Bitcoin is hotter than ever. Is it time for the average investor to get some skin in the game? Only if you’ve got cash to spare, says Mark Cuban, the billionaire investor and Shark Tank host. “It’s still very much a gamble,” Cuban said of […]
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As Cook and Pichai leave China, Valley confronts rising internet tyranny in world’s second largest market
It’s been a bad few months for internet freedom in China (and really a bad few decades, but who is counting?). The government brought into force a broad-ranging “cybersecurity law” earlier this year that empowers Beijing to take unilateral control over critical internet infrastructure, while […]
Bitcoin tops $13000, less than 24 hours after topping $12000 for the first time
Bitcoin climbed above $13,000 Wednesday afternoon after topping $12,000 Tuesday night. The volatile digital currency leaped 11 percent to hit a record high of $13,017.96 and was last trading near $13,000, according to CoinDesk. Bitcoin topped $12,000 Tuesday night in a rapid recovery from a […]
Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann teases Vine 2.0
v2 pic.twitter.com/JkzE1CULSV — dom hofmann (@dhof) December 6, 2017 Full disclosure: It’s pretty unclear how solvent a potential Vine 2.0 is. Hofmann tweeted a week ago that he is ‘going to work on a follow-up to vine’ and that he’s funding it himself as an […]
The Wikipedia Competitor That’s Harnessing Blockchain For Epistemological Supremacy
At the time of this writing, the opening sentence of Larry Sanger’s Everipedia entry is pretty close to his Wikipedia entry. It describes him as “an American Internet project developer … best known as co-founder of Wikipedia.” By the time you read this, however, it […]
New Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen brings her cybersecurity focus to domestic defense
After a Senate vote on Tuesday, Kirstjen Nielsen has now been confirmed as John Kelly’s replacement to lead the Department of Homeland Security. The top position at the DHS has remained open since Kelly left to join the White House as chief of staff in […]
Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot box debate could escalate to new laws
You’ve doubtless noticed all the recent controversy over loot boxes in Star Wars Battlefront 2, and US politician Chris Lee (D) has launched another attack on loot crates and ‘pay-to-win’ games in a YouTube video (following a previous pop at them and Battlefront 2 at […]
This French chateau has 9000 owners
(CNN) — La Mothe-Chandeniers is a romantic French château straight out of a storybook. Dating back to the 13th century, it now lies abandoned — and its turrets and towers have begun to crumble. But the chateau has seen an unexpected change of fortune — […]
Trump sposta l’Ambasciata americana a Gerusalemme: “Oggi l’annuncio”. Ed è massima allerta
La decisione del presidente Usa è di fatto un atto di riconoscimento di Gerusalemme come capitale di Israele. Una scelta che sta creando molta preoccupazione anche in Europa, con Mogherini che invita alla cautela, mentre insorge il mondo arabo. Gruppi … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]
Pensioni. Cisl incontra gruppi parlamentari della Lega Nord e Liberi e Uguali
Pensioni. Cisl incontra gruppi parlamentari della Lega Nord e Liberi e Uguali (Mdp e Si). Roma, 6 dicembre 2017. Continuano gli incontri tra la Cisl ed i gruppi parlamentari sui temi della previdenza, del lavoro, del welfare. Oggi una delegazione della Segreteria confederale ha incontrato […]