Month: July 2023

Gaming gear maker Razer hacked, user data, encryption keys for sale online: Report

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A post appeared on a hackers’ forum on July 8 offering information allegedly hacked from gaming hardware maker Razer.  “I have stolen the source code, encryption keys, database, backend access logins etc,” the hacker declared. The Straits Times said it saw a sample of users’ email addresses on offer that the hacker claimed was from a list that contained a total of 404,000 entries. The hacker said they “will be selling this one time” and set a price of $100,000 in privacy coin Monero (XRM), although they would consider lower…

Worldcoin’s CEO on Crypto’s Most Daring Project

I think it’s one of the biggest discussion points about the project. On the one hand, some people in crypto just hate it, and are like, “Oh my God, this is so terrible, how can you call it The Orb?” But on the other hand, everyone talks about it, and it somehow sticks, right? Source CEOCryptosDaringProjectWorldcoins CryptoX Portal

U.S. Senator Thomas Tuberville Asks DOJ, SEC to Investigate Crypto Broker Prometheum

Prometheum “may have provided false testimony to Congress or violated U.S. securities laws,” the open letter began. The lawmaker said Prometheum CEO Aaron Kaplan told Congress that it developed its own blockchain platform independently starting in December 2019. However, in SEC filings filed through 2021, Prometheum said it depended on Shanghai Wanxiang Blockchain, Inc., a Chinese firm Tuberville alleged had ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Source

How to use ChatGPT for project management

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It takes careful planning, coordination, and communication to successfully manage a project, which is a challenging and difficult undertaking. Utilizing artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions is becoming increasingly important in the modern digital world to boost productivity and improve project workflows.  OpenAI’s sophisticated language model, ChatGPT, might prove to be a helpful ally for project managers looking to streamline their processes. This article will look at using ChatGPT in project management, along with some valuable examples. Project scheduling and planning ChatGPT can help project managers create detailed project schedules and plans.…

CoinDesk Market Index Q2 Review: Quiet Appreciation, Regulatory Uncertainty

It’s been a bit of a choppy ride for the cryptocurrency market this past quarter, coming off a strong first quarter. Over the past three months, the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI), which spans over 90% of the crypto market capitalization, appreciated 2.2%, while both bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) outperformed the broad benchmark, posted a gain of 7%, and 5.2%, respectively. Source

Legal proceedings start for Terraform Labs co-founder in South Korea: Report

Terraform Labs co-founder Shin Hyun-Seong, also known as Daniel Shin, has reportedly had his first hearing for charges related to allegedly illicit profits from the sale of Terra (LUNA). According to a July 10 report from News1 Korea, a trial preparation hearing for Shin and 7 alleged accomplices began in a Seoul Southern District Court following his indictment in April. Prosecutors have reportedly said they deceived investors and manipulated the price of certain tokens through media coverage and transactions starting in 2018, resulting in “unfair profits” of roughly 462.9 billion…

48% fewer new crypto coders last year

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The number of new developers entering the cryptocurrency sector has dropped by nearly 50 percent over the past year, according to research from Electric Capital’s Developer Report. The latest gauge of the state of the cryptocurrency developer ecosystem indicates that long-term coders that have worked in the industry for over a year commit more code and work more days than developers that have left. According to the data, the cryptocurrency ecosystem has an estimated 21,300 monthly active open source developers as of June 1. The space has seen a 22%…