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Texas regulator goes after cryptocurrency firm promising 900% returns in 2 weeks

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 9:51 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Regulators in Texas have filed a cease and desist order against a New York-based cryptocurrency business promising a 900-percent return on investment in just two weeks. Forex and Bitcoin Trader, which was advertising on Craiglist Dallas, reportedly deals in cryptocurrency investments, commodity-based derivatives, and foreign currency trading. A statement published earlier this week said the company claimed a $2,000 investment would see returns of $20,000, not including the 10 percent fees charged by the platform. The order says Forex and Bitcoin Trader was misleading investors by claiming it had an insurance policy that backed client funds and a balance sheet with…

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Researchers break iPhone’s FaceID by putting modified glasses on unconscious people

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 9:43 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Plugged


Security researchers have cracked Apple’s FaceID biometric system yet again. But there’s an unusual caveat to this trick: to successfully unlock an iPhone, the attackers first need to make sure the victim is out cold. Tencent researchers demonstrated the exploit vector at Black Hat USA 2019, Threatpost reports. The attack involves putting a pair of modified glasses on the victim’s face. That, coupled with carefully placing a piece of tape over the glasses’ lenses, makes it possible to circumvent FaceID and log into a victim’s iPhone. Of course, the exploit is fairly difficult to pull off considering the attackers would need…

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8 ways small businesses can tap into 3D printing

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


3D printing, while still a developing technology, has immense potential for helping small businesses. From creating custom items to marketing and design, 3D printing offers a number of benefits in terms of efficiency and establishing connections that make the purchase of a 3D printer viable. To find out what small businesses can do to efficiently leverage 3D printing services — and what challenges teams may face when doing so — I asked a panel of YEC entrepreneurs the following: What is one thing small businesses could be doing to tap into 3D printing? Why would this approach be effective? What…

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How to merge several PDFs or images into a single file… on iOS

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 8:33 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. Shortcuts for iOS is a useful app for automating actions on your iPhone or iPad. In this series, we’ve been looking at a variety of workflows to make your Apple device a lot more powerful to accomplish specific tasks. Today, we’ll take a look at another simple automation to combine multiple PDF documents or image files into a single PDF document. While there are lots of websites and apps that offer this functionality, Shortcuts makes…

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Huawei just announced HarmonyOS, its answer to Android

Aug09
by on August 9, 2019 at 7:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Huawei just announced a new operating system called Harmony OS  at its developer conference in China. The company said the HarmonyOS is a microkernel-based distributed OS for all platforms including mobile phones, wearables, laptops, and televisions. The Chinese tech giant said the OS will be open-sourced with its own ARK compiler. It will also support existing Android apps. Huawei will first launch the OS on smart TVs, and it’ll arrive on wearables and laptops by 2020. The company mentioned it will only use it if Android is not allowed on its smartphones. HarmonyOS has just been announced at #HDC2019! How are…

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