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Alleged Twitter Hacker's Digital Hearing Overtaken By Pornography and Rap Music
6.8.2020
Someone hacked the digital court hearing of the alleged 17-year-old Twitter breacher
‘Crypto Instagram’ Is Becoming a Thing, Scams and All
6.8.2020
Scams are running rampant on Instagram in 2020 – even as legitimate crypto entrepreneurs are increasingly using the platform for business
Crypto Class Action Asks to Use Social Media to Wrangle Flighty ICO Issuer
5.8.2020
Plaintiffs as the court to authorize communication via email and Twitter to Status co-founders as part of a class-action lawsuit over SNT’s ICO
Social Engineering: A Plague on Crypto and Twitter, Unlikely to Stop
5.8.2020
The SIM swapping community entered the spotlight after helping the Twitter hacker breach the social media platform, but these threat actors have been going after the crypto community for years
Can Social Media Be Redeemed? Feat. Bobby Goodlatte
4.8.2020
An early Facebook product designer-turned angel investor discusses how social media has changed and whether it can be changed again for the better
Why Trump Banning TikTok May Be a Blessing for Bitcoin Price, Adoption
2.8.2020
Trump's TikTok Ban could see 80 million people flock to crypto, which would be great news for Bitcoin price and the entire cryptocurrency space
Bitcoin an Option, as Dennis Gartman Says He’s Exiting ‘Crowded’ Gold Market
31.7.2020
Gold bull Dennis Gartman is moving out of gold because the market has become “too crowded.” In an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, Gartman said he was “social distancing” from the precious metal until such a time when the price falls to around $1,775. “Too many...
Social Media Companies Are ‘Too Big to Fail’
30.7.2020
Social media firms are quickly becoming as important to the economy, finance and real life as Wall Street titans. TBTF companies demand special attention
Bitcoin Giveaway Scam Hits Popular Indian Youtuber
26.7.2020
A popular Indian YouTuber’s gaming channel got hacked and scammers attempted to use the old Bitcoin giveaway trick to lure people
J. A. McDonald: The Longest Running Case of Mass Hysteria
26.7.2020
It is a mass delusion on an epic scale, beyond that of any known mental illness or fallacious belief. It is neither genetic nor viral nor bacterial, yet it has spread to each corner of the world and overtaken it. Statism, the belief in a forceful and coercive government, is an affliction that...
As TikTok ‘Spyware’ Rumor Swirls, Crypto Apps Safety in the Spotlight
24.7.2020
As data becomes the main commodity for social media giants, can you trust crypto apps with your personal info?
WordPress.com Growth Summit
23.7.2020
I’m speaking at The Official WordPress.com Growth Summit coming up in August. “Learn how to build and grow your site, from start to scale”, as they say. Lovely, thick, diverse set of speakers. It’s a little bit outside my normal spheres which makes...
Steve Wozniak Sues Youtube, Google for Promoting Bitcoin Giveaway Scam — Youtube Denies Fault
23.7.2020
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and 17 other victims have sued Youtube and Google for allowing, promoting, and profiting from bitcoin giveaway scams. However, Youtube insists that it is not at fault for scammers using its video-sharing platform for cryptocurrency giveaway scams and other fraudulent...
WordPress-Powered Landing Pages on a Totally Different Site via Cloudflare Workers
22.7.2020
What if you have some content on one site and want to display that content on another site? We can do this in the browser no problem. We can fetch it, and plunk it onto the page.
Ajax, right? Ugh. Now we’re in client-side rendered site territory, which isn’t great for performance...
Google, Facebook, Twitter Face Class-Action Lawsuit for Banning Crypto Ads
20.7.2020
Cryptocurrency businesses are taking Google, Facebook, and Twitter to court in a class-action lawsuit that could cost the social media giants $300 billion. The plaintiffs say that their businesses have been hurt by Google, Facebook, and Twitter banning crypto ads on their platforms. Google...
Creating a Gatsby Site with WordPress Data
20.7.2020
In my previous article last week, I mentioned creating a partially ported WordPress-Gatsby site. This article is a continuation with a step-by-step walkthrough under the hood.
Gatsby, a React-based framework for static sites, is attracting attention not only from JavaScript developers but also from...
Crypto Social Network ‘Minds’ Sees Users Flock From Twitter and Facebook Over Privacy Concerns
19.7.2020
Crypto social media platform Minds has been garnering users who are concerned about their privacy, according to the company’s CEO. The open-source platform, seen as an alternative to Facebook or Twitter, awards users with cryptocurrency for engagement. Crypto Social Network Minds Gaining...
Social Media Is Democracy’s Faultline: The Breakdown Weekly Recap
18.7.2020
From PayPal crypto confirmed to action in central bank digital currencies, these were six themes shaping the week
The Twitter Hack Fiasco: Compromised Internal Tool, Paid Insiders, Direct Message Fears
17.7.2020
On Wednesday, a large number of Twitter accounts were compromised and the hackers used the accounts to tweet about a bitcoin doubling scam. According to multiple reports, a Twitter employee was paid to give the hackers an internal tool that let them leverage high-profile social media accounts....
Whale Alert Can No Longer Tweet Due to Twitter’s Anti-Hack Measures
16.7.2020
Whale Alert’s crypto transactions are still available on its Telegram channel, but its Twitter profile has been hampered for the time being