Google Trends Reveals One of the Top Questions of 2018 — ‘What Is Bitcoin?’
Google has just published its annual Year in Search query statistics for 2018 and the biggest question of last year was “What is Bitcoin?” According to Google Trends, searches for the term “Bitcoin” have declined rapidly since 2017, but web users querying its definition led internet searches last year. Also read: Indian Supreme Court Moves Crypto Hearing, Community Calls for Positive Regulations...
Report: Lightning Network Still Way off Being Ready for Commercial Use
The Lightning Network (LN) is a second-layer protocol that was long promised as a solution to BTC’s scalability problem. However, the off-chain system is still very far from being able to support actual commence according to a new review by business management technology company Scipio ERP. Also Read: The Daily: CEX.io Enforces KYC, Okex Updates BCH Ticker LN Is Incredibly Difficult to Use The report’s developers created a...
Tech Giants Warn US Govt. Against EU’s ‘Article 13’ Plans
Under President Trump, the United States has worked hard to put several new trade deals in place. The administration is also working on a new trade agreement with the EU for which the US Trade Representative recently asked the public for input. This week the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which includes Amazon, Cloudflare, Facebook, and Google as members, sent in its thoughts. The submission includes a...
Bell & Videotron File Criminal Complaint Against IPTV Provider
While regular torrent and streaming sites are still a big hit with online pirates, dedicated IPTV services are becoming increasingly popular with consumers. These services, which can be difficult to tell apart from official offerings, typically supply access to hundreds of otherwise premium channels at a knockdown price. This disruption is something that broadcasters and rightsholders all over the world are keen to bring to an end. In...
Relax by the fire at your Linux terminal
Welcome back. Here we are, just past the halfway mark at day 13 of our 24 days of Linux command-line toys. If this is your first visit to the series, see the link to the previous article at the bottom of this one, and take a look back to learn what it’s all about. In short, our command-line toys are anything that’s a fun diversion at the terminal. Maybe some are familiar, and some aren’t. Either way,...