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Dark web weed dealers used ‘Craigslist of Bitcoin’ to launder their illicit profits

Oct01
by on October 1, 2019 at 8:38 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Two men have pleaded guilty for conspiring to launder money using Bitcoin after selling marijuana on the dark web. Connor Brooke and Aidan Curry, 25 and 23 respectively, gave their plea in federal court yesterday. The pair agreed to forfeit “tens of thousands of dollars worth of cash, cryptocurrency, and [computer hardware]” that was used to commit the crime, the Times of San Diego reports. Brooke and Curry ran a series of dark web enterprises, one of which sold marijuana while the other allowed  people to buy cryptocurrency for cash at a premium. In a text message, Curry described the perpetrators’ cryptocurrency transfer…

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Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘$10M Chinese Bitcoin farm burns, network gets clogged’

Oct01
by on October 1, 2019 at 8:25 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork, Insider


Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Habermass used to say: Yolo! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, September 30 2019, at a price of $8,293. That’s a respectable 2.34 percent increase in 24 hours, or $189. It was the highest closing price in four days. We’re still 58 percent below Bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017). Bitcoin market cap Bitcoin’s market cap ended the day at $149,011,567,415. It…

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Uber is testing a ‘record audio’ feature to help you feel safer during your ride

Oct01
by on October 1, 2019 at 5:08 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Last week, Uber recently rolled out a bunch of safety features including an optional PIN number to authenticate your ride. But it might roll out more stuff soon. According to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, the ride-hailing company is testing a feature in its mobile app that lets you record audio if you feel uncomfortable during your trip. The screenshot posted by Wong on Twitter suggests once you hit record, the audio will be captured in the background and sent to Uber Uber is testing “Record Audio” in case the rider is uncomfortable with the ride pic.twitter.com/btC5C0F3CN — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane)…

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Apple just released the third iOS 13 patch in a week

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by on September 30, 2019 at 11:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


For those of you who just checked your iPhones or iPads and saw you have another software update available — no, you’re not going crazy. Apple today pushed out iOS 13.1.2, which will hopefully bring the number of bugs down to manageable levels. iOS 13.1.2 is the latest in a line of rapid fire updates, iOS 13.1.1 having come out last Friday and iOS 13.1 having come out just three days before that. The update notes state iOS 13.1.2 fixes a few major bugs, including the flashlight or the camera not working. It also fixes a few issues with Shortcuts and a stalled iCloud progress bar…

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