Chinese Regulator Aims to Digitize Securities Market Using Blockchain and Smart Contracts
Sep01

Chinese Regulator Aims to Digitize Securities Market Using Blockchain and Smart Contracts

China’s Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) will promote a national alliance chain to introduce smart contracts and blockchain-based services to digitize the securities and futures market. The announcement was made at the China Securities Industry Alliance Chain and OTC Alliance Chain Special Work Symposium in Beijing. Jiang Dongxing, deputy director of the Science and Technology Regulatory Bureau of the CSRC, stated this...

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Filmmakers Request U.S. Blocking Order Against Popcorn Time Domains
Sep01

Filmmakers Request U.S. Blocking Order Against Popcorn Time Domains

For more than seven years, Popcorn Time has been a thorn in the side of movie studios large and small. The ‘Netflix for Pirates’ offers an easy-to-use application that opens the door to a library of thousands of streamable movies and TV shows. Legal Issues The Motion Picture Association (MPA) recognized this threat early on and pressured the original developers to throw in the towel. That worked, but it came too late as the...

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20 essential Linux commands for every user
Sep01

20 essential Linux commands for every user

Typing commands into a darkened terminal window may seem antiquated to some, but for many computer users, it’s the most efficient, most accessible, and clearest way to accomplish nearly any task a computer is capable of performing. These days, thanks to all the projects that bring open source commands to non-open platforms like macOS and Windows, terminal commands are relevant to everybody, not just Linux and BSD users. read...

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Control your Raspberry Pi remotely with your smartphone
Sep01

Control your Raspberry Pi remotely with your smartphone

Wouldn’t it be nice to control the general-purpose input/outputs (GPIOs) of the Raspberry Pi remotely with your smartphone? If you can answer the question in the affirmative, I would like to introduce you to a simple way to implement this. Writing this article, I have no specific application in mind, but I can think of combining it with lawn irrigation, any illumination, or a garage door opener. read more Powered by...

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What are container runtimes?
Sep01

What are container runtimes?

In my examination of container images, I discussed container fundamentals, but now it’s time to delve deeper into container runtimes so you can understand how container environments are built. The information in this article is in part extracted from the official documentation of the Open Container Initiative (OCI), the open standard for containers, so this information is relevant regardless of your container engine. read more...

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