US now requires social media info for visa applications https://t.co/UsAlTLZ16k

In China, a sheltered internet has given rise to a new breed of app, and American companies are taking notice. What was once known as the land of cheap rip-offs may now offer a glimpse at the future.

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The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a panel of top U.S. regulators charged with preventing future financial crises, met Thursday to discuss the past decade's surge in corporate borrowing, much of it by companies with junk-grade credit rating. An economic…

Egypt is considering legislation that would let the central bank issue licenses for cryptocurrency-related activities.

#BREAKING At least five people were injured after the MSC Opera cruise ship collided at the San Basilio pier in #Venice with a small boat, La Repubblica reports. https://t.co/ATyAoOOiSa

or they want to keep their money, not write a big check to the SEC (or worse) and are cynically using "the community" to further personal financial and legal goals. https://t.co/4YVCKlwdmY

But scientists say you probably shouldn't drink it.

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Russia is facing a ban from the 2020 Olympics over allegations that its top athletics officials oversaw the cover-up of a doping offence by a high jumper who had been tipped to win gold at the Games.

Oh, crypto humor, you never disappoint me...

Swearing varies a lot from place to place, even within the same country, in the same language. But how do we know who swears what, where, in the big picture? We turn to data – damn big data. With g…

Many people worry that quantum computers will be able to crack certain codes used to send secure messages. The codes in question encrypt data using “trapdoor” mathematical functions that work easily in one direction but not in the other. That makes encrypting…

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is in talks with the U.S. derivatives regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), over the social media company’s plans for a digital currency, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

So I saw something at the thrift store that's weird so I had to get it. It's a "Cellebrite Touch". It's Wii-U tablet sized (but a bit thicker), but has a bunch of odd things about it, and it turns out it's Very Interesting.