Requesting My Own Phone Records After the NSA Ruling
A day after a federal judge called NSA phone-data collection "almost Orwellian," I called AT&T to request my own call records and learned how weirdly hard that actually is.
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So Much for Bitcoin Being Worth More Than Gold
Bitcoin went from worth-more-than-gold to cut in half in under three weeks after China's central bank told banks to stay away from it, and the online reaction has been dumber than the price chart.
The Week My $40 Bitcoin Experiment Got Ugly
Bitcoin cratered this week after China's central bank told banks to stop touching it, and I watched my tiny $40 experiment ride the whole thing down.
Eight Companies, One Newspaper Ad, and a Lot of Fine Print
Eight rival tech companies bought full-page newspaper ads calling for NSA surveillance reform. I believe the cause is real. Im less sure about the messenger.
The Bitcoin Crash Didn't Fix My Graphics Card Problem
Bitcoin crashed after China's central bank barred banks from touching it, but that didn't do a thing to fix the graphics card shortage the mining craze caused.
Bitcoin Just Found Out What a Cliff Feels Like
Bitcoin went from a Thanksgiving-week moonshot to a stomach-drop after China's central bank told banks to stay away from it. Some notes from someone who almost bought a mining rig.
The Real Story Monday Wasn't the Drones
Everyone's talking about Bezos and his delivery drones, but the actual news from this week was Cyber Monday quietly becoming the biggest online shopping day in US history.
The Amazon Drone Thing Is a Cyber Monday Ad, Not a Delivery Plan
Jeff Bezos revealed Amazon's drone delivery plan on 60 Minutes the night before Cyber Monday, and the timing feels a lot less like a product announcement and more like an ad.
The Forty Dollars I Didn't Spend on Bitcoin
Bitcoin blew past $1,000 this week and briefly matched the price of gold. A regret-filled look back at the $40 I didn't spend on it in 2011.
Bitcoin Crossed $1,000 Today (And I Still Didn't Buy Any)
Bitcoin crossed $1,000 on Mt. Gox today, and I'm mostly just annoyed at myself for not buying any back when a friend of mine did for pocket change.
The Cops Paid the Ransom in Bitcoin
A Massachusetts police department paid ransomware criminals in Bitcoin this week, and that says more about where Bitcoin (and backups) stand right now than any Senate hearing did.
Blue Light Weekend
The PS4 launched last Friday, and between my own midnight GameStop run and the "Blue Light of Death" threads flooding forums all weekend, launch week turned into its own small saga.