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Mining Hardware Thief Gets 3-Year Sentence in Russia
30.8.2021
Russian authorities have investigated a number of cases involving the theft of crypto mining equipment in the past months. A resident of Yaroslavl has just been found guilty of stealing mining hardware worth over $20,000 and sentenced to three years in prison. Russian Convicted of Stealing Mining...
Dogecoin Millionaire Says He’s Going ‘All in’ on Cardano — Bullish on Both DOGE and ADA
29.8.2021
The dogecoin millionaire who invested all his savings in the meme cryptocurrency early this year says he is now going “all in” on cardano, calling it the “next best bet.” He is bullish on both cryptocurrencies. Dogecoin Millionaire Thinks Cardano Is the ‘Next Best...
jq for JSON
27.8.2021
I old enough to remember when we thought XML was going to change the programming world…then JSON saved us from that hell. Parsing and querying JSON data is fundamental task we’ve all coded for, but sometimes I just want to get some data locally with minimal fuss. I just learned of...
The Hottest JRPG Of The Moment Is Being Developed By A 22 Year Old
26.8.2021
Most musical games are rhythm games, popular examples include titles such as Guitar Hero, Beat Saber, and Dance Dance Revolution. However, Sword of Symphony turned that genre expectation on its head. It’s a stylish music-action roleplaying game that uses combat to compose music, meaning that...
RTX 3090 Owner Finds Old Glove Inside $1500 GPU
23.8.2021
Imagine this. You’ve just paid a ton for a new RTX 3090 Founders Edition GPU. You plug the card in, boot everything up and … wait, why is my super-expensive GPU running at 230 degrees?Read more
“We had 90% unused CSS because everybody was afraid to touch the old stuff”
19.8.2021
Over at the JS Party poundcast:
[Kend C. Dodds]: […] ask anybody who’s done regular, old CSS and they’ll tell you that “I don’t know if it’s okay for me to change this, so I’m gonna duplicate it.” And
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Bank of Ghana Urged to Resist Developing a CBDC Based on ‘Old Traditional Siloed Financial Thinking’
17.8.2021
A Ghanaian blockchain and crypto association, Afroblocks, has warned the Bank of Ghana (BOG) to resist the urge to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that is based on the “old traditional siloed financial thinking.” Afroblocks Not Consulted Afroblocks (formerly Blockchain...
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's New DLC Adds Cavalry Units That Keep Kicking My Ass
14.8.2021
I really enjoyed the new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla DLC, Siege of Paris. Exploring the new map was great and the storyline was perfectly paced. Good stuff! But there is one part of the DLC that sucks shit: The cavalry soldiers. They are annoying and because of how Valhalla works these assholes...
Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Stealing Nearly $7 Million of Crypto in Israel
11.8.2021
Afek Zard, a resident of Israel, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzling a large sum of cryptocurrency that belonged to a friend of his. The man, who refused to cooperate with the investigation, will have to pay a hefty fine as well. Israeli Resident Sentenced for Cryptocurrency...
"Old" Bitcoin Outperforms Upgraded Ethereum
6.8.2021
Bitcoin price gained traction above the USD 39,000 and USD 40,000 resistance levels. BTC is back in a positive zone and it seems like the bulls might aim for a test of USD 42,500. It is currently (12:24 UTC) trading above USD 40,000 and dips might remain limited.
BTC is the second-best (+8%)...
One Old Presentation by Buterin Brings an Unresolved Ethereum Issue Again
4.8.2021
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum. Source: a video screenshot, edited by Cryptonews.com
An old speech by Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has resurfaced at a time when the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chief Gary Gensler is issuing warnings about initial coin offerings...
Monero Developer Arrested in US on Fraud Charges at Request of South African Government
4.8.2021
Former lead maintainer of Monero Riccardo Spagni, aka Fluffypony, has been arrested in the U.S. and is now waiting for his extradition to South Africa where he will stand trial for fraud. Spagni described the case as “an old matter, which I have continuously been trying to resolve since...
Viking Silver Found on Isle of Man Represents 1,000-Year-Old Analog Version of Bitcoin
21.7.2021
Off the coast of the Irish Sea, humans have lived on the Isle of Man since before 6500 B.C. The island has a robust history of Viking Age treasures. According to a recent announcement from Manx National Heritage, a heritage agency located there, an amateur treasure hunter recently discovered...
Testing interest in NFTs vs. physical collectibles with Apple founder’s 50-year-old job application
21.7.2021
The NFT features writing from a teenage Steve Jobs years before he helped found Apple Computers
Georgian Government Embraces Blockchain to Promote Its Wines Globally
21.7.2021
As Georgia seeks to bring its millennia-old wine industry into the 21st century, it is collaborating with blockchain platform Wiv to put the nation’s winemakers in front of a global audience of wine collectors, producers, and merchants. Move Brings Wines and Accompanying Provenance...
South China Morning Post to tokenize 118-year-old archive with NFTs
19.7.2021
Hong Kong landmarks like the Kowloon Walled City will be tokenized and showcased in The Sandbox Ethereum-based metaverse
Take-Two Is Removing Old GTA Mods Using DMCA Notices
18.7.2021
Rockstar Games’ parent company, Take-Two Interactive, has spent the past week or so using DMCA takedown requests to remove old Grand Theft Auto mods. The publisher hasn’t explained why it has started this sudden removal of old mods.Read more
Busking for Bitcoin: Report Finds Street Performers Depend on Digital Payments
17.7.2021
Street performers, or buskers, are leaning more toward digital platforms these days compared to the old method of accepting loose change. A report recently published by economists at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia has found that in certain areas, buskers get more donations via digital...
Spike Lee Directs ‘Old Money Is Out, New Money Is In’ Commercial for Cryptocurrency ATMs
16.7.2021
Award-winning director Spike Lee has teamed up with bitcoin ATM operator Coin Cloud on a multimillion-dollar crypto campaign. “Digital currency is viable for not just people of color, but anybody who has been historically excluded from traditional financial systems,” said the famed...
New York Giants’ Saquon Barkley Plans to Convert Endorsement Revenue to Bitcoin
15.7.2021
Another pro athlete in the National Football League (NFL) is planning to convert some of his earnings into bitcoin. The 24-year-old running back for the New York Giants, Saquon Barkley, discussed converting his endorsement revenue into bitcoin during a recent interview with the Morgan Creek Digital...