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Online Ad Fraud Costs Advertisers $5.8 Billion Annually (#GotBitcoin?)
Ad spending lost to schemes declined 11% since 2017, but fraud is shifting to platforms where it is more difficult to prevent. Online Ad Fraud Costs Advertisers $5.8 Billion Annually (#GotBitcoin?) Online Ad Fraud Costs Marketers are expected to waste $5.8 billion this year on buying online ads that will…
Apple Says It Removed Parental Control Apps For Security Reasons, Not Competition (#GotBitcoin)
Addressing a New York Times report, Apple said it spiked some apps because they utilized mobile device management software on kids' devices. Apple Says It Removed Parental Control Apps For Security Reasons, Not Competition (#GotBitcoin) Apple on Sunday fired back at a New York Times report that said the company…
Hackers Used Microsoft Email Accounts To Steal Bitcoin
In worsening news for users of Microsoft’s email services like Outlook, Hotmail and MSN, several cryptocurrency holders affected by a recent hack allege that the hackers responsible stole their crypto, as reported by Vice’s Motherboard on April 29. Hackers Used Microsoft Email Accounts To Steal Bitcoin CyberSecurity Newsflash!: (Youtube) One…
Bitcoin Venture Backed By NYSE Owner Faces Fresh Delay, Executes Plan “B” (#GotBitcoin?)
Bakkt’s pursuit of trust status in New York state complicates its path to launch. Bitcoin Venture Backed By NYSE Owner Faces Fresh Delay, Executes Plan "B" (#GotBitcoin?) A plan by the owner of the New York Stock Exchange to make it easier for consumers to pay for purchases in bitcoin…
TikTok Is the Latest Reason Teens Are Addicted To Their Phones
The app is perfect for spreading memes, but good luck deciphering things like the ‘microwave challenge’ if you’re not in on the joke. TikTok Is the Latest Reason Teens Are Addicted To Their Phones When Holly Grace, a 23-year-old part-time singer and full-time nurse in Nashville, Tenn., first started making…
Google Shows Cracks, Foxconn Retreats (#GotBitcoin?)
Google parent Alphabet Inc. in the first quarter posted its slowest revenue growth since 2015. The poor results highlight the risks for one of Silicon Valley’s biggest names in effectively leaning on one massive, if lucrative, business. Google Shows Cracks, Foxconn Retreats (#GotBitcoin?) Parent company Alphabet posts slowest revenue growth…
Mortgages? Big Banks Throw In The Towel (#GotBitcoin?)
Non-banks’ made over half the mortgages taken out by American consumers in 2017. Mortgages? Big Banks Throw In The Towel (#GotBitcoin?) You can kiss George Bailey’s mortgage market goodbye. As the small-town banker in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Bailey epitomized an old-fashioned world in which bankers know every…
He Conquered Cancer, Then 15 Spartan Races In A Year (#GotBitcoin?)
Paul Lachance, A 77-Year-Old Real Estate Appraiser In Grand Junction, Colo., Overcame His Battle With Cancer In 2018 And Then Ran 15 Spartan Obstacle Races. Completing one muddy obstacle-course Trifecta at full strength is hard enough, but this 77-year-old wanted to knock out five. He Conquered Cancer, Then 15 Spartan…
China’s Spying Poses Rising Threat To U.S. (#GotBitcoin?)
Officials say the country’s recruitment and cyber theft efforts are becoming more pervasive. China’s Spying Poses Rising Threat To U.S. (#GotBitcoin?) Chinese spies are increasingly recruiting U.S. intelligence officers as part of a widening, sustained campaign to shake loose government secrets. Senior U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials have escalated…
Parents Can’t Monitor Autistic Son With GPS Tracker At School, Nevada Ruling Says (#GotBitcoin?)
Family wanted to keep tabs on boy’s whereabouts and listen to his surroundings; ruling cites privacy issues. Parents Can’t Monitor Autistic Son With GPS Tracker At School, Nevada Ruling Says (#GotBitcoin?) The parents of an autistic child in Nevada who fought to have his school let him wear a GPS…
US Doesn’t Have The Money To Match Beijing’s “Belt-and-Road” Initiative (#GotBitcoin)
Xi Jinping, looking to expand global program—and responding to criticism—invites multilateral input. US Doesn't Have The Money To Match Beijing's "Belt-and-Road" Initiative (#GotBitcoin) China has unleashed easy credit for more than five years to fuel its ambitions to build global infrastructure, heaping debt upon itself and other developing economies.…
NIH Blocks Doctors From Speaking Out To Investigators
National Institutes of Health keeps scientists critical of clinical trial from responding to U.S. agency inquiry. NIH Blocks Doctors From Speaking Out To Investigators The National Institutes of Health, the U.S. government’s premier health research agency, is refusing to allow two of its doctors to respond to government investigators looking…