• Here’s How You Can Stop The Pirate Bay From Hijacking Your CPU

    Here’s How You Can Stop The Pirate Bay From Hijacking Your CPU

    Last weekend, the extremely popular torrenting site The Pirate Bay, was catching some flack for testing out a new system that used visitors’ CPU power to generate cryptocurrency profits for itself.  This tactic has been around for years, but the high profile implementation signals that its probably time to start blocking this from happening.  I’m…

  • Beijing Announces Trading Halt for Cryptocurrency Exchanges

    Beijing Announces Trading Halt for Cryptocurrency Exchanges

    Chinese authorities have ordered Beijing-based cryptocurrency exchanges to stop trading and immediately notify users of their closure, which is signaling a crackdown by authorities on the industry to contain financial risks.  Exchanges were also told to stop allowing new user registrations as of Friday, according to a government notice.  The notice was signed by the…