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Bitcoin Markets Blood Red After Tesla Announcement, Crypto Economy Sheds Billions
13.5.2021
Digital currency markets have seen better days, as billions of dollars were shaved off the entire crypto-economy after Tesla revealed it would not be accepting bitcoin over environmental concerns. The entire market capitalization of all the crypto assets in existence has dipped under the...
Not Surprising, Nintendo Switch Shipments Were Impacted By Stuck Suez Canal Boat
13.5.2021
The global business trade seemed to grind to a halt this past March when the Ever Given container ship got stuck in the Suez Canal. Loads of product shipments were impacted, including the Nintendo Switch.Read more
Leading Bitcoin Payments Processor Bitpay Joins Crypto Patent Alliance COPA
18.4.2021
The world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency payment services, Bitpay has announced the company is joining the Square-founded crypto patent effort the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA). Bitpay has been working with blockchain products since 2011 and the firm will share open-source projects...
The Glow Up 50 2021: Celebrating Our Style Innovators
12.4.2021
The mixed bag that was 2020 may not have brought much in the way of stylish moments—though face masks, tie-dyed sweatsuits and wireless bras certainly had one. But just before world locked down last March, we launched The Glow Up 50, our inaugural list of Black tastemakers, trendsetters and talents...
Activision Blizzard Hires Former Trump Administration Member Once Decried As ‘Bully’
30.3.2021
Today, Activision Blizzard announced the promotion of Blizzard chief commercial officer and the chief operating officer Armin Zerza to CFO of the whole company. What it did not announce to the public is that it has also hired a new chief administrative officer: former Donald Trump administration...
A Decade-Long Affair: The Making Of Maquette
29.3.2021
I need to tell you about Maquette.Read more
Magic: Legends Makes Diablo-Style Combat Feel Like, Well, Magic
18.3.2021
In the past, every month or so my partner and I would follow the instructions on the box and “gather” with our friends to play Magic: The Gathering. We’d have a casual sealed draft of whatever the latest set was, and at the end of the (at times very long) night, the winner walked home with a couple...
A Short Film From Medal Of Honor Has Been Nominated For An Oscar
17.3.2021
It’s not quite a video game winning a film award, but a short film that was part of Respawn’s 2020 VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). It’s possibly the first time a video game studio has been nominated for...
How Has Your Relationship With Gaming Changed Since Covid Began?
15.3.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
NBA Player Drops Antisemitic Slur During Call Of Duty: Warzone Stream
9.3.2021
Miami Heat center and FaZe Clan member Meyers Leonard apparently hates being sniped in Call of Duty: Warzone, so much so that he referred to a long-range online opponent as a “kike bitch” during a Twitch session Monday night.Read more
X-COM: UFO Defense Would Have Been Canned If Its Creators Hadn’t Secretly Revolted
9.3.2021
Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense tells the story of the early years of legendary strategy game designer Julian Gollop and the making of the original X-COM, and is funding now on Kickstarter. In this excerpt from the book, MicroProse’s acquisition by Spectrum Holobyte places...
Steven Spielberg and the Duffer Brothers Will Take on Stephen King's The Talisman
6.3.2021
After essentially creating a show made of pure Spielberg-King fanfic, Matt and Ross Duffer will go from honoring their heroes to working with them.Read more
Craig Wright Plans to Take Legal Action Against BTC Developers, Hopes to Recover Over $3B in ‘Stolen Bitcoin’
25.2.2021
Craig Wright, the individual that claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, seems to be planning to initiate legal action against a number of open-source blockchain developers. Wright’s legal team, Ontier LLP, has allegedly sent letters to programmers who work on blockchains like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash...
Why Do We Call The Hardest Video Game Enemies 'Bosses,' Anyway?
19.2.2021
In real life, if you encounter a large being hell-bent on beating the crap out of you, you call them “an asshole” or “a fully grown polar bear, but in my backyard, like in those nightmares I have.” In a video game, you call them “a boss.” That’s weird! Plenty of people want to fight their bosses...
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29.1.2021
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Former Canadian Prime Minister Mentions Bitcoin Alongside Gold as Alternative Reserve Currencies
20.1.2021
Former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper has mentioned bitcoin alongside gold as assets that can possibly act as alternative reserve currencies. However, the former premier still argues that despite the growing questions about the dollar’s reserve status, he does not see any real...
Bitcoin Energy Consumption Is Far More Efficient and Greener Than Today’s Banking System
20.1.2021
While bitcoin and a variety of digital currencies have swelled in value, a number of critics have spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) in regard to the energy consumption proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrencies leverage to produce new units of currency. Just recently the software engineer Stephen...
Former Canadian Prime Minister Lists Bitcoin as Possible Future Reserve Currency
18.1.2021
Stephen Harper said "the number of things that people use as reserves will expand," but the U.S. dollar will still retain its dominant role
Bitcoin payments are the 'second stupidest idea I’ve heard,' says Late Show’s Stephen Colbert
14.1.2021
But to be fair, they're a long way behind remote-controlled junk cages
The Nerd's Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in January
28.12.2020
Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month, most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your...