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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants. дальше »

2019-5-18 22:14


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Watch: This hacked Roomba swears every time it hits an object, and it’s hilarious

Making robots swear for fun (and science) is far from a novelty on the internet. But this new video of a reprogrammed cleaning robot Roomba will still tickle your funny bone. This new gag comes from YouTuber Michael Reeves, who’s previously built a robot that shoots energy drinks when you’re tired and another one that picks tomatoes out of your salad for some reason. дальше »

2019-5-6 13:14


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Analog synths are the perfect instrument for people who took all their toys apart

The world of analog synthesizers is a paradise for DIY-types. It doesn’t matter if you can read music: half the fun’s in creating new circuits and twisting knobs just to hear what happens. That’s why we think it might be the perfect instrument for the kind of people who, as kids, got more joy out of taking apart their toys than playing with them. дальше »

2019-3-5 00:21


NodeJS package used by the Copay and BitPay apps was modified to load malicious code, BitPay released security update version

A Node.js module called event-stream is used in millions of web applications, including BitPay’s open-source bitcoin wallet — Copay — and this module was reportedly compromised. A user with very little coding activity on GitHub requested publishing rights to the event-stream library from its previous maintainer, Dominic Tarr, who said that he had not maintained […] дальше »

2018-11-27 10:45


Our lack of interest in data ethics will come back to haunt us

When was the last time you saw a creepy ad on Facebook, which seemed to know about a product you were discussing with a coworker? Or when was the last time you noticed that your Google search had been modified to suit variables like your current location and personal interests? These micro-events happen on a daily basis for most of us, and are reminders of how valuable and how ubiquitous our data really is. дальше »

2018-11-3 21:30


A College Freshman is Livestreaming Himself Committing 51% Attacks on Small Cryptocurrency Projects

Despite the inherent security advantages provided by blockchain governance systems, no protection technology is unbreakable. To prove this, a college freshman and security researcher by the online handle of “geocold51” is breaking through blockchain-based security with 51% attacks, reports CoinDesk. дальше »

2018-10-25 00:25


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DevCon 4 Will Set the Stage for Ethereum’s Next Milestone: Constantinople

Ethereum is embracing the Constantinople milestone at the end of November 2018, after DevCon4 in Prague. Constantinople is the latest Ethereum release, introduced through a hard fork, that will include five Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs):Bitwise shifting instructions (EIP 145) in the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) allow for direct manipulation of bytes on the EVM layer. дальше »

2018-9-11 18:15


Penn Study: 4 In 5 Leading ICOs Don’t Keep Promises and May Contain Backdoors

According to new research findings from the University of Pennsylvania, many ICOs are taking their investors’ trust for granted. Not only do ICO developers seem to not implement promised features, the investment market as a whole seems to be optimal for ICOs that can be modified at any time. The researchers dug deep into code […] дальше »

2018-7-21 06:25


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Scientists genetically modified gerbils to hear light through an implant

A team of German scientists recently developed a spectacular new cochlear implant that uses light to simulate sound. So far it’s only been tested on gerbils, but the results are promising. Cochlear implants are a decades-old invention that uses electricity to stimulate or bypass deadened auditory nerves in order to trick the brain into “hearing” something. дальше »

2018-7-12 18:46


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