#82 cases of COVID-19 UK variant detected in NY

#82 cases of COVID-19 UK variant detected in NY

“#82 cases of COVID-19 UK variant detected in NY” There are now 82 confirmed cases of the highly contagious UK variant of COVID-19 in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. That figure is up by 12 since Saturday, Cuomo said on a conference call with reporters as he noted that 11 of those new…

Read More
#Fake Amazon reviews are being sold in bulk online

#Fake Amazon reviews are being sold in bulk online

“#Fake Amazon reviews are being sold in bulk online” Online hucksters are selling Amazon reviews in bulk to help merchants manipulate the e-commerce platform’s rating system, a watchdog group says. British consumer advocacy group Which? found 10 Web sites offering “review manipulation” services that rely on vast networks of users to drum up positive reviews…

Read More
# EXMO crypto exchange suffers second attack in two months

# EXMO crypto exchange suffers second attack in two months

“# EXMO crypto exchange suffers second attack in two months ” London-based cryptocurrency exchange EXMO suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack earlier today, causing the platform’s servers to become unavailable. In a tweet earlier today, EXMO reported that hackers had targeted the exchange with $75 million in trading volume in a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attack….

Read More
#‘Bridgerton’ estate owner arrested on child sex charges

#‘Bridgerton’ estate owner arrested on child sex charges

“#‘Bridgerton’ estate owner arrested on child sex charges” A member of the aristocratic family that owns the lavish estate known as Clyvedon Castle in the popular Netflix series “Bridgerton” has been accused of sexual assault of a minor. The York Press reported Friday that Simon Howard, 65, was arrested and charged on two counts of…

Read More
#BBC banned in China after explosive report on Uighur rape

#BBC banned in China after explosive report on Uighur rape

“#BBC banned in China after explosive report on Uighur rape” The Chinese government is banning BBC News from landing in its country after the British outlet published an explosive story on alleged torture and rape occurring in Uighur concentration camps. The decision comes one week after Ofcom, the media regulator of the United Kingdom had nixed a license for the…

Read More
# PayPal expanding crypto services to U.K. residents

# PayPal expanding crypto services to U.K. residents

“# PayPal expanding crypto services to U.K. residents ” Residents of the United Kingdom will be the first people outside of the U.S. who are able to use PayPal for buying and selling crypto.  According to journalist Carl Quintanilla, the payments platform is planning to expand its crypto offerings to the U.K. in the coming…

Read More
# Former British MP says central banks should ban Bitcoin

# Former British MP says central banks should ban Bitcoin

“# Former British MP says central banks should ban Bitcoin ” Nick Boles, a former Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford from 2010 to 2019, took to Twitter Tuesday to criticize Bitcoin over its negative environmental impact. He retweeted a post from BBC correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones showing that Bitcoin has overtaken Argentina in annual…

Read More