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In what is a truly strange story that leaves more questions than answers, media source Newsweek has managed to track down the Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. And he isn’t at all what the rumors claimed he was. We have all heard the fictitious stories surrounding Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto; he […]
New documents leaked online shows that newly bankrupt Mt. Gox had big plans in Europe over the coming years. Mainly, they expected a twenty-fold increase in profits between 2014 – 2017 within their European market. All without any debt or third-party financing. The report shows a lot of optimism for […]
Yahoo has struck out against Britain’s GCHQ after documents showed the platform’s webcam chat led to more than one and a half million images being illegally stored by the agency. The data collection occurred between 2008 – 2012, as part of an operation known as Optic Nerve. An experimental program, […]
A shocking bit of news has been circulating the web this morning. Mt Gox, the BitCoin marketplace, has shut down all points of contact online as they go into PR crisis mode and unofficially confirm their pending bankruptcy. The reason? Over $375 million potential BitCoins lost in a theft. The […]
In nearly simultaneous announcements on their respective blogs, it has been confirmed that Facebook is acquiring WhatsApp in a combined cash and stock share deal equaling an incredible $16 billion. WhatsApp is a popular mobile messaging service that has grown to over 450 million users since its creation five years […]
Once again, cables leaked by Edward Snowden have shown the activities of the US’s NSA and the UK’s GCHQ . This time, they have revealed that the agency was both monitoring and putting covert pressure tactics on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, the staff of Wikileaks and their supporters in an […]
Japanese company Rakuten announced this morning the acquisition of app-maker Viber, in a $900 million deal that could show the beginning of their foray into messaging and call apps. Rakuten is the biggest online retailer in Japan, akin to Amazon within the western world. Viber is, likewise, one of the […]
