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9 design ideas for the future of digital dating

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 4:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, creative, Design & Dev, Social Media, syndication


Whether you are a gen-Z, millennial or a recently separated 40-something, chances are you have heard of or used Tinder enough to understand how brutal dating can be. How many times have you heard comments like “I wish dating would be more natural, more real.” The problem of dating apps, however, is not that they are digital, rather it is that they do not respect the interactions that occur during a casual encounter. If anything, what apps do really well — because they are digital, — provide quick access to large audiences and wider demographics. Without this digital functionality, we would never have a…

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Bitcoin wallet Electrum hit by DoS attack from 140,000-strong botnet

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 3:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The servers of popular Bitcoin wallet Electrum are under heavy attack, and users are advised to be extra careful when using the platform until it’s resolved. A sophisticated botnet of more than 140,000 machines has launched Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks on Electrum‘s servers, with apparent intent to direct users to compromised versions of the software designed to steal their Bitcoin. Bad actors have even deployed their own Electrum servers hosting “backdoored” versions of the Electrum client en masse. If a user successfully syncs their vulnerable Electrum wallet with a malicious server (hundreds detected so far), they’re instructed to “update” their client with a hacked version.…

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TNW2019 Daily: Over 300 speakers confirmed!

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 1:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


Fun fact: 31 days is the gestation period of a baby chipmunk, and it’s also the amount of days left until TNW Conference! Coincidence? Probably. 300 speakers and counting 300 is the name of a movie, and it’s also the amount of speakers we have confirmed so far for TNW Conference! That’s definitely a coincidence, but it’s true. We recently confirmed some really cool names, including: Michael Gidney, CEO of the Fairtrade Foundation Harley Finkelstein, COO of Shopify Priyanka Carr, SVP at SurveyMonkey Check out the full list of speakers, and stay tuned for even more amazing names! Speaker spotlight:…

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Danish hustler jailed for laundering $500,000 worth of dirty Bitcoin

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 1:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin is not as anonymous as you might think. A Danish man has been handed a prison sentence after using the digital currency for ill-gotten gains. The 33-year old has been sentenced to four years and three months after pleading guilty to laundering dirty Bitcoin, a local police report states. The perpetrator acknowledged in court that he had received several large sums of money which he knew came from criminal activity. He then exchanged the money into Bitcoin, and deposited the funds into overseas accounts belonging to his accomplices, local news outlet Trijo reports. According to the police report, the…

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Danish hustler jailed for laundering $500,000 worth of dirty Bitcoin

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 1:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin is not as anonymous as you might think. A Danish man has been handed a prison sentence after using the digital currency for ill-gotten gains. The 33-year old has been sentenced to four years and three months after pleading guilty to laundering dirty Bitcoin, a local police report states. The perpetrator acknowledged in court that he had received several large sums of money which he knew came from criminal activity. He then exchanged the money into Bitcoin, and deposited the funds into overseas accounts belonging to his accomplices, local news outlet Trijo reports. According to the police report, the…

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