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Web advertising 5 times more profitable than crypto-jacking, research says

Aug08
by on August 8, 2019 at 10:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


When cryptocurrencies were soaring in value in late 2017 to early 2018, crypto-jacking was all the rage with opportunistic hackers. Thankfully, it’s not been quite as popular in recent times, and recent findings might make it even less so. New academic research, spotted by ZDnet, has found that crypto-jacking is way less efficient at generating website revenue when compared to traditional web-based advertising. The researchers say a website that includes three adverts can make five and a half times more money than a website that uses crypto-jacking to generate income. The figure is based on the average time a user spends on…

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Samsung’s ARM-powered Galaxy Book S laptop promises 23 hours of battery life

Aug08
by on August 8, 2019 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Last night, Samsung held its annual Galaxy Unpacked event in New York, where it unveiled the Galaxy Note 10. Along with that, the company also launched the Galaxy Book S – a Windows 10 laptop based on Qualcomm’s 8cx ARM processor.  The laptop can stay always connect with support for gigabit LTE and multiple Wi-Fi bands. The company claims it’ll be easy to carry it everywhere as it just weighs 0.96kg. Plus, it has reported battery life of 23 hours, and it charges via USB C. The Galaxy Book S has a built-in fingerprint sensor for authentication that ties in with…

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Samsung’s ARM-powered Galaxy Book S laptop promises 23 hours of battery life

Aug08
by on August 8, 2019 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Last night, Samsung held its annual Galaxy Unpacked event in New York, where it unveiled the Galaxy Note 10. Along with that, the company also launched the Galaxy Book S – a Windows 10 laptop based on Qualcomm’s 8cx ARM processor.  The laptop can stay always connect with support for gigabit LTE and multiple Wi-Fi bands. The company claims it’ll be easy to carry it everywhere as it just weighs 0.96kg. Plus, it has reported battery life of 23 hours, and it charges via USB C. The Galaxy Book S has a built-in fingerprint sensor for authentication that ties in with…

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US state regulator slaps ‘fraudulent’ ICOs with cease and desist orders

Aug08
by on August 8, 2019 at 8:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A US state regulator is cracking down on two New Jersey-based initial coin offerings (ICO) offering “fraudulent unregistered securities.” The Bureau of Securities issued emergency cease and desist orders as part of “Operation Cryptosweep” – an international crackdown on fraudulent ICOs and cryptocurrency-related investment schemes – against Zoptax LLC (also known as Zoptax) and Unocall. “Today’s action demonstrates that our Bureau of Securities stands ready to enforce our investor protection laws in cases involving initial coin offerings and cryptocurrency-related investment schemes,” said Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal. “As innovation in the online cryptocurrency-related investment market continues, market players need to…

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Yet another reason to dislike Tether: 300 addresses hold 80% of the ‘stablecoin’

Aug08
by on August 8, 2019 at 8:30 am
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Infamous stablecoin and pseudo currency Tether (USDT) doesn’t exactly have the cleanest of rap sheets, and if you needed another reason not to trust it, keep reading. According to recent findings from cryptocurrency researchers at Coin Metrics, around 300 entities hold about 80 percent of the Tether currently in circulation, Bloomberg reports. The figures show that 318 addresses hold $1 million or more in Tether. Compared to Bitcoin, where over 20,000 addresses hold at least $1 million, Tether appears much more centralized. “The concentration of Tether suggests that control of [the stablecoin] is in the hands of a few central…

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