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Dear Computex, please ban ‘booth babes’

Jun26
by on June 26, 2018 at 4:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Computex, we need to talk. You’re Asia’s largest IT trade show and have existed for over 30 years. In other words, you’re a dignified statesperson in the tech world. People pay attention to what you do and the way you run your conference affects the rest of the tech industry. So, answer us this: Why do your exhibitors’ stands overflow with barely dressed women? We expected to visit Computex Taipei to be filled with innovative products, groundbreaking startups, and lots of stuff put on the blockchain we didn’t know could be on it. Yet it was filled — and we mean…

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Lightning Network has 1% success rate with transactions larger than $300

Jun26
by on June 26, 2018 at 2:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Lightning Network, a technology often touted as the solution to Bitcoin’s scalability problem, has been growing leaps and bounds in popularity in the recent months in spite of being at a nascent stage. The technology has been tested successfully for processing micro-transactions swiftly. But it seems Lightning Network still struggles with transferring bigger amounts. Lightning Network can only ensure 100 percent success rate for transactions of up to three cents,  a report by cryptocurrency research firm Diar suggests. The publication found that anytime someone uses the Lightning Network to transfer a sum larger than $5, there is 50-percent chance the transaction…

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Create the minds running the machines with this Python Machine Learning training — and pay what you want

Jun26
by on June 26, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


Hardly a day goes by without news of new innovations and expanding horizons courtesy of AI and the advancements of machine learning. As a result, experts in artificial intelligence and its most affiliated programming language Python have lots of career options. Understand machine learning and all the ways it can launch your new career with this Total Python Machine Learning course bundle — and you can even name your price for it.

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Create the minds running the machines with this Python Machine Learning training — and pay what you want

Jun26
by on June 26, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


Hardly a day goes by without news of new innovations and expanding horizons courtesy of AI and the advancements of machine learning. As a result, experts in artificial intelligence and its most affiliated programming language Python have lots of career options. Understand machine learning and all the ways it can launch your new career with this Total Python Machine Learning course bundle — and you can even name your price for it.

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Andreessen Horowitz announces $300M cryptocurrency fund led by Mt. Gox and Silk Road Prosecutor

Jun26
by on June 26, 2018 at 11:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Finance, Hard Fork


It seems that the American venture capital (VC) firm Andreessen Horowitz —known for its successful Silicon Valley investments — is ready to foray deeper into the cryptocurrency space. The firm announced a $300 million cryptocurrency fund in a blog post on Monday. The fund named “a16zcrypto” will be co-led by general partners Chris Dixon and Katie Haun. Andreessen Horowitz is interested in holding long-term investments in cryptocurrencies, Dixon suggests. The firm hasn’t sold any of its cryptocurrency holdings so far, and doesn’t plan to — in the near future — either. The VC firm believes that the value of cryptocurrencies is driven…

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