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You Might Abandon Your New Year's Resolutions, But the Internet Never Will
31.12.2020
After the past year’s wall-to-wall cavalcade of death and dreck, it’s not a surprise to see a lot of folks stepping into 2021 with what can best be described as “modest expectations” for the world writ large and their Capacity To Deal with whatever it throws their way. This is the year that we’ve...
Power-starved Abkhazians Face Internet Restrictions in Crypto Mining Crisis
31.12.2020
After months of power shortages leading to blackouts, brownouts, planned multi-hour electricity shutdowns and a blazing inferno at a power substation, citizens in Abkhazia are now set to be restricted in their internet activities as the government wages a confused war against crypto mining.
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Betting Your Coins Online? Be Sure to AskGamblers First
30.12.2020
Visit AskGamblers.com before ever wagering your hard-earned coins in an online casino. AskGamblers is the internet’s largest and most trusted portal dedicated to curating honest, fair, and open gaming experiences for users worldwide. These Days You Can Use Bitcoin to Buy Just About Anything...
Japanese Internet Giant Licensed to Issue First JPY-Pegged Stablecoin in New York
29.12.2020
The charter makes GMO one of only 27 companies licensed in New York to engage in virtual currency activities
Why you wouldn’t eat chicken nuggets, and why you shouldn’t trust Big Data
28.12.2020
Do you really know how your data is used and monetized? If you did, you’d probably think twice about giving your personal details away so freely
MinePlex Creates CrossFi Crypto Bank by Combining Traditional Finances With Blockchain
24.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. The MinePlex platform announces the creation of a new mobile crypto bank for CrossFi industry that aims to combine the traditional financial instruments with blockchain technologies. The mobile crypto bank is supplied with the functionality that allows using cryptocurrencies...
The worst things on the internet in 2020
24.12.2020
Look, even without COVID, 2020 was going to be garbage. It was an election year, for fuck’s sake, so a glut of unhinged political punditry was destined to clog up our social media feeds and needle our glazed eyeballs. In keeping with tradition, it all turned out to be even worse than we could have...
Digital decentralization is just the beginning. The real world will follow
20.12.2020
Decentralization can trigger a transition to a post-scarcity, post-capitalist crypto economy of abundance, while solving species-threatening negative externalities
Kim Dotcom Says Bitcoin Cash ‘Great for Payments,’ Expects BCH to Cross $3K in 2021
17.12.2020
On December 17, the internet entrepreneur and political activist Kim Dotcom spoke about bitcoin being a “great asset for storage,” and then further stressed that bitcoin cash was “great for payments.” Dotcom said he expects bitcoin cash to jump in value by 900% next year...
[aktualita] Český internet rychle roste, NIX.CZ se dostal nad 1,5 Tb/s, Peering.cz na 1,9 Tb/s
16.12.2020
Tuzemský internetový uzel NIX.CZ má opět nový rekord v objemu přenesených dat. Včera byla pokořena meta 1,5 Tb/s. Hranici jednoho Tb/s se podařilo překonat v září loňského roku, internetový traffic v Česku tak roste velice slušným tempem. Růstu mimo jiné pomáhá práce z domova, což se projevuje...
Chaintip Creator Unveils New Tipping Tool Sharetip
14.12.2020
Tipping internet users with cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin Cash, seems like a great way to spread adoption. The creator of one popular tipping tool is cooking up something brand new. Self-Serve Tipping It’s called Sharetip and I had the opportunity to try it. I tipped someone Bitcoin...
Týden Živě: Seznam.cz jde ostře proti Googlu, máte pomalý internet a Slack mění majitele
13.12.2020
Seznam chce po Googlu miliardy, jinak hrozí soudem • Jak zálohujeme a jak rychlý máme internet • Slack mění majitele. K čemu je vlastně dobrý?
Snowden and human rights advocates talk internet surveillance in the era of BLM
11.12.2020
Challenges to internet freedom are threats to grassroots protests, panelists agreed
Founder David Sønstebø out of Iota Foundation after ‘unanimous' board decision
11.12.2020
The Iota board said it had “parted ways” with Sønstebø due to the fact its interests have “diverged significantly” with those of the co-founder
Optimize Images According to Network and Device Constraints in React
10.12.2020
Connectivity has evolved beyond recognition since the beginning of the internet. We are lightyears past dial up, these days, and can watch a video in high resolution on our smartphone while being connected to a mobile network. But not all mobile connections are created equal – older...
[aktualita] Také T-Mobile díky bondingu zrychluje DSL internet až na 250 Mb/s
3.12.2020
Také T-Mobile začíná u DSL přípojek k internetu nabízet bonding, díky čemuž může navýšit rychlosti. Operátor uvádí, že nyní může na 1,5 milionu adresách nabídnout rychlosti 50 až 100 Mb/s. Rychlosti se mají dostat až k 250 Mb/s. “K dosažení dvojnásobné rychlosti je potřeba, pokud je to technicky...
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2.12.2020
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Multi-utility tokens to enable Web 3.0 by providing more than financial value
2.12.2020
The benefits of utility tokens could soon stretch beyond payment facilitation and governance capabilities
IOTA teams up with Austrian uni for Internet of Things and blockchain research lab
27.11.2020
The IOTA Foundation is teaming up with one of Austria’s most prestigious universities to foster research in distributed ledger technologies
Coinbase, Others Go Down as Amazon Web Services Outage Takes Down Swath of Internet
26.11.2020
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and thousands of other platforms on the internet reported recurring interrupted service and pointed the finger at cloud provider Amazon Web Services, which experienced an outage