Month: January 2022
Bitcoin Price Slides
Bitcoin is approaching a market pattern known as a “death cross” after experiencing one of the worst price slides in recent years. The cryptocurrency dipped below $40,000 on Monday following seven straight days of losses, marking the longest losing streak since August 2019 and the worst start to a year since 2012. Bitcoin is currently
Kim Kardashian sued in the EthereumMax crypto-currency.
Kim Kardashian is among three celebrities being sued by investors in the EthereumMax crypto-currency. The legal action alleges the celebrities collaborated with EthereumMax to “misleadingly promote and sell” the crypto-currency. EthereumMax said it disputed the allegations and looked forward to the truth coming out. The class action claims EthereumMax operated a “pump and dump” scheme
Playing Regularly
Play can mean anything, from spending your free time blasting away aliens on your console, to a weekly bridge session at the village hall. Many might consider it juvenile to be playing bingo, battleships or Bomberman as an adult. But from building bricks in playgrounds all the way through to rolling dice in nursing homes,
El Salvador journalists hacked
Dozens of journalists and activists in El Salvador have had their phones hacked with the spyware Pegasus, which has been used by governments to monitor critics and dissidents. Pegasus, which was designed by the Israeli company NSO Group, infects iPhones and Android devices, allowing operators to extract messages, photos and emails, record calls and secretly
Taiwan-China Conflict
Pressure between China and Taiwan has been building, with the past year seeing a record number of Chinese warplane incursions sent into Taiwan’s air defence zone. At the heart of this is the issue of reunification. China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be part of the country again. However, Taiwan
online disinformation on YouTube
Fact-checking organisations around the world say that YouTube is not doing enough to prevent the spread of misinformation on the platform. Some 80 groups have signed a joint letter to the Google-owned platform’s chief executive Susan Wojcicki. It goes on to accuse YouTube of not making enough effort to address the problem, saying that it
successful pig-to-human heart transplant
The first successful pig-to-human heart transplant operation is a milestone for xenotransplantation the transfer of organs from other species to human patients. It comes hot on the heels of another, in October, when a pig’s kidney was successfully attached for three days to a brain-dead patient in a hospital in New York. On that occasion,
Wilson the Crypto Anarchist Intends to Neutralize Biden’s Proposed Gun Control Regulations
The Biden administration recently proposed new regulations defining exactly what constitutes a firearm and which specific parts are required to have ATF-issued serial numbers for tracking. If enacted, Federal Firearms licensing and serial numbers will be required on many gun components that heretofore could be bought and sold without regulation. Wilson’s new software, which he
Dementia may affect more than 150m by 2050
It is estimated 57m people live with dementia, an incurable degenerative condition that, in its worst phases, leaves them dependent on 24-hour care. A new study published in Lancet Public Health adds weight to predictions that that number is going to explode. Its projection, that the number will treble to 152.8m by 2050, with women
Rodrigo Duterte’s legacy
The gulf between Rodrigo Duterte’s putative power and what he has done with it is a central feature of Mr Duterte’s six-year rule, which comes to an end after elections in May (the constitution mandates a single presidential term). Yet the president’s Teflon approval rating presents a conundrum: though it has lately dipped a bit,