A patient with Ebola-like symptoms was seen at the Veterans Affairs emergency room in Dallas this past Thanksgiving weekend. Hospital officials have reportedly ruled out the deadly virus.
Month: November 2015
Drought Stunts California Christmas Trees
California’s record drought has caused widespread water shortages, damaged crops, and caused thousands of lawns across the state to turn brown. Now, just in time for the holiday season, the drought has claimed its latest victim: Christmas trees.
University of Chicago Shut Down Due to Online Threat of ‘Gun Violence’
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS–The Hyde Park campus of the University of Chicago was a ghost town Monday, as classes were canceled by the school after receiving a warning from the FBI over what they said was an online threat of gun violence.
Netki Launches Google Chrome Extension to Simplify Bitcoin Wallet Addresses
Netki, a service aimed to simplify bitcoin payments, has officially released a beta of their Google Chrome browser extension, allowing customers to use email-esque Wallet Names such as ‘wallet.justin.me ‘ instead of lengthy 32 character public addresses. Netki users can now enter their Wallet Name anywhere on the web, and the extension will automatically replace the name with the appropriate public wallet address. They currently support bitcoin, litecoin, dogecoin, Factom (Factoids and entry credits), and Ether, among others.
Their new extension will allow Netki users to maintain their anonymity and save time across nearly any web-based blockchain application, including wallets such as Coinbase, Blockchain, and Uphold, exchanges like Kraken, Bitfinex, and CEX.IO, and other applications such as Fold and Purse.io.
The extension is available for free on the Chrome Web Store. And while an individual Wallet Name is available on Netki’s website for as little as $1.95 a year, ChangeTip users are given one for free. If you’d like to try the extension, sign up for a ChangeTip account on their website, navigate to the ‘Tips’ tab on the top left of the page, and activate your personalized Wallet Name by clicking on the personalized URL under the ‘Tip.me Page’ header on the left side of the page. Your new Wallet Name will be tied to the deposit address for your ChangeTip account, which you can use anywhere on the Internet with the new extension.
Netki, started in 2014 and described by many as the “DNS for Bitcoin,” has already partnered with companies such as ChangeTip, Gem, and Snapcard, whose users are automatically registered and given a personalized Wallet Name.
However, their ambitions are much larger. Wallet Names will allow individuals to remain ‘pseudo-anonymous’ on the public blockchain, mitigating serious privacy concerns for those whose real-world identities become associated with single, static public addresses.
In addition, Netki also built in support for Hierarchical Deterministic or HD Wallets, which allow users to automatically create a unique public address for each transaction related to a single Wallet Name. HD Wallets, when combined with Netki’s Wallet Name, can help individuals maintain anonymity on the blockchain without the hassle of managing dozens of public addresses.
Netki CEO Justin Newton also hopes their new extension, combined with individualized Netki Wallet Names, will allow new users to more easily understand and use bitcoin online.
“We are excited to release this Chrome extension as it now allows users to send using Wallet Names at all web-based blockchain and bitcoin services.,” Newton said. “This is a significant step forward in the usability of blockchain technology to ensure easier mainstream market adoption.”
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In Paris for Climate Summit, Obama, Susan Rice, John Kerry Dine at Fancy French Restaurant
While in Paris for the Cops21 climate change summit, President Obama took some time off to enjoy a fancy meal at L’Ambroisie with French President Hollande.
ESPN Anchor Takes Shot at ‘First Take’ Colleagues for Racial Double Standard Over NFL TD Celebrations
While showing a highlight of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce dancing on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” anchor Robert Flores questioned the recent coverage on ESPN’s “First Take” of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and the lack of coverage over Kelce for celebratory touchdown dances. Newton, who is black, received coverage a whole week for his elaborate dance on “First Take.” “First Take” co-hosts Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless don’t shy away from the racial topics and Flores shared his theory on the double standard. “I’m wondering why there’s no letters to the editor or why ‘First Take’ is not doing ‘Should Travis Kelce be dancing in the endzone? I wonder why they’re not doing that. Oh, because he’s not black. That’s probably what it is.” Follow Trent Baker on Twitter @MagnifiTrent
CHP Rescues Giant Sleeping Pig Using Social Media
A (not so) little piggy named June was rescued from the roadside when a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer responded to a citizen’s call in Santa Rosa the morning after Thanksgiving and guided the sleeping giant out of danger.
Radar Scans Reveal Hidden Chambers In Tutankhamun’s Tomb
Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves is leading the hunt for what may very well be the final resting place of Queen Nefertiti. 3,300 years later, we’re still discovering new information about the most infamous of Egypt’s monarchs. Tutankhamen — or “King Tut” — was only found entombed in the Valley of Kings by Howard Carter in 1922. Now Reeves, an archaeologist out of the University of Arizona, is finally getting traction on a theory he’s been actively pursuing since August. In early 2014, Spanish art-replication experts Factum Arte were taking high definition color photos of the tomb’s walls, in order to provide tourists and history buffs with a way to view them without the potential for destruction of the site posed by allowing the public into the chamber itself. Alongside the photos, scans of the walls were released that revealed they had been painted so thoroughly that — according to Reeves — the underlying architecture was “almost wholly obscured.” Reeves’ interest was ignited over the course of several months spent studying these scans. Until very recently, experts had believed that nothing but bedrock lay behind those walls. The images revealed cracks and fissures beneath the layers of paint, which suggested to him that
Feds Report New Border Surge Of ‘Unaccompanied Minors’
The Department of Health and Human Services projects that 5,200 people claiming to be “unaccompanied minors” will have been referred to its care during November by U.S. border agencies.
Hungry Coyote Steals Chihuahua from Bedroom
A coyote brazenly snatched up an 8-year-old chihuahua from the bedroom of a Long Beach home–near the couple’s newborn granddaughter and two other chihuahuas.