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Bitcoin ATM Firm Coinme To Sell Bitcoin At Coinstar Coin Counting Machines (#GotBitcoin?)
United States Bitcoin ATM (‘BTM’) operator Coinme has entered a partnership to sell Bitcoin (BTC) at coin counting kiosks owned by Coinstar, the company confirmed in a press release Jan. 17. Bitcoin ATM Firm Coinme To Sell Bitcoin At Coinstar Coin Counting Machines Coinme, which was the first BTM operator…
Farms, More Productive Than Ever, Are Poisoning Drinking Water in Rural America (#GotBitcoin?)
One in seven Americans drink from private wells, which are being polluted by contaminants from manure and fertilizer. Farms, More Productive Than Ever, Are Poisoning Drinking Water in Rural America Chuck Wagner has given up on drawing clean water from his faucets. When he moved, 23 years ago, to 80…
The Man Turning China Into A Quantum Superpower (#GotBitcoin?)
Jian-Wei Pan, China’s “father of quantum,” is masterminding its drive for global leadership in technologies that could change entire industries. The Man Turning China Into A Quantum Superpower September 29, 2017, a Chinese satellite known as Micius made possible an unhackable videoconference between Vienna and Beijing, two cities half a…
BlackRock Exposes Confidential Data on Thousands of Advisers on iShares Site (#GotBitcoin?)
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, inadvertently posted confidential information about thousands of financial adviser clients on its website. BlackRock Exposes Confidential Data on Thousands of Advisers on iShares Site Data Leak: Blackrock Exposes Info On Thousands Of Advisers Via Website The data appeared in three spreadsheets, linked on…
Impeachable? Trump Directs Cohen To Lie To Congress (#GotBitcoin?)
House Democrats say they will look into whether President Trump asked former lawyer Michael Cohen to commit perjury. Impeachable? Trump Directs Cohen To Lie To Congress Lawmakers said they would investigate a report that President Trump directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the president’s involvement…
‘They Own the System’: Amazon Rewrites Book Industry By Marching Into Publishing (#GotBitcoin?)
The retail giant, the world’s largest public company, commands an unrivaled customer base for the books, e-books and audiobooks it publishes. ‘They Own the System’: Amazon Rewrites Book Industry By Marching Into Publishing Amazon.com Inc., which over more than two decades made itself the world’s largest book retailer, has created…
PG&E: The First Climate-Change Bankruptcy, Probably Not The Last (#GotBitcoin?)
The fast fall of PG&E after California’s wildfires is a jolt for companies considering the uncertain risks of a warming planet. PG&E: The First Climate-Change Bankruptcy, Probably Not The Last (#GotBitcoin?) PG&E Corp.’s bankruptcy could mark a business milestone: the first major corporate casualty of climate change. Few people expect…
Utah Shows How Labor-Force Growth Fuels Economic Growth (#GotBitcoin?)
Davis Smith, co-founder and CEO of Cotopaxi, an outdoor gear and apparel company, offers a glimpse of why Utah’s economy is booming. Utah Shows How Labor-Force Growth Fuels Economic Growth The state has outpaced the country in economic expansion since 2010. Mr. Smith said he considered launching the company in…
Why The Shutdown Could Mean A Worse Wildfire Season (#GotBitcoin?)
In Tennessee, a wildland fire training academy was canceled. In California and the southeast U.S., forest cleanup and fuel mitigation projects, intended to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, are being postponed. In Montana, a workshop designed to help forest managers better prepare communities for fire risk has been scuttled.…
History of Sexual Assault In The Girl Scouts (#GotBitcoin)
Child abuse, or sexual assault, is a very serious crime with strict criminal consequences for the perpetrator. History of Sexual Assault In The Girl Scouts (#GotBitcoin)In 2012, a Bellingham, Washington Girl Scout volunteer was sentenced to three years in prison for the sexual abuse of a teenager and asking another…
NYPD Emails Show Officers Surveilled Black Lives Matter Protesters Referring To Them As “Idiots” And “Ninjas” (#GotBitcoin?)
Police gleaned intelligence on protests that followed Eric Garner’s death after police put him in chokehold. NYPD Emails Show Officers Surveilled Black Lives Matter Protesters Referring To Them As “Idiots” And “Ninjas” The New York Police Department gained information from undercover sources embedded in the Black Lives Matter protests that…
Overseas Traders Face Charges For Hacking SEC’s Public Filings Site (#GotBitcoin?)
U.S. authorities charged traders with breaking into a government computer system that stores market-moving corporate data, moving on a breach that raised questions about the government’s ability to protect sensitive data in a relentless era of computer hacking. Overseas Traders Face Charges For Hacking SEC’s Public Filings Site CyberSecurity Newsflash!:…