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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

Aug13
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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South Korea takes the brunt of North Korea’s cryptocurrency cyberattacks

Aug13
by on August 13, 2019 at 9:08 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A United Nations (UN) report has disclosed how the intergovernmental organization is investigating at least 35 cyberattacks led by North Korea, South China Morning Post reports. The attacks include cryptocurrency exchange hacks and crypto-jacking campaigns. South Korea was the most affected being victim to 10 attacks from its northern neighbor. India witnessed three attacks, Bangladesh and Chile both experienced two each. A further 13 countries including Kuwait, Nigeria, Poland, and South Africa were all affected once. North Korea executes three types of attack One attack targets the international payment system, SWIFT. The other two focus on obtaining cryptocurrency, either by…

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Facebook is finally testing Dark Mode

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by on August 13, 2019 at 8:25 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


From Android to iOS, and from Twitter to Slack, almost every app now has a dark mode. The only app that hasn’t joined the dark side is Facebook’s main app. However, according to reliable app leaker Jane Manchun Wong, the social network giant is now testing dark mode on its Android app Wong also took to twitter to share some of the early screenshots of the under-the-works feature.. Looking at these screengrabs, we can safely say it might be a while before Facebook rolls out the dark mode officially. Facebook is working on Dark Mode for mobile I wrote a…

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