Switzerland’s Largest Bank UBS Suggests Alternative Ways of Investing in Cryptocurrency
Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, has suggested some investment strategies for investors seeking to gain exposure to crypto assets with less risk than investing directly in bitcoin, ether, or other cryptocurrencies. “There are several main ways investors can access this potential while avoiding the high volatility and regulatory risks of holding bitcoin or rival cryptos,” the UBS analysts explained. UBS’ Crypto Investing Advice The UBS...
Police Arrest Man For Running Pirate Site Linking to Anime, Movies, TV Shows
In 2012, Japan passed legislation that made it illegal to download unlicensed movies and music from the Internet. Eight years later, Japan’s parliament passed new copyright amendments that banned the unlicensed downloading of manga, magazines and academic texts from the Internet, in line with the previously outlawed media categories. At the same time, it introduced provisions for dealing with so-called ‘leech’ sites, platforms that...
Omi in a Hellcat Will Plead Guilty, Suddenly Turns Anti-Piracy Advocate
In November 2019, the federal government shut down Gears-branded IPTV services operated by Bill Omar Carrasquillo, better known by his social media handle Omi in a Hellcat. IRS and FBI agents seized “at least” $5.2m from his bank accounts along with a laundry list of supercars and other vehicles, all alleged to have been purchased with revenues from Carrasquillo’s pirate TV services. A criminal indictment unsealed last year revealed...
Google Removed ‘Blocked’ Pirate Sites From UK Search Results
A few weeks ago we noticed that Google had removed several popular pirate sites from its search results. It started with The Pirate Bay in the Netherlands. The controversial torrent site and many of its mirrors and proxies were deindexed by Google after a notice sent by local anti-piracy group BREIN. BREIN informed the search engine that local Internet providers had been ordered to block the domains and asked Google to follow suit....
Learn Perl in 2022
Released in early 1988, Perl is a postmodern programming language often considered a scripting language, but it is also capable of object-oriented programming. It is a mature language with tens of thousands of libraries, GUI frameworks, a spin-off language called Raku, and an active and passionate community. Its developers pride themselves on its flexibility: According to its creator Larry Wall, Perl doesn’t enforce any...
