Latest news from crypto currencies
Remember December? Markets could face another ‘bearish black hole’
New York (CNN Business)Warnings are sounding in global financial markets, punctuated by a cascade of selling in everything from stocks and crude oil to metals like iron ore. Recession jitters drove the S&P... READ MORE
BlockFi, which lends money to cryptocurrency holders, just raised $18.3 million led by Valar Ventures
Last year, we told you about a New York-based startup that had begun lending cold, hard, cash to cryptocurrency holders who don’t want to offload their holdings but also don’t necessarily want so... READ MORE
AI is shaping new products–but is it limiting our shopping choices?
A manual process simply could not analyze the ridiculous amounts of data necessary, and provide product-specific actionable insights, explains Yuval Yifrach. Yifrach is the CEO at Market Beyond, a Tel Aviv-based AI company... READ MORE
North Korean cryptocurrency heists net estimated $2 billion: UN report
(CNN)North Korea earned as much as $2 billion dollars through large-scale cyber attacks to help fund its weapons programs, a United Nations panel alleges in a new report. The allegations were published in... READ MORE
UK privacy chief joins warning over Facebook’s Libra
Libra, and its digital wallet Calibra, were announced in June by a group of companies backing it, led by Facebook. US treasury head warning over Facebook Libra Carney gives Facebook currency cautious welcome... READ MORE
How the West Got China’s Social Credit System Wrong
In October 2018, Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit to the Hudson Institute—a conservative Washington, DC, think tank—to give a wide-ranging speech about the United States’ relationship with China. Standing stiffly in... READ MORE
Gadgets, drug mules and a French accent: my life as a private investigator
Emmanuelle Welch was a journalist before becoming a PI. Now she tracks down embezzlers and the occasional lost teddy bear Im often asked how I chose the life of a private investigator. In... READ MORE
IRS warns crypto holders: dodge tax and we’ll hand out stiff punishments
Service sending out warning letters to more than 10,000 people holding digital currency and says taxpayers should take these very seriously Watch out, crypto-heads the taxman cometh. The Internal Revenue Service has begun... READ MORE
Remember December? Markets could face another ‘bearish black hole’
New York (CNN Business)Warnings are sounding in global financial markets, punctuated by a cascade of selling in everything from stocks and crude oil to metals like iron ore. Recession jitters drove the S&P 500 down by 9% last December. It … Continued
BlockFi, which lends money to cryptocurrency holders, just raised $18.3 million led by Valar Ventures
Last year, we told you about a New York-based startup that had begun lending cold, hard, cash to cryptocurrency holders who don’t want to offload their holdings but also don’t necessarily want so much of their assets tied up in … Continued
AI is shaping new products–but is it limiting our shopping choices?
A manual process simply could not analyze the ridiculous amounts of data necessary, and provide product-specific actionable insights, explains Yuval Yifrach. Yifrach is the CEO at Market Beyond, a Tel Aviv-based AI company that provides the machine learning analysis eBay … Continued
North Korean cryptocurrency heists net estimated $2 billion: UN report
(CNN)North Korea earned as much as $2 billion dollars through large-scale cyber attacks to help fund its weapons programs, a United Nations panel alleges in a new report. The allegations were published in an early draft of a biannual report … Continued
UK privacy chief joins warning over Facebook’s Libra
Libra, and its digital wallet Calibra, were announced in June by a group of companies backing it, led by Facebook. US treasury head warning over Facebook Libra Carney gives Facebook currency cautious welcome Ms Denham said: “The ambition and scope … Continued
How the West Got China’s Social Credit System Wrong
In October 2018, Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit to the Hudson Institute—a conservative Washington, DC, think tank—to give a wide-ranging speech about the United States’ relationship with China. Standing stiffly in a shiny blue tie, he began by … Continued
Gadgets, drug mules and a French accent: my life as a private investigator
Emmanuelle Welch was a journalist before becoming a PI. Now she tracks down embezzlers and the occasional lost teddy bear Im often asked how I chose the life of a private investigator. In my case it was an accident. PIs … Continued
IRS warns crypto holders: dodge tax and we’ll hand out stiff punishments
Service sending out warning letters to more than 10,000 people holding digital currency and says taxpayers should take these very seriously Watch out, crypto-heads the taxman cometh. The Internal Revenue Service has begun mailing more than 10,000 letters to cryptocurrency … Continued
Facebook needs more than a $5 billion fine. It needs a new business model
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is letting Facebook off the hook. Google, for example, has handed over more than $9 billion to the European Commission since 2017 for antitrust violations, without skipping a beat. And immediately after reports earlier this … Continued
The Great Hack: Netflix doc unpacks Cambridge Analytica, Trump, Brexit and democracys death
It’s perhaps not for nothing that The Great Hack — the new Netflix documentary about the connections between Cambridge Analytica, the U.S. election and Brexit, out on July 23 — opens with a scene from Burning Man. There, Brittany Kaiser, … Continued