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CHEAP: Photograph your loved ones’ SOULS with $200 off the Google Pixel 3 XL
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! One of the best things to come from the smartphone revolution is the camera. If you were around before this period (read: old), you’ll remember having to lug around a dedicated device to snap weird pictures. дальше »
2019-6-19 14:53 | |
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CCN Announces Shutdown Following Update To Google's Search Rankings
Things just got weird. After Google rolled out a set of core updates on June 3, CCN saw mobile traffic from Google searches reportedly drop by 71 percent overnight, causing the crypto news outlet to call it quits just a week later. дальше »
2019-6-11 21:10 | |
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Why Alexa and Siri won’t function as robot helpers
“Alexa, are you ready to have a body?” Steady advances in artificial intelligence and natural language processing have made digital assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa increasingly capable of performing complicated voice commands under different circumstances. дальше »
2019-6-4 17:42 | |
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Death Stranding Promises to be a Batsh*t Crazy Adventure Game
By CCN: Death Stranding is a batsh*t crazy action adventure game that straddles the line between this world and the next. Created by Metal Gear Solid superstar game designer Hideo Kojima, Death Stranding pits players against all sorts of weird and wacky foes in a post-apocalyptic experience with a twist. дальше »
2019-6-1 16:51 | |
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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths: The ‘Intrinsic Value’ Fallacy
A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value. дальше »
2019-6-4 23:41 | |
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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths, The ‘Intrinsic Value’ Fallacy
A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value. дальше »
2019-5-31 23:41 | |
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Porn gaming site Nutaku has a hentai hot sauce — and you’d better believe I tried it
Sometimes it’s hard to describe what a weird day is for me anymore. Shouting encouragement to my first robot vacuum named after a Jetsons character? Routine. Scripting a back-and-forth dialogue between two voices in my head over the merits of a PC gaming store? Yawn. дальше »
2019-5-24 03:38 | |
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Eric Swalwell’s Campaign Ad Is So Cringeworthy He Might Be a Genius
By CCN: Rep. Eric Swalwell, the Democratic presidential nominee you’ve probably never heard of, recently released a campaign video weird enough to make your junior high self cringe. The representative from California announced his intent to run for president in April and has gained some recent notoriety as one of only two candidates to accept cryptocurrency donations. дальше »
2019-5-24 01:09 | |
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Reddit’s CTO: Designers should know these two things
At TNW2019, Reddit’s Chief Technical Officer, Chris Slowe, shared some behind-the-scenes insights into what makes the message board tick. Perhaps more importantly, he spoke of two important lessons learned from tackling the challenges Reddit faces as one of the world’s most popular websites. дальше »
2019-5-9 14:12 | |
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CHEAP: Savor this abundance of succulent SanDisk storage savings
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! The weekend is over, but its spirit is still here with this selection of deals from SanDisk. Yep, we’ve teamed up with the company to deliver you some deep savings on a whole load of SanDisk storage. дальше »
2019-5-6 14:20 | |
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This designer wants to make robots less scary
Humans have a weird relationship with robots, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. We’re simultaneously delighted and appalled by their capabilities and autonomy. When we see what the latest inventions can do to make our lives easier, we immediately hear a voice in the back of our mind: “Great, but how long before it betrays us all?” Having those concerns is normal, but it doesn’t have to be that way. дальше »
2019-5-3 13:09 | |
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Elon Musk Shuts Down ‘The Office’ Star in Epic Twitter Diss
By CCN: Tesla might have a new assistant to the CEO. It would appear on Twitter that someone who goes by the handle “Weird Al” just told on Elon Musk for allegedly stealing Rainn Wilson’s idea for a quiet, electric leaf blower. дальше »
2019-4-26 04:45 | |
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This Japanese town’s mascot is a mechanical doggy drone
The importance of dogs should never be understated. One town in Japan is taking this to heart — its appointed its area’s official mascot as Yukimaru Skywalker, a mechanical drone puppy who flies above the town of Oji. дальше »
2019-4-19 16:48 | |
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Weird Flex: OKEx Refuses to #DelistBSV, SBI Holdings Delists Bitcoin Cash Instead
By CCN: It seems the Crypto Twitter movement to eradicate Bitcoin SV from all exchanges has not been totally successful. In a significant blow, massive veteran exchange OKEx has opted to keep Bitcoin SV on its platform, writing: “According to the OKEx Token Delisting and Hiding Guideline, BSV currently does not meet our delisting criteria. дальше »
2019-4-16 19:40 | |
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The Weird and Wonderful Relationship Between Crypto Market Cap and Volume
The relationship between a coin’s market cap and its volume is not linear. This is where cryptocurrency markets differ from traditional stock markets, which have clearer tendencies toward a correlation. дальше »
2019-4-16 17:59 | |
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Ancient whales had four legs, and split their time between land and sea
Whales belong in the ocean, right? That may be true today, but cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) actually descended from four legged mammals that once lived on land. New research published in Current Biology reports the discovery in Peru of an entirely new species of ancestral whale that straddled land and sea, providing insight into the weird evolutionary journey of our mammalian friends. дальше »
2019-4-12 12:05 | |
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Oppo’s new flagship has a 10x optical zoom and a ‘pizza slice’ selfie-camera
After teasing it for a long time, Oppo‘s finally unveiled the first phone under its new flagship series: The Reno. The device’s unique selling point is certainly its camera, which offers a 10x optical zoom – double that of Huawei P30 Pro’s 5x lossless zoom capability. дальше »
2019-4-10 13:07 | |
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Yes, there’s a subreddit that skewers those targeted Facebook t-shirt ads
Facebook ads are usually weird and funny when they’re not showing off spooky knowledge of your life and hobbies. Those targeted ads for graphic t-shirts somehow manage to be all three — and a subreddit is celebrating them in all their bizarre glory. дальше »
2019-4-8 22:35 | |
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Coinbase CEO Wants to ‘Overthrow Corrupt Dictators’ After Hiring Team That Sold Spyware to…Corrupt Dictators
In a livestream Q&A, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong outlined his vision for the future. Among the typical crypto company goals (reach one billion users, revolutionize the economy), Armstrong revealed a much stranger ambition: “overthrow some corrupt dictators in the world. дальше »
2019-4-4 16:50 | |
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Why is Cardano Full of Weird Names?
Charles Hoskinson is on a charm offensive. In the run-up to this months’ summit in Miami, the IOHK founder is crisscrossing the world, from Africa to Athens and America. When I met him last week, he seemed to have spent more time in the air than he had on the ground. дальше »
2019-4-2 20:18 | |
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From BTC Price to Growing Adoption: Top Bitcoin Stories From the Past Week
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. ” – Or you could just catch up with Bitcoinist’s new Sunday Digest. Where we bring together the important, interesting, or downright weird news from the past week in the world of cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-3-31 17:00 | |
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Harmony Open Consensus Blockchain Code Review
I find it a bit weird that a blockchain with such lofty aspirations makes you scroll all the way to the bottom of their website before they use the word ‘blockchain’ but that’s probably just because I stare at these things all day. дальше »
2019-3-30 21:59 | |
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You can now play scratchcards with Bitcoin, thanks to the Lightning Network
The Lightning Network is where all the weird and wonderful use cases of Bitcoin micro-payments come to life. You can order a Coke, feed chickens, dispense candy, and even play roulette or Pokf Bitcoin. дальше »
2019-3-23 19:30 | |
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People Are Paying Bitcoin to Send Weird and Wild Messages Into Space
You’re not sure where it will end up exactly or who will actually read it. But you type up a message, pay a couple of cents in bitcoin and click the “send” button. Your message zips through space – yes, space – then is broadcast out of a satellite, blanketing the world. The result? A […] дальше »
2019-3-6 03:40 | |
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Unusual Goods You Can Purchase on the Darknet With Cryptocurrency
Darknet marketplaces (DNMs) are a repository for the weird and the wonderful. Whatever your vice, your potion, or your whimsy, odds are there’s a darknet vendor who’s selling it in exchange for cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-2-25 05:30 | |
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The curious case of QuadrigaCX
While the circumstances surrounding the failure of leading Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX have set a new benchmark for ‘weird’, it may well be that just like so many other crypto exchange mega-fails, the real culprit could once again be something as simple as incompetent management. дальше »
2019-2-23 15:00 | |
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4 unconventional phones we reviewed in the past 3 months, ranked
We test a lot of phones here at TNW, which is no surprise considering just how many handsets are released every month. Because we’re lovely, we’ve gone and rounded up four of the models we’ve reviewed in the last three months and ranked them. дальше »
2019-2-18 19:03 | |
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Staring deep into Uranus: Science is peeking at its weird angles
Uranus is arguably the most mysterious planet in the solar system – we know very little about it. So far, we have only visited the planet once, with the Voyager 2 spacecraft back in 1986. The most obvious odd thing about this ice giant is the fact that it is spinning on its side. дальше »
2019-1-26 20:00 | |
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$16 Million Now Believed to Have Been Stolen in ‘Weird’ Cryptopia Hack
Details have so far been murky regarding millions of dollars worth of tokens stolen from New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia on Jan. 14. But data company Elementus has been investigating and now says the hack was different from previous attacks of this nature – and the amount stolen is much higher than originally thought. дальше »
2019-1-23 10:32 | |
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Hands-on: The Doogee S90 modular phone is weird as hell
Doogee — and I think they’ll forgive me for saying this — has a propensity for releasing strange phones. Remember the Doogee Mix 2 phone? Y’know, the one which had to be flipped 180 degrees in order to take a selfie? Well, the Doogee S90 is weirder. дальше »
2019-1-16 18:08 | |
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How to implement OKRs to jumpstart your year
For some weird reason, January is the time most leaders start thinking about how to improve their goal setting systems and get better, more focused results from their team. One wonders, why. However, like with most other New Year’s resolutions, these upgrades to team’s goal setting process fail. дальше »
2019-1-16 11:26 | |
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Some Weird Places You Can Spend Your Bitcoin
Have you ever considered actually buying something with your Bitcoin? It’s actually very depressing seeing people only associate the digital currency with a trading asset. Bitcoin has so much potential and so many ways you can use it. дальше »
2018-12-27 13:14 | |
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Mystery of 100 billion moved XLM tokens with weird messages is solved
Stellar explorers picked up alleged huge movements of XLM tokens on the network. To be more precise, multiple $16 billion transactions accompanied with weird messages “dump it :bog::bog::bog”. дальше »
2018-12-1 22:51 | |
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Фейковые транзакции в сети Stellar призывают продавать криптовалюту
В сети Stellar были замечены транзакции на миллиарды токенов XLM, осуществляемые одним и тем же адресом. Учитывая, что общая сумма переводов превысила доступное на рынке предложение монет, некоторые представители сообщества обратили на это внимание. дальше »
2018-11-30 12:37 | |
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Spotify unveils this year’s hilarious Wrapped billboards
Spotify started rolling out its Wrapped year-end billboards, where it blasts out trivia about its users and occasionally calls out the stranger ones. Most of the facts are hilarious, though it does remain a bit creepy just how much the company is willing to reveal. дальше »
2018-11-29 02:03 | |
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I communicate with my parents via email… is that weird?
Parents are weird — you love them, but also want them as physically far from you as possible. Until you miss them, or want them to help you with laundry, or want to drink their expensive alcohol, and then you’re back on their couch for a month, and their biological attachment to you prevents them from reporting a home invasion to the police. дальше »
2018-11-18 18:21 | |
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Unikrn has just gotten its crypto betting regulation
Have you ever tried sports betting? It is quite common around the world right? Nothing too special or weird about it. Well, you may find it weird to find out that sports betting may receive a whole new understanding pretty soon as esports is becoming quite a large industry? What is eSports? What is eSports […] The post Unikrn has just gotten its crypto betting regulation appeared first on CaptainAltcoin. дальше »
2018-11-16 18:05 | |
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Silo is part Amazon Echo, part vacuum sealer, all crazy
Here’s something that I think is true (but also isn’t true). Somewhere, there’s a dark basement with a monkey and a typewriter. Amidst flinging his own shit and screeching hysterically, the monkey spends his days pounding furiously on that typewriter. дальше »
2018-11-14 01:17 | |
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Meet Mattereum, a ‘Deeply Weird’ Startup, Hoping to Transform Smart Contracts
Mattereum, an unorthodox startup, hopes to revolutionize the world of smart contracts by transforming them into enforceable legal contracts. High Weirdness in London TechCrunch’s Jon Evans notes that Mattereum’s project has been kindling in London for roughly a year-and-a-half, with an eclectic “[…] team of lawyers, cryptographers, software engineers, and/or former military consultants. дальше »
2018-11-12 11:00 | |
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What Chinese travel sites taught me about UI
Dorking around on travel sites is my weird little self-soothing, time-wasting extravagance. I don’t know what’s so exciting about plane ticket listings, I just like them. I like them in the way I like cheesecake and Pearl Jam. дальше »
2018-11-9 12:26 | |
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5 crucial lessons learned from 2 years of building TNW’s tech hub
Two years ago, we opened the doors to TQ — TNW’s first tech hub in the center of Amsterdam. At the time, I was organizing TNW’s conferences but when I heard about the project, I was super excited to be involved. дальше »
2018-11-8 13:17 | |
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Red Dead Redemption 2, or as I like to call it: Game of the Year
In my 10+ years of covering video games, I’ve never seen a game as highly anticipated as Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2. The hype has led to an unusally dry video game fall, as most competitors have stayed away from releasing big titles alongside Rockstar’s first game since Grand Theft Auto V (2013). дальше »
2018-10-25 13:59 | |
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This Day in Deals: Celebrate Weird Al’s birthday by buying an accordion
This Day In Deals is our new section where we share a historical fact and the day’s best deal – and try to connect them. The aim? To enrich ourselves financially, and you spiritually. “Weird Al” Yankokic is a rarity these days: a non-problematic celebrity who has been around forever. дальше »
2018-10-23 11:32 | |
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Bitcoin Intentions: Are We Aiming to Replace the Status Quo or Become Them?
When the idea of a working digital currency like bitcoin was introduced, many of its early adopters disliked the current bureaucratic system, with a cartel of bankers pulling the world’s monetary strings. дальше »
2018-10-20 22:05 | |
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These analog noise-reducing ear buds helped me with my anxiety
Knops are, basically, ear plugs with volume buttons. They’re a weird little analog gadget that’s perfect for people who get anxious in noisy places. They’re one of the strangest products I’ve reviewed. дальше »
2018-10-10 02:48 | |
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