AIDA Cruises: Rostock (ots) - Am Abend des 07. Mai 2016, um 22.15 Uhr war es endlich soweit: AIDAprima wurde von der Jungschauspielerin Emma Schweiger getauft. Eine beeindruckende Musik- und Lichtinszenierung, gefolgt von einem fulminanten Feuerwerk verwandelten ... | Continue reading
GUEST: I make my living on an iPad. I rely on apps designed for illuminating, emphasizing, and elucidating complex sales stories. Since the iPad’s introduction back in 2010, I have watched my audiences’ reactions to better understand what they’re responding to. I specifically loo … | Continue reading
Bitcoin has been getting a lot of mainstream media attention over the past week, yet most news outlets still fair to grasp the concept of this popular cryptocurrency. A recent article by the BBC shows how the focus is on the wrong aspects yet again. BBC Lacks Bitcoin Education Th … | Continue reading
This is part 3 of my series on writing a ray/path tracer in Go. Checkout parts 1 and 2.I’m roughly following the e-book Ray Tracing in One Weekend, but translating all of the code into Go.All of the code for this post can be found on my Github.Last time I covered the basics of cr … | Continue reading
This post acts as the table of contents for the Command Line Monday post series. Every Monday I will publish a new post which gives an introduction to a useful command line tool. Posts cal - Display a Calendar in Your Terminal fold - Wrap lines to fit in specified width | Continue reading
Today, for what must be the thousandth time, I repeated a dark pattern on my PC at home. I had a Dell keyboard that survived several eras of my own personal computing history: it wrote my thesis, took countless tours in fantastic worlds, and... tweeted a lot. But long before I re … | Continue reading
It's not the fountain of youth, but according to its creator it could give athletes a distinct advantage over opponentsThe Microclimate Chair, created by LA-based architect Greg Lynn, allows athletes in sports such as basketball to get quick heating or cooling therapy by simply s … | Continue reading
The future of smartphone storage is packed with worthy contenders: flash storage, removable storage and cloud storage. But which has the edge? | Continue reading
We’ve all done it. Cornered at a party by some bore talking about his unimaginative app that will “change the world.” All seemingly convincing excuses to leave have already been used by the rest of the group. The last refuge of the rude scoundrel — the smartphone — is in your jac … | Continue reading
PayPal has announced plans to eliminate its Purchase Protection coverage for customers who give money to crowdfunding projects. The new policy takes effect on June 25th, 2016, and says "payments on crowdfunding platforms" are ineligible for protection. The broad move could be a r … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: When it comes to investments, spring showers are bringing inside sales flowers. In March and April, more than $200 million was invested in nine inside sales related companies, a $50 million increase from the $150 million of company funding in January and February. A hig … | Continue reading
The latest version of Bitcoin Core software has brought a lot of improvement in the performance of the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin Core version 0.12.1 was released earlier last month with lots of new features supporting scalability of Bitcoin network in the near future. With Bitcoin … | Continue reading
Now that the Craig Wright debacle has calmed down again, there is still the pressing matter of what will happen with Gavin Andresen. After the Bitcoin Core team revoked his commit access, there seems to be no indication of restoring the Bitcoin developer to his precious status. B … | Continue reading
Last week Apple released the latest iteration of its “Shot on iPhone” campaign. The new ad was developed for Mother’s Day, and features a slideshow of pictures and videos of moms and their kids. Now, a week later, Apple launched the aptly-named website momsshotoniphone.com, which … | Continue reading
President Barack Obama speaks, in Washington, D.C., at the commencement ceremony for Howard University on Saturday. Photo: AP | Continue reading
People like Blizzard’s new game so much that they are doing a lot of searches in an effort to see its characters naked. On Thursday, searches for Overwatch on the adult-video company Pornhub jumped 817 percent, according to the website. Of course, Thursday was also the start of t … | Continue reading
When ANOHNI’s music is at its best, it has the power to radicalize you without notice. You’ll be washing dishes or wandering the neighborhood singing under your breath when the weight of her writing hits you: you’ve been murmuring about gender dysphoria, about the AIDS crisis tha … | Continue reading
A longtime colleague and friend of mine used to love to say “Let’s just make this easy for them” whenever we discussed an upcoming meeting. I think I winced the first few times I heard it. It didn’t seem like much of a negotiation strategy… at least, that is, until he helped me … | Continue reading
Abandoned Barn Conversion - Effe-E house is a conversion and renovation project completed in 2016 by Italian studio Archiplan. | Continue reading
The implementation of digital currency technology across the banking and financial sector is in full swing. Blockchain, the underlying technology of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency protocol act as a distributed ledger recording all the transactions happening across the network. … | Continue reading
In the age of mobile everything, a sexy, new PC graphics card struggles to find the proper acknowledgement from mainstream users. But even if you haven't installed a graphics card in years (or ever), Nvidia's latest, the GeForce GTX 1080, is worth paying attention toWhy? Because … | Continue reading
London's first Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan attends his swearing-in ceremony at Southwark Cathedral in central London on Saturday. Photo: AFP/Getty Images | Continue reading
Canadian officials say a massive wildfire near the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta could double in size over the weekend. Photo: Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP | Continue reading
GUEST: A few months ago, a pair of grown (but not necessarily grown-up) men discovered that Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa swears. You can use her Simon Says command to make her say “crap.” They also found that if you try to make her say “shit,” she’ll do it but bleep herself o … | Continue reading
Formula E confirmed months of rumors on Friday when the all-electric series announced the cancellation of an upcoming second season race in Moscow. For fans of the young series, it sounds like bad news, especially because there are only 11 races in a season. But it likely won't h … | Continue reading
While you were out enjoying your Friday night, NVIDIA kicked off the weekend with a surprise unveil at the DreamHack gaming event in Austin, Texas, debuting its latest gaming GPUs. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang took to the stage at the city’s Emo’s music venue to show case the GeForce GTX 1 … | Continue reading
LG G5 vs Galaxy S7 vs HTC 10, G5 and Galaxy S7 public reactions, and more - here are the Android-related videos you don't want to miss this week. | Continue reading
FEATURE: As someone who has been a part of the esports world in some fashion or another for a nearly a decade, the transition into working in the industry has been fascinating. Over the past several years, I’ve moved through volunteer opportunities, freelance contributions, team … | Continue reading
The Gillmor Gang — John Taschek, Dan Farber, Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, May 6, 2016. Size still matters as we move from primaries to the fall campaign. Can the next Google emerge from the next big search thing, or will the Establishment s … | Continue reading
It’s easy to see a rainbow when it’s in the distance, but more difficult to discern when you are in its midst. Though it’s still early days, we’re now in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution. Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, says the impending “tran … | Continue reading
Current virtual reality systems like the HTC Vive can track your VR position relative to your real world body movements, as well as track your hand movements via controllers or gloves. But a new experiment from Manus VR allows you to submerge your body even deeper into VR, in thi … | Continue reading
Last month, scientists in Belgium announced that they had discovered one of the mechanisms that lets Saharan silver ants venture out into the desert during the hottest hours of the day. As it turns out, the small hairs on their bodies are shaped like triangular prisms, allowing t … | Continue reading
The past decade has brought on a new kind of industrial revolution, a lot of which is thanks to how prevalent 3D printers have become. From full-sized versions to mini-desktop styles, you can find 3D printers for about the cost of a cheap laptop, or go to stores like Staples to g … | Continue reading
Amazon started to expand Alexa's reach with the Echo Dot, and now the company's voice assistant is showing up in even more places. Lexi is a new app that lets iOS 9.0 devices connect with Alexa — meaning if you've got an iPhone, you can now talk to Amazon's assistant without havi … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is within reach of the $470 resistance level. Although the possibility of a downward correction remains, a concerted push by the bulls may be able to secure advance. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a memb … | Continue reading
GUEST: Economists may still classify China as a developing economy, but those of us in the technology space see China as the world’s largest incubator for new ideas and products. At the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing this week, a Tesla executive declared Chin … | Continue reading
EA revealed yesterday that it's taking the Battlefield franchise to the First World War, and released an electrifying trailer of early-20th century combat. It was a big surprise: both because EA teased something futuristic toward the end of Battlefield 4, and because WW1 just has … | Continue reading
Hanneford’s Canadian Circus, a clown | Continue reading
Is the blockchain community too focused on futurism? In this opinion piece one developer argues the answer is yes. | Continue reading
Are you flippin’ kidding me!? May well have been the response when Jack returned to his mum with no cow and no money in exchange for said cow. No it’s okay honest, I’ve got someth… | Continue reading
From lodging to lip balm, the decentralized bitcoin marketplace OpenBazaar is already home to a surprising variety of wares. | Continue reading
With the theatrical release of Captain America: Civil War this weekend, Marvel is introducing one of the most popular comic book characters ever created, Spider-Man, into its ever-expanding Cinematic Universe. Nineteen-year-old Tom Holland has donned the classic red-and-blue paja … | Continue reading
Erinnert ihr euch noch an Gimball, den kollisionsfreudigen Flugroboter der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule Lausanne EPFL? Er heißt jetzt Elios und wird von Flyability, ein Spin-Off der EPFL, zum Verkauf angeboten. Auch Elios wird... | Continue reading
In its efforts to further oppress the internet, China has put forward new regulations that will ban women from livestreaming themselves eating bananas in an erotic manner. Well then. According to the BBC, the move is part of its ongoing effort to control “inappropriate and erotic … | Continue reading
HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — The Memphis Grizzlies fired head coach Dave Joerger Saturday morning. Joerger seemingly did a fantastic job with an injury-depleted roster in the second half of the season, dragging it to the playoffs, where the Grizzlies were swept by the San Antonio Spurs … | Continue reading
AIDA Cruises: Rostock (ots) - Große Freude am Hamburger Hafen: Heute durchlief AIDAprima den vollständigen Testlauf des LNG-Betriebs erfolgreich und reibungslos. Das neue Kreuzfahrtschiff, welches diesen Abend feierlich in Hamburg getauft wird, kann damit ... | Continue reading
Today's marketer farms out projects, not accounts, according to a survey by RSW/US . RSW/US found that 74% use more than two agencies;... | Continue reading
Polymaker wants to make 3D printing a tempting hobby for everyone with its new PolySmooth filament and Polysher machine, which polishes creations so they look shiny and cohesive. The company launched the items on Kickstarter this past week and has already surpassed its $100,000 g … | Continue reading