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Bitcoin phisher steals $365,000 and 10,000 passwords from dark web users

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 9:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A 37 year-old man in the US has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for fraud in connection with a Bitcoin phishing scheme designed to rob victims of their cryptocurrency. Michael Richo, of New Haven, was also ordered to forfeit $352,000 in cash, various computers and electronic devices, and an assortment of precious coins and metals that he purchased with the proceeds of his offense. Following his release, Richo will be subject to three years of supervised release. Court documents and statements made in court specify that Richo targeted individuals on the dark web with the phishing scheme. He did so…

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Police bust 2 goons linked to $3B OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid scheme

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 8:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Two men were charged in Singapore today for promoting a cryptocurrency-based multi-level marketing scheme. Local police believe this is the first case of its kind in the country. The perpetrators in question had been promoting the notorious multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme OneCoin, Channel News Asia reports. One of the men was also charged with running a company called One Concept Pte Ltd set up to promote the scheme. Singapore residents that took part in the scheme were sold educational courses and promotional tokens. The scammers claimed the tokens could then be redeemed to “mine” OneCoin. In reality, the tokens couldn’t…

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Meet the nonprofit that’s already fighting for the rights of sentient robots

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 8:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, robots


Movies like Blade Runner and other science fiction tend to depict robots as self-aware machines, capable of making their own decisions and able to express personality and emotion. Robots aren’t sentient yet, but if in the future they do become self-aware, should we stop treating them like property and give them basic human rights? aight shut her down https://t.co/Wlbbr7BtlZ — s (@skrongmeat_) April 8, 2019 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots (ASPCR) is preparing for this very-possible future of self-aware robots. The Seattle-based organization has been fighting for robotic rights since 1999. The organization is becoming…

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Facebook’s AI prevents deceased users’ profiles from popping up in your suggestions

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 7:42 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


It’s hard to cope with the loss of a loved one, and it’s harder when their profile pops up on Facebook as a suggestion, as if they were still alive. Now, the social network is using AI to make sure that the profile of the deceased doesn’t “appear in a painful way,” along with some new tools for memorialization for remembering them. Facebook allows people to memorialize a profile when they pass away, so that they can preserve their memories and make it a place to honor that person. To do that, a person who has been assigned as a legacy contact by…

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