Crypto Leben (Life aka misc)
Coinbase Sues the SEC, Seeking Regulatory Clarity For the Crypto Industry
The U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is suing the Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to force the commission to respond to a petition (PDF) requesting them to draft and approve a rule specific to digital assets. “The lawsuit aims to force the agency to provide a yes or no to Coinbase’s Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Is It Time to Stop Saying ‘Learn to Code’?
According to Google Trends, peak “Lean to Code” occurred in early 2019 when laid-off Buzzfeed and Huffpost journalists were taunted with the phrase on Twitter… As Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently put it, “We’re in a different world.” Indeed. Encouraging kids to pursue CS careers in Code.org’s viral Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
An Enormous Animatronic Dragon Caught on Fire at Disneyland
“Thousands of stunned guests were on hand Saturday night to watch a Disneyland malfunction for the ages,” writes SFGate — when a 45-foot-tall animatronic dragon burst into flames, and continued burning for several minutes in front of the stunned crowd. The fire occurred during the 10:30 p.m. performance of Fantasmic, Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Hacker Group Names Are Now Absurdly Out of Control
Hackers, particularly state-sponsored and organized cybercriminals, wreak havoc worldwide. However, their aliases, such as Fancy Bear and Refined Kitten, often undermine the seriousness of their actions, Wired argues. Microsoft’s cybersecurity division recently revamped its naming taxonomy for the hundreds of hacker groups it tracks, adopting two-word names with a weather-based Read more…
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Crypto Leben (Life aka misc)
Opponents to a US Digital Dollar Include Several US Presidential Hopefuls
In the U.S., at least three early candidates for president from both parties “want to make it clear they would not support any proposals for a central bank-backed digital US dollar,” reports Bloomberg — which may be a little premature, because “A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, is far Read more…