Treasury Secretary Yellen Warns US Could Default on Its Debt by June 1
May02

Treasury Secretary Yellen Warns US Could Default on Its Debt by June 1

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the Treasury will not be able to pay all of the government’s debt “as early as June 1, if Congress does not raise or suspend the debt limit before that time.” Yellen also cautioned that the U.S. defaulting on its debt obligations “would produce an economic and financial catastrophe.” U.S. Debt Default Could Happen by June 1, Says Yellen United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet...

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US Court Orders Operator of South African Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme to Pay Over $3.4 Billion
May02

US Court Orders Operator of South African Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme to Pay Over $3.4 Billion

Johann Steynberg, the founder and CEO of Mirror Trading International, has been ordered to pay over $1.73 billion in restitution to victims of his bitcoin ponzi scheme. The court has also ordered Steynberg to pay a civil monetary penalty of a similar amount. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) conceded that orders requiring payment of funds “may not result in the recovery of any money lost because wrongdoers may not have...

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Court Protects Redditors’ Right to Anonymous Speech in Piracy Case
May02

Court Protects Redditors’ Right to Anonymous Speech in Piracy Case

Every day, millions of people from all over the world submit posts, comments, and other content to Reddit. In many cases, discussion comments are read and soon forgotten but several old threads were brought back to life recently as part of a piracy liability case. Redditors as Evidence The comments in question were picked up by Kerry Culpepper, a copyright attorney who leads several piracy lawsuits against Internet providers on behalf...

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 05/01/2023
May02

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 05/01/2023

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have two newcomers on the list. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”, which came out as a high-quality pirate release, is the most downloaded title. The...

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Generate web pages from Markdown with Docsify-This
May02

Generate web pages from Markdown with Docsify-This

Generate web pages from Markdown with Docsify-This paulhibbitts Tue, 05/02/2023 – 03:00 Are you interested in leveraging Markdown for online content without any website setup or build process? How about seamlessly embedding constraint-free Markdown or HTML into multiple platforms (such as a content management system or learning management system)? The open source project Docsify-This, built with Docsify.js, provides an easy way...

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