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According to TechLead, a.k.a Patrick Shyu, the ‘ex-Google, ex-Meta tech lead’ who started a successful YouTube career after leaving Facebook, he’s been taking down any videos that are critical of his behavior by falsely claiming copyright violations. Shyu, who once launched a cryptocurrency by lying to users about how it was being bootstrapped, has seen his profile diminish since being exposed by fellow YouTube creator Coffeezilla three years ago. But making false promises and running off with a significant profit from a crypto project only to never mention it again hasn’t stopped him from constantly posting on YouTube. Indeed, since his failed crypto launch, he’s released a series of pessimistic videos, with titles ranging from Why Coding is Dead to AGI Achieved It’s Over . He’s also posted at least six videos claiming that he’s either quitting or retiring from both tech and YouTube. He doesn’t appear to have done either. Not the first time While th...

Michael Saylor, Layah Heilpern and Steven Lubkha were among those in the crypto community that took an interest in what Australian actress Margot Robbie had to say about Bitcoin. Australian actress Margot Robbie, who is playing the lead in the new Barbie movie, has caused quite a stir within the crypto community after stating that simply talking about Bitcoin (BTC) gives off Ken vibes. In the last 24 hours, the crypto community on Twitter, including Microstrategy's Michael Saylor and prominent Youtuber Layah Heilpern, showed a mixed response to Robbie’s statement about Bitcoin that she made in an interview with Fandango on June 22. #Bitcoin is Big Ken Energy. pic.twitter.com/ExFOGXsuJ9 — Michael Saylor️ (@saylor) July 28, 2023 Robbie revealed that every time she overheard her husband Tom Ackerley and television producer David Heymen discussing Bitcoin on set, it brought to mind the traits of Ken, the fictional co-star character in Barbie, portrayed by Ryan Gosling.  “When Da...

European consumer group B EU C has lodged a complaint with the European Commission and consumer authorities. The group has contended that online social media platforms like Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter are fostering the misleading promotion of crypto assets. In effect, these platforms could face regulatory action. Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter could face regulatory action after European consumer group BEUC complained to the European Commission and consumer authorities that the online platforms allegedly facilitate the misleading promotion of crypto assets https://t.co/MAoD5cXbSu pic.twitter.com/nPcH2GqVRs — Reuters (@Reuters) June 8, 2023 Also Read: Crypto: U.S. CFTC Looking to Change Risk Rules According to the BEUC, portraying misleading advertisements of crypto assets on social media apps is an unfair commercial practice. More so, because this exposes consumers to several risks, including the loss of funds. The group prompted the Consumer Protec...