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How to erase your embarrassing YouTube watch history

Nov15
by on November 15, 2018 at 11:41 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics, Google, Insider


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and connected services. We’ve all spent countless hours on YouTube watching random videos. And admittedly, there’s some embarrassing stuff in your history you’d never want anyone to know about, or for the site to base its recommendations on for you. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with a way to wipe the slate clean. Google offers multiple options to manage your watch and search history on YouTube. Here’s how: On YouTube Go to youtube.com on your…

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Target blames Bitcoin scam tweet on third-party app, not Twitter

Nov15
by on November 15, 2018 at 11:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


American retail behemoth Target has come out to clarify that a tweet it posted, containing a link to a Bitcoin giveaway scam, came from a third-party software provider – not Twitter. In an email to Hard Fork, a company spokesperson said – contrary to what it suggested previously – Target’s Twitter account was never inappropriately accessed. Rather, it appears the attackers leveraged an account owned by one of its marketing vendors to send the tweet to its audience of almost two million.. “After a thorough investigation with Twitter and our cyber security team, we’ve confirmed that an attacker accessed one…

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The Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ is all about battery life

Nov15
by on November 15, 2018 at 10:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Earlier today, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced their latest affordable single-board computer: the Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+. The Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ is primarily aimed at those using the tiny computers for battery-powered Internet of Things (IoT) projects, and is designed with power efficiency and size in mind. It sits as a bit of a compromise between the ultra-basic Raspberry Pi Zero and the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. Like the Zero, it’s designed to be as compact as possible, and measures just 65mm by 56mm. To accomplish this, the Raspberry Pi Foundation removed the board’s wired Ethernet…

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KPMG: Cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin) are not ready to be real currency

Nov15
by on November 15, 2018 at 10:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


‘Big four’ accounting firm KPMG has just asserted that cryptocurrency assets, like Bitcoin, are simply not ready to be classified as real currencies – and that using Bitcoin as a store of value is a “fool’s errand.” In a new report, KPMG details the challenges facing the cryptocurrency industry, as it seeks adoption by the world’s largest financial institutions. Ultimately, KPMG posits that if cryptocurrency related assets have any hopes of truly flourishing, they simply must undergo what it calls ‘institutionalization.’ The firm defines institutionalization as the at-scale participation in the cryptocurrency market of banks, broker dealers, exchanges, payment providers,…

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KPMG: Cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin) are not ready to be real currency

Nov15
by on November 15, 2018 at 10:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


‘Big four’ accounting firm KPMG has just asserted that cryptocurrency assets, like Bitcoin, are simply not ready to be classified as real currencies – and that using Bitcoin as a store of value is a “fool’s errand.” In a new report, KPMG details the challenges facing the cryptocurrency industry, as it seeks adoption by the world’s largest financial institutions. Ultimately, KPMG posits that if cryptocurrency related assets have any hopes of truly flourishing, they simply must undergo what it calls ‘institutionalization.’ The firm defines institutionalization as the at-scale participation in the cryptocurrency market of banks, broker dealers, exchanges, payment providers,…

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