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Bountysource Stole at Least $17,000 from Open Source Developers

This is why people say the open source ecosystem sucks.

Why there will never be another Bitcoin

On October 31, 2008, an unknown coder named Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper that laid the foundation for an entirely new monetary system – 15 years later, the world is only just catching on to its true value and potential.

Enough With Saving the Honeybees

For years, people have understood them to be at imminent risk of extinction, despite evidence to the contrary. Why?

Class Consciousness for Billionaires

Benjamin Wallace-Wells reviews “As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West,” by Guido Alfani.

Global Dialogues at the 60th Venice Biennale

Exhibitions intricately woven into the fabric of Venice's historic and modern spaces Amid the grand spectacle of art, culture and dialogue that defines the 60th Venice Biennale, a series of peripheral events …

One day you'll leave this earth, but your data will live on in a messy future

A recent study by a cybersecurity firm found only 3% of respondents 65 and older had a digital estate plan for digital information and acccounts.

Mac and MacBook hit with 'Cuckoo' malware stealing sensitive data

Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson has a warning about a new type of malware that's targeting Apple computers for files that may contain private information.

Coinbase Delivers Major Earnings, Revenue Beat Thanks To Soaring Bitcoin Prices, Crypto Interest

Coinbase transaction revenue more-than doubled as crypto prices, participation rally with bitcoin.

This Week in Security: Default Passwords, Lock Slapping, and Mastodown

The UK has the answer to all our IoT problems: banning bad default passwords. Additionally, the new UK law requires device makers to provide contact info for vulnerability disclosures, as …read more

JTAG Hacking An SSD With A Pi: A Primer

[Matthew “wrongbaud” Alt] is well known around these parts for his hardware hacking and reverse-engineering lessons, and today he’s bringing us a JTAG hacking primer that demoes some cool new …read more