Vauld Raises $2 Million to Establish Stronghold in India
Singapore-based crypto bank Vauld is working hard to elevate crypto to the status of a separate, viable asset class. It combines the functionality of an exchange with all the essential offerings of a bank, except it’s for cryptocurrencies. Vauld Raises $2 Million The Vauld team just raised USD 2 million from Pantera, Coinbase Ventures, and CMT digital among others, over the last four months. “The investors loved that we were building...
Beast IPTV Shut Down By Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment
Over the past several weeks, users of pirate IPTV service Beast IPTV have been reporting numerous issues with their accounts. Some initial downtime coupled with an inability to make new payments, an obvious lack of customer support, then a complete disappearance of the service itself, all provided the tell-tale signs of a platform on the way out. The big question was why. As is common in IPTV circles when a service shows signs of...
NZBgeek Has Been Hacked Leaving Private User Data Exposed
Despite the growing popularity of pirate streaming sites and services, classic file-sharing tools continue to have a smaller but dedicated audience. This is true for BitTorrent as well as Usenet. In the latter category, NZBGeek is one of the largest players as it provides an indexing service that helps users to find content. NZBGeek is a private community to which users can sign up without any charges. However, those who donate get...
Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 12/28/20
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have three new entries in the list. The Warner Bros. movie “Wonder Woman 1984,” which premiered in limited theaters and on HBO Max, is the most downloaded...
Bring an old MacBook back to life with Linux
Recently, I stumbled on an old MacBook Pro 13″ from late 2011, with a 125GB SSD and 8GB RAM. I’ve taken this machine on trips around the world, and back in the day, I ran many a session, workshop, or demo to share all the AppDev goodness from JBoss technologies. After verifying that its battery works, charging it up, and reinstalling a new OS X, it turns out that the Safari browser version is limited to an old security...
