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Telecom Egypt Covertly Redirecting Internet Users To Crypto Mining Sites, Report Says
byDevices found at Telecom Egypt demarcation points have been found to be surreptitiously redirecting Egyptian Internet users to advertisements and cryptocurrency mining sites, according to a report published by Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto Friday, March 9. The technology research lab’s report explains that the scheme, referred to as Adhose, operates via middleboxes, […]
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Little Evidence Supports Trump’s Claims Against China on Tariffs and Trade
byThere is little evidence to validate the president’s concerns that unfair trade practices like transshipping are a widespread problem. President Trump imposed steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports on Thursday, singling out China as a top offender in an effort to curb what he has called unfair trade practices. But there is little evidence […]
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Strong U.S. job growth forecast; unemployment rate seen at 4 percent
byWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely rose at a brisk clip in February and probably pushed down the unemployment rate to a more than 17-year low of 4.0 percent, but wage gains are expected to have slowed after three straight months of strong increases.The closely watched employment report from the Labor Department on Friday […]
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What you need to know about blockchain and cryptocurrency in the US and China
byBOSTON, March 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — In 2018, China’s official media organ People’s Daily published a full-page report entitled “Leveraging Blockchain to Become a Leader in the Digital Economy”, again emphasizing that blockchain ushers in a new era as the catalyst of a next-generation technology revolution. In the capital market, prices of blockchain concept stocks have fluctuated wildly. The […]
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For Marvel Studios’ Design Team, Creating the MCU Is a Job With No End
byMarvel Studios head Kevin Feige may get the headlines, but few people have as much tactile influence on the Marvel Cinematic Universe as its design department—in particular, head of visual development Ryan Meinerding and visual design supervisor Andy Park. Their teams split up design duties on Marvel’s schedule and are often hard at work on […]
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The Switch Microsoft’s changing its Windows 10 S operating system into ‘S mode’
byLess than a year after introducing Microsoft Windows 10 S, a lightweight version of Microsoft’s operating system marketed to students and businesses, the company is now folding the separate systems’s main features into every version of Windows. Windows 10 S will now become “S mode” in Windows 10 Home, Windows Pro PC and Windows 10 Enterprise, according […]
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Big Tesla Shareholders Back Musk’s $2.6 Billion Pay Package
byTwo of Tesla Inc.’s largest shareholders are supporting a plan to award Elon Musk a compensation package valued at $2.6 billion, a show of confidence in the electric-car maker’s bid to keep its visionary CEO around for the long haul. Baillie Gifford & Co. and T. Rowe Price Group Inc., which combined own about 14 percent of Tesla […]
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The SEC just made it clearer that securities laws apply to most cryptocurrencies and exchanges trading them
byThe SEC statement marked an expansion of scrutiny to companies involved with trading, in contrast to previous publications that focused on the digital coins and their developers. “I think the next step here will likely be subpoenas to exchanges, if they haven’t already started,” said Ryan Schoen, senior financial services policy analyst at Washington Analysis. […]
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ChristiaNet Announces New Blockchain Marketing Initiatives
byBlockchain and a New World of Digital Marketing HOUSTON, March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — With the blockchain decentralized ledger promising faster, cheaper and efficient infrastructures for real-world applications, billions of dollars are flowing into pilot projects and start-ups from entrepreneurs around the world. Currently, Bitcoin and the Altcoin markets are worth $400 Billion and growing. Blockchain’s […]
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Crypto Exchange Coinbase Launches Four-Coin Index Fund, Only For Accredited Investors
byCrypto exchange and wallet Coinbase has announced the creation of both the Coinbase Index Fund and Coinbase Index in a Medium post yesterday, March 6. The Coinbase Index Fund, whose “basket of digital assets” includes all of the Coinbase exchange GDAX’s four coins — Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) — is open to all US-resident accredited investors–defined by those having a net worth of more than $1 mln or […]
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