Poll Suggests Young Romanians Want to Pay with Crypto
Mar09

Poll Suggests Young Romanians Want to Pay with Crypto

More than half of Romanians living in cities know about cryptos, and 60 percent of people under 40 believe they are the future of payments. Half of young people want to pay with digital coins, according to a new poll. The survey shows growing awareness of cryptocurrencies in the country. Many of its citizens want to take advantage of the opportunities they present. Also read: More Belarusians Search “Crypto”, Question...

Read More
Regulatory Loophole Helps Startups in India Accept Bitcoin Without Breaking the Law
Mar09

Regulatory Loophole Helps Startups in India Accept Bitcoin Without Breaking the Law

Some businesses in India believe that they have found a loophole in the finance minister’s speech that sought to clamp down on the use of cryptocurrencies. While this loophole may allow startups to accept bitcoin without breaking the law, experts question its viability. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 Cryptocurrencies The Loophole Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley. As the Indian...

Read More
“Large Scale” Music Pirate Settles With BREIN For 10,000 Euros
Mar09

“Large Scale” Music Pirate Settles With BREIN For 10,000 Euros

In 2018, music piracy is a very different beast than it was back in the early P2P days of Kazaa and LimeWire. Where once it ran rampant, vastly improved official offerings have ensured that millions of former pirates are now enjoying music legally via convenient streaming services such as Spotify. However, there is no shortage of people who prefer to have personal archives of illicit MP3s stored safely on their own machines. This...

Read More
ISP Wants EU Court Ruling on Identifying ‘Pirating’ Subscribers
Mar09

ISP Wants EU Court Ruling on Identifying ‘Pirating’ Subscribers

In recent years Internet provider Bahnhof has fought hard to protect the privacy of its subscribers. The company has been a major opponent of extensive data retention requirements, has launched a free VPN to its users, and vowed to protect subscribers from a looming copyright troll invasion. The privacy-oriented ISP is doing everything in its power to prevent its Swedish customers from being exposed. It has even refused to hand over...

Read More
How to create a cron job with Kubernetes on a Raspberry Pi
Mar09

How to create a cron job with Kubernetes on a Raspberry Pi

One of the reasons I stood up a Kubernetes cluster on Raspberry Pis in my house was because I wanted to gain savings by not running high-available, redundant infrastructure in the cloud. Kubernetes provides high availability by design. The possibilities that this capability offers are pretty awesome. Need a web server to run constantly? Build a container and throw it in the Kubernetes cluster. Need a service available all the time?...

Read More