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Volkswagen bets on blockchain to electrify its battery supply tracking

Apr23
by on April 23, 2019 at 11:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, Hard Fork


German car manufacturer Volkswagen is launching a blockchain pilot to track its battery supply chain for lead from the point of origin to the factory. To do so, Volkswagen is partnering with Minespider, an open source, public blockchain protocol that claims to offer end-to-end mineral supply chain certification. The project will involve suppliers and sub-suppliers that deliver more than two thirds of the Volkswagen total lead starter battery requirements. During the trial, both parties will work to leverage blockchain’s widely lauded transparency to get a better idea on how components are made, where they come from, how they are managed, and…

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CHEAP: $128 off a Philips Hue starter kit to get Star Trek-style smart lights

Apr23
by on April 23, 2019 at 10:15 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Remember how on Star Trek someone could walk into a room and change the lights with their voice? There was no stumbling about in the darkness, and no stubbing your toes while searching for a switch. It felt like humanity’s destiny. Well today, you too could be living in the future. Why? Because you can get a whopping $128 off a Philips Hue starter kit, making it only $169.99. You get a lot for your cash. Not only will you receive four Philips Hue smart bulbs and a…

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Bitcoin hackers threaten to leak masturbation vids if victims don’t pay up

Apr23
by on April 23, 2019 at 8:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin sextortion scams are so 2018, right? Well, there are some hackers out there that would beg to differ. It appears that residents of Norton, a small town in Kansas, US, are being targeted by scammers threatening to release sensitive material unless the victims pay a Bitcoin ransom. It’s not clear if this was an intentionally localized attack, or if others have been affected. Norton Kansas Police Department published a public notice to their Facebook page warning locals of the danger earlier today. Norton residents have been reporting an email, in which the hacker claims to have remote control over…

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Bitcoin hacker targets Meghan Markle’s friend’s fashion company

Apr23
by on April 23, 2019 at 8:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Meghan Markle’s designer friend’s Misha Nonoo’s fashion company has been targeted by a Bitcoin hacker. Nonoo, who is rumoured to have introduced Markle to Prince Charles, said she was “mortified” after a hacker gained access to her eponymous label’s email list and began sending threatening messages. In an email, written in broken English, the hacker claimed to have access to customers’ devices after installing spyware on the brand’s website. The hacker then threatened to publish all their photos if they did not send $583 to his or her Bitcoin address. “I scanned your hard drive and found enough of your…

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Google Walkout organizers publicly accuse Google of punishing them

Apr23
by on April 23, 2019 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Two of the women who helped organize last year’s global Google Walkout have accused the tech giant of retaliating against them, reports Wired. Last November, more than 20,000 Google employees around the world took part in a mass walkout to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against senior executives at the company. Dubbed Google Walkout, the coordinated event was in response to a report by The New York Times that found two top executives to have been paid millions of dollars in exit packages despite having been accused of sexual misconduct. According to an internal memo, the march…

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