Tokyo has taken another step towards cryptocurrency “mass adoption,” and will be giving high-rollers another place to spend their hodlings. The Hinomaru Limousine company claims it will be giving passengers the opportunity to pay for their travel – between the Japanese capital and the city’s two major airports – in digital currencies, Bloomberg reports. Hinomaru
Read MoreAnother day on Twitter, another Elon Musk cryptocurrency giveaway scam. The official account of Pathé, the world’s second oldest operating film company and Europe’s second largest studio, has been hacked to spread malicious Bitcoin giveaway links. To dupe users out of their cryptocurrency, the hackers promise to double the investment of anyone who sends a small
Read MoreToday in the UK is Guy Fawkes Day, colloquially known as Bonfire Night, which is marked by Brits setting off a bunch of fireworks. Much of the festivities took place over the weekend, which, coincidentally, was when I got the new Huawei Mate Pro 20, which is rapidly shaping up to be the best phone
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Amazon waives $25 minimum spend to offer free Christmas deliveries for all US customers — Amazon has announced its latest plan to coin in on the lucrative Christmas shopping extravaganza: free deliveries for all customers with no minimum spend required. — The ecommerce giant has dabbled … Amazon waives minimum spend
Read MoreThe new benefit comes after similar moves from Target and Walmart. Amazon drops its free shipping minimum for the holidays – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Unlike 10 years ago when Steve Jobs unveiled the first MacBook Air, the newest one faces strong competition from Windows PCs and Apple’s own iPads — It’s not the same as 2008 — Steve Jobs changed the world of laptops 10 years ago when he introduced the MacBook Air by
Read MoreThe evil of the galaxy is getting clearer as the show hints at dark deeds. Star Wars Resistance episode 6: First Order trouble follows The Children from Tehar – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe spent the entire weekend failing to reach the bottom of our buckets of Halloween candy. Yes, we’re disappointed with ourselves too. But as it’s Moonday, we’ve put that aside and rounded up the best cryptocurrency news from the last few days just for you! Here’s some of our top picks. 1. A new security
Read MoreFile this one away for your mad scientist costume next Halloween: [bitluni]’s Pocket Jacob’s Ladder is the perfect high voltage accessory for those folks with five dollars in parts, a 3D printer, and very big pockets. [bitluni]’s video shows you all the parts you’ll need and guides you through the very simple build process. For parts,
Read MoreApple’s iPhones in 2020 might have 5G capabilities, as per a report from FastCompany. According to a source, the company will choose Intel as an exclusive modem supplier. Intel is currently working a chip called 8060, which will be used to test 5G on the iPhone. However, the chipmaker is planning to manufacture a 10nm
Read MoreBrands pour billions of dollars into Facebook advertising, but the social media giant isn’t going to last forever. So, where will those dollars go in the future? The only viable choice is creativity. Predicting the future Most chess masters agree that their most valuable skill is envisioning moves before they happen. The further ahead they
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: North Carolina, consistently rated as a top tech hub in the US, has seen its profile grow even further thanks to Red Hat-IBM deal and Epic Games’ $1.25B round — The Research Triangle area in North Carolina (made up of the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) has
Read MoreApple’s redesigned iPad Pro is sleeker and more powerful — not to mention pricier — but will still leave most professionals longing for a mouse or trackpad. Nope, Apple’s new iPad Pro still isn’t a laptop Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreGregory J. Gilligan / Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia-based insurance comparison site Compare.com has raised $35M, bringing total raised to $185M since it was founded in 2013 — Henrico County-based Compare.com, which enables consumers to price-comparison shop for automobile insurance online, has raised $35 million to help fuel its expansion and brand development. Virginia-based insurance comparison site
Read MoreClare McGrane / GeekWire: 98point6, a Seattle-based startup developing a virtual primary care service delivered via its app and website, raises $50M Series C led by Goldman Sachs — 98point6, a Seattle-based startup developing an entirely virtual primary care service, has raised $50 million in a round led by Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division. 98point6,
Read MoreFirst of all, a living hinge is not a biological entity nor does it move on its own. Think of the top of a Tic Tac container where the lid and the cover are a single piece, and the thin plastic holding them together flexes to allow you to reach the candies disguised as mints.
Read MoreMike Butcher / TechCrunch: Berlin-based omni:us, which extracts structured data from insurance-related documents, says it has closed its Series A, bringing the total raised to ~$22.5M — Earlier this year omni:us, an AI-driven service which is able to process digital documents (some of which contain handwriting) … Berlin-based omni:us, which extracts structured data from insurance-related
Read MoreThis isn’t the end for Rick Grimes. The Walking Dead's Rick Grimes is getting his own movie trilogy spin-off – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJana Winter / BostonGlobe.com: DHS election threat reports say hackers have had “limited success” in hacking election-related tools, despite publicly saying all attempts have been thwarted — Hackers have ramped up their efforts to meddle with the country’s election infrastructure in the weeks leading … DHS election threat reports say hackers have had "limited success"
Read MoreLily Hay Newman / Wired: An expert says Georgia’s voter registration site looks poorly secured, but the secretary of state, a candidate for governor, appears to deflect blame to rivals — IN DECEMBER 2016, Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp accused the Department of Homeland Security of attempting to hack his office’s systems … An
Read MoreJust in case you wanted to feel completely tiny and insignificant today. Zoom all the way into the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[Robson Couto] recently found himself in need of MIDI interface for a project he was working on, but didn’t want to buy one just to use it once; we’ve all been there. Being the creative fellow that he is, he decided to come up with something that not only used the parts he had on-hand
Read MoreNathaniel Popper / New York Times: Charlie Shrem, who spent a year in prison for helping people buy drugs online, is being sued by the Winklevoss twins for allegedly spending bitcoin he owed them — Charlie Shrem went to prison in 2015 after he pleaded guilty to helping people buy drugs online. Now he’s being
Read MoreThe site went offline last week after one of its users killed 11 people during prayer services at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Gab, the social network linked to the Pittsburgh shooting suspect, returns online – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKurt Wagner / Recode: A look at HQ Trivia as it deals with its app’s fading popularity, races to publish its next game, and has its new CEO facing an HR complaint from an HQ employee — A boardroom battle and more alleged management issues have raised new questions about HQ’s future. — HQ could
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