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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 […]

3 Secrets to Driving Leads to Your Online Sales Funnel

by Craig Simpson Over the years, I’ve worked with a large number of online marketers who were very successful at finding prospects through direct mail. My experience with them has taught me a lot, and now you will benefit from it. I’m going to share with you three of my best secrets for driving prospects […]

AI Researchers Disagree With Elon Musk’s Warnings About Artificial Intelligence

I don’t think there is any question on whether AI will be smarter than us very soon but I’ll debate how self-aware a machine will become.  Intelligent machine will be able to mimic the emotions of humans and read us better than we can read ourselves. We’ll get attached, feeling like there’s an emotional attachment […]

Why do dogs love us? Geneticists hunt for DNA clues

I wonder often IF dogs love us.  Most people assume so. And here’s research on why.  I’ll have to assume it’s true until my dog says otherwise Somehow, dogs have evolved to like being around humans Somehow, dogs have evolved to like being around humans. In return for their exuberant, slobbery affection, dogs have convinced […]

The Carbon Negative Revolution

There was a lot of talk this week about a study showing how much plastic waste the world producing.  While researching pyrolysis that turns waste into fuel, I came across this environmentally sound idea.  Good news amongst much hand wringing today. Published on Aug 29, 2012 As the world’s population skyrockets, reduction of CO2 emissions […]