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23 job sites to report Google’s job search for EU antitrust violation

Aug13
by on August 13, 2019 at 11:31 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


In a letter seen by Reuters, 23 job search websites in Europe are calling for an antitrust investigation into Google’s job searching tool. The letter, which will be sent to EU Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager today, demands the EU stop the company’s its unfair practices until the it has concluded a full investigation. 23 job search websites in Europe call for an antitrust investigation into Google‘s job searching tool,  which will be sent to EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager today. Google‘s job search rivals demand that the company will be made to stop its unfair practices until the EU has…

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Poloniex to repay $18M worth of Bitcoin lost in margin trade flash crash with trading fees

Aug13
by on August 13, 2019 at 10:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has announced a new scheme to reimburse users affected by an unexpected “flash crash” that saw 1,800 BTC ($20 million) wiped from its margin trading lending pool in May. An official blog post promises to return trading fees (in Bitcoin) to impacted lenders until all losses have been repaid. “Every time you pay a trading fee, we will convert the fee to BTC and then credit you those fees each day. Your first credit will include all the trading fees you have paid since June 6, 2019,” wrote Poloniex. Poloniex supports peer-to-peer margin trading, a system in…

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Tumblr was bought for the same price as a modest family home in San Francisco

Aug13
by on August 13, 2019 at 10:21 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Yesterday, Automattic, the creator of WordPress, announced it had acquired Tumblr for “less than $3 million” from its previous owner, Yahoo. It’s an inauspicious fall from grace for the site, which was previously sold to the search giant for $1.1 billion. Why did Yahoo sell one of its prized possessions for a mere 0.27 percent of its original purchase price? It’s a question that’ll puzzle many, as unlike other faded social platforms, Tumblr still has a die-hard userbase, and continues to pull in a respectable amount of traffic. I’d postulate that Tumblr was simply too troublesome to monetize and moderate,…

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CHEAP: A 1TB SanDisk portable SSD for $166 (47% off)? Bag that shit up

Aug13
by on August 13, 2019 at 9:44 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! You’re doing some important work on your laptop as you torrent some crappy blockbuster movie you anticipate will be too disappointing to watch in the cinema, and boom – you’re hit with the dreadful warning: “Your disk is almost full.” Look, we all know the feeling. Sure, you can buy some cloud storage to free up some space… or you can get SanDisk‘s 1TB Extreme Portable SSD for just $166,50 – a juicy 47-percent discount off its list price of $316.50. Here’s why you should consider purchasing…

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Cryptocurrency scammers have netted $4.26B so far this year, report

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by on August 13, 2019 at 9:22 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork, Insider


Cryptocurrency scammers continued to swindle funds throughout Q2 2019, netting approximately $4.26 billion so far this year. According to CipherTrace latest report, insider thefts were by far the largest offenders, netting massive loses on investors and cryptocurrency exchange users. If things carry on the way they are, 2019 could go down in cryptocurrency history as the year of the exit scam. Aside from the QuadrigaCX disaster, Plus Token app, a cryptocurrency wallet and exchange (and alleged Ponzi scheme based in South Korea) is thought to have defrauded millions of victims out of a staggering $2.9 billion in cryptocurrency assets. In terms…

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