Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Please don't be a SUV: Toyota trademarks Celica – Roadshow

Seriously, my heart cannot take any more nameplate retcons this year.
Source: CNET

Ethereum will match Visa in scale in a ‘couple of years’ says founder

 The mind behind Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, is matter-of-fact about the crypto. In short, he believes what interviewer Raval Navikant called “brain virus” is the true future of security and economics and, with the right incentives, Ethereum can replace things like credit card networks and even gaming servers. Buterin separates the world into two kinds of people. “There’s… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Vitalik Buterin explains Ethereum in his own words at Disrupt SF

 Today at Disrupt SF 2017 Vitalik Buterin sat down with AngelList founder Naval Ravikant to talk Ethereum. Because, well, Vitalik created Ethereum. Up front, Ravikant asked him to explain Ethereum and this is what he said.
“You basically need to have some system that keeps track of how much money you have at any given time, how much money you have the right to spend,” Buterin said. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Yuri Milner’s conservative predictions for the consumer internet in 20 years

 Without even counting massive potential sea changes like artificial intelligence or “flying cars,” as DST founder Yuri Milner says, the consumer internet is still on track to grow in value by another 10 times in the next 20 years — just like it did in the past 10 years. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

CCleaner Malware Shows Software's Serious Supply-Chain Security Problem

Hackers have targeted software’s supply chain in three high profile attacks discovered over the summer.
Source: Wired

Signal’s Moxie Marlinspike calls out Pavel Durov’s ‘Trump logic’

 Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017, Signal’s at times elusive privacy revolutionary Moxie Marlinspike spoke modestly about how his secure text message app is taking over the world. Marlinspike directly addressed the controversy that Telegram Messenger founder Pavel Durov stirred up earlier this year when he basically accused Signal of collaborating with the U.S. government. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Ccleaner downloads are found to be infected with malware, affecting millions

For an unspecified length of time, legitimate CCleaner downloads appear to have been distributing malware alongside the intended software, potentially infecting millions of systems around the world.

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Source: Digital trends

Netflix’s new teaser for ‘The Punisher’ reveals killer survival skills

 Netflix’s The Punisher is coming to the streaming service later this year, starring Jon Bernthal in the title role reprising his role from Daredevil. The latest Marvel/Netflix team-up focuses not on the traditional hero, but on an anti-hero with a serious axe to grind. In a new teaser, we see via simulated found footage that this brooding justice-seeker isn’t afraid to shed some… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Slack valued at $5.1 billion with new funding in hand – CNET

The messaging startup rakes in $250 million in funding from SoftBank’s Vision Fund, significantly increasing its valuation.
Source: CNET

Announcing Startup Battlefield at Disrupt San Francisco

 Each year, TechCrunch selects early-stage startups from a pool of thousands across the globe, and selects the top innovators to compete in Startup Battlefield. Over the next three days at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017, a select few will vie for $50,000 and the coveted Disrupt Cup. Our founders are using VR for precision spinal surgery and emotional recognition. They are using biotech for… Read More

Source: TechCrunch