Computing 10 Years After Lehman: Bitcoin and Wall Street Are Closer Than Ever | Crypto Sep 13, 2018 Hank Paulson, former secretary of the U.S. Treasury, called it “an economic 9/11.” Having loaded up on mortgage debt that went sour, then failed to…
Computing Not ‘Viable’? Berkeley Professor Takes Dim View of Stablecoins in New Critique | Crypto Sep 13, 2018 A University of Berkeley professor has claimed stablecoins are a “myth” in a new critique published Tuesday, September 11. Taking the emerging market…
Computing Reddit and Wikipedia criticize EU’s controversial copyright law | Computing Sep 13, 2018 The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of an amended version of the Copyright Directive that was originally rejected by Members of…
Computing Fintech Investor Ribbit Capital Sets $420 Million Goal for Its Latest Fund | Crypto Sep 13, 2018 U.S.-based venture capital firm Ribbit Capital, the portfolio of which includes notable cryptocurrency and blockchain projects, is aiming to raise…
Computing Snapshots of the future: Tool learns to predict user’s gaze in headcam footage | Computing Sep 13, 2018 Credit: CC0 Public Domain The miniaturization of video cameras has led to an explosion in their use, including their incorporation into a range…
Computing EU lawmakers vote for new online copyright rules | Computing Sep 13, 2018 European Parliament President Antonio Tajani listens to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivering his State of Union speech…
Computing Carbon Becomes Latest Startup to Launch a Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin | Crypto Sep 13, 2018 Following an eventful week that saw the release of dollar-pegged stablecoins from both Paxos and Gemini, crypto project Carbon is now set to release…
Computing ProtonVPN and NordVPN patched up vulnerabilities before they became known | Computing Sep 13, 2018 Mark Coppock/Digital Trends Following the announcement from Cisco Talos that both NordVPN and ProtonVPN’s internet traffic obfuscating services were…
Computing In mobile cyberwar, attackers prefer to phish rather than send malware | Computing Sep 13, 2018 After examining half a billion emails sent between January and June, researchers at FireEye revealed that an alarming one out of every 101 emails are…
Computing Crypto Exchange OKCoin Expands Trading to 20 More U.S. States | Crypto Sep 13, 2018 Digital currency exchange OKCoin has announced its expansion of token-to-token trading into twenty new U.S. states, according to a statement…