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15 nations are reportedly banding together to monitor suspect cryptocurrency transfers

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 1:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Some 15 countries, including Australia and Singapore, are reportedly banding together to create a data collection and sharing system on individuals carrying out cryptocurrency transactions. According to Nikkei, the common goal would be to prevent funds from being laundered or used to finance terrorist organizations. The system will be designed by the Financial Action Task Force, an organization spanning across more than 30 member countries tasked with combatting money laundering, and the objective is to establish detailed measures by 2020. It is hoped the system, which will be operated by the private sector, will be active a few years later.…

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How to use Google to find podcast episodes on a specific topic

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 11:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Podcast discovery is already a hard task. Companies like Spotify are investing a lot of money in improving recommendation. But it’s almost impossible to find a particular episode based on your specific interest. Now, Google’s trying to solve this problem with its mighty search engine. Starting today, you can search for a particular term, and Google will return podcasts episodes based on it. Here’s how you can use it: Head to Google.com on your phone…

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CHEAP: Stop whining about the headphone jack with $20 off Anker’s Soundcore Liberty Neo wireless buds

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 11:50 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! It’s that time of the year: everyone is regurgitating the old headphone jack debate after Samsung ditched the port with its new Galaxy Note 10 series. But you know what? You can once and for all quit whining about the inevitability of this trend with a sweet deal on Anker‘s Soundcore Liberty Neo wireless earbuds. That’s right. Amazon currently has a 33-percent discount on the Liberty Neos, which means you can cop a pair for just $40 bucks (down from the original list price…

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Blockstream takes on Bitmain with new Bitcoin mining centers (and it’s already getting flak)

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 11:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Blockstream, the blockchain infrastructure firm that sent a Bitcoin satellite into space, has entered the cryptocurrency mining space. The company revealed details about its Bitcoin mining data centers in Quebec, Canada and Adel, Georgia earlier this week. Currently, Blockstream is working with customers including Fidelity Center for Applied Technology and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. However, it is looking to open up the facilities to smaller-scale miners sometime in the future. “We began our Bitcoin mining operations back in 2017 motivated by widespread concern that mining decentralization was declining. At the time it appeared that parties involved in ASIC manufacture, hosting, and pool…

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