Chat Bot Advises Crypto Startups and Investors
Three Ukrainian companies have developed an English-language chat bot that provides consulting services to businesses and investors in the crypto industry. The AI-based platform, Ailo, offers a range of automated services but it can also deal with cases that require human intervention and professional legal advice. Also read: Russian Marketplace Allows Users to Sell Items Priced in Cryptocurrency Ailo Tests ICOs for Free Law firm...
Three Sentenced For Placing Advertising on Pirate Sites
While there are several business models that are able to keep pirate sites up and running, advertising is one of the most popular. With huge amounts of traffic landing on both torrent and streaming platforms, even with low-quality adverts it’s possible for both site owners and advertising companies to generate decent profits. Until now, pirate site operators have been the main targets for law enforcement agencies but a recently...
Demonoid’s Troubles Worsen as Domain Name Expires
As one of the oldest torrent communities online, the Demonoid tracker has gone though many ups and downs. The site has disappeared for months, more than once, but always reappeared. Earlier this year things were looking quite positive for the site. The founder and operator Deimos was committed to rebuilding the site to the thriving community it once was, but at the end of this summer new problems emerged. Initially, there were some...
Banksy’s Own Video Shredded By YouTube Following Canal+ Copyright Claim (Update)
Banksy is without a doubt one of the most mysterious yet best-known street artists in the world. His works are the most sought after in their genre for which collectors are happy to pay serious cash. One of his paintings was sold at Sotheby for £1.4 million in October, which is a reasonable amount. However, as soon as the hammer went down a built-in shredder tore half of it to pieces. Apparently, Banksy had built a shredder into...
Kim Dotcom Extradition Battle May Have Years to Run
When Megaupload was shut down by United States authorities in 2012, along with the arrest of its operators in New Zealand, few people anticipated the scale of the legal battle that would ensue. After countless legal processes and procedures, every attempt to force Kim Dotcom and colleagues Mathias Ortmann, Finn Batato, and Bram van der Kolk into submission have been met with resistance. Perhaps the most important battle – to...
