Bitcoin-futures contracts create as many risks as they mitigate

OFTEN promoted as a way of mitigating risk, futures contracts are frequently more like new ways of gambling. That was true of a close precursor to the instrument, introduced in the Netherlands in 1636, linked to the hot investment of the day—tulip bulbs. Likewise the world’s first two futures contracts linked to bitcoin. One launched […]

Microsoft advises use of Xerox copiers to mitigate major Edge bug

(credit: Xerox) A printer-display bug in the Edge browser is so baffling and potentially damaging that Microsoft support personnel are advising an unthinkable workaround: using a Xerox copier instead of using the browser’s print-to-PDF function. The advice came in response to a bug report titled “Edge displays ‘123456’ in PDF but prints ‘114447.’” The error, […]