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Ark Invest on $1.4M BTC, Possible Julian Assange-Linked File on Bitcoin Blockchain Week in Review The Weekly Bitcoin News
The Weekly by Bitcoin.comInvestment management firm Ark Invest has offered three bitcoin price predictions in a new report, including a bull scenario where bitcoin could reach $1.48 million per coin.In other news, a 7zip file possibly linked to activist Julian Assange was reportedly discovered in the Bitcoin blockchain, and billionaire investor Tim Draper has encouraged the government of Sri Lanka to adopt bitcoin.
Binance Publishes Its Proof-of-Reserves System for Bitcoin Holdings, Additional Assets Coming Soon Bitcoin News
On Nov. 25, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of daily trade volume, Binance, published its bitcoin proof-of-reserves (POR) system using The Merkle approach.At the time of writing, the snapshot provided by Binance shows the firm's onchain reserves equate to 582,485 bitcoin, while the company's customer net balance is roughly 575,742 bitcoin.
Tony Bobulinski delivers explosive testimony in House impeachment probe: 'Joe Biden was 'the Brand' being sold'
Former Biden family associate-turned-whistleblower, Tony Bobulinski, testified that Joe Biden was the 'Brand' being sold by his relatives in their lucrative dealings in China and Ukraine.
Bobulinski alleged that Joe Biden was aware of and enabled the CEFC China Energy transaction and had a constitutional responsibility to shut it down.
Nadine Dorries says ITV's toxic' This Morning should be axed
Senior Tory Nadine Dorries has said that the toxic and stale ITV programme This Morning should be axed following the Phillip Schofield scandal.The former culture secretary waded in on the furore surrounding former host who quit the show after admitting to an unwise but not illegal affair with a younger male colleague.
Nadine Dorries says ITV's toxic' This Morning should be axed
Senior Tory Nadine Dorries has said that the toxic and stale ITV programme This Morning should be axed following the Phillip Schofield scandal.The former culture secretary waded in on the furore surrounding former host who quit the show after admitting to an unwise but not illegal affair with a younger male colleague.
Home Office investigating claims asylum-seeking children kidnapped' from hotel
The Home Office is investigating reports that dozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a hotel run by the department, a minister has said.Conservative frontbencher Lord Murray of Blidworth said the Home Office doesn't know of any cases of kidnap and he understood nothing like that has been reported to it.
Children seeking asylum kidnapped from Home Office hotels', investigation claims
Children seeking asylum are being abducted in their dozens from Home Office hotels, an investigation has claimed.The vulnerable children - who are in the UK without parents or carers- are allegedly being kidnapped from the streets outside of the Brighton hotel, a whistleblower who works for Home Office contractor Mitie told The Observer.
Crush depth rape list': Royal Navy chief orders probe into abhorrent' allegations
The head of the Royal Navy has ordered an investigation into abhorrent allegations of inappropriate behaviour in the submarine service.Admiral Sir Ben Key, the First Sea Lord, said sexual assault and harassment has no place in the Royal Navy, adding that anyone who is found culpable will be held accountable regardless of rank.
Top Republicans demand FBI document they claim describes alleged criminal scheme' related to Biden
Two top congressional Republicans are demanding internal FBI documents that an unnamed whistleblower claims will show then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national, according to a letter from the Republicans.The unverified allegation is the most explosive claim House Oversight Chairman James Comer and Senate Budget Committee ranking Republican member Chuck Grassley have lobbed at the now-president after both men have devoted significant time to investigating the Biden family's business dealings.
New Partygate video shows Tories dancing, drinking and laughing at lockdown rules'
A Partygate video appearing to show Tory staff drinking, dancing and joking about bending Covid lockdown rules has emerged, piling further pressure on the party just days after Boris Johnson was found to have lied about rules being followed.The video, said to have been taken on 14 December, 2020, when socialising inside was banned in parts of the UK, shows for the first time, staff joking about their Christmas party at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) in London breaking the rules, according to The Mirror.
New Partygate video shows Tories dancing, drinking and laughing at lockdown rules'
A new Partygate video, appearing to show Tory staff drinking, dancing and joking about bending Covid lockdown rules has emerged just days after Boris Johnson was found to have lied about rules being followed.The video, said to have been taken on December 14, 2020, when socialising inside was banned in parts of the UK, shows for the first time, staff joking about their Christmas party at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters in London breaking the rules, according to The Mirror.
Downton Abbey actor stuns One Show with brutal attack on 'criminal' Boris Johnson
Actor Dan Stevens shocked viewers by responding to a question about his latest work by launching a savage attack on Boris Johnson, branding the prime minister a "criminal" who shold resign after he was fined for breaking his own Covid laws.
Foreign Office accused of cover-up to obscure that PM 'lied' over Afghan dog rescue
Foreign Office chiefs have been accused of a cover-up to disguise that Boris Johnson did order the notorious rescue of dogs and cats from Afghanistan, after a second whistleblower came forward.
Foreign Office IT issues hampering UK's response to Ukraine crisis, say insiders
Out-of-date IT systems are causing "chaos" inside the Foreign Office (FCDO) and undermining the government response to the Ukraine crisis, insiders have warned.
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92
Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation, has died.He was 92.Ellsberg, who announced in February that he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer, died Friday morning, according to a letter from his family released by a spokeswoman, Julia Pacetti.
Missouri high-schooler suspended for recording teacher using racial slur
A Missouri high school sophomore who recorded a teacher using a racial slur during class has been suspended for three days.Mary Walton, a student at Glendale high school in Springfield, said that she was told on Friday to not return to school until Wednesday because she violated school district policy on inappropriate use of electronic devices, the Springfield News-Leader reported.
TikTok whistleblower claims US data privacy efforts are seriously flawed | Engadget
TikTok's efforts to address US data privacy fears may have holes.A self-proclaimed whistleblower talking to The Washington Post says the social network's plan to protect American users' data, Project Texas, has major flaws.The former Trust and Safety team member claims the $1.5 billion initiative will still let TikTok connect to parent company ByteDance's Toutiao, a well-known Chinese news app.
More than 200 million Twitter users' email addresses leaked by hackers
Usernames and email addresses belonging to more than 200 million Twitter users have been posted online by hackers.According to reports from security researchers and media outlets including BleepingComputer, the credentials were compiled from a number of earlier Twitter breaches dating back to 2021.Although the database does not include users' passwords, it nevertheless represents a security threat to those affected.
Musk cites $7 million Twitter payout to whistleblower as violation of deal
Elon Musk told Twitter Friday that he has no obligation to complete his $44 billion purchase of the company, this time citing the recent disclosure that it had agreed to pay whistleblower Peiter Zatko and his lawyers $7.75 million in a severance deal.
by Dennis Crouch The pending petition in Nike v. Adidas asks the Supreme Court whether it is proper for the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) to raise sua sponte new grounds of unpatentability against a substitute claim added during an inter partes review proceeding.The government, as a respondent in this case, argues that the PTAB can create its own reasons for rejecting newly-added claims so long as the patent owner is given sufficient notice and a chance to respond.
The View Hosts Defend N-Word-Spewing Teacher's Intentions As a Teachable Moment
The View co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar appeared to side with the Missouri math teacher who resigned after a student recorded him using the n-word during a class discussion.The teacher is heard asking, Is the word n***** not allowed?I'm not calling anyone a n*****.I can say the word.The student, 15-year old Mary Walton, is being hailed as a whistleblower for bringing attention to the teacher's use of the word.
WATCH: Mom Speaks Out To CNN After Daughter Suspended For Recording Teacher Using N-Word IN CLASS
Kate Welborn, mother of the teen who was suspended for recording her teacher repeatedly using the n-word in class, spoke out to CNN to demand the school set things right.Mary Walton, a 15-year-old Missouri teenager, was suspended from Glendale High School Friday after her video of a geometry teacher saying the uncensored n-word circulated on social media.
Instagram owner Meta fined 405m over handling of teens' data
Instagram owner Meta has been fined €405m (£349m) by the Irish data watchdog for letting teenagers set up accounts that publicly displayed their phone numbers and email addresses.
Robert Peston: 'I wore my favourite Gaultier coat to a party conference and somebody nicked it'
TV's political editor Robert Peston, 62, began his career as a print journalist and has broken a string of stories, including the Northern Rock bailout in 2007, when he was the BBC's business editor.
The captain tasked with overseeing the troubled East Los Angeles sheriff's station has been reassigned amid a probe into accusations of racial bias and whistleblower retaliation.Last weekend, The Times reported on a memo claiming that Capt.Pilar Chavez allegedly schemed to give valued detective bureau positions to Latino sergeants to avoid promoting an "angry black" sergeant who had testified about the presence of deputy gangs at the station.
Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower ahead of trial
Musk's legal team is demanding to hear from a whistleblowing former Twitter executive who could help bolster Musk's case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company.
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Elon Musk's legal team is demanding to hear from Twitter's whistleblowing former security chief, who could help bolster Musk's case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company.
After viral conspiracies, California sheriff announces 'whistleblower' died by suicide
A former Department of Homeland Security whistleblower whose death two years ago spurred a barrage of right-wing conspiracy theories - including from top Congressional Republicans - did, in fact, die by suicide, a California sheriff announced Tuesday.
New Zealand is the latest country to ban TikTok from government devices | Engadget
New Zealand has joined the growing list of countries and jurisdictions that have banned from certain government devices.Unlike elsewhere, the restriction doesn't apply to all government employees.It's limited to devices that have access to New Zealand's parliamentary network, though the country's defense force and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said they've banned TikTok on work devices too.
Experts Weigh In On Twitter Whistleblower's Disclosure
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In a 200-page disclosure sent to lawmakers and regulators last month, Twitter's former security chief warned that the micro-blogging service apparently had neither the incentive nor the resources to properly measure the full scope of bots on its platform.
Meta considers launching potential Twitter rival DW 03/11/2023
TechnologyUnited States of America 30 minutes ago30 minutes ago The Facebook owner announced it was working on a "text sharing" platform.It comes at a time when Twitter faces unprecedented turmoil under Elon Musk's ownership.Social media giant Meta has announced it is working on a new "text sharing" platform, likely believed to rival Twitter, at a time when the latter faces unprecedented hiccups.
Oregon Liquor Control Officials Kept Rare Whiskeys for Themselves, According to an Internal Investigation
Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission officials helped themselves to some of the rarest whiskeys and spirits in the state, according to an internal investigation first covered by the Oregonian.The paper obtained the investigation via a public records request and found that for years commission employees have set aside bottles of Pappy Van Winkle - a famously expensive whiskey, often sold for a few hundred dollars legally, depending on the bottle, and in the thousands per bottle illegally - for themselves.
Kiska, the last captive killer whale in Canada, has died | CBC News
The Ontario government says Kiska, the last captive killer whale in Canada, has died.A spokesperson for the solicitor general says Marineland the Niagara Falls, Ont., theme park where Kiska lived told the province she died on Thursday.Brent Ross says the province's Animal Welfare Services officers were on-site as Marineland performed a necropsy.
Maine South High School's entire 2022 football season invalidated due to ineligible players: IHSA
In a major development for high school football in the suburbs, football powerhouse Maine South High School's robust 2022 football season results were invalidated by the Illinois High School Association, which announced the sanctions Wednesday saying the Park Ridge school had used players who were ineligible because they lived outside the attendance boundaries.
Lawmakers slam Abbott at Congressional hearing over formula shortage
Members of Congress began a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday by tearing into north suburban-based Abbott Laboratories, accusing the company of negligence.
UK government reveals scores of asylum-seeking children have gone missing from hotels
Asylum-seeking children have gone missing from Home Office hotels more than 400 times since July 2021, a minister has admitted.Robert Jenrick, minister for immigration, told the Commons on Tuesday that cases were being treated in exactly the same way as any young person who goes missing, but MPs raised concerns that nothing is happening to find those being kidnapped by gangs.
Security guards at Brixton O2 Academy took bribes from people with no tickets'
Some security guards working at the venue where a deadly crowd crush took place accepted bribes from concertgoers without tickets, it has been alleged.Security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were fatally injured when fans without tickets tried to enter an Asake concert at the O2 Academy in Brixton last month.
Revealed: scores of child asylum seekers kidnapped from Home Office hotel
Dozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs from a Brighton hotel run by the Home Office in a pattern apparently being repeated across the south coast, an Observer investigation can reveal.A whistleblower, who works for Home Office contractor Mitie, and child protection sources describe children being abducted off the street outside the hotel and bundled into cars.
Brixton Academy security guards took bribes to let in hundreds more fans'
Mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died in hospital after a crush at the venue in December.They were at the Academy for a gig by Afro pop star Asake where witnesses described hundreds of people trying to get into the show despite the venue already being packed.
Elizabeth Line: TfL chief Andy Byford admits train fault but says no risk' to public
L ondon's transport chief has confirmed reports of a fault on some Elizabeth Line trains but has said there is no risk presented to customers or workers.
Review | '2nd Chance' doc is part quirky portrait, part gotcha journalism
Richard Davis in "2nd Chance."(Vespucci)StarOutline (2.5 stars) The first time you see Richard Davis in the documentary "2nd Chance," you wince.And the second time as well.The former Marine once owned two pizza parlors, but when the restaurants burned to the ground under suspicious circumstances, his life took a startling turn.
Three teachers arrested amid Japan nursery abuse claims
Three teachers at a nursery school in central Japan have been arrested on suspicion of routinely abusing toddlers, including hitting their heads, holding them upside down and locking them up in a bathroom, in a case that has triggered outrage and allegations of a cover-up.he Shizuoka prefectural police said they arrested three women on Sunday on suspicion of assaulting at least three toddlers in June at a nursery school in the city of Susono at the foot of Mount Fuji.
Nursery schoolteachers arrested in Japan over abuse allegations
Police have arrested three teachers at a nursery school in central Japan on suspicion they routinely abused toddlers, including hitting their heads, holding them upside down and locking them up in a bathroom, in a case that has triggered outrage and allegations of a cover-up.Shizuoka prefectural police said they arrested three women on Sunday on suspicion of assaulting at least three children in June at a nursery school in the city of Susono, at the foot of Mount Fuji.
Japan police arrest 3 teachers in nursery abuse case
Susono Mayor Harukaze Murata, left, and vice mayor, right, bow during a press conference at the city hall in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested three teachers at a nursery school in central Japan on suspicion they routinely abused toddlers, such as hitting their heads, holding them upside down and locking them up in a bathroom, a case that triggered outrage across the nation.
Judge orders sheriff to halt search of some computers in sprawling Metro investigation
A Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Los Angeles County sheriff's officials to stop searching certain computers seized as part of the sprawling raids tied to an investigation into the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's contracts with a domestic violence nonprofit.
Death of federal informant found this week at El Sereno high school campus remains under investigation
A former federal informant who went missing for a year before he was found dead at an El Sereno high school campus earlier this week appears to have spent the weekend alone at the school before his death, authorities said Friday.
Majority of Twitter shareholders vote in favour of sale to Elon Musk | CBC News
Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko testifies to a U.S. Senate judiciary hearing examining data security at risk, on Tuesday in Washington D.C. (Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press) He said there was "at least one agent" from China's intelligence service on Twitter's payroll and that the company knowingly allowed India to add agents to the company roster as well, where they had access to highly sensitive data on users around the world.
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"They don't know what data they have, where it lives and where it came from and so, unsurprisingly, they can't protect it," Zatko said.
'Further complicate the Twitter-Musk litigation': Ad execs seek to understand specifics of Twitter whistleblower's claims for advertisers
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Advertisers' apathy toward Twitter may have just gone from bad to worse given Tuesday's news of a whistleblower detailing alleged security and privacy issues at the platform.
Instagram is testing AI that verifies your age with a selfie scan. It's not perfect
(CNN Business)Instagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users' ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is.
Former employee filed whistleblower complaint about Abbott's Sturgis facility eight months before previously known
(CNN)A former employee at Abbott Nutrition filed a whistleblower complaint about the company's Sturgis, Michigan, plant with the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in February 2021, months earlier than previously known, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday.
Senator says Biden should consider Defense Production Act to boost baby formula supply
A sign telling consumers of limits on the purchase of baby formula hangs on the edge of an empty shelf for the product in a King Soopers grocery store, Wednesday, in Denver.
Isle of Man medical director faced 'disgraceful' bullying, tribunal finds
The chief minister of the Isle of Man has expressed his "deep discomfort" after a tribunal found that the island's medical director had been forced out of her job and suffered "disgraceful" bullying for whistleblowing over the Manx approach to Covid-19.
Police were warned Brisbane's Whiskey Au Go Go would be burned down, inquest told
Immigration department investigators "came out of the shadows" to warn police they had been told Brisbane's Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub would be burned down before the fatal firebombing in 1973, an inquest has heard.
GMP police chief apologises to Rochdale grooming gang victims
Three victims of organised grooming gangs in Rochdale have received "substantial" damages and an apology from a police chief who accepted his force had let the women down.
Double-booked surgeries at MGH lead to $14.6M settlement
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts General Hospital will pay $14.6 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged overbilling for double-booked surgeries that were simultaneously overseen by the same surgeon.
Social housing landlords cheated by repair firm Mears Group, tribunal
One of Britain's leading housing repair companies, which is funded by taxpayers' money, is at the centre of extraordinary fraud, bribery and corruption allegations involving contracts with a string of public authorities.