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Warren and Sanders outraise the rest in Silicon Valley despite bashing big tech
Sanders and Warren want to break up the industry. That has not dented their popularity with its workers, Guardian analysis finds Elizabeth Warrens crusade against Silicon Valley has not dented her popularity among... READ MORE
Who will be the new owner of democracy.com? Domain to go on sale
Sale is a sealed-bid auction, in which each potential buyer is blind to what others offer, but is expected to get $300,000 or more What is democracy worth? Later this month a broadly... READ MORE
Last few hours to apply: TC Top Picks @ Disrupt Berlin 2019
This is it, startup founders. Today, October 18, is the last day and your final opportunity to be chosen as a TC Top Pick, to score a free Startup Alley Exhibitor Package and to... READ MORE
Catalan separatists have tooled up with a decentralized app for civil disobedience
Is our age of ubiquitous smartphones and social media turning into an era of mass civil unrest? Two years after holding an independence referendum and unilaterally declaring independence in defiance of the Spanish... READ MORE
How the wheels came off Facebook’s Libra project
Support for Mark Zuckerbergs mission to reshape global finance is slipping away slowly but surely When quit in dramatic fashion in recent weeks, including PayPal, eBay, Visa and Mastercard, as concerns mount. One... READ MORE
YellowHeart allows musicians and concert organizers to take more control of resold tickets
YellowHeart is trying to solve a problem that should be familiar to anyone who’s ever tried to buy a ticket for a popular concert: Those tickets will often get snatched up by scalpers,... READ MORE
Feds Take Down Massive Child Porn Site That Told Users Do Not Upload Adult Porn
According to the Department of Justice, a now-busted online hub for child pornography had strict instructions for its users: Do not upload adult porn. Welcome to Video, a site which allegedly hosted hundreds... READ MORE
Inside the shutdown of the worlds largest child sex abuse website
This morning, the Justice Department announced that it had brought charges against the administrator and hundreds of users of the “world’s largest” child sexual exploitation marketplace on the dark web. For me, it... READ MORE
Why each Libra members mutiny hurts Facebook
There’s a strategic cost to the defection of Visa, Stripe, eBay and more from the Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra Association. They’re not just names dropping off a list. Each potentially made Libra more useful, ubiquitous or reputable. Now they could become … Continued
Cryptocurrencys bad day continues as the SEC blocks Telegrams $1.7 billion planned token sale
Cryptocurrency’s bad news day continues to get worse as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has said it has filed an emergency action and received a restraining order for the $1.7 billion planned token offering of Telegram’s blockchain. The move … Continued
Pegging Libra to just the $ could soothe regulators, a16z says
What if Libra wasn’t backed by a basket of international currencies, but only the dollar? Regulatory pushback to the Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra has caused major partners — including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and eBay — to pull out of the Libra … Continued
Friday deadline alert: Apply to TC Top Picks @ Disrupt Berlin 2019
We dedicate this countdown post to all the early-stage startup founders who hunger for an opportunity to break new ground. This is the final week you can apply to be a TC Top Pick and exhibit your startup — for … Continued
Tales of Crypto-Currency: Bitcoin Jihad in Syria and Beyond
When President Donald J. Trump talks about the withdrawal of American forces from Syria, hes turning his back on more than U.S. allies and the problem of their hardened prisoners from the so-called Islamic State. The president also turns his … Continued
Final day to save up to 600 on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019
Tick tock, it’s now-o’clock, startuppers. The last few hours of super early-bird savings on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019 are slipping away faster than grains of sand through an hourglass. The bird bites the dust and prices go up as … Continued
Xage now supports hierarchical blockchains for complex implementations
Xage is working with utilities, energy companies and manufacturers to secure their massive systems, and today it announced some significant updates to deal with the scale and complexity of these customers’ requirements, including a new hierarchical blockchain. Xage enables customers … Continued
Payment firms back out in painful blow to Facebooks cryptocurrency Libra
Several large companies have announced their departure, including Visa and Mastercard, a week after PayPal exited Nearly every payment firm that initially agreed to join Facebooks cryptocurrency Libra has backed out, in a potentially fatal blow to the social networks … Continued
3 days left to save on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019
What does Disrupt Berlin 2019 have in common with the movie “Three Days of the Condor?” Frankly, not much, except that there are only three days of the super early-bird special left before prices go up. The analogy may be … Continued
US briefing: impeachment battle, Syria crisis and California power
Wednesdays top story: White House refuses to cooperate with inquiry, threatening constitutional crisis. Plus, How Bong Joon-ho returned home to make his masterpiece said he prevented the US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, from testifying to the congressional impeachment … Continued