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GameStop's Meme Stock Explodes Again After YouTuber Roaring Kitty Returns

13.5.2024
It’s been three years since GameStop’s stock originally exploded during the pandemic as big-time investors capitalized on an internet feud between deep-pocketed hedge funds and very online Redditors. Now the meme stock is back for round two after Roaring Kitty, AKA Deep Fucking Value, AKA Keith...

GameStop Wants You To Start Trading In Your Valuable Pokémon Cards

10.5.2024
The market for high-end collectibles like rare Pokémon cards has exploded in recent years, and GameStop seems to want a piece of it. The gaming retailer told some store managers this week that it would begin testing buying Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) graded trading cards later this...

Bitcoin mining revenue hits post halving yearly low

6.5.2024
Daily revenue from Bitcoin mining dropped to under $3 million as opposed to the previous daily average of roughly $6 million in the first four months of 2024

Ultimate X-Men Is The Fresh Start Marvel’s Mutants Need

14.3.2024
As is so often the case, it’s a rough time to be an X-Men fan. The Krakoan age, The latest ambitious take on Marvel’s children of the atom is coming to a close this year, in a not-very satisfying fashion. Picking up the dying torch of this mainline series are more business-as-usual takes on...

Mt. Gox: What We Still Don’t Know 10 Years After the Collapse

28.2.2024
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the collapse of bitcoin exchange MtGox, Mark Hunter, author of “Ultimate Catastrophe: How MtGox Lost Half a Billion Dollars and Nearly Killed Bitcoin,” tackles the questions that still remain unanswered ten years later

Death Comes For Us All: Steam No Longer Supports Windows 7

4.1.2024
The fated day has come: If you are still using Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 you might need to upgrade to Windows 10 or 11 soon, as Valve’s massively popular digital storefront, Steam, no longer officially supports those older operating systems. Read more

Stablecoins: Roman Coins or Spanish Doubloons for the Modern Era

11.10.2023
Borderless by design, these modern digital tokens can make cross-border commerce much cheaper and easier

The Economic Engine of War — Tracing Fiat Currency’s Role in Global Conflicts

10.10.2023
When Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, many viewed it as a solution to the drawbacks of fiat money. Historically, about 800 fiat currencies have come and gone, with many ultimately failing. Intriguingly, the fundamental reasons for establishing the fiat system remain elusive to many. Some argue...

Final Fantasy XVI Suffers From Its Superficial Handling Of Slavery

28.8.2023
Final Fantasy XVI situates itself within a backdrop of swords, sorcery, and political turmoil, as its picturesque world of Valisthea is filled with inhabitants complicit in the upholding of slavery. Throughout the land, where lush evergreen forests, dank underground ruins, and rolling dunes...

Anita Sarkeesian Shutters Feminist Frequency, Operations To Cease In Early 2024

1.8.2023
After nearly 15 years, feminist game critic Anita Sarkeesian’s non-profit organization Feminist Frequency will cease operations in early 2024. The news was delivered via official press release with Sarkeesian citing endless burnout and exhaustion from growing the site over the years, which she says...

History of Python programming language

24.7.2023
Delve into the remarkable evolution of Python, and learn how it grew to become a prominent and beloved programming language in the tech world

An Alarming 87 Percent Of Retro Games Are Being Lost To Time

10.7.2023
Despite being a billion-dollar industry, video games are something of a dying medium, as a vast array of titles are frequently killed off in one way or another. However, according to a new study, the number of games being lost to time is quite staggering: Nearly nine out of 10 U.S. games...

A brief history of the internet

28.6.2023
Gain insights into the key milestones and trends that have shaped the internet into the global phenomenon it is today

BRICS: History, objectives and an overview of the global alliance

23.6.2023
Explore how the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa cooperate in areas such as economics, development and global governance

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro Dies In Russia-Ukraine War

15.6.2023
The war between Russia and Ukraine, which began in 2014 but ramped up in February 2022 as Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has claimed yet another life. 21-year-old Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Ostap “0ni” Onistrat was reportedly killed in action defending his home country...