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Xiaomi’s Mi 9 SE proves good things do come in (slightly) small(er) packages

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by on August 1, 2019 at 2:07 pm
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Over the past few years, I’ve been bouncing from one smartphone review unit to another, so I haven’t bought myself something that I really want. As such, I’ve mostly been stuck with some of the largest handsets on the market, even though I’ve been hankering for something compact. Xiaomi’s Mi 9 SE isn’t the smallest phone on the market (can we get more iPhone SE-sized devices please?), but it does fit more easily in your pocket and your palm than most other phones launched in the past couple of years. It’s also well priced at just $300, boasts a plethora…

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SpankChain launches SpankPay so users can pay for porn with Bitcoin

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by on August 1, 2019 at 2:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Adult content platform SpankChain has launched SpankPay, a cryptocurrency payments platform. As a result, customers will now be able to pay using several cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. The platform also accepts privacy-focused coins such as Zcash and Monero. SpankPay is launching with two partners, which have already integrated the solution: SkyPrivate, Skype-based webcam service and JustFor.Fans, a blogging and market place for adult entertainers. “With SpankPay, we are bringing immediate value to adult merchants by helping them accept crypto [sic], avoid chargebacks, and reach a global audience,” said Ameen Soleimani, SpankChain’s CEO. SpankChain said in a blog post that its new service…

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North Korean hacking groups and copycats are going after financial institutions

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by on August 1, 2019 at 12:32 pm
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State-sponsored and criminal actors are mounting a wide array of cyber attacks against the global finance industry with an aim to steal data and sabotage trading systems, according to new research. The report, published by Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure, detailed the increasing sophistication of these financially-motivated cyber attacks. With financial institutions becoming a lucrative target because of their socio-economic importance, the attackers are exploiting the threat landscape to commit identify fraud, engage in insider trading, and inflict reputational damage that can run into millions of dollars. “While North Korea is a unique case of a nation-state conducting financially-motivated attacks —…

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How Dollar Flight Club lets you save big on airline tickets

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by on August 1, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


Whether it’s getting out to see friends and family or just globetrotting to drink in our planet, travel is one of those life goals on everyone’s to-do list. Of course, accomplishing that goal without getting financially ransacked by skyrocketing ticket prices is an art in itself. Almost 900,000 users have turned to Dollar Flight Club to help with that — and right now, a one-year subscription to their services is just $19.99 from TNW Deals.

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Binance Coin did great in Q2 despite $40M exchange hack – here’s what happened

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by on August 1, 2019 at 11:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Binance Coin (BNB) is one of the newest cryptocurrencies on the block. It comes from one of the world’s largest virtual currency exchanges of the same name, Binance.  The token launched in July 2017 as an ERC20 token based on the Ethereum blockchain, raising over $15 million in an initial coin offering (ICO). Binance launched in early 2017, becoming the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange desk (by trading volume) by April 2018. Binance Coin is primarily a “utility token” in that it’s used to pay for services and fees when trading other cryptocurrencies or digital assets on the Binance exchange itself. Using BNB…

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