Month: October 2018

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - A Freshman 51% Attack

  • Police in the Indian city of Bangalore have seized an ATM just weeks after it was set up by local cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin.
  • A college freshman is coming after your cryptocurrency – but not to steal your coins, just to prove that someone could do so pretty easily.
  • The Financial Services Agency, also known as the FSA, Japan's finance regulator, has formally approved a cryptocurrency exchange association as a self-regulating industry body.
  • Over a million dollars' worth of bitcoin has been hidden in a digital picture – and there's still some left to be found, despite attention from cyber-sleuths.
  • The U.K.-based settlement infrastructure provider Setl has been granted a license from France's securities regulator to operate a central securities depository system using blockchain tech.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Strange Story of the GhostNet

The rise of the Internet Age allowed billions of people to access virtually endless stores of information, but it had a dark side -- one of which was the rise of a new kind of army: Groups that used viruses and software the way other militaries use missiles, spies and bombs. Join the guys as they explore the rise of the mysterious entity known as GhostNet -- what it did, how it got away with it, and why no one's been able to stop it.

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You're Wrong About - Urban Legends Spectacular!

Razorblades in apples, babysitters on acid, killers in backseats and "rainbow parties": In this episode, Mike and Sarah investigate the scary stories Americans tell each other and discover the actual anxieties behind them. Turn on your high beams for this one. 

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The NewsWorthy - Hurricane Willa, Organic Food Study & Mega Millions Winner – Wednesday, October 24th, 2018

The news to know for Wednesday, October 24th, 2018!

Today, we're talking about Hurricane Willa and the nor'easter that could follow. Plus: Facebook's new political tool, a new study about organic food and a new kind of Starbucks store.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about all of the stories mentioned (click 'Episodes'). 

Today's episode is brought to you by Crickstart.com Use the promo code NEWSWORTHY for 20% off. 

 

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The Gist - Something in the Water

On The Gist, first we’ve got misleading statistics. 

In 2016, Art Cullen wrote a series of editorials for the Storm Lake Times, a small newspaper in Iowa, uncovering the murky depths of a fight between local and state governments about water pollution. They followed the money, and discovered a fight funded by agricultural corporations, and ended up winning the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. Cullen’s new book is Storm Lake: A Chronicle of Change, Resilience, and Hope From a Heartland Newspaper. 

In the Spiel, gubernatorial races.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Turkey Makes the Most of Its Moment

Slate senior editor Josh Keating explains why Turkey has seized on the disappearance of a foreign journalist to stick it to Saudi Arabia. And Slate writer Aymann Ismail reconsiders going on hajj.  We’ll be piloting What Next in public for the next several weeks. Tell us what you think: whatnext@slate.com.  Follow us on Instagram for updates on the show, our weekend reading lists, and a picture of a young Aymann Ismail going on “baby hajj.” Podcast production by Mary Wilson and Jayson De Leon. Engineering by Terence Bernardo. 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Coinbase supports Circle

  • Crypto exchange Coinbase announced support for the Circle-issued stablecoin Tuesday.
  • The newest commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission met with representatives from money manager VanEck and blockchain startup SolidX earlier this month to discuss a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF).
  • A decade after launching its first Android device, global consumer tech giant HTC is officially releasing its first blockchain-enabled phone.
  • Months after its debut, the cryptocurrency being launched by the estate of the late Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard (ODB) is moving ahead – starting with a public pre-sale that begins this week.
  • Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, published a mysterious tweet on Monday about bitcoin that's whipping up speculation across social media and the cryptocurrency community that it may be more than just a joke.


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