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Reports of The Pirate Bay’s death were exaggerated: It’s back online
Notorious torrent tracker website The Pirate Bay went offline in early December when its server facility near Stockholm, Sweden was raided by local authorities. This event appeared to be a sad end to what was a years-long battle between The Pirate Bay and copyright interests, which have been lobbying governments and ISPs (UK ISP block, ...
Regulators in California, New York speak out against Coinbase ‘licensed exchange’ claims
This Monday, Coinbase Inc. launched what it dubbed the first regulated U.S. exchange and listed 24 states and one territory where the exchange would be available. Since the launch, however, at least two officials, in California and New York State, have come forward to say that Coinbase Exchange is not regulated in their states. California ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 January 28: All about exchanges–Winklevoss Gemini, Coinbase Exchange, CoinMKT
This week appears to be mostly about the Bitcoin exchange ecosystem: the launch of Coinbase Exchange across the U.S., the Winklevoss twins plans for the Gemini exchange, and CoinMKT acquisition by AMX. In more grim news, a Colorado man has been accused of running an unlicensed money exchange service and CoinTerra, mining operation, is filing ...
Virtual world selfies coming soon to World of Warcraft
If you didn’t already think Instagram was overwhelmed by selfies from the real world, it’s time to expect them from the virtual world. Blizzard Entertainment is adding a special item to its cultural juggernaut massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game World of Warcraft (WoW) that allows players to turn the camera around and take a ...
Coinbase to open first ‘licensed’ U.S.-based Bitcoin exchange
Coinbase Inc., well-known bitcoin payment processor and web-wallet, has announced its intention to open the first licensed U.S.-based Bitcoin exchange on Monday. Following $106 million in backing, from sources including the New York Stock Exchange, the company believes it can now provide a credible exchange service to U.S. customers. The Coinbase exchange is online and available ...
Microsoft’s HoloLens headset is everything you expect of science fiction
Today, Microsoft managed to capture the rapt attention of a million geeks—and everyone else—when the software giant unveiled its newest product: an augmented reality headset called HoloLens. Windows Holographic is essentially a head-mounted display acting as a pair of goggles that adds images to the visible world, and it’s amazing. This reveal happened during the ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 January 21: Coinbase $75m funding round, ChangeTip Facebook support, EgoPay vanishes, GAW Miners SEC investigation
This week saw Coinbase receive the largest funding round in the history of Bitcoin-related startups, which is an amazing thing following investment trends in the Bitcoin industry. And ChangeTip adds Facebook to its stable of social media that people can send/receive bitcoin tips across. In darker news, EgoPay, a bitcoin payment processor, appears to have ...
China super-sizes 3D-printing with world’s first printed apartment building
The utility of 3D printing continues to grow with leaps and bounds and the most recent invention, the world’s first 3D-printed apartment building, is on display now at China’s Suzhou Industrial Park. The building is the pet project of Shanghai-based company WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co. who have been working hard in the industrial construction ...
Lizard Squad DDoS-for-hire website compromised, stored passwords in plain text
The Lizard Squad, an Internet mayhem group, has recently been caught with their proverbial pants down when an attacker compromised the customer database of the group’s recently released distributed denial of service (DDoS) for hire service. The service, the “Lizard Stresser,” allows paying customers to trigger attacks against websites and networks that can knock them ...
U.K. teen arrested in connection with Christmas Day attacks on Xbox and PlayStaton
The Christmas Day distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that took down Xbox Live and PlayStation Network are beginning to catch up with alleged perpetrators. An 18-year-old man was arrested on Friday in connection with the attacks, U.K. law enforcement agency South East Regional Organized Crime Unit (SEROCU) announced in a series of tweets. An ...