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Drug dealers busted by US authorities were relying on Bitcoin for anonymity

Jun27
by on June 27, 2018 at 3:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork, Insider


There has been increased crackdown globally on illicit uses of Bitcoin over the last few years. But it seems that has not deterred one of the virtual currency’s earliest adopters — the “dark web users” — from using it to buy and sell illegal things online. The recently concluded year-long ‘undercover operation’ of the US Department of Justice against narcotic vendors found that most of them were using Bitcoin as means of financial transactions. Some were even found to be mining Bitcoin, as a secondary business. The US authorities have seized 2,000 BTC (approximately $12 million at the time of…

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Badass robots probe lava in the ocean after volcanic eruption

Jun27
by on June 27, 2018 at 2:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


I can never understand how I feel about robots. On one hand, they creep me the hell out: But then on the other hand, they do work sometimes work for humanities benefit. You know, like recording data on lava flowing into the ocean. Reported on by Hawaii News Now, unmanned vehicles created by Liquid Robotics are allowing researchers to study the interaction between the volcanic spew and sea water, without danger to human life. This lava is coming from Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano, which has caused, and is still causing, devastation and suffering in its vicinity. You can find more information…

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Review: The Key2 is the best BlackBerry phone. Ever.

Jun27
by on June 27, 2018 at 1:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile


The BlackBerry Key2 is here at last. This is the second keyboard-endowed phone to come from TCL, which has licensed the BlackBerry brand since 2016. And it’s a cracker of a phone. I’m not saying that because I’m a die-hard BlackBerry fan who never quite accepted the company’s decline, and still sheds a tear whenever he sees a physical keyboard in the wild. I’m saying that because TCL has replicated what made earlier BlackBerry phones — like the Bold 9700 from 2009 — so beloved. Typing out an email on the Key2 is nothing short of exquisite. It’s the productivity…

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Review: The Key2 is the best BlackBerry phone. Ever.

Jun27
by on June 27, 2018 at 1:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile


The BlackBerry Key2 is here at last. This is the second keyboard-endowed phone to come from TCL, which has licensed the BlackBerry brand since 2016. And it’s a cracker of a phone. I’m not saying that because I’m a die-hard BlackBerry fan who never quite accepted the company’s decline, and still sheds a tear whenever he sees a physical keyboard in the wild. I’m saying that because TCL has replicated what made earlier BlackBerry phones — like the Bold 9700 from 2009 — so beloved. Typing out an email on the Key2 is nothing short of exquisite. It’s the productivity…

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