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Alienware’s new Area 51m laptop lets you upgrade almost every component

Jan08
by on January 8, 2019 at 6:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


For a gamer, buying a laptop is always a compromise: what you gain in portability you lose in upgradeability. Sure, some laptops allow you to upgrade your RAM and storage, but you’re almost always stuck with the CPU and GPU you’ve chosen, as those components need to be custom fit for the mobile chassis. Alienware’s new Area-51m wants to change that dogma. It’s the company’s new flagship 17-inch laptop, but that description doesn’t do it justice. In many ways, it’s more like a tiny desktop shaped like a laptop. As you know by now, the Area-51m’s claim to fame is…

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Google twists Samourai Wallet’s arm to disable privacy features

Jan08
by on January 8, 2019 at 4:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Samourai Wallet, a Bitcoin wallet provider, is temporarily disabling some of its privacy-related features following a request from Google. The company, founded in 2015 by privacy activists, said in a blog post that it would be disabling three key features (Stealth Mode, Remote SMS and SIM Switch Defense) “due to restrictive Google Play Store Policies.” “All three of these features have been included in Samourai Wallet since our first release in 2015 and have helped define our product as a unique offering instead of the same old lazy copy paste job that is rife in this industry, as well as…

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Google twists Samourai Wallet’s arm to disable privacy features

Jan08
by on January 8, 2019 at 4:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Samourai Wallet, a Bitcoin wallet provider, is temporarily disabling some of its privacy-related features following a request from Google. The company, founded in 2015 by privacy activists, said in a blog post that it would be disabling three key features (Stealth Mode, Remote SMS and SIM Switch Defense) “due to restrictive Google Play Store Policies.” “All three of these features have been included in Samourai Wallet since our first release in 2015 and have helped define our product as a unique offering instead of the same old lazy copy paste job that is rife in this industry, as well as…

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Central bank study shows little desire to issue digital currencies

Jan08
by on January 8, 2019 at 3:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has found that while most countries around the world are keen on creating their own digital coins, most of the work is considered conceptual, with only “a few” intending to use them over the next six years. A new report details the motivations behind the creation of special kinds of digital assets called Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), a form of government-issued digital cash. Sixty-three central banks representing jurisdictions covering close to 80 percent of the world’s population were surveyed on the status of their proposed CBDCs, to determine the likelihood of an incoming wave…

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Central bank study shows little desire to issue digital currencies

Jan08
by on January 8, 2019 at 3:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has found that while most countries around the world are keen on creating their own digital coins, most of the work is considered conceptual, with only “a few” intending to use them over the next six years. A new report details the motivations behind the creation of special kinds of digital assets called Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), a form of government-issued digital cash. Sixty-three central banks representing jurisdictions covering close to 80 percent of the world’s population were surveyed on the status of their proposed CBDCs, to determine the likelihood of an incoming wave…

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