Fed Chair Powell on Crypto: We See Turmoil, Fraud, Lack of Transparency, Run Risk
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has outlined several risks related to crypto activities during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. While stating that the Fed sees turmoil, fraud, a lack of transparency, and run risk in the crypto space, he stressed: “We don’t want regulation to stifle innovation.” Fed Chairman Outlines Risks in Crypto Activities Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell...
Tensions Between Filmmakers and Reddit Grow in Piracy Dispute
Two years ago, Internet provider RCN was sued by several film companies, including the makers of The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, London Has Fallen, and Hellboy. The filmmakers accused the provider of failing to act against customers accused of piracy. Rather than terminating the accounts of persistent copyright infringers, the Internet provider looked away, they argued. Subpoena to Unmask Redditors Many other ISPs have faced similar...
Twitter Suspends Copyright Holder as Musk Outlaws ‘Weaponization’ of DMCA (Updated)
In May 2022, Elon Musk declared overzealous use of the DMCA a “plague on humanity.” As CEO of Twitter, Musk understands that his platform has certain obligations if it wishes to maintain protection from liability under copyright law. On receipt of a properly formatted and submitted takedown notice, allegedly infringing content must be taken down. A dispute that boiled over yesterday began with these two steps but ended up with the...
8 examples of influential women in tech
8 examples of influential women in tech AmyJune Wed, 03/08/2023 – 03:00 A journey through open source is rarely something you do alone. Your hobby, career, and your life has been affected by others in the tech space, and statistically some of those people have been women. That’s one of the many reasons International Women’s Day exists, and it’s a good excuse to reflect upon the women who have inspired your...
What cloud developers need to know about hardware
What cloud developers need to know about hardware JayF Wed, 03/08/2023 – 03:00 It’s easy to forget the progress that people in tech have made. In the early 2000s, most local user groups held regular install fests. Back then, to configure a single machine to run Linux well, we had to know intimate details about hardware and how to configure it. Now, almost twenty years later, we represent a project whose core ideal is to...
