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Ethereum insiders deny there’s only one computer keeping a copy of its blockchain

Mar13
by on March 13, 2019 at 4:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Ethereum‘s most recent fork was (eventually) successful, but it came with unintended consequence: the greater cryptocurrency community learned of its special “big, scary nodes,” and immediately freaked out. Blockchain infrastructure provider BlockCypher recently posted its version of events leading up to (and directly following) last month’s Constantinople upgrade It details its quest to reboot a special, dedicated machine (archive node) used to record all the “states” (settings) Ethereum has taken in its history. At a high level, archive nodes store Ethereum snapshots. Not just a record of all the transactions processed, but a complete map of the entire blockchain each time a block is…

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Tech companies need to do more to fight child abuse content

Mar13
by on March 13, 2019 at 4:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media, syndication, world


YouTube has, yet again, failed to protect children online. Recent investigations by Wired and video blogger Matt Watson have alleged that paedophiles were using the site’s comments section to leave predatory messages on videos containing and uploaded by children, and to share links to child sexual abuse material. In response to the investigations – and the threat of an advertiser boycott – YouTube has now said it will disable comments on videos containing young children. But sadly, this is not an isolated incident. In January 2019 it was alleged that Microsoft’s Bing search engine was surfacing and suggesting child sexual abuse…

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TNW2019 Daily: How to get your boss to buy tickets for your whole team

Mar13
by on March 13, 2019 at 4:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider


There’s only 57 days left until our tech conference! A few days ago, my daily newsletter explained how you can get your boss to buy your TNW2019 ticket. I’m not satisfied, however, because you don’t deserve to go alone. Everything is so much more fun when you have people to share it with, so in today’s TNW2019 Daily, I’ll show you how to get your boss to buy tickets for your entire team. Manipulation is an art form, so please pay close attention to the master (that would be me – I once convinced my boss to hire me, so…

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A close reading of Facebook’s wild nudity and sex guidelines

Mar13
by on March 13, 2019 at 3:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


I’m now aware of something I wasn’t before: Facebook‘s guidelines on adult nudity and sexual activity. And let me tell you something – they’re wild. Basically, these are the policies the social media giant uses to define whether something is too sexual to be allowed on the platform. We were alerted to them by Twitter user GordyPls and you can read the whole thing here, which I suggest you do. Now, as is only right, we need to take a deep dive into this document. We need to understand it, to analyze it, to become it. So, first things first, let’s look at its…

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A close reading of Facebook’s wild nudity and sex guidelines

Mar13
by on March 13, 2019 at 3:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


I’m now aware of something I wasn’t before: Facebook‘s guidelines on adult nudity and sexual activity. And let me tell you something – they’re wild. Basically, these are the policies the social media giant uses to define whether something is too sexual to be allowed on the platform. We were alerted to them by Twitter user GordyPls and you can read the whole thing here, which I suggest you do. Now, as is only right, we need to take a deep dive into this document. We need to understand it, to analyze it, to become it. So, first things first, let’s look at its…

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