This Week in Tech 659: A Game of Hold My Beer
More revelations in the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal. Congress sneaks the CLOUD Act into the omnibus spending bill. Craigslist […]
Technology
bitcoin
Social Media, Technology
This Week in Tech 644: This Is Fine
Bitcoin hits $20,000, then drops back to $15,000. San Francisco to ban robots. DeepMindAI teaches itself to be a chess
Apple, Social Media, Technology
This Week in Tech 643: Ambien Tech
Cyber Monday was Amazon’s biggest day ever, but Jeff Bezos still lost his $100 Billion dollar crown. Apple fixes an
Hardware, Microsoft, Technology
This Week in Computer Hardware 419: NVIDIA Rocks the Apple Tax
First impressions of the new iPad Pro! Is bitcoin mining profitable again??? Samsung’s SICK 49″ ultrawide display… and Alienware’s sicker
Technology
Silk Road Reloaded forgoes Tor for lesser-known I2P network
The original Silk Road, multiple successors and several other copycat online drug markets have all been taken offline in recent
Security, Social Media
Facebook helped shut down ‘Lecpetex’ botnet responsible for turning PCs into Litecoin miners
Law enforcement officials in Greece recently arrested two people last week that they believe were responsible for operating a botnet
Security, Technology
Bitcoin-stealing malware hidden in Mt. Gox data dump, researcher says
An archive containing transaction records from Mt. Gox that was released on the Internet last week by the hackers who
Networking, Security, Social Media, Technology
Hackers break into Mt. Gox’s servers, claim the company still has customers’ bitcoins
While the Bitcoin community is impatiently waiting for Mt. Gox to provide details on the massive hacker attack that stole