The ‘Undo Button’ Wallet Tool Gives Users the Ability to Reverse Ethereum Transactions
Nov13

The ‘Undo Button’ Wallet Tool Gives Users the Ability to Reverse Ethereum Transactions

On Thursday, November 12, 2020, the blockchain firm Kirobo launched a tool that allows users to reverse ethereum transactions. Similarly to the replace-by-fee (RBF) protocol leveraged by bitcoin users, ethereum transactions can be reversed as well with Kirobo’s “Undo Button” supported by Metamask or any wallet that supports walletconnect. The two top blockchain assets, in terms of market capitalization, have features that allow users...

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A New Bitcoin Mining Pool Claims It Has Tools to Censor Blockchain Transactions
Nov13

A New Bitcoin Mining Pool Claims It Has Tools to Censor Blockchain Transactions

A blockchain and technology company claims its new bitcoin mining pool is embedded with tools that enable the pool to censure transactions in the blocks they mine. According to a statement issued by the DMG, the parent company to Blockseer mining pool, this ability allows the latter to “exceed” the compliance requirements of the U.S. Government’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The mining pool’s ability to filter or censor...

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Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ From DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results
Nov13

Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ From DuckDuckGo’s Top Search Results

Over the past few years the entertainment industries have repeatedly asked search engines to step up their game when it comes to their anti-piracy efforts. In addition to processing takedown notices, Google and Bing are now also actively working with rightsholders to take more proactive measures. Takedown+ Google, for example, downranks sites for which it regularly receives valid takedown notices. This isn’t new but this year the...

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Happy Birthday To Us, TorrentFreak Turns 15
Nov13

Happy Birthday To Us, TorrentFreak Turns 15

Fifteen years ago, the web was a breeding ground for new services and sites. An ambitious streaming site called YouTube launched early 2005, Google Maps followed soon after, as did Reddit, Etsy, and WordPress. The latter promoted itself as easy-to-use blogging software that, for its part, facilitated the creation of tens of thousands of new sites. Today, many of the early WordPress-based sites have long gone but some have survived....

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How to create trust in artificial intelligence using open source
Nov13

How to create trust in artificial intelligence using open source

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used more frequently in our daily lives, with systems such as Siri and Alexa becoming commonplace in many households. Many households themselves are “smart,” powered by devices that can control your lights, heating and air, and even the music playing. And those music players are powered by AI that recommends songs and artists you may like. read more Powered by...

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