Weak Security Puts Credit and Debit Cards at Risk

Even if you aren’t a Target shopper, the company’s recent card account hack affects you. As the giant retailer deals with the fallout from a major data breach that stole card data from 40 million accounts in its system, consumer advocates are warning that the Target...

Ven: A Digital Currency For a New Age

With the Bitcoin making world headlines, can other digital currencies be far behind? As the Bitcoin gains strength as a legitimate exchange for real goods all over the world, other kinds of digital monies are popping up too. And the creators of these specialized...

The First Bitcoin Convention Courts Asian Markets

Need more proof that the world is watching the Bitocoin? Just consider Bitcoinvention 2014,a global get-together to inform, educate and promote the digital currency that’s changing the way the world thinks about money. And this first Bitcoin convention is being held...

Does Bitcoin Opposition Confirm Supporters’ Fears?

As the Bitcoin continues to surge onto the world stage, with a new push to bring big-time Bitcoin trading to Asian markets, established financial institutions and government bodies around the globe are targeting the upstart digital currency with warnings and bans....

The Floating City Project Opens New Frontiers

The future of real estate may not be on land at all. That’s the hope of the Seasteading Institute’s Floating City Project: an effort to create a floating city that it hopes will pioneer a new direction for human societies around the world. As the movement toward...