agencies against…

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