US Dollar Slump Incoming: Bank of America Sees ‘Death Cross’ as Confidence in Gold Rises
Jul10

US Dollar Slump Incoming: Bank of America Sees ‘Death Cross’ as Confidence in Gold Rises

The US dollar is increasingly being viewed in a negative light by investors. Bank of America analysts are seeing a “death cross,” a bearish technical formation suggesting that a period of dollar weakness is coming. Meanwhile, confidence in gold has been rising. Investors Losing Confidence in US Dollar Investors are increasingly viewing the U.S. dollar in a negative light amid the resurging covid-19 pandemic and the...

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Group Who Operated 20 Pirate ‘beIN’ Streaming Sites Found Guilty, Leader Jailed
Jul10

Group Who Operated 20 Pirate ‘beIN’ Streaming Sites Found Guilty, Leader Jailed

The Association Against Audiovisual Piracy (ALPA) has been active in France since 1985. The group is predominantly focused on protecting the rights of companies in the audiovisual and movie sectors and over the years has targeted everything from file-sharing forums through to torrent and movie/TV show streaming platforms. In more recent years, ALPA has worked with companies in the broadcasting sector, targeting individuals who run...

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Libtorrent Adds WebTorrent Support, Expanding the Reach of Browser Torrenting
Jul10

Libtorrent Adds WebTorrent Support, Expanding the Reach of Browser Torrenting

When the BitTorrent protocol was first made public almost two decades ago, it was only supported by desktop apps. As time went by, people started to do more from their web browsers, including downloading and streaming, but support for web-based torrenting was still lacking. This is one of the reasons why Stanford University graduate Feross Aboukhadijeh invented WebTorrent. The technology, which relies on WebRTC, is supported by most...

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EU Court: YouTube Not Required to Share Email and IP-Addresses of Movie Pirates
Jul10

EU Court: YouTube Not Required to Share Email and IP-Addresses of Movie Pirates

YouTube’s millions of users upload staggering amounts of content to the site every day and while most of it doesn’t present any issues, some of that material inevitably infringes someone’s copyrights. In 2013 and 2014, three YouTube users uploaded the movies Scary Movie 5 and Parker to the platform, something which caught the eye of Constantin Film, the exclusive rights holder for the titles in Germany. Since the...

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Add videos as wallpaper on your Linux desktop
Jul10

Add videos as wallpaper on your Linux desktop

The Linux desktop is a beautiful thing, but if you’re tired of boring wallpaper, then you should try wallset, a command-line utility allowing you to set a video as your wallpaper. Wallset can also help you manage your wallpaper collection so you can conveniently make changes as often as you want. Installation First, you must have the following software installed on your system: read...

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