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Optimizing Image Depth
18.12.2020
Something I learned (or, I guess, re-learned) this year is how important it is to pay close attention to the bit depth of images. Way back in the day, we used to obsessively choose between 2-, 4-, or 8-bit color depth on our GIFs, because when lots of users were using dialup modems to surf the...
Mastermind of $25 Million Crypto Debit Card Scheme Sentenced to Prison
18.12.2020
The mastermind behind a $25 million cryptocurrency debit card scheme has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison, in addition to three years of supervised release. The authorities have also seized his cryptocurrency. $25 Million Crypto Credit Card Scheme The U.S. Department of Justice...
How Axion Network Recovered From Day-One Hack and Regained Investor Confidence
18.12.2020
The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists.
The introduction of Axion ushered in a revolutionary phase for investors looking for crypto-powered investment channels with stable returns alongside less risk of losses. In the first hours of launch,...
IMF Cautions Central Banks May Have to Rethink What Constitutes Reserves
18.12.2020
The IMF warns that central banks may have to rethink what constitutes their reserve currency holdings. In a recent study, the global lender points to the changing geopolitical landscape, technological advances and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as events likely to influence the composition...
Massive Fake Celebrity-Endorsed Bitcoin Investment Campaign Duping Google, Facebook Traced to Moscow
17.12.2020
A massive bitcoin ad scam campaign — which features celebrities and mainly targeted Australians — has been traced. The investigation’s findings point to a “highly organized” global business that relies on five addresses in Moscow’s center. Massive Bitcoin Ad Scam...
[článek] Nové povinnosti pro Google či Facebook, ale i pro menší provozovatele. EU chce přepsat pravidla pro digitální služby
17.12.2020
[12 minut čtení] Evropská komise představila dlouho očekávaný návrh nové regulace internetových služeb. Nedotknou se jen velkých gigantů, ale valné většiny online služeb. Omezení moci velkých firem jako je Google, Amazon, Facebook či Apple, ale i řada nových povinností pro v podstatě všechny služby...
Same price, different Bitcoin: How fundamentals changed from 2017
17.12.2020
More people use Bitcoin now, but transaction fees are much lower than during the 2017 bull run
Bitcoin smashes historical high above $20k. Here's why it's different from 2017
16.12.2020
The 2020 rally differs markedly from the retail-driven FOMO of 2017
Slow Movement
16.12.2020
There was a time when I felt overwhelmed by how fast the web developed. It seemed like not a single day passed without a new plugin, framework, technique, or language feature being released. I believed that in order to survive as a freelancer and to compete with others I had to learn everything...
Bitcoin’s 2020 explosion is not the 2017 bubble again
16.12.2020
Early adopters who saw the potential in Bitcoin in the last decade have been waiting for this year their entire crypto investing lives
Facebook bude posílat notifikace těm, kteří lajkují nesmysly okolo koronaviru
16.12.2020
Twitter a Facebook už nějaký čas označují nejrůznější hoaxy a skrze partnery provádějí fact-checking. Podle odborníků to ale nestačí. Facebook je pravděpodobně vyslyšel, podle Fast Company totiž bude mnohem aktivnější.
To v praxi znamená, že by nemusel jen označit nebo vysvětlit nějaký závadný
DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather promoted his 2017 ICO; now, he faces a year behind bars
15.12.2020
Robert Farkas will face the lightest felony sentence possible for his role in Centra Tech's 2017 ICO
The Great Reset Agenda: ‘Bitcoin Is a Decentralized and Rational Strategy to Opt-Out’
15.12.2020
Every single day the conversation about the Great Reset continues to amplify. More recently, mainstream media publications have been publishing rebuttals in response to the many skeptics of this agenda who believe the reboot propaganda is meant to install a new world order. The American broadcaster...
Netlify & Next.js
14.12.2020
Cassidy Williams has been doing a Blogvent (blogging every day for a month) over on the Netlify Blog. A lot of the blog posts are about Next.js. There is a lot to like about Next.js. I just pulled one of Cassidy’s starters for fun. It’s very nice that it has React Fast-Refresh built-in....
US FTC digs into Big Tech's centralized reservoirs of user data
14.12.2020
As antitrust enforcement hits Facebook and Google, the Federal Trade Commission is digging into misuse of consumer data
Stellar Price Gains Over 5% in a Day for Over 5 Days Now
14.12.2020
Stellar, which was one of the top 10 lucrative cryptos of the global market, has now shifted to trading at 11th position after having nosedived below $0.14 to testing supports as low as $0.139 in the previous week. Alongside, Stellar is often considered as the best cross-border remittances...
China has no plan to replace USD with digital yuan, former PBoC head says
14.12.2020
A former PBoC official says that his country has taken a cautious approach with the digital yuan
[článek] Nejistá budoucnost Mozilly, přelomová žaloba na Facebook a objev instagramové klikací farmy
13.12.2020
[10 minut čtení] The Correspondent v angličtině končí, weby Mladé fronty nejedou, AirPods Max jsou těžká váha, PornHub se snaží zachránit, Cydia žaluje Apple, Boston Dynamics prodáno. Co přinesl právě končící #tyden. Facebook nelegálně ničil konkurenci nakupováním potenciálních rivalů. Takový...
'Shop Contest: National Horse Day
13.12.2020
Forget about Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa! The biggest holiday in December is National Horse Day. Read more
Ten Years Ago Satoshi Nakamoto Logged Off – The Final Message from Bitcoin’s Inventor
13.12.2020
Ten years ago today, the pseudonymous programmer (or programmers) Satoshi Nakamoto logged into the forum bitcointalk.org one last time, and left the Bitcoin community for good. The day prior Nakamoto wrote a final message to the crypto community by offering a quick build and telling developers that...