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Japan tightens grip on cryptocurrency margin trading

Mar19
by on March 19, 2019 at 12:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Japan, the home of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, is establishing stricter rules for cryptocurrency margin trading to prevent investors from getting scammed. Margin traders typically use borrowed funds from a broker to trade a financial asset, which in turn, forms the collateral for the loan supplied by the broker. According to a report from Nikkei Asian Review, the new rules will come into place in April 2020, after the Japanese Cabinet approved draft amendments relating to payment services and financial instrument laws last Friday. As a result, all cryptocurrency exchanges offering margin trading in the country will need…

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Apps are the unexpected savior of dying indigenous languages

Mar19
by on March 19, 2019 at 12:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication, world


In a globalized world, “global languages” have come increasingly to the fore, often at the expense of smaller, regional tongues and dialects. Of all the world’s languages — around 7,000, by best estimates — only a few hundred are represented online, and a very small number predominate. English — long dubbed the “language of business” and latterly known as the lingua franca of the web — has seen its influence diminish, but it is still thought to account for 30 to 40 percent of all webpages on the internet. Mandarin has been steadily growing in its online presence, which impacts upon its offline influence, too; so have fellow linguistic…

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The GOSPACE SuperCharger, a wall plug and portable wireless power bank, is now half off

Mar19
by on March 19, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


Most power batteries are still old-school chargers using wires and cables and hookups and dongles and stuff. You can update your power game in one grand move with the GOSPACE SuperCharger, which is on sale now for over 50 percent off, just $38.25 from TNW Deals with limited time promo code: MADNESS15.

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Watch Nvidia’s new AI turn MS Paint-style doodles into photorealistic masterpieces

Mar19
by on March 19, 2019 at 11:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Researchers at Nvidia have developed a deep learning model that can take shitty digital sketches – like the ones you’d create with a trackpad, zero talent, and Microsoft Paint – and generate beautiful photorealistic landscapes in an instant. It’s called GauGAN (named after post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin, and Generative Adversarial Networks), and it works like a simple digital painting tool. But instead of a palette of colors, it has a collection of natural elements, like sand, snow, and sky, each represented by a different hue, to choose from and use in your basic artwork. Draw something, and GauGAN will use that…

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‘Drug-dealing’ football coach sues Bitcoin fund manager over $14M loss

Mar19
by on March 19, 2019 at 10:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


In Australia, a suite of high-profile cryptocurrency investors (including accused drug trafficker and former football coach Mark “Bomber” Thompson) are preparing to take their Bitcoin fund manager to court over $14.2 million (AU$20 million) in losses. Stefanos Papanastasiou (39), founder of what claims to be Australia‘s first online bed retailer, is under fire by a number of disgruntled investors who had been convinced of his power to reduce volatility in the cryptocurrency markets, reports The Age. Under the name Stefan Papas, he reportedly told clients he had spent $355,000 (AU$500,000) to develop a special computer algorithm capable of providing massive…

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