The second season of the HBO show opens on a world where the moral truths of the first are gone.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News

These defendants were motivated by greed, and they targeted vulnerable people by giving them false hope while fleecing them, said U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons of the District of South Dakota. The sentences today should serve as a deterrent to anyone contemplating similar schemes.Source: Justice News - Cyber-crime

Get ready for more dramatic shifts between severe drought and record-breaking rainfall.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News

The Central Bank of Iran is the latest national bank to sound the alarm on the cryptocurrencies, fearing of its misuse in money laundering and fraud.Source: Coin Desk - Digital currency

Line, the Japan-based messaging app provider, is planning to build its own blockchain to boost development of decentralized apps.Source: Coin Desk - Digital currency