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Bitcoin Weekly 2015 November 11: Satoshi Nakamoto Nobel Prize nomination, Zapchain and Coinbase partnernership music to our ears, Quadriga Canadian Blockchain R&D Lab
In what came as no surprise, a Professor of Finance, Bhagwan Chowdhry, announced that he would nominate the inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, for the Nobel Prize in Economics. With how the Bitcoin protocol and its underlying blockchain-technology shows huge promise in effecting change in economics and fintech the lambent afterglow of Satoshi’s creation continues ...
U.K. authorities connect in joint operation to police the Dark Web
In a movie almost reminiscent of CBS’s CSI: Cyber the United Kingdom’s top law enforcement agency, the National Crime Agency (NCA), and the U.K.’s intelligence and security organization the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) have aligned in a joint operation to take on the Dark Web, the segment of the internet hidden from prying eyes by ...
Introducing LucidCam: A stereoscopic 3D 180-degree virtual reality camera
Virtual reality (VR) has long been seen in the mind of the public as a way to “see” within computers. As a result, it has an audience with their eyes peeled for everything from computer graphics VR movies and video games with the option of being enjoyed with VR. However, as a method of viewing ...
IMMUNIO changes the DevOps game with Security-as-a-Service
Web and mobile development have been maturing for a very long and, during that tenure, developers have learned a great deal about what security treats applications face. This has meant the growth of best practices and defensive design. However, developers are rarely in control of all the code, often third party libraries are needed to ...
Overwatch introduces three new heroes, release date June 2016 | #BlizzCon
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. just announced three new heroes for its highly anticipated first person shooter (FPS) that pits superheroes against supervillains Overwatch—and with them the anticipated release date of June 21st, 2016. When it goes live, players will be able to pre-order at BuyOverwatch.com for what is expected to be $39.99 for the regular edition ...
The Overwatch branded Razer gaming hardware is out—and it’s very orange
Today is a big day for fans of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. as BlizzCon 2015 ramps up. Amid the announcements fans and players expect something to be revealed about Blizzard’s upcoming first person shooter (FPS) game Overwatch, which pits superheroes and supervillains against one another in a game style reminiscent of Team Fortress 2. Expecting a ...
Guild Wars 2 releases beta 64-bit client, here’s how to get it
For a very long time, players of the massively multiplayer online (MMO) game Guild Wars 2 could get the game in one flavor: 32-bit. However, many people currently run on systems and OSes that can support 64 bit—in fact, according to a report over 92 percent of all new PCs sold worldwide and running Windows ...
Kim Dotcom at it again with plans for private internet with MegaNet
Kim Dotcom, from MegaUpload (Mega Limited) controversy and fame, just announced that he intends to build his own private internet–with emphasis on the private. The web mogul says plans for “MegaNet” will make the communication infrastructure secure and distributed by using the unused bandwidth and computing power of smartphones and computers running nodes on the ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 November 4: Bitcoin market boom nears $500, Bitcoin Unicode symbol coming, Taiwan declares Bitcoin illegal
This Bitcoin Weekly would be remiss if the first thing mentioned was not that Bitcoin market value nearly hit $500 on some exchanges today. The community has been watching the slow but very apparent rise in market value over the past few weeks with some interest. Keep reading for some speculation as to what’s behind the ...
An MMO Halloween retrospective: Friends, ghosts and ghouls across the multiplayer industry
Spooks, ghouls and horror movies in TV make the vanguard of the onrushing Halloween holiday for the mass media. Often it’s a lot of build up to a final climax of costume parties and walking the streets dressed as Elsa from Frozen or trying to make a “I’m in the shower,” costume work without being awkward. ...