No, Linus Torvalds is not Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto
ZDNet reporter Steven Vaughan-Nichols has solved the mystery of whether Linus Torvalds is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto: no. But what's interesting is why the reporter had to ask in the first place: In a GitHub Linux kernel repository, it appear.....»»
Seized Silk Road Bitcoin To Clear Ross Ulbricht"s $183M Debt
Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht will see his $183 million debt wiped out following the seizure of $3 billion in bitcoin connected to an unnamed Silk Road hacker, according to a court filing. From a report: In 2015, Ulbricht was sentenced to life in p.....»»
In rare interview, Monkey Island designers tell Ars about long-awaited Return
The new title will eschew pixel art, embrace hint systems. Enlarge / Welcome back. We've been expecting you. Nine years ago, The Secret of Monkey Island creator and designer Ron Gilbert wrote a blog post laying out what he w.....»»
Razer Blade 17 vs. MSI Creator Z17
MSI and Razer both make 17-inch laptops with tons of power and good looks. Which is better for both creators and gamers?.....»»
Heart Hive is a new health app that lets you compare your metrics with peers
From the creator of the popular app Heart Analyzer comes a new app with next-level analytics. Heart Hive joins the App Store, allowing users to share and compare their health metrics. Heart Hive records the information on your Apple Watch, and you c.....»»
John Wick creator will adapt Streets of Rage as a film
Derek Kolstad, the creator of the John Wick films, will write the script for a movie based upon Sega's Streets of Rage video games......»»
Core brings its creator-driven metaverse to iOS this summer
Manticore Games wants you to embrace Core's metaverse on PC, Mac, and iOS this July......»»
MSI Creator Z17 review: One-upping the MacBook Pro?
The MSI Creator Z17 laptop is priced quite high, despite otherwise being a solid MacBook Pro alternative......»»
Mac testing site BareFeats founder Robert Arthur Morgan dies, aged 77
Longstanding Mac expert and self-professed "mad scientist" creator of the BareFeats website, Robert Arthur Morgan has died at home in Portland, Oregon.Robert Arthur Morgan (source: BeatFeats)Also calling himself Rob-ART, Morgan tested Mac hardware an.....»»
TikTok is setting a safer way to dislike bad comments
TikTok is testing a private dislike button for comments, but the gesture won't alert the original commenter or the creator whose video attracted the response......»»
Wikipedia community votes to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations [Updated]
Critics argue the bitcoin and ethereum networks consume too much energy. Enlarge (credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus) More than 200 long-time Wikipedia editors have requested that the Wikimedia Foundation stop accepting crypto.....»»
Wikipedia community votes to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations
Critics argue the bitcoin and ethereum networks consume too much energy. Enlarge (credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus) More than 200 long-time Wikipedia editors have requested that the Wikimedia Foundation stop accepting crypto.....»»
Meta Plans To Take Nearly 50% of Creator"s Earnings In "Horizon Worlds"
After announcing earlier this week that creators can sell digital items in Horizon Worlds for real money, Meta has offered details about how many fees creators will have to pay on earnings made through the platform. According to Road to VR, "Meta exp.....»»
T-Mobile Secretly Bought Its Customer Data From Hackers To Stop Leak. It Failed
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Last year, T-Mobile confirmed it was breached after hackers offered to sell the personal data of 30 million of its customers for 6 bitcoin worth around $270,000 at the time. According to court doc.....»»
New Callisto Protocol Details Will Be Revealed Soon, Confirms Striking Distance
New details on The Callisto Protocol will be revealed soon, creator Glen Schofield has said. The post New Callisto Protocol Details Will Be Revealed Soon, Confirms Striking Distance appeared first on PlayStation Universe. Glen Schofield has conf.....»»
Robinhood rolls out Crypto Wallets for more than 2 million people
It's been a while, but Robinhood is finally opening its Crypto Wallets to more users. The company announced the news at the Bitcoin conference in Miami on Thursday: More than 2 million users who signed up for the waitlist for Robinhood's Crypto Walle.....»»
Peter Thiel Launches Tirade Against "Gerontocracy" Over Bitcoin
Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, has accused a "finance gerontocracy" including Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon of hindering bitcoin's progress. From a report: The outspoken libertarian tech investor described multibillionaire Buffett, the world.....»»
Is Bitcoin Struggling to Find Its Star Power After Miami Conference?
Fast Company reviews the Bitcoin 2022 conference held in Miami this week — arguing that it was actually Ethereum that sparked 2021's boom in cryptocurrenies. (And that with NFTs and DAOs, Ethereum still remains the flashier, main driver of pop.....»»
Inside the Bitcoin Bust of the Web"s Biggest Child Abuse Site
Chainalysis is a software for tracing cryptocurrency, "to turn the digital underworld's preferred means of exchange into its Achilles' heel," writes Wired. This week they describe what happened when that company's co-founder discovered that for two.....»»
El Salvador"s "Bitcoin President" Pressured, Accused of Attacking Civil Liberties
The International Monetary Fund "has indicated it will not give El Salvador a much-needed loan unless it drops bitcoin" as one of the country's legal tenders, reports the Los Angeles Times. And meanwhile the "bitcoin bond" proposed by El Salvador has.....»»
Tesla, Block and Blockstream Team Up To Mine Bitcoin Off Solar Power in Texas
Blockstream and Jack Dorsey's Block, formerly Square, are breaking ground on a solar- and battery-powered bitcoin mine in Texas that uses solar and storage technology from Tesla. Tesla's 3.8 megawatt solar PV array and 12 megawatt-hour Megapack will.....»»