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Kenyan Banks Warn Clients Against Crypto Trading
8.6.2021
A few Kenyan banks have started sending out warning alerts to clients engaged in cryptocurrency trading to be wary of the associated risks. These warnings have reportedly been sent to clients who have “used their credit and debit cards to buy cryptocurrencies on crypto exchanges.”...
Nvidia's DLSS Sorcery Is Coming To Linux
7.6.2021
DLSS, a technology I do not want to understand because then it will no longer feel like magic, has until now been available only to folks playing Windows games. Thanks to some work from Valve and Nvidia, though, that’s about to change.Read more
Chaotic Scenes At Nvidia GPU Restock
4.6.2021
A combination of pandemic-driven shortages and the planet’s increasingly gruesome fascination with crypto-mining means it’s hard getting your hands on a new graphics card at the moment. And if you were wondering just how hard, look at this lineup—and resulting crush of humanity—outside a Micro...
Pepe the Frog Creator Launches NFTs Featuring the Infamous Internet Meme
2.6.2021
The infamous Internet meme “Pepe the Frog” will be immortalized in non-fungible token (NFT) collectible form by the frog’s original creator Matt Furie. Of course, Pepe has been featured in blockchain art before and a series of cards were created via Counterparty in 2016. However...
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Review: Who Is It For?
2.6.2021
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost nine months since Nvidia unveiled their first Ampere graphics card, the GeForce RTX 3080. Though I suppose it might also have felt like an eternity for those of you who have been trying to buy one for the past nine months.Read more
AMD’s Answer To Nvidia’s DLSS Works On All GPUs
2.6.2021
Nvidia’s DLSS isn’t foolproof, but when it works the performance benefits of AI-powered upscaling can be astonishing. It’s why fans have been pushing AMD for almost a full year to come up with an AI-powered solution of their own, and today, AMD finally announced it. Even better: it’ll work on...
Nvidia's Latest Flagship Graphics Card Is The $1,200 RXT 3080 Ti
1.6.2021
On sale June 3 for a suggested retail price of $1,199, the RTX 3080 Ti is here to make older Nvidia cards look like hot garbage in comparison. Too pricey? The RTX 3070 Ti goes on sale next week for only $599. Read more
Nvidia’s new RTX 3070 and 3080 Ti cards attempt to cater to gamers and miners
1.6.2021
Nvidia's RTX 3070 and 3080 Ti models will go on sale over the course of the coming month
Home Crypto Mining Spikes in Brazil Amid Record High Unemployment
31.5.2021
With rising unemployment rates and rampant economic uncertainty, in the wake of the Covid crisis, a growing number of Brazilians are finding an alternative income source in cryptocurrency mining. GPU rigs have been spotted even in favelas as a relatively small investment can return more than...
Boy Sells Pokémon Cards To Pay For Puppy's Vet Bills, Gets Rare Cards As A Present
31.5.2021
Eight-year-old Bryson Kliemann decided to sell his Pokémon cards to help pay for his dog’s medical bills. According to Local 12, the dog contracted a highly contagious virus, and treatment cost almost $700.Read more
Playground Partners With Ether Cards and Chainlink
28.5.2021
Playground is joining hands with Chainlink and Ether Cards to release the much-awaited limited edition collection of Dynamic NFT to be executed at the Ethereum Blockchain of LaMelo Ball. Generally, NFT is only used as a representation of static artwork. Still, LaMelo Ball Collectibles form...
Nvidia Makes $155 Million From Crypto Mining Chips in Fiscal Q1
27.5.2021
Graphics cards manufacturer Nvidia has earned $155 million in revenue from chips designed for cryptocurrency mining during the first fiscal quarter. The company admitted that crypto miners have also pushed sales up in the gaming products segment which remains its main market. Leading GPU Maker...
Chaos At A Walmart As People Rush To Buy Pokémon Cards
22.5.2021
The continued shortage of Pokémon cards, fueled by the pandemic, Twitch streamers, and scalpers, led to a chaotic situation at a Walmart in Pennsylvania. The moment the store opened, folks began to run to the section of the store where trading cards are sold, leading to chaos and one sad sight.Read...
Nvidia Aims to Get Its GPUs Back ‘Into the Hands of Gamers’ by Reducing Mining Capabilities on 3 Graphic Cards
20.5.2021
A major chipmaker keeps making efforts to calm down the gaming community’s anger toward cryptocurrency miners who are taking the lead in buying graphic cards massively, boosting its prices. Nvidia has announced that it will deliberately limit the capabilities for some of its newly graphic...
Nvidia Is Trying To Stop Crypto Miners Buying RTX 3000 Series Cards
19.5.2021
Earlier this year, Nvidia announced that their GeForce RTX 3060 graphics cards would ship with a “reduced Ethereum hash rate”, making them a lot less useful for crypto miners. They’re now extending that move to the RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti as well.Read more
$83K Bitcoin price in the cards after data shows BTC whales bought the dip
18.5.2021
Two key Bitcoin price metrics signal that whales bought the dip to $42,000, a hint that BTC may be gearing up for a new all-time high by mid-June
Nvidia extends limits on crypto mining to newest gaming graphics cards
18.5.2021
The global head of GeForce marketing at Nvidia said that the reduced hash rate "only applies to newly manufactured cards," not to GPUs already purchased
Target Stores Will Stop Selling Pokémon Cards After Shortages, Fighting
13.5.2021
Thanks to a combination of the pandemic, late-stage capitalism and people being assholes, Target stores across the US are about to halt all physical sales of certain trading cards, with Pokémon on the list.Read more
How Long Does a Bitcoin Bull Run Last? Proponents Use a Myriad of Charts and Models to Predict Future Prices
11.5.2021
As bitcoin prices hover above the $55k zone, a number of participants wonder when the bull run will end. Bitcoin proponents are convinced bull markets have three waves and another wave may start soon. However, despite a variety of tools being used like tarot cards, no one is truly sure what will...
Variable Aspect Ratio Card With Conic Gradients Meeting Along the Diagonal
10.5.2021
I recently came across an interesting problem. I had to implement a grid of cards with a variable (user-set) aspect ratio that was stored in a --ratio custom property. Boxes with a certain aspect ratio are a classic problem in …
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