How Google Makes Billions Off Of reCAPTCHA

Article: reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits - Boing Boing

It would seem that reCAPTCHA, where you have to check a box to get into a site is a good security tool. But, in actuality, it can easily be defeated by bots. And, it's main objective now is to be a Google tracking tool, monitoring your web activity.

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Artificial Intelligence Pay Per Use Model Proposed

Article: Generative AI Has a 'Shoplifting' Problem. This Startup CEO Has a Plan to Fix It - Wired

Tha man who came up with pay-per-click search listings now wants to do the same with Artificial Intelligence. By charging AI companies for every time they use publisher and artist content, he hopes to come up with a viable profit model and something that will avoid lawsuits.

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YouTube Trying to Make Ads Unskippable

Article: YouTube Pitches Massive TV Viewership, Ad Targeting at Upfront - Adweek

The ads on YouTube are INSANE! I get it that they're trying to force them on people any way they can. But, I think that more people are just going to stop watching instead of sitting through them. But, YouTube is trying to find ways to make people sit through them, no matter what. It's fine having a few ads, but when you get three minutes of ads in an eight-minute video, that is just crazy.

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YouTube Announces New Artificial Intelligence Music Tools

Article: An early look at the possibilities as we experiment with AI and Music - YouTube

Using Google's DeepMind Artificial Intelligence software, YouTube is offering AI tools to make music for Shorts on the platform. A number of artists are cooperating with YouTube to make this happen. As with most new AI technologies, these new tools will be available to a small number of users initially before broadening out to platform-wide availability.

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YouTube Goes Hard Against Ad Blockers

Article: YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers - The Verge

YouTube is getting hardcore when it comes to people using Ad Blockers to stop seeing ads when watching YouTube content. While I understand they're wanting to make money, the amount of ads on YouTube has gotten out of control, even on short videos. I believe that it is all a way to funnel people into paying the exorbitant $14/month to avoid seeing ads on the platform.

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HIVE Becomes First Cryptocurrency Stock

Article: HIVE Blockchain Technologies (TSXV:HIVE) (OTCMKTS:PRELF) Is One Of The Top Bitcoin Stocks Around - Insider Financial

Company Site: HIVE Blockchain Technologies - Main Site

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been wanting to know when there would be a stock market play for Bitcoin, Blockchain or mining. This week, it happened! HIVE Blockchain Technologies is now trading on the Canadian TSX Venture Exchange, and as an OTC stock on the U.S. market.

HIVE is buying mining time off of Genesis Mining, who is considered the leading cloud mining supplier. HIVE proposes to use their capital to do mining and produce income. It should be interesting to see how it all pans out.

Now, there has been Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC), which is traded on the OTC market. But, that is basically just a bunch of Bitcoin. You can directly buy Bitcoin on many well-regarded exchanges, making GBTC fairly redundant. HIVE is actually a company that is directly engaged in the Blockchain.

Now, folks, this is speculative stuff! It's up to you if you're going to spend money on this. But, I basically just took money generated from my bond funds and bought a smaller amount of the OTC. You can invest in the Canadian stock directly through certain brokerages. I have only dipped my toes into two OTC stocks ever. This one, and Tencent of China, who provides internet products, similar to those of Baidu, who are on the regular U.S. stock market.

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JP Morgan Goes to War with Bitcoin

Article: Bitcoin is a fraud that will blow up, says JP Morgan boss - The Guardian

Article: Genesis Mining billboards say Jamie Dimon is right - 'Bitcoin will eat your lunch' - IBT

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon has gone to war with Bitcoin. In a set of angry remarks, Dimon said that Bitcoin is only good “If you were in Venezuela or Ecuador or North Korea or a bunch of parts like that, or if you were a drug dealer, a murderer, stuff like that, you are better off doing it in bitcoin than US dollars.”

Naturally, anyone whose fortunes are rooted in the traditional economy are going to be threatened by cryptocurrencies. It's just entertaining to watch someone so publicly lose their @#$% over it!

Entertainingly, Genesis Mining, who provides Bitcoin mining services, is having a lot of fun with Dimon, putting up billboards mocking him!

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Kik Messenger Tokens on Sale

Official Site: Kin - Kik Messenger

Article: Messaging App Kik Opens Registration for Its Token Sale - Observer.com

Article: Messaging App Kik Bets on Teenagers to Take Cryptocurrency Mainstream - Observer.com

I am still getting used to cryptocurrency! Hey, I've only been researching it for about 10 days now! But, one of the more interesting aspects is the world of ICO's, Initial Coin Exchanges. These are the crypto versions of the stock market's IPO's, Initial Public Offerings.

In this case, companies are offering tokens to the public for the first time. These tokens can later be converted to cryptocurrency. Kin is an Ethereum token being offered by Kik, the Canadian company that runs the messaging app.

Registration closed this past Saturday, September 9. I missed it, so I will have to watch from the sidelines. It should be interesting to see how it goes! There are other ICO's currently going. The most prominent are KickICO, which concerns ICO's themselves, and Social, based in Social Media.

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