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South Korean police use AI to bust $19M Bitcoin-fuelled pyramid scam

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 9:29 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


South Korean police have caught the masterminds of a Bitcoin-fuelled Ponzi scheme responsible for generating almost $19 million in revenue. The scam, called “M-Coin,” is said to have targeted those with poor understanding of the technology – mostly elderly people, retirees, and housewives – with promises of free cryptocurrency and recruitment bonuses for signing up others, reports Korea Joon Gang Daily. The Seoul Special Judicial Police Bureau for Public Safety, which acts independently of local police, arrested the CEOs of “a Bitcoin enterprise” and an online store over their part in the scam last week. Ten other recruiters were also arrested.…

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Lady Bits #2: On genderless Siri, shitty NASA, and clitoris games

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 8:25 am
Posted In: Around the Web, newsletter


Welcome back to Lady Bits, our newsletter… And whoever else wants to read it. Today, we talk about genderless voice assistants, NASA being shit, and what the fuck happened during the Lady Bits launch. the bloody news Physicist Dr. Jess Wade has written over 500 biographies of women scientists on Wikipedia. The Guardian reported the founder and all-female editorial board of the Vatican’s women’s magazine all quit. They claim they were discredited by the Church for denouncing the abuse of nuns. The Cut interviewed Jessica Knoll on how to be a writer and still get really, really rich. As journalists, we’re allllll ears… VICE looked back at the cult…

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Moonday Mornings: Cryptocurrency market at 5-month high, Paxful under fire, and more

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 8:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


It’s Monday which means it’s time for a wrap-up of the weekends top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Here’s Moonday Mornings for you. 1. The United Global Resolve For Peace is petitioning the Central Bank of Nigeria after thousands of the country’s residents claim to have been “defrauded” out of millions of dollars earned from trading cryptocurrencies on exchange service Paxful, The Guardian, a local Nigerian outlet reports. 2. After last week’s cryptocurrency upheaval, total market capitalization now sits at over $180 billion reaching a new five-month high, according to CoinDesk. 3. South Korean lawmakers are calling for a deregulation of…

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Moonday Mornings: Cryptocurrency market at 5-month high, Paxful under fire, and more

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 8:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


It’s Monday which means it’s time for a wrap-up of the weekends top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Here’s Moonday Mornings for you. 1. The United Global Resolve For Peace is petitioning the Central Bank of Nigeria after thousands of the country’s residents claim to have been “defrauded” out of millions of dollars earned from trading cryptocurrencies on exchange service Paxful, The Guardian, a local Nigerian outlet reports. 2. After last week’s cryptocurrency upheaval, total market capitalization now sits at over $180 billion reaching a new five-month high, according to CoinDesk. 3. South Korean lawmakers are calling for a deregulation of…

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Here’s why you can’t use AirPlay with Netflix right now

Apr08
by on April 8, 2019 at 7:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Last week, Netflix removed support for AirPlay from its platform. That means you can’t beam Netflix shows from your iPhone or iPad to your Apple TV. Instead, you’ll have to rely on the Netflix app for Apple TV, and use the remote for the set-top box to navigate the platform. Boo. As per the streaming company, the reason behind this is Apple’s newly formed partnership with major TV makers to integrate AirPlay2 into their newer smart TVs. Netflix told The Verge in a statement that because of this new development, it can’t identify if a user is beaming to an Apple…

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