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Indian Police Spoil Kidnappers’ $100,000 Ransom Party to Rescue Bitcoin Traders

Two Bitcoin traders who had been held in captivity for over two weeks in Jaipur, India have been freed. According to the Hindustan Times, the two Bitcoin traders, Luftan Shaikh and Mohammad Shazad had been kidnapped alongside a nonprofit employee. The abductors had been demanding 80 Bitcoins from the family members of the kidnapping victims, […]

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The Bank of England will honor Alan Turing on its new £50 note

The Bank of England has chosen Alan Turing, computing pioneer and a code-cracker during World War Two, to be featured on its new £50 note. Turing contributed significantly to the field of mathematics, but his achievements were not fully recogni… Source: engadget

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Waze shows how much you have to pay at the tollgate

Waze is adding another useful piece of information you may want to know before going a particular way. It's adding estimated toll prices to a route's data panel whenever applicable, putting it alongside that route's ETA and traffic situation. If you… Source: engadget

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Petcube's Bites 2 and Play 2 are smart speakers in disguise

Unsurprisingly, most smart-home gadgets are fairly human-centric. But what about all the furbags that live with us? Don't they deserve a little slice of the connected dream? Petcube certainly thinks so. The company has two pet-camera products, the Bi… Source: engadget

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Dow Braces for Impact as Citibank Reports Excruciating ‘Earnings Recession’

Dow Jones futures traded flat on Monday as investors brace for a painful earnings season. Analysts are widely predicting an “earnings recession,” a second-straight quarter of negative earnings growth. Citi is first out of the gates on Monday, kicking off corporate earnings season before the bell. The Wall Street giant is expected to hold up […]