Despite the cryptocurrency market’s plummeting price of recent weeks, the Nasdaq is still plowing ahead with preparations to launch Bitcoin futures. Sources close to the matter say it could happen as soon as Q1 2019, according to Bloomberg. The Nasdaq is currently making sure its Bitcoin futures offering satisfies regulations from the Commodity Futures Trading
Read MoreAnother Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory multi-factor authentication service outage is causing problems for a number of Office 365 users. Microsoft's multi-factor authentication service goes down for second week in a row Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThere’s a battle going on in academia between the scientific journal publishing companies that have long served as the main platform for peer review and spreading information, and scientists themselves who just want to share and have access to the work of their fellows. arxiv.org launched the first salvo, allowing researchers in physics to self-publish their
Read MoreThe ride-hailing company is still feeling the heat. Uber slapped with .2M in British, Dutch fines for 2016 hack – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle Employees Against Dragonfly: A group of Google employees have joined Amnesty International in calling on Google to cancel Project Dragonfly, penning an open letter to the company — We are Google employees and we join Amnesty International in calling on Google to cancel project Dragonfly, Google’s effort to create … A group of Google
Read MoreHere are the best smart-home bargains from Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Fry’s, Target and more, updating frequently. Best Cyber Monday 2018 smart-home deals still available: Nest thermostat for 9, Ring, Philips Hue and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNASA Deputy Associate Administrator Melanie Saunders and astronaut Mike Massimino ring the closing bell of Nasdaq after the NASA’s InSight lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars. Ringing in InSight's Landing on the Red Planet Source: NASA
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook launches Watch Party, its group viewing feature where users can see and comment on the same video at the same time, to all profiles and Pages worldwide — Facebook Watch has failed to capture viewers with its content, so it’s hoping to differentiate through the company’s core strength: social. Facebook
Read MoreTech giants jump on board with Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday: Facebook, T-Mobile, Amazon rally for charitable causes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s not Monday anymore, but Walmart’s deals are still hot. Cyber Monday 2018 Walmart deals still available: 0 off Xbox One S and iPhone 8, 0 Nintendo 2DS XL – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook on Tuesday faced a fresh lashing from regulators representing Canada, France, the United Kingdom and six other countries for the social-networking giant’s inability to stop the spread of misinformation online and protect its users’ personal data. Facebook faces fresh lashing from nine countries for its inability to stop the spread of fake news Source:
Read MoreA new report by Edison Research indicates that for the first time since the beginning of podcasting, the diversity of monthly consumers of the medium look nearly identical to that of the US population. This means that podcast producers have a great opportunity to create much more diverse varieties of content. This finding is encouraging
Read MoreMany business figures join the organization out of expedience. Likewise, the party sees benefits in associating itself with capitalist success stories. Jack Ma, China’s Richest Man, Belongs to the Communist Party. Of Course. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreInvesting in cryptocurrencies isn’t easy because there is always the risk of losing money, especially when you don’t have a deep understanding of the market. Actually, even seasoned traders will lose money on some trades because it is really hard to make money all the time. For example, Wall Street legend Warren Buffet lost about
Read MoreLeigh Cuen / CoinDesk: Current and former employees of news orgs sponsored by the blockchain startup Civil say they haven’t received the compensation they were promised when hired — Civil was supposed to create a more transparent and democratic model for journalism. But so far, journalists working on its platform … Current and former employees
Read MoreIs it time for the tech industry to grow up and realise just how much it affects the world? Satya Nadella: Microsoft's first futurist CEO Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIt is a good bet that if you look around you, you’ll be able to find at least one smoke detector in sight. If not, there’s probably one not too far away. Why not? Fires happen and you’d like to know about a fire even if you are sleeping or alert others if you are
Read MoreIn the last few years, the industry has been booming with cool gadgets, and tech solutions such as wearables, analytics tools, performance boosters, and so on making it very clear we’re living in an era of innovative technology. Now, most sports organizers, teams, and players are looking to the future and embracing these changes to
Read MoreAmazon’s Cyber Monday sale is in full swing, with price cuts on Bose products, huge Amazon device sales and more. Cyber Monday 2018 Amazon deals still available: Echo Dot, Bose discounts and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRepeat after me: An AI is only as fair as the data it learns from. And all too often, the world is unfair with its myriad gender, race, class, and caste biases. Now, fearing one such bias might affect users and rub them the wrong way, Google has blocked Gmail’s Smart Compose AI tool from
Read MoreConsumer agencies in seven EU countries have asked privacy regulators to take action against Google for violating GDPR. The search giant has allegedly tracked the movements of millions of Europeans, Reuters reports. According to the BEUC’s announcement — an umbrella organization representing European consumer groups — the Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, and
Read MoreThe most recent collapse of the cryptocurrency market has had an interesting effect on blockchain token developers. In the past month, teams have withdrawn at least 170,000 ETH ($17.7 million) from their cryptocurrency coffers, marking the third biggest withdrawal period of this year. In fact, over 100,000 ($10.4 million) ETH has been transferred from Initial
Read MoreElizabeth Schulze / CNBC: Uber fined ~$1.17M by British and Dutch authorities for a 2016 data breach and cover-up that exposed the personal details of 2.7M British and 174K Dutch users — – Uber was fined a combined $1.17 million by British and Dutch authorities Tuesday for a 2016 data breach and cover-up that exposed
Read MoreCyber Monday is behind us but there are still some deals left. Here’s what’s still on sale at Target. Cyber Monday 2018 deals still available at Target: Nest video doorbell, Bose SoundLink Micro for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBitPay’s popular Bitcoin wallet, Copay, has been compromised – and your cryptocurrency might be at risk. Developer BitPay has warned users that its open-source wallet Copay has been infected with malware designed to steal users’ private keys. This means anyone running the malicious versions of its app “should assume that private keys on affected wallets may
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