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Intel Intel has a new CEO in the form of Bob Swan, ending a search that started in the wake of former chief exec Brian Krzanich’s departure. Swan had been interim CEO since Krzanich left in June 2018, and Intel’s CFO before that. Before Intel, Swan had a long career in Silicon Valley and beyond: […]
Controversial internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has called for the ditching of the US dollar, which, he says, is doomed to depreciation, and investing into gold and cryptocurrencies. The huge US debt will destroy the American economy and lead to a global economic collapse, which is just around the corner, the founder of the now defunct […]
Kim Dotcom is alleging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has had his internet connection within the Ecuadorian embassy in London cut off. He has called on Assange supporters to gather outside the embassy building in solidarity. Neither WikiLeaks nor Assange has made an official statement regarding the reports. Dotcom demanded that authorities “#ReconnectJulian.” Former Greek Minister […]
Kim Dotcom, the founder of file-sharing site MegaUpload, is suing the New Zealand government for $ 6.8 billion dollars. According to the legal documents provided by the BBC, the claim covers the destruction of his business, loss of reputation, lost business opportunities, legal costs and lost opportunities on the home he was renting. Dotcom has […]
Published time: 20 Jan, 2018 06:39 Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has published the pictures from his wedding ceremony, which was held in an undisclosed location. While the couple looks truly adorable, Kim’s fluffy best ‘man’ looks even cuter. Meet the happy just-married couple Kim and Liz Dotcom (nee Elizabeth Donnelly), smiling in wedding photos posted […]
Although 2017 is deemed to have been one of the worst years for tech (think Uber, sexual harassement, and net neutrality), startups in Silicon Valley haven’t suffered from a shortage of capital. Quite the opposite, actually. According to a report released by PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), 2017 saw the highest annual amount of […]
Long Island Iced Tea The number of public companies adding “blockchain” to their name, or announcing a pivot to blockchain technologies, will surge in 2018, says Autonomous Research. The firm’s forecast is based on a comparison to the dot-com bubble, which saw a similar phenomenon as companies tried to ride the Internet wave. You’d think […]
What is Bitcoin? An investment? A technology? A bubble? What is even happening? All of these questions seem like reasonable ones to ask, as its price has surged and plummeted. Bitcoin is many things: a proxy for more stable units like the dollar and the euro, a speculative investment, a payments mechanism, a means of […]
Enlarge / Kim Dotcom, as seen in 2014. (credit: Hannah Peters / Getty Images News) Kim Dotcom is about to upgrade his lifestyle, and he plans to move from Auckland, New Zealand to Queenstown, a city in the far south of the country, according to a few recent tweets. The Megaupload founder has been battling […]
Enlarge / Kim Dotcom, founder of the Internet Party and founder of Megaupload Ltd., speaks during a 2014 news conference. (credit: Brendon O’Hagan/Bloomberg via Getty Images) According to the New Zealand Herald, a New Zealand High Court judge revealed on Friday that the country’s signals intelligence agency, known as the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) illegally […]
