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Ancient ‘90s Code From Quake Still Controls Lights In Half-Life: Alyx
16.6.2021
Reddit user CrazyGiaky noticed something interesting about the flickering lights in Half-Life Alyx. When compared next to flickering lights in the original Half-Life game, the two seemed to sync up. It seemed like Valve was still using the same bit of code to control these lights 22 years later....
15 Years Ago This Month, Valve Announced Half-Life 2: Episode 3
28.5.2021
It seems like just yesterday when Valve announced a trilogy of expansions for their super-popular PC game, 2004's Half-Life 2. But it’s actually been 15 years since Episode 3 was announced. And while Valve has since released a new Half-Life game, it wasn’t the one the developer announced back...
Mystery Bitcoin Whale from 2010 Disappears, Dormant Address from 2013 Sees Strange Activity
23.5.2021
Toward the latter half of 2020 and during the first quarter of 2021, a mystery miner spent 200 block rewards from 2010 by transferring 10,000 bitcoin during the year. Since the whale’s last 1,000 bitcoin spend on March 23, the patterns of 20 decade-old strings of coinbase rewards...
Half-Life: Alyx Almost Had Enemies Who Reacted When You Flipped Them Off
21.5.2021
Hands. You wouldn’t have human civilization without them, meaning you wouldn’t have video games, either. Or, like, houses. But even though hands are front and center in many games, we don’t talk about them all that often. On this week’s episode of Splitscreen, we stop keeping hands at arm’s length....
Elon Musk Invented Bitcoin, if You Ask Half of Australians Polled by Finder
20.5.2021
Australians have been learning more and more about cryptocurrencies but it turns out some myths and misconceptions are still widespread among the general public Down Under. As a most stunning example, over half of the participants in a new poll by Finder believe Elon Musk invented the first crypto...
More than half of Australians think Elon Musk invented Bitcoin: Survey
19.5.2021
Over 40% of respondents were unaware that Bitcoin had a limited supply
Hungary to Cut Tax on Crypto Profits in Half, Down to 15%
12.5.2021
The government in Budapest has put forward measures aimed at streamlining taxation and reducing the tax burden on businesses and citizens. As part of the package, Hungary plans to cut the tax levied on capital gains from cryptocurrency transactions, expecting to increase budget revenue with...
Moneygram Lets Customers Buy and Sell Bitcoin With Cash at 12,000 Locations
12.5.2021
Moneygram will start letting customers buy and sell bitcoin at 12,000 locations, thanks to a partnership with Coinme. The collaboration “will bring bitcoin to thousands of new point-of-sale locations in the U.S. with plans to expand to select international markets in the second half...
Přes třináct let doplňuje hlas němému hernímu hrdinovi a baví tím lidi
7.5.2021
Série videí s názvem Freeman’s Mind na YouTubu přilákala za svých třináct let existence stovky tisíc diváků. Autor přidává hlas němému protagonistovi série Half Life a v poslední době i upravuje samotnou hru tak, aby vypadala přirozeněji
The Best Star Wars Video Game
5.5.2021
You’ve no doubt seen countless lists of the best video games set in the Star Wars universe today, since so many websites like to do those things on May 4. I’d like to try something a little different, and tell you what the best Star Wars video game is. Read more
The $70B Meme Coin Market: Dogecoin Skyrockets Past a Half Dollar, DOGE Market Cap Eats Into BTC Dominance
4.5.2021
The popular meme-based crypto-asset dogecoin has seen incredible gains during the last 24 hours jumping over 40% since yesterday. After just recently capturing a $50 billion market valuation, Dogecoin’s market cap now exceeds $71 billion. Moreover, the meme-coin has been eating away...
Almost half of Bitcoin hash rate signaling for Taproot activation
4.5.2021
Major Bitcoin miners have begun signaling for Taproot activation that will improve scalability and privacy for the largest crypto by market capitalization
DOGE learns new tricks as Dogecoin price exceeds half a dollar
4.5.2021
The DOGE jumps again
Young Koreans Less Keen on Crypto Taxation Than Older Generations, Poll Finds
4.5.2021
Opponents of the government’s plan to tax gains from cryptocurrency trading outnumber supporters among South Koreans in their 20s, a new survey shows. Representatives of other age groups are more open to the proposed taxation of investments in virtual assets. Nearly Half of Young Koreans...
Canaan to Sell $93 Million in Next-Generation Bitcoin Miners to Genesis Digital Assets
29.4.2021
The ASIC bitcoin mining rig manufacturer and chipmaker, Canaan has announced the company has signed a $93.63 million purchase order with the mining firm Genesis Digital Assets. Genesis will be acquiring Canaan’s A1246 Avalonminer rigs that produce 90 terahash per second (TH/s) and deliveries...
Glass half full: Bitcoin options traders neutral after 28% BTC price dip
26.4.2021
Bitcoin options data shows pro traders are neutrally positioned despite BTC's dip to $47,000 and the subsequent 15% recovery
Hades Wins Game Of The Year At The 2021 DICE Awards
22.4.2021
Beloved indie game Hades scored the most wins at this year’s DICE Awards. Supergiant’s excellent roguelike action game ultimately won five awards, including “Game of the Year.”Read more
No-VR Mod Brings Half Life: Alyx To Players Who Can't Afford Headsets
17.4.2021
By all accounts, Half Life: Alyx is a phenomenal game. But because it’s VR-only, large swathes of gamers simply cannot play it due to the high costs of VR hardware and the computers to support it. To remedy this, modders have been working on No VR mods for Alyx, with varying levels of success.Read...
Dogecoin Markets Soar as Token Nears a Half Dollar, DOGE Price Climbs 18,299% in 12 Months
16.4.2021
The popular meme-based crypto-asset dogecoin has seen phenomenal gains during the last few days. On August 16, 2021, the digital currency featuring the likeness of the Shiba Inu dog tapped an all-time high at $0.44 per token. However, the cost to send a transaction in dogecoin has jumped to that...
Jim Cramer cashes out half his 'phoney money' Bitcoin to pay off mortgage
16.4.2021
CNBC host Jim Cramer says he’s “won,” cashing out half of his Bitcoin portfolio to pay off his mortgage, stating that it’s “phoney money paying for real money.”