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PUBG Mobile Has A Bright Future As It Just Exceeded 100 Million Downloads, Worldwide

PlayersUnkown Battlegrounds, also known as PUBG, is in the gaming landscape for some time now. Its boom in popularity was questionable at first when it launched on both the Android and iOS mobile platforms. On the other hand, some gamers believe that PUBG is the best game ever on mobile devices, although the “PUBG Vs. Fortnite” saga is far from ending. But, regardless of that, PUBG has a bright future as it just exceeded 100 million downloads, worldwide.

PlayersUnknown Battlegrounds managed to bring all the goods from console/PC version to mobile devices

In fact, PUBG playability is unrivaled in the mobile game world, and, besides, the game comes with all the features you need, including realistic graphics, an interactive environment, and intense gameplay, among others.

And all those features are more common for console or PC games, but PlayersUnknown Battlegrounds managed to bring that to mobile devices which, above all, is the ideal recipe for success.

PUBG for mobile platforms is maybe the coolest gaming adventure on Android, at least.

PUBG just exceeded 100 million downloads, worldwide, ensuring a bright future for itself

With all those facts presented above in mind, there is no surprise that PUBG managed to exceed 100 million downloads around the world. As many might see it as a heavy game with intensive graphics content, others (to be read “the majority”) consider its addictive gameplay is enough to make any possible shortcomings fade away.

Now, as PUBG mobile exceeded the 100 million downloads mark, the future for this game is brighter than it has ever been, as this achievement is the irrefutable proof that PlayersUnknown Battlegrounds for Android and iOS is a very appreciated video game.

What about the PUBG Vs. Fortnite saga?

In my opinion, there is no reason to compare two great games. However, honestly, PUBG outperforms Fortnite, to some extent. First of all, Fortnite is not available on Google Play Store, while, secondly, the game runs on a limited number of devices, is based on an invitation system, and has several restrictions that might ruin the gameplay.

As for PlayersUnknown Battlegrounds, its devs seem to work for the gamers instead of working only for profits, as a PUBG Lite version, newly released in the Philippines, make the game runnable on budget level smartphones.

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Crypto News Tech

BitTorrent Founder, Bram Cohen, Left The Company Leaving It In The Hands Of Tron Foundation

Last month, in July, we received the news that Tron Foundation headed by Justin Sun, one of the largest startups in the cryptocurrency world today, had bought BitTorrent and all the tools that are part of the company, such as uTorrent and others. And now, Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent and co-founder of the company, has abandoned the ship, preferring to focus on working on his own cryptocurrency.

Bram Cohen has always been more interested in the technical side of everything than in business, and it seems that he had long ago given up on BitTorrent, a company that he could never really capitalize on despite his various attempts at monetization, other than advertising.

The founder of BitTorrent is now busy trying to make a cryptocurrency that’s not an energy disaster

Currently, he is investing all his time and efforts in ChiaNetwork, in particular, aiming to create a blockchain technology that is demanding less energy consumption than the current ones, as Bram has criticized a lot the fact that crypto mining for coins such as Bitcoin (BTC) is an energy and environmental disaster.

Now, with Chia, Bram Cohen basically wants to create a “green cryptocurrency.”

“I have no relationship with Tron,” said Bram Cohen when asked about his involvement in the new Tron’s project regarding BitTorrent.

BitTorrent ends up a cycle of its life and emerges into a new one along with Tron (TRX)

After the acquisition of BitTorrent by Tron Foundation, Justin Sun, founder of the startup and Tron (TRX), didn’t take long to comment on his future plans, which include not only “improving” the BitTorrent technology by integrating it with Tron’s, but also the future plans of encouraging seeders to pay with cryptocurrency, more specifically with Tron (TRX).

With Bram Cohen entirely out of the project, BitTorrent will undoubtedly end up a cycle of its life and emerges in a new one ruled by Tron. Only time will tell if it will succeed in the new direction it is going on, but ultimately, it will never be what it was for the Internet industry.

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Crypto News

Three Crypto Hackers Arrested In China, Accused Of Stealing $87 Million In Bitcoin (BTC) And Other Cryptos

Three crypto hackers, suspected of committing the most massive theft related to cryptocurrency in China, were arrested by Chinese police after a coordinated operation in several cities, according to local press reports. The hackers stole Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptos with a total value of 600 million yuan (about $87 million) after they hacked into people’s and companies’ computers.

According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, the police investigation began in late March, when a citizen named Zhang went to the Xian City Public Safety Office to report that his computer had been hacked. The victim stated that in the attack he was robbed of 100 million yuan, about $15 million, in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).

With the help of several undisclosed internet companies, the investigators followed up on the transactions that led them to a suspect identified as Zhou. Subsequently, Zhou’s communications led to two alleged associates in the criminal operation.

The three cybercriminals reportedly used sophisticated computer techniques to access their victims’ computers remotely and then cover their tracks, leaving little trace of the cyber attacks. In this way, they were able to steal approximately 600 million yuan, equivalent to $87 million, in digital assets, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), from multiple personal and business computers.

The crypto hackers arrested in China for stealing $87 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptos used sophisticated techniques to avoid detection

The local South China Morning Post noted that “the three suspects had been studying hacking technology since they were 12-13 years old and had worked for major Internet companies.

The Chinese police also reported that hackers divided the proceeds from the sale of stolen cryptocurrencies into smaller units and conducted multiple transactions in an attempt to avoid detection. This operation required the analysis of 30,000 pieces of evidence, according to the local news portal.

The suspects were arrested on August 5th during a joint and simultaneous police operation in Hunan, Changchun and Beijing provinces. The case will remain open until further investigations.

About a month ago, cybercriminals in China were hit by another blow, as the Chinese police arrested 20 people belonging to the technology firm Dalian Shengping Network Technology for spreading crypto mining malware on over one million computers. This activity brought hackers illicit profits of $2 million over the past two years.

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Crypto News

US Judge Ordered Hacker To Pay His $750,000 Bail In Cryptocurrency

On August 9th, a federal judge in San Francisco, California, ordered a defendant to post his $750,000 bail in cryptocurrency. Martin Marsich was accused of hacking into the website of the video game company Electronic Arts and obtaining illegal access to the records of more than 25,000 of the company’s customers.

Marsich was arrested on August 8th in San Francisco and made his first appearance in federal court the next day, according to a press release from the Northern District Attorney’s office in California. The charges filed include illegal access to financial data on 25,000 Redwood City Electronic Arts customers.

Judge Jacqueline Corley set bail at $750,000 and ordered the defendant to pay it in cryptocurrency so that he could be transferred to a supervised minimum-security center.

Judges have the power to order that bail be posted on any type of assets, said the assistant US Attorney for the Northern District of California, Abraham Simmons.

Martin Marsich, who hacked into the Electronic Arts database, ordered to pay his $750,000 bail in cryptocurrency

While the judge in the case has not told the media about the reasons for setting bail in cryptocurrency, some of the charges against Marsich did not relate to cryptos, but to the use of coins issued by some games. Those coins, which are purchased or won in competitions, allow customers to buy items to be used in such games or to create accounts with access to the games.

After Marsich’s intrusion was discovered, the affected company closed the affected accounts, which totaled a loss of $324,000, according to the Northern District Attorney’s Office of California.

Also noteworthy, the first federal sentence in the United States involving cryptocurrency, more specifically, the Bitcoin (BTC), took place in July 2016, when the Federal Court in Manhattan found Trendon Shavers guilty of federal tax fraud and sentenced him to 18 months in prison. He was also sentenced to pay back $1.2 million in BTC to 48 investors. The defendant ran a Bitcoin investment firm, where he promised weekly profits of 7%, among other offers.

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Tech

TubeMate v3 3.1.7 For Android Rolled Out With New Bug Fixes And Improvements

TubeMate is an app for downloading videos from YouTube and other online videos streaming services. Now, the new TubeMate YouTube Downloader v3 3.1.7 for Android rolled out with bug fixes and improvements.

It can be useful for you to download video content in MP4 and 3GP format but you can also rip the audio from your favorite videos, retrieving it in MP3 and AAC formats. In this way, you can take your favorite videos and tunes with you at any time, storing them on your mobile device’s internal storage, effortlessly, as you can watch and listen to them without consuming mobile data.

TubeMate – Features

The program launches with YouTube by default, but it works with all kinds of popular video streaming sites, including Dailymotion, Vimeo, Facebook, and Metacafe, among many others.

The TubeMate YouTube Downloader is one of the most appreciated video downloaders thanks to its simplicity and its many features, such as choosing the preferred resolution for your video output files and using it as a multimedia player for the files you downloaded. Also, TubeMate can be synced to your Smart TV and other Android-powered devices.

Overall, these are TubeMate’s primary features:

  • Download videos and audio files;
  • Search engine integrated into the interface;
  • Suggest videos based on your activity with the app;
  • Clear interface design for smooth operation;
  • Different video resolutions available;
  • Integrated media player for playing the downloaded video and audio files;
  • Function to pause and resume downloads at any time;
  • Support for simultaneous downloads;
  • Smart TV synchronization function;

TubeMate YouTube Downloader v3 3.1.7 for Android comes with bug fixes and improvements

The recently released TubeMate v3 3.1.7 version for Android brings new enhancements and also comes with bug fixes. According to the release note, the latest version fixed a series of YouTube audio parsing errors and a couple of issues regarding the playlists within the app.

Also, TubeMate v3 3.1.7 for Android removed some annoying ads and enhanced the user experience for smooth navigation. To get the latest TubeMate v3 3.1.7 version for Android, you have to go to APKMirror and download and install the app via APK file.

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