The Pirate Bay Promotes ‘Suspicious’ Digital Pirate Token (TPB)
May13

The Pirate Bay Promotes ‘Suspicious’ Digital Pirate Token (TPB)

The Pirate Bay has been both an early adopter and a pioneer when it comes to cryptocurrencies. More than eight years ago the torrent site added support for Bitcoin donations, with Litecoin and Monero following later. The Pirate Bay was also the first large website to start mining cryptocurrency by using the computing resources of its visitors. This was a controversial move, but one that was followed by many other sites. TPB Promotes...

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Disney Patents Blockchain-Based Movie Distribution System to Stop Pirates
May13

Disney Patents Blockchain-Based Movie Distribution System to Stop Pirates

Disney is one of the best known brands in the world and the owner of an impressive collection of movies and TV shows. New and old releases earn the company a healthy stream of revenue, both in movie theaters and through its own movie streaming service Disney+. While there is plenty of competition from other movie studios, Disney’s single biggest threat appears to be piracy. To tackle this issue, Disney’s in-house anti-piracy team...

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3 features released in Python 3.1 you should use in 2021
May13

3 features released in Python 3.1 you should use in 2021

This is the second in a series of articles about features that first appeared in a version of Python 3.x. Python 3.1 was first released in 2009, and even though it has been out for a long time, many of the features it introduced are underused and pretty cool. Here are three of them. read more Powered by...

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5 reasons to host your container registry with Pulp
May13

5 reasons to host your container registry with Pulp

Linux containers have greatly simplified software distribution. The ability to package an application with everything it needs to run has helped increase stability and reproducibility of environments. read more Powered by...

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Building open organizations to make a better life more sustainable for everyone
May13

Building open organizations to make a better life more sustainable for everyone

In the first article in this series reviewing The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey Sachs, I discussed the impact of economic development on the environment, and I explained how open organization principles can help us begin building sustainable, global economic development plans for the future. read more Powered by...

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