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Moonday Morning: North Korean hackers are after your Bitcoin

Dec03
by on December 3, 2018 at 9:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The first weekend of December has been and gone, so Christmas must be just around the corner. But the blockchain doesn’t care about Christmas, it keeps on going no matter what. Which means, there’s some catching up to do. Here are Hard Fork’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain news picks from the last weekend. 1. At the latest G20 summit in Buenos Aires, world politicians discussed a global cryptocurrency business tax. It’s currently illegal for a country to tax a business that doesn’t have a physical presence there, so it almost makes sense. If the tax does materialize, it’s a while…

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Nigeria caught in WhatsApp fake news whirlwind ahead of elections

Dec03
by on December 3, 2018 at 8:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, India, Insider


After numerous infamous cases of people in India and Brazil falling prey to fake news spread on WhatsApp, the problem is now spreading to Nigeria. The West African nation is hosting its national elections in February next year, and a report from The Poynter Institute says its citizens are at risk of being conned by misinformation surrounding political parties – and it’s reaching people through WhatsApp. researcher Allwell Okpi found that rumors about ethnicities and political candidates often spread through WhatsApp in Nigeria, in local languages. According to the report, people using the Facebook-owned service often receive doctored or miscaptioned…

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PUBG, Drops, and The Walking Dead top Google Play’s ‘Best of 2018’ list

Dec03
by on December 3, 2018 at 8:05 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


As the year winds to a close, Google Play has announced its “Best of 2018” list, highlighting the most popular downloads from US-based Android users. There are few surprises here. Clinching Google Play’s “Best Game of 2018” award, as well as the “Fan Favorite” game trophy is PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile. That’s hardly shocking. The ‘battle royale‘ format is hugely popular right now, and although PUBG’s star has waned somewhat in the past few months, its launch on Android wasn’t quite as shambolic as that of Epic’s Fortnite. (That said, Fortnite didn’t launch on the Google Play store in the…

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EU unicorn CTO shares his secret to hyper-growth scaling

Dec03
by on December 3, 2018 at 6:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


When I first joined BlaBlaCar as CTO, more than a decade ago, the European tech startup scene was on the edge of a revolution. I was joining a small team and excited to leave my job as a mobile development manager to work on the platform full-time. The technological needs of a fast-growing business change quickly and often. So as the company evolved, so did my role. It was my job to anticipate and respond to these needs, making sure the platform could continue to handle a growing number of users. While it didn’t always come naturally, I quickly learned that…

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Report: Apple AirPods may get wireless charging in 2019, and a new model in 2020

Dec03
by on December 3, 2018 at 6:24 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Apple may update its truly wireless AirPods earbuds with support for wireless charging in the first quarter of 2019, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple is said to have chalked out big plans for its AirPods in the near future: analyst Ming-Chi Kuo noted that the company is expected to update its truly wireless earbuds with wireless charging support in 2019, and launch an all-new version of its AirPods in 2020. Kuo reportedly referred to the new update as a ‘model with wireless charging support,’ which could mean that Apple plans to finally release the wireless charging case it first…

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