An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: China’s campaign against the cryptocurrency industry is now targeting miners who tried to disguise themselves as data researchers and storage facilities to stay in business, according to people with k…
WhatsApp Reinvents the ‘Yellow Pages’
WhatsApp is testing a new “Yellow Pages” like feature in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that will let users search for local shops. The Next Web reports: WhatsApp’s head, Will Cathcart, announced this feature and said “we’ve built this in a private way.” He claims…
AMC Theaters Will Accept Cryptocurrencies Other Than Bitcoin
In August, AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron said the company will start accepting bitcoin as payment for movie tickets and concessions at all of its U.S. theaters. Now, Aron says he expects the company to also accept Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash…
Tech Giants Used ‘Loopholes’ To Duck Merger Reviews, FTC Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Hundreds of deals by U.S. technology giants flew under the radar of merger watchdogs, fueling the companies’ unchecked growth in the digital economy, according to a Federal Trade Commission study (PDF…
Walmart To Begin Driverless Deliveries With Ford and Argo AI
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Our streets might not be overflowing with robotaxis as we were promised circa 2017, but here and there, AV companies are beginning commercial deployments. Argo AI, the AV startup heavily backed by …
Ransomware Encrypts South Africa’s Entire Department of Justice Network
The justice ministry of the South African government is working on restoring its operations after a recent ransomware attack encrypted all its systems, making all electronic services unavailable both internally and to the public. As a consequence of th…
NASA Confirms Thousands of Massive, Ancient Volcanic Eruptions On Mars
Scientists found evidence that a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra experienced thousands of “super eruptions,” the biggest volcanic eruptions known, over a 500-million-year period. NASA reports the findings in a post: Some volcanoes can produ…
Travis CI Flaw Exposed Secrets of Thousands of Open Source Projects
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Travis CI is a popular software-testing tool due to its seamless integration with GitHub and Bitbucket. As the makers of the tool explain: “When you run a build, Travis CI clones your GitHub reposi…
Physicists Make Square Droplets and Liquid Lattices
Aalto University reports via Phys.Org: When two substances are brought together, they will eventually settle into a steady state called thermodynamic equilibrium; examples include oil floating on top of water and milk mixing uniformly into coffee. Rese…
DoorDash Sues NYC Over Customer Data Law
DoorDash sued New York City on Wednesday over a new law requiring food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants, saying it violates customer privacy and lets restaurants compete unfairly. Reuters reports: It was filed in federal court…