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Report: Bitmain is losing its monopoly over cryptocurrency mining

Aug22
by on August 22, 2018 at 12:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitmain, the China-based cryptocurrency mining behemoth, has acquired the status of a legend in the industry, with a ton of mystery surrounding its operations. The company is undoubtedly one of the most profitable cryptocurrency businesses in the world. But it seems, Bitmain is now slowly falling out of favor. A report from investment research firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. suggests that Bitmain is losing its technological advantage over its competitors in producing the cryptocurrency mining chips. As per the analysts, while Bitmain still controls as much as 85 percent of the cryptocurrency mining equipment market, other companies such as Canaan…

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This astrophysicist explains the surprisingly complex concept of ‘nothing’

Aug22
by on August 22, 2018 at 11:51 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication


Philosophers have debated the nature of “nothing” for thousands of years, but what has modern science got to say about it? In an interview with The Conversation, Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, explains that when physicists talk about nothing, they mean empty space (vacuum). This may sound straightforward, but experiments show that empty space isn’t really empty – there’s a mysterious energy latent in it which can tell us something about the fate of the universe. Rees was interviewed for The Conversation’s Anthill podcast on Nothing. This Q&A is…

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No, you can’t actually make bail payments in cryptocurrency

Aug22
by on August 22, 2018 at 11:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Earlier this month Serbian cyber criminal, Martin Marisch, received an order to make his bail payment in “Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency.” However, in a recent turn of events, the courts have had to backpedal, and have denied Marisch the opportunity to front his bail in cryptocurrency. After being found guilty of hacking internal computer systems at Electronic Arts, which saw him gain access to over 25,000 customer records and steal in-game items which totaled over $320,000 in value, Marisch was ordered to pay bail to the value of $750,000 in cryptocurrency. However, as the courts tried to process the…

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No, you can’t actually make bail payments in cryptocurrency

Aug22
by on August 22, 2018 at 11:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Earlier this month Serbian cyber criminal, Martin Marisch, received an order to make his bail payment in “Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency.” However, in a recent turn of events, the courts have had to backpedal, and have denied Marisch the opportunity to front his bail in cryptocurrency. After being found guilty of hacking internal computer systems at Electronic Arts, which saw him gain access to over 25,000 customer records and steal in-game items which totaled over $320,000 in value, Marisch was ordered to pay bail to the value of $750,000 in cryptocurrency. However, as the courts tried to process the…

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Facebook will remove 5,000 discriminatory ad options this fall

Aug22
by on August 22, 2018 at 11:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Facebook has recently come under fire for its discriminatory ad options. Yesterday the social media giant responded with a blog post outlining its plans to remove more than 5,000 ad targeting options in an attempt to prevent advertisers from discriminating against its users, in relation to religion or ethnicity. The platform has promised to remove most options from the “exclusion” category that could be used to discriminate and according to Buzzfeed, these options will be removed by this fall. This update will result in advertisers no longer being able to hide their ads from people interested in evangelicalism, passover, or Islamic culture,…

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