Even Gold-Obsessed Indians Are Pouring Billions Into Crypto
The cryptocurrency aficionados' mantra that Bitcoin is equivalent to digital gold is winning converts among the world's biggest holders of the precious metal. From a report: In India, where households own more than 25,000 tonnes of gold, investments.....»»
Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85
Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985. Enlarge / A photo of David L. Mills taken by David Woolley on April 27, 2005. (credit: David Woolley / Benj Edwards / Getty Images).....»»
$40 billion worth of crypto crime enabled by stablecoins since 2022
Stablecoins like Tether also used for scams and sanctions evasion. Enlarge (credit: Anjali Nair; Getty Images) Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies pegged to a stable value like the US dollar, were created with the promise of b.....»»
DeepMind AI rivals the world’s smartest high schoolers at geometry
DeepMind solved 25 out of 30 questions—compared to 26 for a human gold medalist. Enlarge / Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind Technologies and developer of AlphaGO, attends the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 2, 202.....»»
How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity
Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable. Enlarge (credit: Sam Rodriguez) JUST OVER A DECADE AGO, Bitcoin appeared to many of its adherents to be the crypto-anarchist holy grail.....»»
Hot springs were a catalyst for origins of life on Earth, study claims
Hot springs may have served as a catalyst for the origins of life on Earth billions of years ago, a new study has suggested. The … The post Hot springs were a catalyst for origins of life on Earth, study claims appeared first on BGR......»»
Research team develops anti-icing film that only requires sunlight
A KAIST research team has developed an anti-icing and de-icing film coating technology that can apply the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles to industrial sites without the need for heating wires, periodic spray or oil coating of anti-freeze s.....»»
Musk wants 25% voting control at Tesla before fulfilling AI goal
Musk currently owns about 13 percent of Tesla stock after selling billions of dollars of shares in 2022 partly to help finance his $44 billion purchase of Twitter......»»
Efforts to bring trade standards to Paraguay"s Ciudad del Este just make it harder for residents to survive
Paraguay's Ciudad del Este is a busy South American contraband hub where scrappy Paraguayan vendors and Brazilian traders mix with businessmen from places as far away as Lebanon and South Korea. This hive of activity moves billions of dollars' worth.....»»
Google follows Apple in pulling crypto apps in India
Google has followed after Apple in removing a number of major crypto exchange apps from the Google Play Store in India, after regulators deemed them as operating illegally in the country.Representations of cryptocurrenciesOn January 10, after India's.....»»
Global warming pushes ocean temperatures off the charts: study
In 2023, the world's oceans took up an enormous amount of excess heat, enough to "boil away billions of Olympic-sized swimming pools," according to an annual report published Thursday......»»
Astronomers find spark of star birth across billions of years
Astronomers have completed the largest and most detailed study of what triggers stars to form in the universe's biggest galaxies, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. They were surprised to find that the conditions for stellar.....»»
“What Trump said was so damaging to him”: Experts say NY AG “struck gold” with Trump court rant
“What Trump said was so damaging to him”: Experts say NY AG “struck gold” with Trump court rant.....»»
FlexiSpot electric standing desk deals start at $150 right now
A high-quality standing desk is worth its weight in gold. That’s true for pretty much anyone with a desk job. Many people are under the … The post FlexiSpot electric standing desk deals start at $150 right now appeared first on BGR......»»
Child abusers are covering their tracks with better use of crypto
“Mixers” and “privacy coins” like Monero enable them to launder profits, stay online. Enlarge (credit: Naufal MQ via Getty Images) For those who trade in child sexual exploitation images and videos in the darkest.....»»
Those Games turns crappy mobile game ads into actually good puzzles
It's pin-pulling, color-pouring, fake-but-real fun, and you only pay once. Enlarge / Can you master the ornate physics and inscrutable game theory necessary to overcome this challenge? (credit: D3Publisher) You've seen t.....»»
Actor paid to pose as crypto CEO “deeply sorry” about $1.3 billion scam
Fake CEO denied profiting off the alleged cryptocurrency scam. Enlarge / A screenshot from Jack Gamble's video outing Stephen Harrison as HyperVerse's fake CEO, posted on Gamble's "Nobody Special Finance" YouTube channel. (credit.....»»
Another example of a fantastic Einstein ring
The most evocative astronomy images take us across space and time to stars and galaxies billions of light-years away. Nestled at the center of this one, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is a collection of three galaxies. They're not all that clos.....»»
Elon Musk drops price of X gold checks amid rampant crypto scams
Reports come the same week X reduced the cost of buying gold checkmarks. Enlarge (credit: ALAIN JOCARD / Contributor | AFP) There's currently a surge in cryptocurrency and phishing scams proliferating on X (formerly Twit.....»»
Buy a Costco membership this week & score a free gift card valued up to $40
Readers can score a free Costco Shop Card valued at up to $40 with a 1-year Costco membership. And now the offer applies to both the Gold Star and Executive memberships, the first time ever.New for January 2024 is a free gift card promo that include.....»»
Google"s security firm Mandiant has its Twitter account hacked
Hackers took over Mandiant’s X account to share crypto-draining links in a pretty ironic attack......»»