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Bitcoin mining profits rise for first time in over a year

Mar05
by on March 5, 2019 at 2:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Despite news in recent months that cryptocurrency mining establishments have been shutting down, or ending contracts, profits earned from Bitcoin mining have begun to rise, blockchain research group Diar reports. However, this comes after some of the worst months for Bitcoin mining to date. According to Diar, in February mining revenue fell to the lowest point for the last 19 months. Just $195 million worth of Bitcoin was minted, 10 percent less than in the previous month. It was much the same for gross margins – the difference between revenue and cost of goods – too. As they saw a…

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Bitcoin pyramid scheme leaves Kenyans out of pocket after exit scam

Mar05
by on March 5, 2019 at 2:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A Bitcoin-fuelled pyramid scheme from Brazil has pulled its inevitable “exit scam,” stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a number of Kenyan cryptocurrency investors. The scam, known as “Velox 10,” suddenly disappeared early this week, apparently closed its website and made off with millions in Kenyan shillings contributed, Nairobi News reports. The domain is currently up for auction. Since its “colourful” launch at the Hotel Intercontinental, Nairobi in September 2017, the phony firm had been luring unsuspecting Kenyans into contributing money to its supposedly sound “Bitcoin investment fund,” under the guise continual dividends. Velox 10 founder, Ricardo Rocha, promised…

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Future interior design will make you feel like a wizard

Mar05
by on March 5, 2019 at 2:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Lifestyle, syndication


Imagine a house where the walls change color depending on your mood, or your tablecloth changes shape when you’re having a dinner party. A house where every item, from your cushions to your lampshades, interact with you. This might sound like something out of Harry Potter, but such magic interior design could become a real part of our lives in the near future. Many homes are already smart. Research from Statista predicts that by the end of 2019, more than 45m smart home devices will be installed in US homes, and analysts predict that the smart home devices industry will…

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BeeLine uses a colorful trick to boost your reading speed by up to 20%

Mar05
by on March 5, 2019 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


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Why is Netflix obsessed with homicidal heartthrobs?

Mar05
by on March 5, 2019 at 1:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion, Social Media


After searching through Netflix’s endless catalog of movies and TV shows, I couldn’t help but realize the recurring theme popping up on every category — movies and documentaries about murderous men. From the four-part docu-series and movie on Ted Bundy, to the new TV show “Dirty John,” and Penn Badgley’s latest show, “You” — it seems Netflix’s latest microgenre is hot-boy murderers. Soon after Netflix released its series on Ted Bundy, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, thousands of people were lusting over him on Twitter: I know he’s a murderer but we can say Ted Bundy is…

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