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Many investors that want to enter the cryptocurrency market have never traded any form of a financial instrument before. Most of them, however, have some form of knowledge of the stock market. Using lessons learned from the stock market and applying them on the cryptocurrency market is not necessarily a smart move though. This blog […]
Author: Marshall Taylor Blockchains and their cryptocurrencies are energetically following a path similar to other major leaps in technology that have come before it. Like automobiles, electricity, or the world wide web, the technology and communities behind blockchain tech are growing and innovating far ahead of existing regulations or social safety nets. On one hand, […]
Author: David Hamilton The banking system is inefficient in its current state as it requires the use of multiple third-party verifications and transferring services in order to complete a transaction. Blockchain can alleviate the need for these organizations and provide the world with a viable solution to the inherent problems facing the banking community. Blockchain is transforming the way […]
Author: Cole Gibson Before it became intertwined in the controversy surrounding Facebook’s misuse of data, Cambridge Analytica was planning to raise funds for a new digital currency. According to sources at Reuters, the firm was looking to raise as much as $30 million for their cryptocurrency project. Brittany Kaiser, former employee of Cambridge Analytica, stated […]
Interview: Aragon’s Luis Cuende on Blockchain Governance & Digital Jurisdictions Author: Bennett Garner Bennett Garner: You’ve said “humans enforce contracts by giving away freedom.” Could you explain what you mean by that in the context of Aragon? Luis Cuende: Basically when you enter a social contract, you are agreeing to give away some of your […]
This is Part 2 of Linux Basics In this Part we will talk about your first steps with linux. Logging In and Out: The Linux system distinguishes between different users. As a consequence, you may not be able to start using the computer immediately after it has been switched on. First you must tell the […]
This will be the beggining of a long series of the basics of linux, so let’s get started. What is Linux? Open-Source? What is the use of Linux? Linux is an operating system that was first started out of curiosity by Linus Torvalds, but then took on a life of its own—in the meantime, hundreds […]
Author: Colin Harper If you’ve ever dealt in Bitcoin, you may have suffered through hour-long (or at worst, day-long) transaction times. It’s becoming commonplace for Bitcoin to have backlogs of 150k+ unconfirmed transactions at times of high transaction volume, and when we couple this with its exorbitant fees, it’s a wonder how you’re ever gonna […]
One of the biggest stories of the year so far has been the scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytica that came out after a Channel 4 expose that demonstrated the depths they are willing to go to profile voters, manipulate elections and much more. It’s kicking off in the UK and the US and Mark Zuckerberg has […]
Author: Colin Harper Litepay, a Litecoin-specific payment processor, is closing up shop–until it finds a buyer, that is. According to a blog post released today by the Litecoin Foundation, Litepay CEO Kenneth Asare is ceasing all operations in preparation to sell the company. The post continues to convey that, prior to the company’s closure, Asare […]
Author: Alex Moskov What is Litecoin? Litecoin (LTC) is a decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency that was released on October 7th, 2011 and went live on October 13th, 2011. The silver to Bitcoin’s gold. Bitcoin’s little brother that doesn’t get out much. These are just a few of the things you might hear being tossed around when […]
The group, which embodies countless tech organizations including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Etsy and various companies, stated that the organization will not only compete in the coming lawsuits which should come shortly after the repeal hits the Federal Register but would carry a “legislative solution” to help make net neutrality permanent. “The final report of Chairman […]
The CEO of one of the world’s prominent chipmakers, Brian Krzanich of Intel, took to the platform at a keynote at CES to say a few messages about the news before launching into his planned publications covering areas like automotive, AI and entertainment. “I want to thank the business for coming together to address the recent security, […]
The malicious software uncovered pornographic ads and attempted to trick users into buying added services, according to Check Point. “We’ve eliminated the apps from Play, disabled the developers’ accounts, and will remain to show strong warnings to anyone that has installed them,” a Google spokesperson said. Dubbed “AdultSwine”, the malware hides inside play apps that […]
Microsoft is addressing unusual of the performance subdividing for fixing patches to relieve the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. Windows Chief Terry Myerson describes three escapades (two for Spectre, one for Meltdown) that have been approached using a sequence of silicon microcode updates and changes to the Windows operating system: Variant 1 (Spectre): CVE-2017-5753 (Bound Check Bypass) Variant 2 (Spectre): CVE-2017-5715 (Branch Target Injection) Variant 3 […]
Apple has issued a statement regarding the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, confirming all Mac systems and iOS devices are affected, but saying there are no known exploits impacting customers at this time. Apple, like Microsoft, has urged users to download software only from trusted sources, such as the App Store. The iPhone maker has already […]
At last, Wi-Fi security — or lack of — is about to get its day in the sun. The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry body made up of device makers including Apple, Microsoft, and Qualcomm, announced Monday its next-generation wireless network security standard, WPA3. The standard will replace WPA2, a near-two decades-old security protocol that’s built […]
Millions of people have become victims of a FakeApp that is using new tricks to cheat Uber users around the world. Security researchers from Symantec corporation have found parts of a new Android malware that is trying to steal passwords, credit card details and phone password of uber users before covering up its own tracks. […]
It’s time to learn how to renew its OS because researcher James Bercegay has found a dozen models possess a hard-coded backdoor. The backdoor, lets anyone log in as user mydlinkBRionyg with the password abc12345cba. WD mostly sells the My Cloud range as accommodated for file sharing and backup in domestic environments. But several of the designs with […]
As the FCC has attempted to abandon its role as the defender of a free and open Internet at the federal level, states are attempting ways to step into the void. Prior to December, the FCC’s rules prevented Internet service providers (ISPs) from preventing or slowing down traffic to websites. The rules also restrained ISPs […]
Security researchers from Rhino Labs (a US-based cyber-security firm) have found that cyber criminals can use a Microsoft Word feature dubbed subDoc to fool Windows machines into handing over their NTLM hashes, which is the usual format in which user account credentials are saved. subDoc feature was created to load a document into the body of a […]