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Cryptocurrency scammers conned Australians out of $14.8M in just 7 months
Cryptocurrency investment scams in Australia cost victims a record $14.76 million between January and July this year.
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5 charged in connection with $2.7M Australian cryptocurrency scam
Australian police have charged five people in connection with a protracted cold call cryptocurrency investment scam that ...
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Facebook, stop trying to make Libra happen
Data protection bosses from all over the world are concerned about Facebook Libra's potential privacy issues.
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Australian retirees lose their $900,000 pension fund in cryptocurrency scam
A retired couple in Australia have reportedly lost $900,000 to an elaborate cryptocurrency scam.
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Instagram is hiding likes in 6 more countries so you can post like no one’s watching
In an effort to remove the pressure of posting more often, Instagram doubling down on its experiment to hide likes and views ...
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Bitcoin scammers texted victims informing them they’d been conned out of $30,000
After putting over $30,000 into fake Bitcoin investments, a pair of amateur investors received a WhatsApp message telling ...
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Australia: Cryptocurrency unlikely for retail payments, Facebook or not
Australia's reserve bank reckons Bitcoin purists will have a tough time stomaching Facebook's new Libra cryptocurrency, and ...
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Flexer charged with trafficking Bitcoin-purchased drugs in Australia
A man who frequently flaunted his wealth on social media has been found guilty of importing and trafficking drugs purchased ...
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Australia's taxman is clamping down on cryptocurrency traders
The country’s tax office is collecting bulk records from Australian cryptocurrency service providers as part of a data ...
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Big tech’s ‘ethical guidelines’ are no substitute for real regulation
Data ethics is now a cause célèbre. “Digital ethics and privacy” shot into research and advisory company Gartner’s ...
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UK to regulate social networks to curb the spread of harmful content
The UK is proposing a move to regulate social media platforms, and hold them accountable for the spread of like misinformation, ...
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Australian celebs targeted in long-running Bitcoin scam on Facebook
Bitcoin fraudsters are still using celebrities to promote their scams on Facebook and dupe investors out of money.
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Emoji license plates show technology has simplified our language. But is that really a bad thing?
We’ve reached a new level of descent into the world of emoji-based interactions. Starting March 1 of this year, drivers ...
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Binance will let you buy Bitcoin with cash from 1,300 stores in Australia
Binance Lite is said to allow Australians the option of purchasing Bitcoin with cash (for a 5-percent fee and only after ...
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‘Drug-dealing’ football coach set to join suit against Bitcoin trader over $14M loss
An Australian Bitcoin trader is accused of defrauding $14 million from a series of high-profile clients, including $709,000 ...
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Australia’s new blockchain strategy is $71K and a non-existent roadmap
Australia says its ready to create a new blockchain strategy, but it's simply a promise of a roadmap and a travel stipend. ...
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Australian police seizes 30KG in drugs and $2M from cryptocurrency crime ring
Australian police have arrested two men connected to a cryptocurrency-fused drug syndicate, seizing cash, cryptocurrency, ...
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How this Australian bank tracked 17,000 kilos of almonds with the blockchain
Last year the Commonwealth Bank of Australia put a shipment of 17,000 kilos of almonds on the blockchain. But how exactly ...
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Australian BitConnect boss hit with asset freeze and travel ban
Authorities have frozen the assets of BitConnect promoter John Bigatton, as investigations into the world's biggest cryptocurrency ...
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Australia's horrific new encryption law likely to obliterate its tech scene
Australians are getting a lump of coal from the government for Christmas this year thanks to a new encryption law that could ...
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Moonday Morning: Israel is cracking down on cryptocurrency tax evaders
It's been another weekend of hodling and watching the markets, here's a wrap-up of the weekend's top cyptocurrency and blockchain ...
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This Day in Deals: 37% off a sous-vide in honor of a fast train
This Day In Deals is our new section where we share a historical fact and the day’s best deal – and try to connect them. ...
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This cheap bracelet could decrease your risk of developing skin cancer
Vipul Bansal didn't believe he was getting enough vitamin D. He's not alone. Although figures vary wildly, somewhere between ...
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This underwater death machine has one mission: Destroy the starfish
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is dying. Decades of human intervention have left the UNESCO World Heritage site reeling from ...
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World Bank kicks off its $73M blockchain bond experiment next week
The world's first bond managed entirely via blockchain has been priced and is awaiting settlement, starting a $73M test of ...
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Big banks want to issue new blockchain bond on Ethereum, but there’s a catch
Even the World Bank isn’t immune to the hype: it wants a bank in Australia to issue the first bond managed completely via ...
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Experts throw shade on Australia's $750M investment in IBM blockchain tech
The Australian government has awarded IBM with a lucrative $750 million contract to develop blockchain and other related ...
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Who are the biggest consumers of online porn?
We teamed up with SimilarWeb to explore who are the biggest consumers of online porn by country. The results may surprise ...
