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Google erroneously banned a cryptocurrency mining app with 1M+ downloads

Sep04
by on September 4, 2018 at 3:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


In an effort to curb the spread of crypto-jacking software, Google updated its terms of service in July to ban on-device cryptocurrency mining apps from the Play Store. Unfortunately, it appears that (in addition to a slew of mining apps) the internet giant has erroneously banned some legitimate apps – including one with over a million installs. The removed app – MinerGate – originally offered both on-device mining and a remote cloud mining management functionality. To comply with the updated terms of service from the Big G, MinerGate removed the on-device mining feature from its app. “Mining on your phone…

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EU copyright reform will penalize sports fans

Sep04
by on September 4, 2018 at 2:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


A lot has been written about the danger the planned EU copyright reform poses for freedom of speech online, for memes and remixes, for software developers, and startups. Below, my colleague Dan Dalton and I draw attention to another group that would be badly affected by the planned law: Sports fans across Europe. Filtering fan culture away As you may have heard, Article 13 would establish “censorship machines” that surveil all your posts on internet platforms and scan them for supposed copyright infringement. If these filters don’t approve your upload, it will never go online. Upload filters would prevent any video using even the shortest snippets of sports broadcasts from seeing the…

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Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 might just be the first phone released with 5G

Sep04
by on September 4, 2018 at 2:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 – the Chinese brand’s new bezel-less, sliding camera equipped and notch-defying phone – will be capable of 5G connections, according to a company spokesperson. With its release slated for October, this might make the device the first 5G-ready phone on the market. The news was tweeted out in two separate posts by the company‘s Director of Product Management, Donovan Sung. Feast your gadget-hungry eyeballs on the below: We’ve successfully tested 5G data connections on Xiaomi phones, and we can’t wait for the official rollout of 5G next year! 🎉🎉 5G download speeds are more than 10X faster than 4G…

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Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 might just be the first phone released with 5G

Sep04
by on September 4, 2018 at 2:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 – the Chinese brand’s new bezel-less, sliding camera equipped and notch-defying phone – will be capable of 5G connections, according to a company spokesperson. With its release slated for October, this might make the device the first 5G-ready phone on the market. The news was tweeted out in two separate posts by the company‘s Director of Product Management, Donovan Sung. Feast your gadget-hungry eyeballs on the below: We’ve successfully tested 5G data connections on Xiaomi phones, and we can’t wait for the official rollout of 5G next year! 🎉🎉 5G download speeds are more than 10X faster than 4G…

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Want to be the best you? Build the resume and interview skills that will land your dream job

Sep04
by on September 4, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


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