Google AI ethics co-lead Timnit Gebru says she was fired over an email
AI ethics pioneer Timnit Gebru said she was fired Wednesday from her job as co-lead of AI ethics at Google over an email.Read More
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Blackrock CEO Larry Fink: Bitcoin Makes US Dollar Less Relevant, Can Evolve Into a Global Market
The CEO of Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, said that bitcoin “can evolve into a global market.” Moreover, the cryptocurrency has a “real impact on the U.S. dollar,” making the need for the USD “less relevant.” Bitcoin Evolving Into a Global Market Blackrock CEO Larry Fink made some bullish statements about bitcoin in a[…]
Last Month Casascius Owners Redeemed the Highest Number of Physical Bitcoins in 3 Years
On November 30, 2020, bitcoin crossed an all-time price high on a few global exchanges and between spot and derivatives markets there’s been a lot of action. One metric people didn’t notice was the fact that November 2020 saw the most number of redeemed Casascius physical bitcoins in three years. Approximately 92 coins were peeled[…]
Onchain Researchers Suspect Chinese Government Sold Plustoken’s Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Hoard Last Year
A number of masterminds from the Plustoken scam were sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding cryptocurrency investors. Last week, on November 19, a court ruling had shown the Chinese government said that it seized over $4 billion in crypto assets from the Plustoken scam. Meanwhile, onchain sleuths believe the Chinese government may have[…]
Trinamix’s molecular sensing lets smartphones assess the best cosmetics for your skin
Trinamix has created molecular sensing technology so you can use your smartphone to test your skin for the best cosmetics.Read More
Report: 33% of US Based ICO Investors Say Founders Intentionally Deceived Them or Withheld Key Information
A survey conducted by Xangle Research finds that a third (33%) of respondents say founders of an initial coin offering (ICO) in which they invested either intentionally deceived them or withheld key information. A further 17% of the responding ICO investors say they did not know if they had been deceived. However, about half (50%)[…]
Mysterious Monolith Update: Romanian Monolith Disappears in Middle of Night
It’s happened again, another monolith has disappeared. Following in its Utah counterpart’s footsteps, the Romanian monolith has suddenly vanished. The monolith was placed near an ancient Dacian Fortress dating back to B.C. times. Now only a shallow, rubble-holding, square-shaped hole is the only thing that remains of the structure, as seen in a video posted[…]
Flock Freight raises $113.5 million to consolidate truck freight shipments with algorithms
Flock Freight, a startup developing a platform that matches freight with ground transportation, has raised $113.5 million.Read More
Bitcoin.com Exchange To List HUB Token as the Next Gen Trust-Based Cryptocurrency
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Exchange is thrilled to announce the upcoming listing of HUB on the 1st of December 2020 at 14:00 UTC. HUB was created by the Human Trust Protocol Network, under founding member Eric Ly. HUB will be listed with BTC and USDT trading pairs. What is the Human Trust Protocol? Human Trust Protocol[…]
Microsoft Report says Nation-State Hacker Group is Leveraging Cryptocurrency Techniques to Stay Under the Radar
A new security report by Microsoft says nation-state hacker group Bismuth is now deploying cryptocurrency-mining malware alongside its regular cyber-espionage toolkits. According to the report, the deployment by Bismuth of Monero coin miners in recent campaigns has provided another way for the attackers to monetize compromised networks. Bismuth is reportedly backed by the Vietnamese government.[…]