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Ripple Unveils its XRP Based Mobile Banking Application
31.5.2019
Ripple is still gaining the attention of crypto lovers. The XRPL lab of Ripple has designed an app for the mobile user that can do more than just sending cryptocurrency from one wallet to another. The newly designed app of Ripple was unveiled at a community event, Bitrue in Amsterdam....
PR: Blucon Launches BCH Transportation Card
31.5.2019
Blucon is excited to announce the launch of their transportation card that supports BCH. The system will work by integrating the EXO-Platform, to allow the instant conversion of cryptocurrency into spendable cash. Blucon has leveraged on its existing business relationships between cryptocurrency...
Facebook and Microsoft Pledge to Help Canada Conduct a Clean Election
28.5.2019
Fake news, automated accounts, and targeted advertising of spurious content to Facebook users have been some of the biggest problems that have affected elections in many democracies across the world, over the past few years. The internet was weaponized in a devastating fashion as the flow of wrong...
Prioritizing
27.5.2019
You're faced with a lot of decisions in everyday work. There are multiple tasks calling for your focus, and you can burn daylight or even burn out trying to decide what comes first. There's a phenomenon called decision fatigue. There have been many studies that you can make poor choices when you're...
Two Miners Purportedly Execute 51% Attack on Bitcoin Cash Blockchain
25.5.2019
Two miners, BTC.top and BTC.com, have reportedly executed a 51% attack on the bitcoin cash blockchain
Code as Documentation: New Strategies with CSS Grid
24.5.2019
I work for Supercool, a fast-moving design agency that makes custom built sites for arts clients, powered by the off-the-shelf system, Craft CMS; it's high-spec graphic design with relatively demanding typography and art direction. Over the past few months we’ve been moving to CSS grid. We’re...
Monero Developers Consider Adopting New Proof-of-Work Algorithm in October
24.5.2019
In October, privacy-centric cryptocurrency monero will reportedly switch to a new proof-of-work algorithm
EOS BP, Explained
24.5.2019
EOS’s Block Producer system might be unique, but it is not without criticism
Front-End Documentation, Style Guides and the Rise of MDX
23.5.2019
You can have the best open source project in the world but, if it doesn’t have good documentation, chances are it’ll never take off. In the office, good documentation could save you having to repeatedly answer the same questions. Documentation ensures that people can figure out how things work...
$19 Million: Ethereum Foundation to Fund Work on 2.0 Upgrade, Plasma and More
21.5.2019
The Ethereum Foundation issued a blog post today outlining how an estimated $30 million would be spent to further develop the ethereum ecosystem
Australian Government Employee Charged With Mining Crypto at Work
21.5.2019
A 33-year-old Australian IT contractor has been charged after he allegedly mined cryptocurrency on government computer systems
Latest Hack Sparks Concern Whatsapp Will Never Be Secure
20.5.2019
Facebook’s popular messaging app with 1.5 billion users in over 180 countries has another major vulnerability. Hackers were able to covertly install spyware on iOS and Android smartphones using Whatsapp with just a phone call. “All of their security issues are conveniently suitable...
How Cryptocurrency Scams Work
19.5.2019
Don’t end up like this person.
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Millions of cryptocurrency investors have been scammed out of massive sums of money. In 2018, losses from cryptocurrency-related crimes amounted to US$1.7 billion. The criminals use both old-fashioned and new-technology...
Footnotes That Work in RSS Readers
17.5.2019
Feedbin is the RSS reader I'm using at the moment. I was reading one of Harry's blog posts on it the other day, and I noticed a nice little interactive touch right inside Feedbin. There was a button-looking element with the number one which, as it turned out, was a footnote. I hovered over it,...
Amazon Patent Casts Light on Plans to Create Proof-of-Work Blockchain Analog
17.5.2019
Amazon could be on the road to creating some form of cryptocurrency system with latest patent award
Amazon Wins Patent for Proof-of-Work Cryptographic System
17.5.2019
Tech giant Amazon has been granted a patent for a proof-of-work (PoW) cryptographic system similar to those used by many blockchains
Amazon Strikes its Move; Files Patent for Crypto-Based Proof of Work System
17.5.2019
Amazon, the American retail and e-commerce giant that doesn’t need any introduction having one of the largest userbases across the world, is ready to take on the crypto space with its strategic move. The shopping behemoth that is considered as one of the hugest tech firms in the world has come...
Ledger Vault Integrated by Crypto.com
16.5.2019
The industry of digital currency keeps witnessing interesting collaborations every now and then. One such partnership has been announced recently that involves Crypto.com and Ledger Vault. As per the official declaration, Crypto.com has collaborated with Ledger Vault for the institutional-level...
Why, How, and When to Use Semantic HTML and ARIA
7.5.2019
Semantic HTML and Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) help create interfaces that work for everyone in the most performant, robust, and simple way possible. They add essential meaning to your content, which lets web browsers, search engines, screen readers, RSS readers, and ultimately...
A CSS Golfing Exercise
6.5.2019
Code golfing is a type of programming where the goal is to accomplish a task using as few bytes as possible. CSSBattle is a code golfing battleground where players complete to recreate target images using CSS and HTML.
The rules are fairly simple:
No external resources (sorry, no <img...