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Steam's Subreddit Is Running An Excellent Protest

22.6.2023
As we’ve been covering, things are not going well over on Reddit at the moment, with the site’s ownership currently engaged in a running battle with readers and moderators. Users are so annoyed at attempts to monetise the site that they’re working through a variety of protests, but one of...

Energy Web expands to Polkadot, Fueling the global energy transition

21.6.2023
Energy Web, composed of companies utilizing decentralized open-source technologies to expedite the energy transition, is expanding its reach to Polkadot. This blockchain network is at the forefront of driving a better web, and Energy Web’s move will allow them to establish the framework...

Reddit Is Forcibly Removing Mods Over NSFW Protests

21.6.2023
In the wake of sitewide protests, ostensibly over some API changes but really about an increasingly corporate squeeze of a historically community-run site, some Reddit moderators have decided to hit CEO Steve Huffman in the only place it seems to hurt: the site’s wallet.Read more

Reddit Hackers Demand $4.5 Million Ransom For Stolen Company Data

20.6.2023
The messy aftermath of Reddit’s controversial API price increase might get messier. The ransomware hacker group BlackCat, which claimed responsibility for snatching 80GB of company data in February, is now demanding the news aggregator and community platform fork over $4.5 million and rescind...

Prepare For Trouble, Make It Double

20.6.2023
Ruth Bosch is an artist who has worked for companies like League of Geeks and creative studio Volta, and who is now art director at Studio Fizbin, developers of the excellent Say No! More.Read more

McDonalds & Fandom Replaced A Wiki Page With An Advertisement

20.6.2023
Grimace, an ancient McDonalds character who—recent marketing blitz aside—may be so unknown among younger readers they will actually need to consult a website to find out who the hell he is, has for a very long time had an extensive page up over at the unofficial McDonalds Wiki. Until this week,...

Nintendo Switch Piracy Subreddit Banned After Giant Tears Of The Kingdom Leak

16.6.2023
The Nintendo Switch piracy subreddit r/newyuzupiracy managed to fly under the radar for years. However, on June 13, three years after it was originally created, Reddit banned the forum after it blew up in the wake of the massive pre-release leak of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.Read more

Reddit's CEO Is Just Making Everything Worse

16.6.2023
As you may have seen over the past week, Reddit—the “last page of the internet”—has not been having a good time, after the company’s CEO decided to oversee some changes that affected some very popular apps that people were using to access the site. That CEO, Steve Huffman, is now doing some...

Twitch Streamer’s Car Gets Torched By Obsessed Viewer Who Drove 700 Miles

14.6.2023
A Twitch streamer has come forward with a traumatizing experience of how an obsessive fan—if you can even call him that—drove 700 miles to torch her car.Read more

AWS went down in the US, but Ethereum kept humming

14.6.2023
Ethereum hummed along through the latest AWS outage but one commentator said its reliance on Lido for staking could cause issues in the future

History of computing: From Abacus to quantum computers

13.6.2023
Journey through time and witness the remarkable advancements that have shaped the computing world we know today

Confessions of a Web Developer XX

12.6.2023
It’s been quite a while since I’ve gotten a few things off of my chest and since I’m always full of peeves and annoyances I thought it was time to unleash: One day you’re getting recruited by another crypto wallet vendor, the next their users are getting drained of funds....

Judge Upholds Confidentiality of FTX Customers’ Identities, Citing Security Concerns

10.6.2023
In the FTX bankruptcy case, the presiding judge John Dorsey has ruled to maintain the confidentiality of individual customer identities, according to a recent decision on Friday. Dorsey emphasized the importance of safeguarding these clients, expressing concern for their potential vulnerability...

Blockchain Comes to Internet Browsers: ENS to Launch .box Web Domains in September

8.6.2023
The leading Web3 identification project, Ethereum Name Service (ENS), is launching a new domain name extension dubbed .box in September 2023. The lead developer of ENS, Nick Johnson, shared this update on Twitter on June 7 noting that the upcoming development would be the first blockchain-native...

Etherscan Launches Advanced Filter for Enhanced Ethereum Blockchain Exploration

5.6.2023
On June 2, 2023, the Ethereum blockchain explorer and insights web portal, Etherscan, released a new feature that allows users to refine their transaction searches with filters. Onchain sleuths, researchers, and investigators can now narrow down the results in a single view using a variety of...

How to Create a Screen Recording with Quicktime

1.6.2023
Creating screen recordings is an essential skill for web developers. Screen recordings can illustrate new features, bugs, or a variety of other ideas. I’m often asked what app I use to create screen recordings and people are shocked when I tell them Quicktime! Let’s review how to create...

Best Crypto to Buy Now 30 May – Quant, Injective, Lido DAO

30.5.2023
Conservative Republicans are opposing the bipartisan agreement to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, which could result in a U.S. default if it doesn't pass its first test in Congress. Both President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and the leading Republican figure in Congress, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy...