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A look at Mid-Columbia Basin, WA, where 15-30% of all bitcoins may be mined in 2018 due to 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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| 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, Vancouver Sun, PhoneArena, and TechSpot
Tweets: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @tinkersec, @evacide, @josephfcox, and @josephfcox
| 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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| 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, MediaNama, The Verge, BetaNews, and Mashable
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| 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
| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
A look at blockchain-based apps like Graphite Docs, Blockstack, OpenBazaar, Storj, and DTube that are part of the movement to build a decentralized internet — I USUALLY WRITE in Google's online word processor Google Docs, even when noting the company's shortcomings.
Tweets: @wired
| 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
| 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
| 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, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @daniel_bilar, @martinsfp, @securelist, and @patrickwardle
| Columbia Journalism Review: |
Study: mainstream news outlets that embedded IRA tweets were generally using the tweets to reflect provocative, partisan public opinion on social issues — Image by Greyweed via Flickr. — The New York Times's Bari Weiss was in the news again yesterday, this time for citing a hoax Twitter account … | 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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| Rian Wanstreet / Motherboard: |
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