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| Paul Roberts / Politico: |
A look at the Mid-Columbia Basin, WA, where 15-30% of all bitcoins may be mined in 2018 due cheap power there, as utilities deal with a crazy power demand spike — Eastern Washington had cheap power and tons of space. Then the suitcases of cash started arriving.
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Tweets: @ggreeneva, @alexismadrigal, @politicomag, @buzzfeednews, @cwarzel, @chcktylr, @politicomag, and @polemictmm
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Kaspersky Lab details sophisticated Slingshot malware likely used for spying on targeted individuals and organizations, which remained hidden for six years — Nation-sponsored Slingshot is one of the most advanced attack platforms ever. — Researchers have discovered malware so stealthy …
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Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Securelist, Kaspersky Lab official blog, The Register, The Hacker News, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @daniel_bilar, @martinsfp, @securelist, and @patrickwardle
| Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter has suspended several accounts, some with millions of followers, that allegedly engaged in tweet stealing and “tweetdecking”, mass-retweeting each other — Continuing their battle against the “tweetdeckers,” Twitter suspended on Friday several popular accounts known …
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Engadget, The Verge, BetaNews, and Mashable
Tweets: @harshilshah1910, @panmidwest, @jbillinson, @ws, @jeffkillinger, @cpfchq, @yashar, @kristina_nauman, @hautepop, @viviornitler, and @buzzfeednews
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
FBI arrests CEO of Phantom Secure, which allegedly customized smartphones for criminals by removing mic and camera, routing encrypted comms via overseas servers — Phantom Secure is one of the most infamous companies in the secure phone industry. Sources and court documents detail …
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Engadget, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, TechSpot, and Vancouver Sun
Tweets: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @tinkersec, @evacide, @josephfcox, and @josephfcox
| Bloomberg: |
Source: online bulk-order wholesaler Boxed has rejected a $400M acquisition offer from Kroger and will instead pursue a new funding round — E-commerce startup said to pursue new round of funding — Amazon, Costco, Target all said to have expressed interest
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TechCrunch and PYMNTS.com
| Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
The term blockchain needs a universal definition as its general usage has become diluted and has led to many misconceptions about its capabilities — 'You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means' — Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies have entered …
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TechnoLlama. Tweets: @aparanjape, @random_walker, @aruna__b, @jesselund, @emollick, @random_walker, @sarahjeong, @sarahjeong, @play_crypto, and @charlesarthur
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Alleged NSA EternalBlue exploit, which leaked a year ago, has become a go-to tool for hackers because of its versatility and the many machines still unpatched — AN ELITE RUSSIAN hacking team, a historic ransomware attack, an espionage group in the Middle East, and countless small time cryptojackers all have one thing in common.
Tweets: @t_s_p_o_o_k_y
| Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
Intel's rumored bid for Broadcom seems suicidal and is likely motivated by fear that a combined Broadcom-Qualcomm will again become Apple's sole modem supplier — The Smartphone 2.0 era has destroyed many companies: Nokia, Blackberry, Palm... Will Intel be another victim …
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Wall Street Journal, Ubergizmo, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, CNET, and AppleInsider. Tweets: @stevesi
| Stef W. Kight / Axios: |
Gallup poll: 58% of Americans see AI, robotics, and automation as bigger threats to jobs than immigration and offshoring over the next ten years — More than half of Americans (58%) believe that artificial intelligence poses a greater threat to U.S. jobs over the next 10 years than immigration …
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New York Times, Gallup, TechCrunch, Newsmax, The Daily Caller, Gallup, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @verge and @daniadaye
| Rian Wanstreet / Motherboard: |
American farmers, threatened by big data, proprietary systems, and restrictive EULA agreements, hack their own machines to fight back — Big data, proprietary systems, and restrictive EULA agreements threaten farmers, but the right to repair movement shows they are fighting back.| Oscar Williams-Grut / Business Insider: |
Mt.Gox trustee sold $400M worth of Bitcoin since Sept.; half of bitcoins sold were transferred from bankrupt exchange on Feb.5, a day before BTC dropped to $6K — - Bankruptcy trustees have been selling the company's bitcoin since September to raise funds to pay creditors.
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Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Attack of the 50 Foot …, NewsBTC, Deep Dot Web, Cointelegraph.com News, BGR, and NewsBTC. Tweets: @anondran
| Kathleen Chaykowski / Forbes: |
A deep dive into Facebook's big bet on expertise in AR; CTO Mike Schroepfer says the company needs it to remain relevant in 10 or 20 years — Mark Zuckerberg got his first taste of the Oculus Rift, the pioneering virtual reality headset, in January 2014. Standing in one of the few Facebook … Sponsor Posts
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