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Tesla, Block and Blockstream to mine bitcoin off solar power in Texas

Electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc, payments firm Block Inc and blockchain company Blockstream Corp will collaborate to mine bitcoin using solar power in Texas, CNBC reported on Friday. The bitcoin mine would use solar and storage technology from Tesla and be entirely run on renewable energy, the report said. Blockstream and Square had said in June that they were collaborating to build an ... Read More »

Should elected officials block people on social media?

Rick Calvert wants his congressman’s attention. So the Murrieta resident used Facebook and Twitter to send messages to Murrieta’s congressman, Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona – no relation. A self-described “lifelong liberal,” Rick Calvert also has produced online videos for Indivisible 42, a grassroots group critical of the conservative congressman. One day, Rick Calvert found himself blocked from viewing Ken Calvert’s ... Read More »

Ukraine to block access to Russia’s social media websites

In another round of sanctions in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday ordered the blocking of access to Russia’s most popular social media websites and search engines. Poroshenko’s office on Tuesday published the decree that he signed a day earlier, freezing the assets and banning the operations of hundreds of Russian companies in Ukraine. ... Read More »

iPhone: How to Block SMS From Any Sender Including Bulk Messages

Spam is something most people have accepted as a part of their lives. While there are various easy ways to block email spam, most people don’t bother blocking SMS or text messages spam. On Android, various awesome SMS apps let you fully block spam texts or send them to a separate folder to check later. But if you have an ... Read More »

Mumbai Police Asks YouTube, facebook to block Tanmay Bhat Video

Mumbai Police said Monday they’d asked YouTube and fb to block a video poking amusing at cricketoutstanding Sachin Tendulkar, sparking the united states‘s today’s row over freedom of expression. comic Tanmay Bhat posted the clip, which additionally mocked well-known Indian movie singer Lata Mangeshkar, on his fb page remaining week, angering right-wing politicians in Mumbai who complained to police. Police ... Read More »

facebook CEO Urges Brazilians to Decry WhatsApp Block

fb Inc’s chief govt Mark Zuckerberg called on Brazilians to demand his company‘s WhatsApp messagingprovider never be blocked again after an appeals courtroom on Tuesday overturned the application‘s 2ndsuspension in five months. In a post in English on his facebook page, the U.S. billionaire and facebook founder urged Brazilians togather outdoor Congress inside the capital Brasilia at 6 p.m. (2100 ... Read More »