The release of Star Wars Episode VII – The Force Awakens has brought the cultural phenomenon which is Star Wars back to the forefront of everyone’s minds. Particularly, with the inclusion of…
The Donald must be slipping in the polls, because he opened his big mouth again. His campaign called for a “total and complete shutdown of all Muslims entering the United States.” Reactions…
I am now a regular contributor to bitcoin.com; here is one of my first articles for them. In 1988 the New York Times reported that an advanced technological threat was facing schools…
After the Paris attacks, some government officials are demanding backdoors inserted into the encryption programs found on mobile phones and common apps. Basically, their argument goes like this: Bad guys need to communicate to do…
Nothing gets Bitcoin enthusiasts more excited than when the price of a bitcoin rises. Which makes sense, as most Bitcoin enthusiasts are holders of bitcoins, and thus it is to their financial…
Interesting article in Forbes recently regarding encryption, the NSA, and Apple: Apple CEO Tim Cook says no to NSA accessing user data A few points to consider: If Apple did have a…
I recently went on a trip to Maryland, and while I was there I stayed in three different houses in three nights, and drove over 200 miles between each location. During my…
Apparently, yesterday was the deadline set by Visa and Mastercard for banks to introduce microchip-embedded credit cards. Apparently, that hasn’t really happened as the credit card companies want, and it probably wouldn’t help…
Anyone who has even a passing knowledge of Bitcoin has heard of the “Blockchain.” In fact, you will see a lot of media outlets now praising the Blockchain while dismissing Bitcoin itself.…