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Report: Apple remembers colors exist in time for its 2018 iPhone lineup

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by on July 5, 2018 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Mobile


Tired of Space Grey and Rose Gold? This year’s iPhones may give you a few new color options to choose from, according to a report by Apple analyst Ming Chi Kuo, obtained by MacRumors. The second generation iPhone X will still come in black and white, but this time a gold option is being added to the mix. These colors are also expected for the 6.5-inch iPhone X ‘Plus’. But more excitingly, the rumored third model – with a 6.1-inch LCD screen and lower price point – could come in red, blue, orange, gray, and white. This report has been…

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Dear NY Post, Bitcoin will outlive you

Jul05
by on July 5, 2018 at 3:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Finance, Hard Fork


From bankers to academics, Bitcoin has always attracted a loud crowd of naysayers. While most of the skeptics have gradually changed their tune, there’s one singing the same old tale. This offender is NY Post’s John Crudele. Crudele first struck a controversy with his uninformed opinions on Bitcoin back in 2014. Four years later, he is still rehearsing the same bullshit. In a post published on NY Post on Wednesday, he says that Bitcoin may soon be worth nothing. But as is his habit, the post doesn’t comprise of valid arguments or analysis, but mere name-calling and blabbering. Crudele begins by…

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India’s ruling party accused of $12B Bitcoin scam by opposition

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by on July 5, 2018 at 2:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork, India


A lot of cryptocurrency news has been coming out of India lately, and not for good. The country’s largest political party, the Indian National Congress (INC), accused the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) of orchestrating a Bitcoin scam worth anything between $726 million and $12.78 billion today, Hindustan Times reports. The said accusations are laid against BJP’s division in the state of Gujarat. INC spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil alleged that the state leadership of BJP was involved in converting illicit money to the cryptocurrency by so-called ‘hawala’ transactions — a method of transferring money without any funds actually moving. Gohil said that a…

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Medicine’s blockchainification is imminent, say researchers

Jul05
by on July 5, 2018 at 2:23 pm
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A report published in the International Journal of Health Geographics has medicine pegged to be the first industry completely revolutionised by the blockchain – but it won’t be easy. After analyizing 40 papers from the PubMed journal, researchers noticed a continued and growing interest from the healthcare research and medical sector in developing blockchain solutions to streamline almost everything related to health. Suggested use cases range from powering supply chains to securing medical data, but the report also highlights some fairly futuristic concepts. One radically forward-thinking concept, for instance, envisions using blockchain-enabled augmented reality technologies for “crisis mapping and recovery…

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Medicine’s blockchainification is imminent, say researchers

Jul05
by on July 5, 2018 at 2:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork, Insider


A report published in the International Journal of Health Geographics has medicine pegged to be the first industry completely revolutionised by the blockchain – but it won’t be easy. After analyizing 40 papers from the PubMed journal, researchers noticed a continued and growing interest from the healthcare research and medical sector in developing blockchain solutions to streamline almost everything related to health. Suggested use cases range from powering supply chains to securing medical data, but the report also highlights some fairly futuristic concepts. One radically forward-thinking concept, for instance, envisions using blockchain-enabled augmented reality technologies for “crisis mapping and recovery…

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