In a blog post yesterday, Binance laid out the foundations its open-source development platform, dubbed ‘Binance X.’ It seems the exchange is seeing this as just another arrow in its quiver towards the target of global cryptocurrency mass adoption. “At Binance, our long-term mission is to provide infrastructure to enable the freedom of money,” the company said in the post. In essence, “X” is an attempt to tie together all the dev tools that the exchange currently offers....

The exchange shared the news in a blog post, stating that it had worked with the Cyber Crime Unit of the UK‘s Metropolitan Police Service earlier this year. The phishing scheme was orchestrated by a Bulgarian suspect, which targeted customers in at least 53 different services. Other criminals were able to purchase and use scripts to obtain personal information about customers by imitating legitimate companies It’s believed some 500,000 people were affected, most of whom were targeted via email, which contained common lures suggesting that accounts required verification or that victims were due a refund....

Con artists launched a fake website, bakktlaunch.com, earlier this week, according to a whois URL lookup. Seemingly to capitalize on the recent launch of the actual Bakkt futures which, after being in development for the last couple of years, launched earlier this week. The fake site appears to rip off the appearance of the legit Bakkt Medium page and claims to offer a “Bakkt official BTC and ETH giveaway.” The scammers, while opportunistic, have been particularly uncreative in their endeavors....

“Bitfinex is offering a reward to any persons that connect us with hackers responsible for the unauthorized transfer of almost 120,000 bitcoins from the exchange in August 2016,” said the company in a statement. “We will reward anyone with information that can put us in direct contact with those responsible for the 2016 security breach at Bitfinex,” said Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino. “The hackers will receive a share of the returned property....

The group – which calls itself Ayyildiz Tim Turkish Cyber Armny (sic) – changed Bachchan‘s profile picture to a photo of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. It even changed the actor’s bio to “Love Pakistan” with an emoji of a Turkish flag. The hackers pinned a tweet saying “We condemn the behaviors of Iceland republic towards Turkish footballers. We speak softly but carry a big stick and inform you about the big Cyber attack here....

In this new solution, the iPad mounted on the robot lets health workers communicate with patients remotely, saving time, reducing exposure, and preserving personal protective equipment (PPE). The newly developed application is already under trial in Bringham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts. [Read: Elon Musk’s 420th Starlink satellite is more than just a weed joke] Boston Dynamics said it’s open-sourcing this applications’ hardware and software design used for developers and robot-makers to develop solutions for fighting coronavirus: The firm is also exploring ways to measure body temperature, respiratory rate, pulse rate, and oxygen saturation remotely via Spot....

I know, I know, headphones should be about sound first and foremost, especially from a self-professed audiophile like me. And we’ll get to that. But more often these days, headphones are fashion accessories as much as they are audio products, so design merits some talking about. The PX5 is the smaller, cheaper($299) on-ear variant, while the PX7 is B&W’s noise-canceling flagship($399). Both are follow-ups to the company’s PX headphones, which sounded great but had a few usability flaws....

Apple has said it rejected almost 1 million new apps vying for inclusion in the App Store in 2020, along with nearly a million updates to existing apps. Building an app takes a big investment of time and money, so before you get the wheels turning for your big app idea, it’s worth remembering that Apple alone controls who gets to play in its sandbox. Ambitious founders and entrepreneurs often hate being told no, but the simple truth is that Apple rules the App Store with an iron fist....

But what if you didn’t have to charge your vehicle at all? What if there was another way? And what if that way was battery swap stations? Way back in 2013, Tesla proposed the idea of a 90-second battery swap shop. Two years later, Tesla quit the effort. It switched its strategy, focused on the Supercharger network, and declared that battery swapping was a dead-end. But is it really? Let’s dig in....

Editors of the online encyclopedia recently voted against categorizing non-fungible tokens as art. The result sparked fury in the crypto community. The poll stemmed from discussions about Wikipedia’s list of the most expensive artworks by living artists, Cointelegraph reports. The editors debated whether NFTs such as Murat Pak’s $91.8M The Merge and Beeple’s $69M Everydays should join the list. A majority of editors have voted against their inclusion. While the result isn’t binding and involves a single Wikipedia page, the vote has caused consternation among NFT advocates....

The film follows Frank, who is initially appalled by the idea of living with a robot, as he gradually begins to see the robot as both functionally useful and socially companionable. The film ends with a clear bond between man and machine, such that Frank is protective of the robot when the pair of them run into trouble. This is, of course, a fictional story, but it challenges us to explore different kinds of human-to-robot bonds....

What are the minimum specs? These are the official minimum specs for Windows 11: Processor: 1 GHz or faster with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or System on a Chip (SoC) RAM: 4 GB Storage: 64 GB or more Firmware: UEFI, Secure Boot capable Security: Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0 Graphics card: Compatible with DirectX 12 or later with WDDM 2.0 driver Display: 720p, at least 9″ diagonal An internet connection is required to install Windows 11 Home edition....

Cash App’s been available for UK users since 2018, but so far both its product and popularity have been limited. First, it didn’t come with a linked debit card, preventing ATM withdrawals. Second, it didn’t allow for transactions to and from the US. Third, some of its main rivals in the UK do offer such features alongside other ones like intelligent budgeting. Now Cash App does also have some features a competitor like Monzo doesn’t offer yet — investing in fractional stocks, for example — but its main advantage isn’t necessarily a feature; it’s the network effect....

Games are starting to take up obscene amounts of space these days. Case in point, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare requires about 130GB of storage. How nuts is that? Even if your PC packs a beefy 1TB SSD drive, that’s still more than 10 percent of its capacity. The good thing is that SSD drives are also getting cheaper. In fact, you can now grab a 1TB Intel 660p NVMe SSD for just $92, more than 25 percent cheaper than its list price of $125....

The Soundcore Infini is 2.1 channel affair, and it packs dual subwoofers and two bass ports in its slim 35-inch-long case. It can be mounted on the wall or simply placed beneath your TV, and should fit in nicely below any display that’s 42 inches or larger. You can connect your TV to it via an included optical cable, an AUX input (using an RCA-to-3.5mm cable that comes in the box), or via digital coaxial input....

Carbon dioxide and methane would probably be fan favorites. But take a moment and consider my dark horse candidate: sulfur dioxide. Unlike its carbon-based counterparts, sulfur dioxide is not considered a major greenhouse gas and doesn’t get as much attention in the media. Instead, it does its dirty work in other ways. Sulfur dioxide is emitted primarily through the burning of fossil fuels from power plants, industry, automobiles, planes, and ships....

More recently, Nasa landed the biggest-ever rover on Mars, as well as its companion, an ingenious helicopter. Both have been setting new milestones since. The next visitor to the planet will be Tianwen-1 mission’s lander, which will attempt to reach the surface of Mars in mid-May. To enter the Martian atmosphere, it will use a slightly different technique to previous missions. Landing on Mars is notoriously dangerous – more missions have failed than succeeded....

A new report by GP Bullhound states that Chinese investment into European tech has caught up with that into the US for the first time since Q1 2018. The report, titled ‘Asia Insights: Q1 wrap-up from one of the first markets to reopen,’ says that tech investment in the US reached a historical low in Q1 — with little sign of recovery considering the tense relationship between the Western country and China....

Seemingly overnight, businesses have seen their clients become ‘at risk,’ their sales have dipped, and operations have slowed to a snail’s pace. With venture capital investment predicted to slump by billions of dollars in 2020, and government support packages slow off the mark, there is little help on the horizon for many businesses. Business leaders are now determining how best to advance. In the same way a paramedic checks vitals before providing treatment, founders have to assess their company’s general health before taking action....

In a new report, Qihoo 360 claims the US intelligence agency targeted several industries including aviation organizations, scientific research institutions, petroleum firms, internet companies, and government agencies. The attacks took place between September 2008 and June 2019, and were mainly distributed in Beijing, Guangdong, and Zhejiang. [Read: Wikileaks unleashes ‘Vault 7’ series, the largest ever leak on the CIA] The research links the attacks to former CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte, who is currently facing trial for allegedly feeding Wikileaks a cache — more commonly referred to as Vault 7 — of government-developed intelligence tools....