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Central African Republic Has Adopted Bitcoin as Reference Currency — Office of the Presidency
28.4.2022
Following the confusion that surrounded initial reports, a senior staffer in the Central African Republic (CAR)’s presidency has now confirmed that bitcoin will become the country’s reference currency. First Country in Africa to Officially Adopt Bitcoin A press statement supposedly...
Nintendo Switch Sports Is A Worthy Successor To Wii Sports
28.4.2022
The review embargo for Nintendo Switch Sports has lifted ahead of its April 29 launch, and critics’ impression is that the sports game is a spiritual return to Nintendo’s remote-waggling classic Wii Sports. Its predecessor was a cultural phenomenon, so the Switch version has massive shoes to fill....
US, EU Members Among 60 Nations Calling for Open, Global Internet
28.4.2022
The "Declaration for the Future of the Internet" calls for the network to return to its decentralized roots, and warns against disinformation, ransomware and privacy violations
Quik․com’s Limited NFT Domains Minting is Now Live
27.4.2022
Buzzwords like NFTs, Web 3.0, and blockchain domains have infatuated everyone in the tech and crypto of late. The term Web 3.0 is now a part of everyday conversation. However, you won’t seem serious about it until you own an NFT domain. Web 3.0, the internet of tomorrow, is an umbrella term...
Ubisoft Just Shut Down Online Services For 91 Games
26.4.2022
To all the folks still playing Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 on Xbox 360, I’ve got some bad news: Ubisoft has turned off online services for that game and 90 other titles, including Far Cry 2, Splinter Cell, Just Dance, and more across multiple console and PC platforms. Read more
I Am Going To Give You All The Tips And Guides, Kotaku
26.4.2022
Oh, hello. I don’t think we’ve met. My name is Ashley, and I’m Kotaku’s newest staff writer, where I’ll be focusing on tips and guides. Didn’t you read the headline? It’s okay, I forgive you.Read more
The True Next-Gen Game Is Still Rare AF
26.4.2022
The delineation between console generations is muddier than ever. Microsoft’s two next-gen machines, the Xbox Series X and the slightly lower-powered Xbox Series S, have been out for about a year and a half. In that time, you can count the number of true next-gen Xbox games on one hand. The rare...
PS5 Gets Nice New Graphics Feature
26.4.2022
Any PC gamers among you, or even more serious Xbox owners (who have had this for years), will be familiar with technology called Variable Refresh Rate, or VRR, a feature that allows for “a dynamic display refresh rate that can continuously and seamlessly vary on the fly”. That feature is coming...
Diablo Immortal Is Hitting PC Because Players Would Just Emulate It Anyway
25.4.2022
Today, Blizzard announced that Diablo Immortal will be out on June 2 for iOS, Android, and PC. The PC version was a surprise as Blizzard had previously said that this new entry in the ARPG dungeon-crawlin’ franchise was built for mobile devices from the ground up. But according to the Warcraft...
An Old-School Batman Voice Clip Is Hiding In A Bunch Of Your Favorite Games
25.4.2022
Did you know that the “let’s go” voice clip in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike was pulled from the 1960s Batman television series? I sure didn’t, and being confronted with this apparently well-known fact over the weekend sent me tumbling down a rabbit hole of video game sample usage.Read more
The Month After The Xbox Series X Became Easy To Buy
25.4.2022
After an astonishing 17 months since release, Microsoft’s latest generation of Xboxes is finally more easily available. As a result, the publisher is seeing its first good month for sales in a very long while, with the Xbox Series S and Series X bringing in more money in March than even Nintendo’s...
As Apple Threatens Pulling Games, Devs Explain Why Forced Updates Are A Preservation Nightmare
25.4.2022
Although the mobile gaming ecosystem is known for hosting live-service games that monetize more aggressively than standalone console games, there’s no shortage of creators making mobile games that don’t call for constant updates. Now, some indie developers are finding out what can happen when...
Internet můžeme Švýcarsku jen závidět. Běžné jsou 10Gb/s přípojky, první operátor posílil na 25 Gb/s
25.4.2022
V dubnu jsme psali o tom, kterak první z větších tuzemských poskytovatelů internetu začal nabízet i dvougigabitovou přípojku. Ve Švýcarsku jsou ale ještě dál. „Normou“ jsou pětkrát rychlejší linky.
Největší tamní operátor Swisscom jej nabízí od roku 2020, Salt jej uvedl ještě o rok dřív. Deset
Nordic Telecom rozjíždí fúzi, spojuje bezdrátový a pevný internet do jedné firmy
25.4.2022
Tuzemský operátor Nordic Telecom rozjíždí fúzi. Slučují se společnosti Nordic Telecom a Nordic Telecom Regional. První z nich zanikne a její aktiva a činnost přebere druhá zmiňovaná
Devs Send the First Dogecoin Transaction Without Internet via Radio Doge
23.4.2022
According to Dogecoin developer Michi Lumin, a DOGE transaction was sent via radio using a protocol called “Radio Doge.” Dogecoin proponents say Radio Doge will “enable access to dogecoin for people outside the reach of the internet.” 4.20 Dogecoin Sent via Radio...
Report: Netflix Doubles Down On Games As Stock Plummets
22.4.2022
Netflix built its foundation on streamlined DVD rentals and, eventually, on tepid “prestige” TV series that people talk about for a week before forgetting they ever existed in the first place. Now, amid a rare financial stagnation, Netflix plans to commit hard to games, per a new report in...
‘Web3 offers us the promise to rearchitect the internet,’ says NFT.com Founder Jordan Fried
22.4.2022
NFT.com is aiming to cultivate a democratic, community-governed NFT headquarters to compete with the industry’s top marketplaces and data aggregate platforms
Why decentralized telecommunications is necessary to make Web3 a reality
22.4.2022
Current flaws in today's internet, including poor performance and reliability, require a foundational change
Letošní hitová hra s písmeny má spoustu klonů, některé stojí za pozornost
22.4.2022
Úspěšnou logickou hru s písmeny Wordle se v poslední době snaží napodobit kdekdo. Některé projekty jsou jen na podrásání nervů, jiné nás ovšem docela baví
Shadowrun Trilogy Is Coming To Xbox, PlayStation And Switch
21.4.2022
We’re coming up on the tenth anniversary of the release of 2013's Shadowrun Returns, and it’s only today I learned that the game (and its two sequels) were never released on console. I just assumed they had been, at some point! That sucks, so it’s wonderful to see Paradox get around to fixing...