Exxon Mobile Corp knew more about climate change and its connection to the oil industry than it was letting the public know. In a bid to counteract this, ExxonMobil recently published several documents on their site and issued the challenge saying, "Read all of these documents and make up your own mind." </p>
<p>Two Harvard researchers accepted the challenge and published their findings in the journal Environmental Research Letters. They analyzed 187 public and internal Exxon documents and found a major discrepancy:<img alt="LAaVlkT5ijqLTqjrDEXlTWCVShQqKh6sxYSk38t_ulpTSemS4JuqTn8wlvutNaCVxOlyIoVNU89OOHuc3Er-O30BkOr_AkV5T1BoOEYI6Hx-5YW5hxqDVJtuZHSPrU1xDJVxswk.gif"/></p>
<p>- In Exxon's peer-reviewed and internal communications, about 80% of the documents acknowledged that climate change is real and human-caused.</p>
<p>- In Exxon's paid advertisements published in the <em>New York Times</em>, about 80% expressed doubt that climate change is real and human-caused.</p>
<p>The researcher's conclude that Exxon delibirately downplayed the effects of climate change for company profit.</p>
                

                     the CoinDash website had been hacked before the sale, and that the unknown hacker had switched the website address with his own.</p>
<p>Like in similar blockchain hacks, the funds were presumed lost, expected to be eventually funneled through mixers and exchanges to the hacker’s personal account. Nevertheless, CoinDash filed an official complaint with the Israeli Police.</p>
<p>Now, in a surprising development, 10,000 Ether (almost $3M) have been returned to the CoinDash account by the hacker. This only a few days after the hacker transferred 488 Ether to a known CoinDash wallet through the ShapeShift service. Details about the surprising "gift" are still murky but some assume that the police investigation found the culprits, and in a <a href="https://blog.coindash.io/hack-update-10-000-eth-were-sent-from-the-hacker-address-back-to-coindash-a18970654037">blog post</a> CoinDash promised more details in the upcoming days. </p>
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                    , <a href="https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/hackers-seize-32-million-in-parity-wallet-breach">Solidity contract hacks</a>, <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/7-million-ico-hack-results-coindash-refund-offer/">website hacks</a>, and more. </p>
<p>One of the more sophisticated <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/12/20/hackers-have-stolen-millions-of-dollars-in-bitcoin-using-only-phone-numbers/">methods</a> includes calling a Telecom operator and porting the victim’s phone number to the hacker’s account, then using the phone number to access online accounts. Hackers have been using this technique to steal large amounts of cryptocurrencies from Coinbase accounts, which in turn has been criticized of not offering enough security options to users.</p>
<p>In the past weeks news of high-profile attacks were rare, but now seem to be returning. Jessica Ver Steeg, CEO of Cannabis ICO Paragon, <a href="https://twitter.com/jessversteeg">announced</a> yesterday that she was attacked by hackers and lost control of her personal Gmail account, later to regain control of it with Google’s assistance. It seems Paragon funds are safe but crypto hackers are getting ever savvier, meaning the use of real (app, non-SMS) two-factor authentication is becoming crucial.</p>
                

                     currency drops due to Jamie Dimon’s remarks and Chinese government regulations show that cryptocurrencies are still in an early and fragile stage, where daily news can dramatically effect the valuation of the entire industry. </p>
<p>El-Arian notes that today much of cryptocurrency activity is speculation but expects that over time cryptocurrencies will gain a larger user base and stronger technological infrastructure, making them more resilient to external pressures. At that point, the cryptocurrency ecosystem will gradually become an additional monetary system, not replacing central banks but working alongside them.</p>
                

                     automated system through wi-fi, allowing trucks to follow each other through their own cabs in one network. The process would have trucks follow each other closely, brake more efficiently, transport goods to their destination, while still maintaining a person inside the vehicle. </p>
<p>The person inside the lead vehicle would control the steering for all the self-driving trucks behind them.  Automated trucks behind the lead vehicle would follow the same actions such as slowing to a lesser speed and breaking at the same time.</p>
<p>(In the video: a previous test of truck platoons. Source: Volvo)</p>