Bitcoin, the volatile digital currency, cannot help the Greeks of today. But it could mean a great deal to those caught up in currency crises to come.
Month: July 2015
Microsoft Is Planning a Windows 10 Blitz
Microsoft has an unfamiliar but critical marketing task on its hands starting next week: Convincing hundreds of millions of people to download free software.
CrowdStrike, Cybersecurity Services Provider, Raises $100 Million
The investment was led by Google Capital, in what it says will be the first of several cybersecurity deals.
Now You See It, Some Day You Won’t: Scientists Get Closer To Invisibility
Using lenses and meta-materials, science is finding new ways to bend or reroute light. Like Harry Potter’s cloak or H.G. Wells’ chemical concoction, it could make an object impossible to see.
Bits Blog: The Real Threat Posed by Powerful Computers
If the human race is at peril from killer robots, the problem is probably not artificial intelligence. It is more likely to be artificial stupidity.
Ultrasound may heal chronic wounds
A blast of ultrasound may help stubborn chronic wounds heal more quickly, a study suggests.
Hacking Team orchestrated brazen BGP hack to hijack IPs it didn’t own
Spyware service provider Hacking Team orchestrated the hijacking of IP addresses it didn’t own to help Italian police regain control over several computers that were being monitored in an investigation, e-sent among company employees showed.
Boeing patents laser-powered fusion-fission jet engine (that’s truly impossible)
// Assume the brace position: Boeing has received a patent for, I kid you not, a laser-powered fusion-fission jet propulsion system. Boeing envisions that this system could replace both rocket and turbofan engines, powering everything from spacecraft to missiles to airplanes.
Greeks using new tech to access cash
Greeks eye new tech to combat capital controls
Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts
In the past decade, Moxie Marlinspike has squatted on an abandoned island, toured the U.S. by hopping trains, he says, and earned the enmity of government officials for writing encryption software.