As usual, frequent contributor and cryptocurrency philosopher/mage Nozomi Hayase has gone deep into the heart of the recent Bitcoin existential crisis, and come up with some powerful insights. Whether you’re gripped by fear, paralyzed by confusion, or dazzled by the… Read More ›
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Review: Cybercrimes Is for Chavs OR: Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley Ain’t Good
This review of the BBC’s “Cybercrimes” documentary series is by the talented, entertaining, and really, really angry Matthew D. Phelan. Upon re-reading this empassioned screed, our humble scribe re-watched a few episodes, thinking, “It can’t really be as bad as… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 21
Happy Monday, kittens! Today, we’re thinking of the poor MENA-region city of Agrabah, which is completely imaginary, and which 41% of Trump supporters support bombing. We are also thinking of the Marx Brothers’ famously tasty Duck Soup, and of not… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 18
Happy Friday, kittens! It’s been a long, trolly week with approximately 500 notifications a day here at Cryptosphere Global HQ thanks to raincoaster’s story about hacktivist-turned-jihadi Junaid Hussain aka TriCk of TeaMp0isoN. If you haven’t read it, please do. PLEASE do…. Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 15
So there was the time a bunch of you really, really hated a simple post about Anonymous inspiring tee shirts and a donation to charity. And there was me, right there in that GIF, responding. But we’re getting a couple… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 8
Happy Tuesday, kittens! Caffeine in hand? Better yet, caffeine in belleh? Excellent! At Cryptosphere Global HQ we managed to screw up the buttons on the new deluxe espresso maker and pour six shots of espresso instead of an Americano this… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 2
Interwebbed is back, bitches! Bringing you all the breaking ISIS/Surveillance Elf negotiations as they happen (or a couple of days after, whatever, like we’d miss the little snitch). And all the rest of the top cyber and crypto news as… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber & Crypto News for Nov 18
Dude, you’re gonna need a bigger spell. Seriously, who among us thinks this is exactly the way the UN Security Council is run? Have you seen those decisions: a wonky 20-sided die had to be involved at some point. As… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Nov 16
Welcome back to Monday, the Groundhoggiest day of the week, kittens! What did you miss over the weekend? Moar hacks, moar ops, moar blithering by political candidates. Anonymous and OpISIS swung into action with fresh purpose after the Paris attacks,… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 27
It’s always a Happy Tuesday, kittens, when we’ve got a new Banksy to share! As for the rest of the day’s breaking news, well, as always some of it is more leaning towards a net and overall state of positivity,… Read More ›
Interwebbed @Bjork Themed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 26
I’m 90% sure that GIF conversation was transcribed verbatim. We’re very fond of Bjork chez Cryptosphere, because reasons, and so our Monday cyberwar and hacktivism news links for today are dedicated to her unique brand of “crazy-like-an-arctic-fox.” Indeed, are we… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 22
Did you miss us, kittens? We went away for a whole week and then took some hardware-failure-induced time off from doing our news roundup, but we’re back and, as you can see, quite excited about it. To your stations, everyone…. Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 7
Is the week over? Are we there yet, kittens? We at The Cryptosphere Global HQ are somewhat distracted lately. Between hardware crashes and CMS’s failing to M, let alone Control S, we’re about fed up with technology lately, and if… Read More ›
A Greater Giving Potential: Introducing Micro-Donations by AnonyOdinn
This is a reprint from the Anony Odinn blog at Cyberguerrilla, another in Odinn’s ongoing series of boundary-pushing alt-finance posts. In some previous posts to this blog (1, 2), I have alluded to the compassion and microgiving potential being developed… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 5
Are you ready for the first Monday of the rest of your lives, kittens? Not that we have any choice, at least until some kind soul invents a time machine and makes it free to fans of The Cryptosphere: The… Read More ›