Monthly Archives: July 2017

The bizarre story of a long-lost horror film made entirely in Esperanto, starring William Shatner

Written by Adam Epstein Tread lightly while reading about the 1966 film Incubus, for evil has befallen many who’ve come in contact with it. Before he commanded the starship USS Enterprise, William Shatner was the lead actor in Incubus, a low-budget, black-and-white horror film directed by Leslie Stevens (creator of the sci-fi anthology series The […]

Westworld’s season 2 trailer shows the robot uprising has just begun

Westworld‘s Season 2 trailer was shown today by HBO at Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, and the host uprising has finally come. The spot starts with a player piano starting up and Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright) staring at the body of a dead tiger, all while “I Gotta Be Me” by Sammy Davis Jr. […]

Business Tycoons and Their Blockchain-Based Digital Currency Investments

Several wealthy entrepreneurs have started to divest from their traditional investment vehicles and shift their focus to Blockchain-based crypto currencies. Among the billionaire, investors are former hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz, Kik founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Ted Livingston, investment mogul Tim Draper, and serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban. Cuban, Livingston, Draper The different investments […]

A big blow for online drug dealers

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed that they had seized and shut down AlphaBay, the biggest illegal drug marketplace in internet history. Operating in the shadows of the “dark web,” AlphaBay hosted $1B in criminal transactions from 200k users and 40k vendors across the world-with a specialty in drugs and fake IDs. A Canuck gone rogue […]

Russia Gets First Sanctioned Cryptocurrency – And It’s Tracking Beef

This story has everything. Cryptocurrency, microchips in cattle, Russian Burger King and a Blockchain startup The Russian republic of Tatarstan has launched a cryptocurrency dedicated to tracking and verifying beef. ITcoin, which is Russia’s first sanctioned purpose-built cryptocurrency, launches today and will bring the benefits of Blockchain to the local meat processing industry. “Low volatility […]