Bitcoin – Time to End the Block-Size Blockade
Recently I’ve seen a number of people in the Bitcoin ecosystem commenting that they think that Bitcoin blocks should always be completely full. This is analogous to thinking that Starbucks should always be completely sold out of coffee. Block space…
Ransomware Update: Zepto, Bart, CryptXXX, Cerber Hitting Users Hard This Month
Zepto, Bart and CryptXXX are among several new types of ransomware attacks cropping up during the month of June. Find out how each of these ransomware attacks are spreading and how to protect yourself from infection. Ransomware is the fastest…
Will artificial intelligence revolutionize cybersecurity?
With criminal hackers becoming more effective at breaking into computer systems, cybersecurity researchers, government agencies, and academics are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) to detect — and fight — cyberattacks. In fact, in the past year, security startups, academics, government…
Opinion: Britain’s Awful Vote May Be a Tipping Point
The British vote to leave the European Union may come to be seen as a tipping point in global politics, perhaps more consequential than anything since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It may mark the moment when Europe comes…
The Supremes erode the 4th Amendment
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2016 – Last week, the Supreme Court overturned a Utah Supreme Court criminal case, and in so doing threw another dart into the hide of the Fourth Amendment’s protection against search and seizure. The case began in…
Playboy Magazine Releases “The Freedom Issue”
LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Playboy magazine today announced the release of “The Freedom Issue,” its July/ August 2016 double issue which considers the state of freedom in the United States and examines a variety of issues from…
5 Ways A Trump Win Could Be Worse For The Economy Than Brexit
It sounds like a threat. As world markets crumbled, Donald Trump was in Scotland, inexplicably doing a commercial for his Turdberry golf course, celebrating the British vote to leave the European Union with a promise that America was “next.” Americans…
Bitcoin Sportsbook Sportsbet.io Kick-Off Euro 2016 With Bumper Bets
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Poor People Flock to Colorado Pot Industry—Now What?
This article originally appeared on the Internatinal Business Times. Standing in an empty gravel lot behind some warehouses near the outskirts of Pueblo, Colorado, Devin Butts took a deep drag from the joint he’d just rolled, the early afternoon sun…
Parsing Soros’ comments on Europe
Parsing Soros’ comments on Europe by LST Yesterday, George Soros published an op-ed titled: Brexit and the Future of Europe on Project Syndicate. As Soros’ public statements tend to be Misquoted or taken out of context Misunderstood Even occasionally dismissed…