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Bittrex: New York’s denial of our BitLicense application contained ‘factual inaccuracies’

Apr11
by on April 11, 2019 at 10:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is “saddened and disappointed” by the New York Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) rejection of its BitLicense application. In its official statement, Bittrex said it fully disputed the findings of the NYDFS decision. “First, and foremost, we adamantly disagree with NYDFS’ claims and allegations in regard to our anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance practices. Corporate responsibility is in our DNA and our commitment to regulatory and compliance guidelines is second to none. More specifically, today’s letter contains several factual inaccuracies that we feel must be addressed,” said the company.  News of the rejection surfaced yesterday, after the NYDFS claimed several…

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Wikileaks’ Julian Assange arrested after Ecuador withdraws asylum

Apr11
by on April 11, 2019 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, UK


London’s Metropolitan Police has arrested Julian Assange after Ecuador’s government withdrew his asylum. According to a press release from the Met, Assange was arrested within Ecuador’s London Embassy, where the WikiLeaks founder has lived for almost seven years. BREAK – Julian Assange, 47, (03.07.71) has today, Thursday 11 April, been arrested by officers from the Met Police (MPS) at the Embassy of Ecuador, Hans Crescent, SW1 on a warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 29 June 2012, for failing to surrender to the court. — Ross Kempsell (@rosskempsell) April 11, 2019 The release states that Ecuador’s ambassador to the UK,…

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Europe is rescuing emergency service calls from outdated technology

Apr11
by on April 11, 2019 at 9:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web


The Brussels-based NGO, European Emergency Number Association (EENA), has launched Next Generation 112 (NG112), a new pan-European technical architecture to enable emergency calls through new technologies like VoIP and video calls from smartphones, 5G devices, and home speakers. “Currently emergency services are only reachable by voice telephone calls. 5G, IoT, and smart cities are arriving and public safety could benefit from these technologies — but with the current only-voice-traditional-telephony this won’t work,” said Cristina Lumbreras, EENA’s Technical Director, of the year-long pilot project. “Emergency services have to change their technology if they want to be part of the future, and…

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Instagram is demoting posts to hide offensive and sexually explicit content

Apr11
by on April 11, 2019 at 9:19 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Yesterday, Instagram announced that it will start demoting content that doesn’t violate its Community Guidelines, but might be ‘inappropriate.’ The announcement says that posts that are ‘sexually suggestive’, ‘hurtful’, or ‘violent’ can be removed from discovery sections and hashtag pages. This means that that dank meme you posted, as well as that raunchy picture of yourself, can get fewer eyeballs if Instagram is too prudish to recommend the post to a wider audience. It’ll be viewable on your profile, but it may not surface as readily as a ‘safe’ post for your followers. The photo-sharing company notes on its Help Center page…

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