Report: 55% of US Investors Show Interest in Bitcoin Investment, Covid-19 Catalyst to Changing Preferences
Oct29

Report: 55% of US Investors Show Interest in Bitcoin Investment, Covid-19 Catalyst to Changing Preferences

A recent survey study reveals that more than half of U.S. investors (55%) have an interest in investing in bitcoin, a figure which is 19 percentage points higher than that of last year. This translates to a potential U.S. market of nearly 32 million bitcoin investor households. According to the study’s findings, this increase reflects the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on attitudes and perspectives around the digital currency....

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‘David Hasselhoff Invented Bitcoin’ – 9 Celebrities Wish Bitcoin a Happy Birthday
Oct29

‘David Hasselhoff Invented Bitcoin’ – 9 Celebrities Wish Bitcoin a Happy Birthday

Ahead of the 12th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper, a large group of celebrities published cameo videos saying “happy birthday” to the world’s first cryptocurrency. A number of popular stars appear in the videos including Charlie Sheen, David Hasselhoff, Carole Baskin, Gilbert Gottfried, and more. On Halloween, this Saturday, October 31, a great number of cryptocurrency advocates will be celebrating the day Satoshi Nakamoto...

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Alleged KickassTorrents Operator is Now Officially a Fugitive
Oct29

Alleged KickassTorrents Operator is Now Officially a Fugitive

At the start of 2016, KickassTorrents was the most popular torrent site on the Internet. With millions of daily visitors, it had even surpassed the mighty Pirate Bay. A few months later, however, the site was gone. The site’s quick demise was the result of a criminal investigation by the FBI. This resulted in three indictments, with alleged operator Artem Vaulin being the main target. Vaulin, who was born in Ukraine, was arrested at a...

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Sender of False DMCA Takedown Notices Ordered to Pay £370K in Damages
Oct29

Sender of False DMCA Takedown Notices Ordered to Pay £370K in Damages

Every day millions of DMCA takedown notices are sent to major online platforms including Google, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. The aim is to remove content that infringes third-party copyrights and the majority succeed in that goal. However, some people see the takedown provisions of the DMCA either as a tool for censorship or one to be abused in order to seize an advantage over a competitor or rival. There are remedies available...

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Improve your database knowledge with this MariaDB and MySQL cheat sheet
Oct29

Improve your database knowledge with this MariaDB and MySQL cheat sheet

When you’re writing an application or configuring one for a server, eventually, you will need to store persistent information. Sometimes, a configuration file, such as an INI or YAML file will do. Other times, a custom file format designed in XML or JSON or similar is better. read more Powered by...

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