Bitcoin groups around the world are gathering to celebrate the halving of the bitcoin mining reward this weekend. | Continue reading
Of all the ways to apply sunscreen, ‘getting pooped on by a seagull’ does not sound like the best option. Still, that’s what Nivea is banking on with a new, rather ridiculous ad campaign. Here’s the premise: kids apparently don’t like to wear sunscreen, so Nivea partnered with an … | Continue reading
Do you wish to create a chilling music score for your amateur horror film, but you have no musical experience? No problem!The Musical Chord Progression Arpeggiator is a web experiment by Jake Albaugh that allows you to generate different musical scores based on a variety of diffe … | Continue reading
Move over, Tatooine, astronomers have discovered a planet with not one, not two, but three suns. Known as HD 131399Ab, the newly discovered planet is located 320 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus. The planet is estimated to be merely 16 million years old, m … | Continue reading
While Pokemon GO [Free] players likely know the name Pokemon, there's another name to know: the developer, Niantic. Namely, because they made another geolocation game called Ingress [Free] that served as the foundation for Pokemon GO. And as it turns out, there's years of advice … | Continue reading
When it comes to software engineering, that management is best which manages least — to borrow Thoreau’s quip about government. While it’s rarely as easy as nodding at a brilliant developer and getting out of the way, the best systems are, like good software, minimalist and light … | Continue reading
This month, eBay became the first major non-news website to begin widely showing AMP results. Here’s why this is a good sign for content marketers. | Continue reading
Sonabar takes mixology to the next level by putting the power in your fingertips. After you infuse bitters and choose the strength of your drink through Sonabar's smartphone app, this robotic bartender will get to work on your new favorite concoction. Read more...More about Sona … | Continue reading
This week a UK man walked into an international airport with his smartphone in a gun-shaped case. Do we even have to say what happened next? | Continue reading
Micro Machines, the new, updated version of the legendary racing game, has been in the soft-launch oven baking for quite some time now, but it appears that it's finally time for it to be served. We wrote about the game going into soft-launch back in November, and the developers s … | Continue reading
Sunscreen and I have a love / hate relationship. I know I should love it and wear it because it keeps me skin cancer-free and because I look hella bad with sunburn. I hate sunscreen, though, because it’s messy to put on and it makes me smell like sunscreen, which isn’t a cute sme … | Continue reading
When Apple introduced iOS 7 in the summer of 2013, the software came with the biggest visual overhaul in the mobile OS's history. Alongside flat design icons and a more modern and Jony Ive-inspired approach was one of iOS's much-needed features: Control Center. It was a slide-up … | Continue reading
Earlier this year game developer Daniel Mullins released the deceptively titled cult classic Pony Island, a fourth wall-breaking horror comedy about the dev… | Continue reading
Facebook Messenger just made it a little bit easier to book an UberPOOL ride. It works like this: Open up a messenger conversation, click on the three-dot menu button, and select ‘Request a Ride’. You’ll then have the option to request a ride just for yourself, or for you and you … | Continue reading
Members of the bitcoin industry, including major players in the mining space, as set to meet in California this month, sources say. | Continue reading
I think it's pretty fair to say that Pokemon GO [Free] has become incredibly popular in the few days it's been available. Trying to avoid seeing something about the game is like trying to avoid air. The game's popularity is, of course, already translating into more money for Nint … | Continue reading
Snapchat is rolling out its biggest change yet: Memories, a feature that allows users to easily save and share old photos with the app for the first time.It not only promises to overhaul the way many people share Snapchat photos, but it's also the app's biggest shift away from th … | Continue reading
Reports that as many as 40 million iCloud accounts have been compromised by Russian attackers have not been confirmed by Apple. But they haven’t been denied either. “For now, let’s assume there hasn’t been a massive iCloud data breach,” writes Steve Ragan at CISO. So… what do the … | Continue reading
Navigating the corridors and alleys of cities can often make a person feel small, but video games are here to make you feel big again. Mobile publisher Storm8 wants to give players control over city streets, business, and housing in its new Dream City: Metropolis game that launch … | Continue reading
I’ve always really loved high-resolution time lapses: there’s something really cool about seeing cities or the night sky fly across my computer screen in gorgeous detail. There’s a new time lapse by photographer Joe Capra of Scientifantastic that puts every one that I’ve seen to … | Continue reading
Since I Left You, the 2000 LP that turned The Avalanches into minor musical legends, is an outlier in almost every respect. It’s a lengthy album, one that stretches out over an hour, but its seamless track-to-track glide makes it easy for the listener to get lost within the large … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced new capabilities for chatbots that work inside Skype when building with Microsoft’s Bot Framework. Most prominently, Skype chatbots can now now be part of group chats and respond to messages from multiple users in a single chat, potentially making intera … | Continue reading
Climbing sea temperatures along the coast of Australia has led to massive deterioration of underwater kelp forests, New Scientist reports. In a study published in Science this week, researchers at University of Western Australia in Perth found a correlation between rising tempera … | Continue reading
UPDATE 25TH JULY: Starbound 1.0 has launched on Steam and costs £11.99. There's a launch trailer to mark the occasion. ORIGINAL STORY 8TH JULY: After roughl… | Continue reading
This week saw the release of Out There Chronicles [$2.99], a gamebook-style narrative prequel to the excellent space exploration roguelike Out There: Omega Edition [$0.99]. Well, if you missed the original Out There during any of its previous sales, it's once again on sale for a … | Continue reading
For a little while now, YouTube has been working on an online TV service for people who aren't interested in subscribing to cable — and now The Information reports that deals are starting to come together. While it sounds like nothing is finalized, ESPN, ABC, and CBS are "firmly … | Continue reading
DIY Co., the education tech startup led by Vimeo designer and co-founder Zach Klein, has launched a new online learning platform for kids called JAM.com. The company also quietly closed a $4 million round of venture funding led by Learn Capital, and joined by Spark Capital, at th … | Continue reading
Netflix-Kunden dürften die witzige und sehenswerte Animationsserie Bojack Horseman kennen. Wenn nicht, unbedingt nachholen. Wieso das hier steht? Weil der Macher des Cartoons Raphael Bob-Waksberg beauftragt wurde, das Skript zum Sequel des durchaus... | Continue reading
A team lead by astronomers at University of California-Santa Cruz has found strong evidence of water clouds outside of the solar system for the first time."Our spectrum shows that WISE 0855 is dominated by water vapor and clouds, with an overall appearance that is strikingly simi … | Continue reading
In anticipation of future quantum computing machines, Google is creating encryption algorithms robust enough to defend against quantum decryption. | Continue reading
In the early hours of Friday morning, police officers in Texas took what is thought to have been unprecedented action for US law enforcement. Using a bomb disposal robot, they killed the suspect in last night's shooting in Dallas after negotiations with the individual broke down. … | Continue reading
Pocket monster are capable of amazing feats, like rallying investment in a game publisher. Nintendo’s stock price is up 9 percent on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following the release of the location-based mobile game Pokémon Go. The iOS and Android app debuted Wednesday evening in t … | Continue reading
The Golden State Warriors laid it on pretty thick for Kevin Durant during their successful free-agent pitch to the NBA superstar last week. On top of having two-time MVP Stephen Curry and fellow Warriors’ All-Stars, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, attend the meeting, the team a … | Continue reading
Delightful co-op abomination Push Me Pull You is coming to PC, Mac and Linux on 14th July.The 2v2 multiplayer game launched on PS4 in May and now it's bringing its horrific humour to Steam, the Humble Store, and itch.io beginning next Thursday at 6pm UK time.For those unfamiliar … | Continue reading
Here’s a thing I didn’t really expect to write: I’m finding that I enjoy Google’s apps more on iOS than I do on Android. Or more specifically: I think that there’s more interesting innovation coming out of Google’s iOS app teams than on Android — at least for the moment.Back in M … | Continue reading
What will happen when bitcoin's mining reward declines this weekend? CoinDesk surveys market experts for their predictions. | Continue reading
Last week, Dell announced it will no longer sell Android tablets and will focus on developing Windows-powered 2-in-1 machines — a category that includes the Microsoft Surface and Lenovo Yoga — instead."The slate tablet market is over-saturated and is experiencing declining demand … | Continue reading
Displaying an author bio at the end of your WordPress blog posts is one way in which you can: Build credibility and authority. Mentioning career achievements, general background and anything that builds your authority with your visitors can boost shares and opt-in levels. Help bu … | Continue reading
Vergangene Woche fand im französischen Marmande das Garorock Festival statt. Der Bühnen- und Lichttechniker Nico Terraner machte in der Umbaupause das, was er sonst auch machen würde. Er checkte mit seinem Team die Lichtanlage. Seine Moves... | Continue reading
This week on The Vergecast, the Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern joins Nilay, Paul, and Dieter to talk about the iOS 10 beta. How many ways can you send iMessages? All the ways. Every. Single. Way. Plus, we discuss Siri, Sierra, Alexa, and make a heroic attempt to talk about Bl … | Continue reading
High-quality local sports coverage isn’t dead. At least that’s the premise that The Athletic is building its business on. The young startup, part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2016 class, is trying to reinvent local sports media – an industry that has been on the decline ever since ne … | Continue reading
Happy Friday, everyone! For our Fast & Easy column, we try to spotlight a variety of different articles that touch on content marketing strategies and best practices that you can implement at any time. But what happens once you have a solid content strategy in place? You continue … | Continue reading
This week: Google reiterates an old warning about URLs, a new test removes the estimated number of search results, and Penguin 4.0 still hasn’t launched. | Continue reading
Red Dead Redemption is back thanks to a much-awaited Xbox One backwards compatibility update - now letting us play the game at smoother frame-rates than was ever possible on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. If you still have your original Xbox 360 disc (or have it bought from the Xbox … | Continue reading
Tidal will now stream music and videos to your Chromecast devices. Tidal Rejoice! Congrats to the people in this Reddit thread,The Verge’s Vlad Savov, and the thousands of people who re-subscribe every time Kanye, Beyoncé, or Rihanna drop an album. I’m happy for y … | Continue reading
A team of four MIT researchers has developed a new wearable sensor that can detect toxic gases and talk to smartphones or other wireless devices to warn users when they are in danger. Using these sensors, the researchers hope to design badges that weigh less than a credit card an … | Continue reading
Assuming you're in the US, Japan, or New Zealand, chances are you've probably downloaded Pokemon Go and have been since made fully aware of what a ridiculous battery suck the game is. It's sort of incredible how quickly it drains your phone, almost putting Nintendo's Miitomo to s … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price rebounds to the upside, but the block reward halving waiting game continues (amid growing suspense). This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: 15h00 UTC … | Continue reading