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Smart Contract Automation Helps Dapps Maintain Data Integrity Without Relying on External Databases — Pavel Salas
9.10.2023
According to Pavel Salas, the chief growth officer at Gear Foundation, on-chain smart contract automation makes applications “truly decentralized” because it “removes dependencies on centralized servers or external entities.” Salas also claimed that on-chain smart contract...
People Aren’t Buying McDonald's Fries Because The Economy Sucks
28.4.2023
During a Tuesday earnings call, the bigwigs over at the clown delicatessen, McDonald’s, discussed super important business-y things like the economy and trends among its hungry patrons. Turns out Ronald McDonald’s peckish customers are even bigger ballers on a budget than they’ve been in the past...
I Tried The Super Mario Bros. Movie Hot Sauce And Lived
5.4.2023
A few days after I made fun of the Super Mario Bros. bath bombs for resembling pee, a company reached out to ask if I’d like to review their line of SMB hot sauce. Before long, a set of truffle-flavored hot sauce bottles arrived at the Kotaku office. As a spice lover, this was either going to...
Argentina Registers 6.6% CPI in February; Inflation Numbers Blast Past 100% YoY for First Time Since the 90s
17.3.2023
The National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina released February’s numbers for the consumer price index (CPI), registering an increase of 6.6%, a consequence of the rises in prices of food and beverages principally. The number is among the highest in the history of Argentina...
MrBeast Is Selling Chocolate Now, But His Fans Keep Having To Clean Up Messes
6.3.2023
Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, the biggest YouTuber in the world, recently asked fans to do him a favor: patrol the shelves of their local big box retailer to make sure his Feastables chocolate bars weren’t a huge mess. Some appear to have happily enlisted in his effort, while others lampooned...
Call of Duty Sexists Tell Twitch Streamer To Make Sandwiches, And She Does
14.2.2023
It’s 2023, and FPS gaming hasn’t really improved for anyone who sounds like a woman over voice chat. No matter how skilled they are, it seems inevitable that some fuckwad is going to tell the player to make a sandwich. One female Call of Duty streamer decided to respond to shitty opponents...
Try These Powerful Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Recipes To Boost Your Stats
21.11.2022
You know what really makes me hungry? Watching characters chomp on the air instead of floppy ham sandwiches in the bugged role-playing game Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Okay, so, the game has its mood-killing problems. But we’re at the head of holiday season—with turkey legs and pecan pies and...
Twitch Streamer Hasanabi Gets Official Pass To Say 'Cracker' From Wheat Thins
21.11.2022
Last year, Hasan “Hasanabi” Piker was temporarily banned from the Amazon-owned streaming platform, Twitch, for having the audacity to say “cracker” full-throated while broadcasting to an audience of 2.3 million followers. Last week, everyone’s favorite tiny-headed socialist streamer finally...
Argentine Inflation Skyrockets to Almost 80% YoY as Crypto Adoption Grows
19.9.2022
Argentine inflation numbers were revealed last week, with the interannual Consumer Price Index (CPI) registering record levels reaching 78.5%. This puts the country second only to Venezuela in Latam in terms of high inflation, with prices rising almost 8% during August, hitting the pockets...
Nifty News: Kraft Foods files for NFT and Metaverse patents, Seth Green gets his ape back, and more…
13.6.2022
Kraft's NFT and Metaverse trademarks cover a long range of potential services including a virtual restaurant where users can earn rewards and virtual assets
Ghostwire: Tokyo Looks Like Dishonored In Modern-Day Japan And I'm Here For It
4.2.2022
Last night, developer Tango Gameworks delivered an in-depth look at the gameplay and narrative of its upcoming supernatural action-adventure game Ghostwire: Tokyo. We saw some tight abilities, some cool exploration, and some adorable kitties. We also now know that the March 25 release date that’s...
Japanese Fast Food Chain Giving Away Half-Assed "Chocolate Burgers" For Valentine's Day
4.2.2022
Ah, yes. It’s that time of year again. Time for eateries in Japan to slather things with chocolate in the name of Valentine’s Day, commerce, and science. Last year, we got chocolate ramen. And this year? Japanese fast food chain Lotteria has what it’s calling a choko baagaa (チョコバーガー) or chocolate...
All The Big Pokémon Games, Ranked From Worst To Best
31.1.2022
Pokémon. It’s the biggest multimedia franchise on the planet. Everyone knows what a Pikachu is. The Pokéball, a red-and-white sphere bisected by a black line, is immediately recognizable to even your most out-of-touch aunts and uncles. But it all started with a game: 1996’s Pokémon Red and Blue...
In Japan, Snacks Keep Getting Smaller And It Sucks
3.12.2021
In fall 2020, Kit-Kats were released in Japan at a smaller size. At the time, as YouTuber PDS points out, Nestle said the smaller size was for customers worried about sugar and calories. Maybe that’s true, but in Japan, snacks have been getting smaller and smaller for years, while prices haven’t...
Japanese Convenience Stores Are Facing A Fried Chicken Shortage
16.11.2021
Companies around the world are worried about chip shortages. But in Japan, if you like convenience store fried chicken, add another worry to your list. Family Mart is running low on its delicious Famichiki. Read more
Woman Allegedly Made $57,000 By Selling Unofficial Demon Slayer...Cakes
15.11.2021
A 34-year-old resident of Tokyo’s Shibuya has been arrested on suspicion of violating Japanese copyright law after selling unlicensed Demon Slayer cakes. According to Kyodo News, the women sold the cakes through Instagram, with customers submitting their desired images to be turned into frosting...
Animal Crossing: How To Grow Wheat And Other Crops For Food Recipes
9.11.2021
Being able to cook and grow new crops are some of the biggest changes in the new update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. You can make all kinds of dishes and even regular DIY recipes. There’s just one problem. Most of these new delicious-looking recipes require items we’ve never seen before,...
Here's Why Twitch's Giant Internal Leak Is Inundated With The Word 'Pizza'
14.10.2021
Last week Twitch suffered a massive hack. Roughly 125GB of data was leaked online, including source code and top streamer earnings, as well as a bunch of files with bizarre references to pizza. Why? Twitch suffered another major hack back in 2014 and code-named the response to it “Urgent...
Squid Game’s Success Is Giving Fall Guys Some Ideas
12.10.2021
During a recent TechRadar interview, Fall Guys lead game designer Joe Walsh said the dev team at Mediatonic is currently toying with the idea of retrieving an unused minigame from the cutting-room floor. And it’s all thanks to Netflix’s latest original series, Squid Game.Read more
Squid Game Knock-Offs Are Taking Over GTA 5 Servers
11.10.2021
Netflix’s Squid Game has taken the world by storm, and now it’s taking over Grand Theft Auto V role-playing servers. GTA fans are recreating the show’s grim children’s games across the streets of Los Santos. Winners get big cash prizes while the losers get sued into oblivion by Take-Two. Just...