Bitcoin Now Larger Than Facebook’s Market Cap — ‘Money Network More Valuable Than Social Network’
The surge in bitcoin’s price on Friday has propelled the cryptocurrency past Facebook’s market cap. Next, bitcoin stands to flip Tesla, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and then Apple. Bitcoin Surpasses Facebook in Market Cap Bitcoin’s frequent rise past all-time highs this week has made the size of the cryptocurrency larger than Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook. The price of bitcoin broke another all-time high early Friday morning, reaching...
Cheat Maker Agrees to Pay Pokémon Go Creator $5m to Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Providing tools and services enabling players to cheat in video games is big business but after years of relative freedom, cheat facilitators are increasingly being targeted by developers for undermining gaming experiences and business models. In June 2019, development group Global++, which had provided cheats for Pokémon Go and other titles, was targeted by Francisco-based Niantic, the game’s original developer. The original lawsuit,...
Sci-Hub Founder Criticises Sudden Twitter Ban Over Over “Counterfeit” Content
By offering free access to millions of ‘paywalled’ research papers, Sci-Hub is often described as “The Pirate Bay of Science”. The site is used by researchers from all over the world, to access papers they otherwise have a hard time accessing. Academic publishers are not happy with the service. They see the site as a threat to their multi-billion dollar businesses and have tried to shut it down through several lawsuits. At the same...
Catch up on these 4 virtual events from 2020
Like nearly everyone, 2020 was a bit rough on me, with many unexpected changes. That meant I missed every single event this year, even though all of them were virtual. As things settled down a bit over the holidays, I started looking around to find out what I missed. In case you’re in the same position, I’ll walk you through the virtual events that you should have seen in 2020. The good news is, since they were all...
