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Thousands of images from pricey NFTs being offered for free
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/11/2021
» SYDNEY: An Australian software developer says he has made thousands of non-fungible token images freely available, calling it an art project that aims to show the absurdity of property-rights concepts in digital assets.
US music business in rare growth as streaming doubles
AFP, Published on 20/09/2016
» NEW YORK - The US music industry Tuesday posted its strongest growth in more than a decade in the first six months as streaming subscriptions doubled, but weakness reigned in other formats.
Thai game developers dream of bigger payday
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 07/09/2016
» To become a video game developer is a dream that has most likely crossed the mind of anyone who enjoyed playing video games as a child. However, very few have ever managed to realise that dream as adults. As such, no one ever expected Thailand to place first at this year's Microsoft Imagine Cup 2016, where the grand prize went to Thailand's team PH21 -- a group of graduates from Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Engineering -- and their mobile game Timelie.
On 40th birthday, Apple flies its pirate flag
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 06/04/2016
» Last weekend marked 40 years since Apple was founded. To commemorate the event, the original pirate flag that Steve Jobs and his team used when developing the Mac was flown.
'Assassin's Creed Syndicate' game cavorts in London
AFP, Published on 24/10/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - A new installment of winning video game "Assassin's Creed" was unleashed on Friday, letting people play at being deadly twins dispensing bloody justice in Victorian London.
Ex-DEA agent gets 6.5 years in Silk Road case
AFP, Published on 20/10/2015
» WASHINGTON - A former US Drug Enforcement Administration agent was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for extortion and money laundering in connection with the Silk Road investigation.
Former US federal agent pleads guilty in Silk Road case
AFP, Published on 02/07/2015
» WASHINGTON - A former federal agent pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing Bitcoins while working undercover on a US government investigation of Silk Road, and to soliciting payment from the online black market's operator.
Entering the darkness
Life, James Hein, Published on 03/06/2015
» You may have heard of the terms "Dark Web" or "Deep Web", then again you may not have. First of all these two terms refer to different things. The first is a series of websites that provide illegal services, such as ordering drugs, and a range of other things typically purchased using Bitcoins. The second refers to all the unindexed sites that exist across the World Wide Web. According to some reports, Google indexes about 16% of the internet, leaving the majority of sites not findable through most search engines.
Silk Road website mastermind faces lengthy jail term
AFP, Published on 29/05/2015
» NEW YORK - The American convicted of masterminding criminal website Silk Road, which sold $200 million worth of drugs to customers all over the world using digital currency Bitcoin, will be jailed Friday.
Sweden seizes Pirate Bay domain
AFP, Published on 20/05/2015
» STOCKHOLM - A Stockholm court on Tuesday seized the Swedish web domains of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay over repeated copyright violations in a bid to end the site's activities.