Jim Rogers Regrets Not Buying Bitcoin but Warns Governments May Outlaw Cryptocurrencies
Mar05

Jim Rogers Regrets Not Buying Bitcoin but Warns Governments May Outlaw Cryptocurrencies

Renowned investor Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, now regrets not buying bitcoin. However, he is still worried that governments can outlaw bitcoin if it becomes a viable currency. Jim Rogers’ Bitcoin Regret Jim Rogers said in an interview with Real Vision this week that he wished he had bought bitcoin years ago. Rogers is George Soros’ former business partner and the co-founder of...

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Mark Cuban Argues Bitcoin Is Better Than Gold, Telling Peter Schiff ‘Gold Is Dead, Move on’
Mar05

Mark Cuban Argues Bitcoin Is Better Than Gold, Telling Peter Schiff ‘Gold Is Dead, Move on’

Billionaire investor and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban, once a bitcoin skeptic who preferred bananas to the cryptocurrency, now sees utility in bitcoin. He has made a case that bitcoin is better than gold, telling gold bug Peter Schiff to “move on” because “gold is dead.” Mark Cuban Says Gold Is Dead, Peter Schiff Should Move On The owner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) team Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, has argued that...

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Yout v RIAA: Use of Technical Protection Measure Does Not Equal Abuse
Mar05

Yout v RIAA: Use of Technical Protection Measure Does Not Equal Abuse

In the wake of the RIAA’s effort to have ripping tool youtube-dl removed from Github, YouTube-ripping service Yout.com went on the offensive. In a complaint filed at a Connecticut court, Yout argued that previous actions by the RIAA against its service, including the delisting of its homepage from Google based on the allegation that Yout circumvented YouTube’s ‘rolling cipher’ technology, were wrongful and damaged its business. RIAA...

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Movie Companies Sue VPN Provider for ‘Encouraging’ and ‘Facilitating’ Piracy (Updated)
Mar05

Movie Companies Sue VPN Provider for ‘Encouraging’ and ‘Facilitating’ Piracy (Updated)

A group of connected movie production outfits, including Voltage Pictures and Millennium Funding, has pursued legal action against key piracy players in recent years. The makers of films such as “Hunter Killer,” “Automata,” and “I Feel Pretty,” went after individual file-sharers, apps such as Popcorn Time and Showbox, and pirate sites including YTS. This week, the movie companies expanded their efforts by going after a man and company...

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5 surprising things you can do with LibreOffice from the command line
Mar05

5 surprising things you can do with LibreOffice from the command line

LibreOffice has all the productivity features you’d want from an office software suite, making it a popular open source alternative to Microsoft Office or Google Suite. One of LibreOffice’s powers is the ability to operate from the command line. For example, Seth Kenlon recently explained how he uses a global command-line option to convert multiple files from DOCX to EPUB with LibreOffice. His article inspired me to share...

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