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Satoshi’s Treasure hacker claims first keys to $1M Bitcoin prize in minutes

Apr17
by on April 17, 2019 at 4:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A million-dollar scavenger hunt for Bitcoin commenced just a few days ago, but it only took minutes for one ingenious hacker to complete the first stage without actually going anywhere. Satoshi’s Treasure is an alternate reality game urging players to work together to find private keys hidden in real-world locations. Clues are distributed periodically via a newsletter. Inspired by Ready Player One, the game features leaderboards to show which teams are closest to collecting the prize. There are 1,000 private key fragments in total, and the $1 million worth of Bitcoin is unlocked once 400 have been found. The clues to the…

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TNW2019 Daily: Over 350 speakers confirmed!

Apr17
by on April 17, 2019 at 3:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


Have you seen the speaker lineup for TNW2019? We have over 350 experts sharing their knowledge on the future of tech at TNW Conference. Don’t miss them speak – get your tickets now and check out the official schedule to learn what they’ll talk about. To celebrate this outstanding number, I’ve put together an itinerary of some of the best keynotes on the first day of the event! Explore our various tracks of content with this diverse schedule: 10:20 – Guy Kawasaki, Main Stage On our main stage, don’t miss the opening ceremony. Afterwards, Guy Kawasaki, the man responsible for building…

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First black hole photo confirms Einstein’s theory of relativity

Apr17
by on April 17, 2019 at 3:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication


Black holes are long-time superstars of science fiction. But their Hollywood fame is a little strange given that no-one has ever actually seen one – at least, until now. If you needed to see to believe, then thank the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which has just produced the first ever direct image of a black hole. This amazing feat required global collaboration to turn the Earth into one giant telescope and image an object thousands of trillions of kilometers away. As stunning and ground-breaking as it is, the EHT project is not just about taking on a challenge. It’s an…

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Emotionally intelligent AI will respond to how you feel

Apr17
by on April 17, 2019 at 2:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Design & Dev, syndication


Artificial intelligence offers us an opportunity to amplify service and the integration of technology in everyday lives many times over. But until very recently, there remained a significant barrier in how sophisticated the technology could be. Without a complete understanding of emotion in voice and how AI can capture and measure it, inanimate assistants (voice assistants, smart cars, robots and all AI with speech recognition capabilities) would continue to lack key components of a personality. This barrier makes it difficult for an AI assistant to fully understand and engage with a human operator the same way a human assistant would.…

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