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FBI suspects tea company that ‘pivoted’ to blockchain of insider trading

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by on July 26, 2019 at 9:48 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Long Island Tea Corp was one of those companies that randomly added the word “blockchain” to the name of their business to seem cool (and maybe bump up its stock) – but it appears its name change may be more sinister than first thought. The Federal Bureau of Investigation suspects Long Blockchain Corp., as it is now known, may be guilty of insider trading, Quartz reports. According to a request for a search warrant, the FBI is also searching for evidence of securities fraud. According to the warrant, FBI agents linked Long Blockchain Corp. to a separate fraud case involving securities fraud at separate…

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Johannesburg’s power supplier gets the better of ransomware attackers

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by on July 26, 2019 at 9:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web


A ransomware infection at one of South Africa‘s electricity providers left some city residents of Johannesburg without any power. City Power, one of the largest power suppliers in Johannesburg, said the attack encrypted all its databases, applications and network, leading to a blackout of its IT systems. City Power will continue to work throughout the night to recover the systems and restore remaining applications. We are hoping that if everything goes according to plan, everything should be restored by Friday. — @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) July 26, 2019 The company said the attack impacted vendors, who couldn’t upload invoices or access its…

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Meet Alyssa Carson, the 18-year-old training to become the first human on Mars

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by on July 26, 2019 at 9:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Space


At just three years old, Alyssa Carson knew she wanted to be an astronaut, and since then, she’s worked tirelessly. Carson could soon become the first human to set foot on Mars — even if it means never returning back to Earth.  “My fascination with space all started when I watched an episode of the cartoon The Backyardigans called ‘A Mission to Mars,” Carson told TNW. “[In that episode] all the friends went on this imaginary adventure in their backyard which eventually brought them to Mars. I had the poster for that episode hung on my bedroom wall for years.”  Growing…

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PUBG’s lite version for India works on budget phones and comes in under 400MB

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by on July 26, 2019 at 8:26 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, gaming, India


Popular battle royale game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), just released a lite mobile version for India. The lite version for Android an installation package of 400MB, that’s just a fourth of the size of the normal variant which is sized at 1.6GB. Tencent Games and PUBG Corp, which developed the game, says it has redesigned the app with Unreal Engine 4 to make it work with phones that have less than 2GB RAM. To make the gameplay exciting, PUBG Lite features a special map that can handle 60 players, with a game-time of 10 minutes. The game also has some new features designed for a redacted…

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