Search
Kenetic co-founder purchases .NFT domain extension for $84K
2.2.2021
"The possibilities of the NFT domain are endless," said Jehan Chu
Give Your Gadgets a Boost With $2 off RAVPower's Two-Port 30w Charger at Amazon
2.2.2021
RAVPower 30W Two-Port USB Charger | $14 | Amazon | Use On-Page CouponRead more
What Facebook's Privacy Policies Don't Tell You
2.2.2021
Folks, I’m gonna be honest with you. Over my (short) tenure covering digital privacy, I’ve seen my fair share of deeply shitty tech companies pulling deeply shitty stunts in attempts to profit off our personal data. Facebook is one of the names that comes up most frequently here, and that’s...
Twitch Embeds Keep Getting Worse
1.2.2021
In the past couple months, the experience of watching Twitch via third-party sites or tools like MultiTwitch has become... fraught. A purple screen sometimes obscures whatever you’re watching. It implores you to tune in on Twitch dot television instead. Eventually, it disappears. Then, every...
Goldman and Interactive Brokers Execs Claim Wallstreetbets Trend Could ‘Take Down the System’
31.1.2021
The heavy hitters in traditional finance have been concerned about the recent stock market action fueled by Redditors and a colossal number of retail investors. This week a Goldman Sachs executive warned that if these short squeezes continue it could “snowball through the market.”...
Platby kartou přes internet už jen s chytrým mobilem. Air Bank ruší potvrzovací SMS
28.1.2021
Klienty Air Bank čeká od prvního dubna letošního roku velká změna. U internetových plateb kartou, jež vyžadují potvrzení, banka nebude zasílat ověřovací SMS, ale platby bude muset uživatel schválit prostřednictvím mobilní aplikace pro Android či iOS. V ní dojde k ověření pomocí PINu nebo
Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Devices Infected by Bitcoin-Mining Malware
28.1.2021
A Taiwanese hardware company has warned its clients about a targeted crypto mining attack against their storage devices. The malware infects NAS devices connected to the internet by installing a crypto-miner named Dovecat. Threat Actors Install Malware That Illicitly Mines Bitcoin According to...
Star Wars: The High Republic Show Host Krystina Arielle Is the Fandom's Embattled Future
28.1.2021
During the January 4 showcase of Disney and Lucasfilm’s upcoming slate of new projects set in the era of the High Republic, Skywalker: Family at War author Kristin Baver took a moment to introduce Krystina Arielle, the new host of Star Wars: The High Republic Show. It’s a bi-monthly YouTube series...
Discord Bans r/WallStreetBets Server For 'Hateful' Content
28.1.2021
WallStreetBets, the subreddit behind engineering GameStop’s record-shattering stock price surge over the past week, has been banned from Discord for hate speech, The Verge reports.Read more
Massive Gamestop Short Squeeze Highlights the Fragility of Today’s Financial System
27.1.2021
The bigwigs trading stocks on Wall Street have been upset this week as billion-dollar hedge funds have been crippled by Redditors and memes. Not too long ago, the firm Gamestop’s shares were plummeting, and Wall Street veterans lined up a mountain of short bets against the company’s...
Twitch Is Cracking Down On Small (But Not Big) Streamers Who Made Channels Before They Turned 13
27.1.2021
AverageHarry, a 15 year-old aspiring Twitch streamer from the UK, was in spitting distance of his dream. He’d had a breakout 2020, amassing an audience of nearly 90,000 followers, somewhat ironically off the back of a viral clip in which randos in a hotel lobby made fun of him for streaming. Late...
Pragmatism: The true key to unlocking crypto mass adoption
26.1.2021
Let’s double down on making crypto accessible and usable for real people
Tor Project’s crypto donations increased 23% in 2020
26.1.2021
Bitcoin remained the most popular cryptocurrency for the Tor Project’s donors in 2020, followed by altcoins like Ether, Monero and Zcash
Ninja Sounds Fed Up
25.1.2021
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, still the streaming world’s best-known crossover sensation even years after the peak of his relevance, sounds like he’s getting a little tired of his every action being hyper-scrutinized by millions of people all the time.Read more
Dalším gigabitovým hráčem bude ČEZ. Internet již poskytuje prvním zákazníkům
25.1.2021
Elektřina, plyn, mobilní služby a teď i internet s televizí. Energetický gigant rozšiřuje nabídku služeb pro koncové zákazníky a má plán, jak konkurovat Cetinu, Vodafonu a T-Mobilu.
ČEZ přitom není na poli telekomunikací žádným nováčkem. Optickou síť začal budovat již v 90. letech pro vlastní
[aktualita] Vysokorychlostní internet z balónů nebude, Alphabet končí s projektem Loon
22.1.2021
Projekt Loon, který měl přinést vysokorychlostní internetové připojení do oblastí, které se nevyplatí pokrývat běžným způsobem, po devíti letech končí neúspěchem. Holding Alphabet uzavře firmu Loon LLC vlastní, oznámil na blogu její šéf Alastair Westgarth. Loon vyvinul balóny, které létají...
Balónový internet nebude. Alphabet končí s projektem Loon
22.1.2021
Hřbitov googlovských projektů se rozrostl o další hrob. Firma včera potvrdila, že končí s projektem Loon. O tom už den předem psal magazín Wired, ale definitivní tečku za revoluční technologií nakonec oznámila veřejně.
„Hodně mluvíme o připojení další miliardu uživatelů, ale Loon ve
How to Remove Bernie's Background and Paste Him Anywhere
21.1.2021
If you want to contribute to the latest Bernie photo craze before the meme plays itself out—which will probably be sometime around the end of the week, so act fast!—it’s not that hard to cut out Bernie-Sanders-on-a-chair and splice him into whatever image you want. However, to save you a bit...
The Internet's Carbon Footprint Issue Isn't Tied to Individuals
19.1.2021
Video conferencing is putting a lot of stress on us, forcing us to show our colleagues the insides of our apartments, learn new social norms (is “mute yourself” a rude thing to say?), and remember that there is still a deadly global pandemic ravaging the world. It may be putting stress on...
Building a Decentralized and Uncensorable Internet — The Nexus Protocol
18.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. On December 21st, 2020, the Nexus Protocol white paper was released. The new internet will be driven by a blockchain-based operating system (LX-OS) and communications protocol (Nexus Protocol), that will be connected by a distributed satellite-based mesh network. The white paper...