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Everyone's Convinced The NYT Made Wordle Harder, But It's Exactly The Same
14.2.2022
Following Wordle’s dream-like purchase for over a million bucks, people have assumed new owners the New York Times would inevitably make changes for the worse. I mean, of course it would. It’s a big billion-dollar corporation buying a tiny morsel of joy. That always ends in sadness, right?...
FTC Warns of Romance Scams Luring People Into Bogus Cryptocurrency Investments
13.2.2022
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned about romance scams using cryptocurrency. Scammers use romance as a hook to lure people into bogus investments, especially crypto, the federal agency explained. “2021 numbers are nearly five times those reported in 2020, and more than...
Wordle’s New Owner Is Banning ‘Offensive’ Guesses
11.2.2022
Internet language sensation Wordle is now owned by The New York Times and housed firmly on the Gray Lady’s servers. That’s meant a rickety migration for some players, but also changes to the game itself. Words like “sluts” have recently been banned from being used as guesses, and the paper...
The New York Times Rushes To Fix Broken Wordle Streaks
11.2.2022
You may know The New York Times for its reputation as the paper of record and the paper of recommending-you-put-peas-in-guac. But now the Gray Lady has joined the likes of EA, Bungie, 343 Industries, and other developers of live-service games as it rapidly tries to extinguish fires for its newly...
Global Crypto and Blockchain Investments Soared in 2021, Rising 5.5X to $30 Billion
10.2.2022
A new report by one of the Big Four accounting firms, KPMG, reveals that investment in the crypto and blockchain space grew 5.5 times the previous year to more than a record $30 billion in 2021. KPMG called 2021 a “Blockbuster year for crypto and blockchain.” ‘Blockbuster Year...
Sneaky NY Times Crossword Breaks Star Wars, Star Trek Fans’ Brains
7.2.2022
The debate between Star Trek and Star Wars is older than time—I know it’s older than I am anyway—and it reared its head as recently as the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle, which poses a brain-breaking question.Read more
Major Exchange LBank Wishes Lunar New Year via NASDAQ Billboard on Times Square NYC
6.2.2022
PRESS RELEASE. On 1st Feburary, 2022, LBank Exchange promoted the wishes to the world through Times Square NYC – NASDAQ Billboard, for the celebration of the Chinese lunar New Year. Times Square New York is a major commercial intersection, and NASDAQ MarketSite is the marketing presence...
With Wordle Archive, You Can Play All The Wordles That Came Before Whenever You Want
4.2.2022
The magic behind Wordle is, of course, that there’s only one puzzle a day. Combined with the ease with which players can paste their spoiler-free results to social media and group chats, it’s that the whole world is all playing the same puzzle, the same day, that makes it so alluring. But screw...
Rockstar: GTA 6 Development Underway, And It's 'Significantly' More Ambitious
4.2.2022
Well, after years of rumors and fake-outs, it’s finally happened. Rockstar Games has confirmed that the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto franchise is in active development.Read more
Real-Life Spy Agencies Troll Each Other Over Wordle
3.2.2022
Wordle continues its gentle taking over of the world. In the days following the surprise announcement that the New York Times is buying the game for at least a million bucks, the head of the UK secret intelligence service, MI6, tweeted complaining about people’s results from the word game appearing...
Úspěšnou webovou hru Wordle koupil The New York Times. Časem ji patrně schová za paywall
1.2.2022
Tvůrce hry Wordle Josh Wardle v pondělí 31. ledna na Twitteru oznámil, že ji prodal deníku The New York Times. Vydavatel jednoho z nejčtenějších periodik ji hodlá zařadit do souboru slovních her The New York Times Games.
Ačkoli Josh Wardle píše, že hra „zůstane zdarma (free to play) pro
A Sensational Wordle Clone Without Any Actual Words
1.2.2022
Wordle took an express ride from a breezy daily distraction to a seven-figure payday for its creator. No wonder everyone is copying it. But many—and there are so many—of its variants are similar exercises in wordplay. Far rarer is the Wordle clone that doesn’t feature any words at all.Read more
Populární webovou hru Wordle za miliony dolarů koupil deník New York Times
31.1.2022
Tipování slov ve Wordle hrají denně miliony hráčů. Slovní online hra, která odstartovala teprve loni v říjnu, teď mění majitele. Od jejího autora, vývojáře Joshe Wardleho, Wordle koupil vydavatel amerického deníku The New Yorku Times (NYT). Podle tiskové zprávy za ni zaplatil částku v nižších...
Populární webovou hru Worlde za miliony dolarů koupil deník New York Times
31.1.2022
Tipování slov ve Wordle hrají denně miliony hráčů. Slovní online hra, která odstartovala teprve loni v říjnu, teď mění majitele. Od jejího autora, vývojáře Joshe Wardleho, Wordle koupil vydavatel amerického deníku The New Yorku Times (NYT). Podle tiskové zprávy za ni zaplatil částku v nižších...
Wordle Bought By The New York Times For 'Seven-Figure' Sum
31.1.2022
The New York Times just announced that it has bought Wordle, the surprise smash-hit word-guessing game that has taken over people’s browsers (and twitter feeds) for the last month, for a price “in the low seven figures”.Read more
Fans Are Harassing Top Twitch Star xQc For ‘Too Much’ GTA Role-Play
28.1.2022
If you’ve frequented Félix “xQc” Lengyel’s Twitch channel recently, you’ll have noticed he’s doing a lot of Grand Theft Auto Online role-play and reactions to video content. That’s fine. It’s his channel, so he can do whatever he wants with it…or maybe not? A small but vocal portion of...
The Surprisingly Messy Culture Wars Within The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
28.1.2022
In the 1970s Will Shortz submitted a crossword to the New York Times with a word so scandalous that the editor rejected it. The word: bellybutton. Fast forward over four decades and Shortz himself is the Times crossword editor who is now the gatekeeper, selecting puzzles from the nearly...
Report: Meta and Instagram Are Exploring an ‘Early Stage’ NFT Feature
20.1.2022
Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, Inc., is reportedly experimenting with non-fungible token (NFT) technology, according to unknown sources speaking with the Financial Times (FT). Allegedly, Meta is “readying” an NFT feature but it is “at an early stage and could...
Crypto Scam Websites Attracted Millions of Indians Last Year, Chainalysis Says
20.1.2022
Indians visited crypto scam websites nearly 10 million times last year, according to blockchain data analytics firm Chainalysis. The top crypto scam sites alone were visited 4.6 million times by Indian users. Millions of Indians Visit Crypto Scam Sites Indians visited scam crypto websites in droves...
Franklin And Lamar Headline GTA Online Update, Red Dead Online Update Does Not Exist
13.1.2022
Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest update is out now, and while Rockstar’s official “Newswire” site hasn’t posted any specific details, I’ve already played the new mode, which stars GTA V characters Franklin and Lamar. And while the new update isn’t amazing or anything, the timing of it will most...