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Watch: The 2nd Annual Blackest Awards Winners!
16.2.2021
We’re so happy to bring you the winners for our 2nd Annual Blackest Awards. Around here, we call them The Skippies because we get down like that. Well, as with most awards shows, some awards are televised—unlike the revolution—while others are awarded before the show. Since we don’t have a show,...
Charter schools in California to use blockchain system to fight COVID-19
16.2.2021
A new blockchain system will be used to manage and track COVID-19 exposure among students and staff in multiple public charter schools across California state
From 'not money' to 'staggeringly great': what US Presidents have said about crypto and blockchain
15.2.2021
"I don't have Bitcoin, and I'll never ask you to send me any," said Joe Biden
Could blockchain end bitter vote-rigging disputes once and for all?
15.2.2021
There are fears that voting on the blockchain might not be practical. Instead, the real value of this technology may be linked to counting ballots afterwards
Institutional adoption underscores urgency of clear crypto rules, says Hester Pierce
15.2.2021
Regulatory clarity in the crypto industry is needed now more than ever, per one official
Blockchain firm aims to build crypto city in Nevada desert
14.2.2021
CEO Jeffrey Berns says the smart city could incorporate digital currency payments for goods and services as well as records on the blockchain
Don’t put pointer-events: none on form labels
12.2.2021
Bruce Lawson with the tip of the day, warning against the use of pointer-events: none on forms labels. We know that pointer-events is used to change how elements respond to click, tap, hover, and active states. But it apparently borks …
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JPMorgan will get into Bitcoin ‘at some point’, says co-president
12.2.2021
JPMorgan co-president Daniel Pinto said that the current demand “isn’t there yet” for the firm to get into Bitcoin, but he is sure that “it will be at some point.”
You are only 12 cheese sticks away from making Super Duper Stuffed Crust Pizza
12.2.2021
Your eyes are not deceiving you: I have made an entire pizza out of nothing but stuffed crust. This has been a top secret project I’ve been mired in for weeks, its existence known only to my coworkers, my family, and an exclusive group of individuals I felt could be trusted with this knowledge....
Miami council supports mayor’s move to offer city worker salaries in Bitcoin
12.2.2021
The City Commission of Miami is now looking into the feasibility of allowing Miami residents to pay taxes and receive salaries in Bitcoin
The big honkin’ guide to America’s regional pizza styles
11.2.2021
The fact that pizza is made by human hands means that every pie is going to be a little different, no matter how much consistency is baked in (heh) to the process. We wouldn’t have it any other way. But since there’s no one right way to make a pizza, anyone who considers themselves a pizza devotee...
Abandoned Shooter Six Days In Fallujah Is Being Brought Back Over A Decade Later
11.2.2021
Publisher Konami originally pulled the plug on Six Days In Fallujah, Atomic Games’ attempt to tell a realistic story about the war in Iraq based on the experience of US service members, for being too controversial. Now a new publisher and developer are resurrecting it. Read more
Seized Silk Road Bitcoin Worth $3 Billion Likely Linked to Disgraced US Secret Service Agent
10.2.2021
Over $3 billion worth in bitcoin seized by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), belonging to Silk Road, are likely linked to a former U.S. Secret Service agent. The latest findings suggest that “Individual X” is, in fact, Shaun Bridges. Bridges Is Set to Be Freed in November Per recent...
Donald Trump's Second Impeachment Trial, Explained
9.2.2021
Today, the U.S. Senate will begin the impeachment trial to determine whether former President Donald Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection. This is the second time he has been impeached, the first time ever for a U.S. president. In 2019, he was impeached on two counts of abuse of power...
IDEO CoLab Ventures files with SEC for new $100M crypto fund
9.2.2021
Early stage investment fund IDEO CoLab Ventures is looking to launch a $100 million crypto investment fund
Serbian National Arrested and Extradited to the US for His Role in a $70M Crypto Mining Case
9.2.2021
A Serbian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges of defrauding investors out of more than $70 million through a cryptocurrency mining and binary options scam. Antonije Stojilkovic, 32, and six accomplices, who were all arrested between July and October 2020, faces up...
When QAnon Blows Up Your Friend Group
8.2.2021
My ex was the first person to tell me about Q. This was near the end of 2016, and we were in the beginning stages of our relationship. I took it as us having the same, passive interest in conspiracy theories. The kind of interest where you go, “LOL sounds like a Dan Brown novel!” I laughed it...
Report: E3 2021 Being Planned As An All-Digital Event
8.2.2021
Last year the Entertainment Software Association cancelled E3, the biggest trade show in gaming, due to covid-19 concerns. According to pitch documents obtained by Video Games Chronicle, this year’s E3 might be as a strictly online affair, with three-days of streaming content running from June...
In the battle between New York pizza and Chicago deep dish, why not choose both?
8.2.2021
If I were teaching a basic American Food 101 class to an extraterrestrial from Mars, I’m pretty sure they’d give me a double-take when I tried to explain that New York and Chicago-style pizza are considered the same basic food: “Yeah, this flat, crispy-yet-chewy bread with thin sauce and cheese...
My Madden 21 Says The Chiefs Won The Super Bowl, And I Accept That Reality
8.2.2021
This morning Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs were awarded the Vince Lombardi trophy after defeating Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36 to 20 in my Madden 21 simulation of Super Bowl XV. Sounds right to me. Read more