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Twitter is now recommending users follow cryptocurrency scambots

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by on August 14, 2018 at 11:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork, Insider


Despite constant pressure to ban them, it appears Twitter is actively contributing to the cryptocurrency scam epidemic on its platform and encouraging users to follow obvious scambot accounts. The social media giant was caught recommending a suspicious account impersonating Tesla CEO Elon Musk, as spotted by security researcher Troy Mursch. The fake account even bears his name, something that was meant to be stamped out weeks ago. Upon a closer look, Hard Fork was able to confirm the account was spreading links to a fake Ethereum giveaway – a popular new scam tactic. The link was hosted on Medium, but it…

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Maduro’s Petro cryptocurrency will be an official currency in Venezuela – like the Bolivar

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by on August 14, 2018 at 9:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork, Insider


In a bid to save Venezuela from hyperinflation, embattled President Nicolás Maduro has mandated that his Petro cryptocurrency become the nation’s second official currency. By August 20, Venezuela will have two new official currencies: the “sovereign Bolivar” and the Petro cryptocurrency – valued equally and supposedly interchangeable.  “As of next Monday, Venezuela will have a second accounting unit based on […] the value of the Petro.” Maduro declared in a televised address (spotted by Sputnik). “It will be a second accounting unit of the Republic and will begin operations as a mandatory accounting unit of our PDVSA oil industry.” The Petro is…

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DeepMind says its AI can detect eye diseases as well as human doctors

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by on August 14, 2018 at 8:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Over the past two years, DeepMind, the AI firm spun off from Google, has been working on a new way to spot eye diseases that could rob people of their sight. The company says it’s now ready to show off its work, as it says its system can detect more than 50 different diseases as accurately as experienced doctors. DeepMind explained that it’s accomplished this with a combination of two neural networks to analyze optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans, which are 3D images of the eye that doctors typically look at to spot signs of disease, as well as bleeding,…

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