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FBI Warns Digital Currency Exchanges and Crypto Owners of Possible Threats
12.7.2021
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an industry-wide warning about possible attacks on exchanges and crypto holders this week. The institution declared that there are threats actively tracking virtual asset platforms in order to take hold of these assets, causing financial losses...
China Shuts Down Software Maker Over Suspected Crypto-Related Activity, Issues Industry-Wide Warning
7.7.2021
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, has shut down a software firm over suspected involvement in cryptocurrency transactions. The central bank also warned organizations not to “provide premises, commercial display, advertising … and other services...
Twitch Gives Trans, Black, And Disabled Streamers Tags, But Not Protection
2.7.2021
It’s been a whirlwind month for Anne Atomic. The streamer saw her star suddenly begin to rocket into the stratosphere in late May when Twitch introduced both a hot tub section and hundreds of new tags, including a particularly long-requested option: “transgender.” For Anne Atomic, these proved...
Nifty News: Embarrassing mistake in $5.4M NFT of web source code, Animoca raises $50M ...
2.7.2021
Sotheby’s has made an embarrassing mistake in its $5.4 million NFT auction, Animoca brands has raised $138.88 in funding, and data shows limited collector numbers on SuperRare
World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Sells NFT for $5.4M — ‘Embarrassing’ Coding Error Spotted in NFT
1.7.2021
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, the English computer scientist who is well known for inventing the world wide web has sold a non-fungible token (NFT) in an online auction hosted by the auction house Sotheby’s. The NFT is basically a video of the World Wide Web’s source code created...
Bargain? World Wide Web’s source code NFT sells for $5.4M at Sotheby’s
1.7.2021
The source code for the World Wide Web has been sold by the inventor for $5.4 million
'Shop Contest: Giant Stuffed Leek
27.6.2021
For some reason, The Pokemon Company has decided to sell people a nearly 40-inch long giant, stuffed Farfetch’d leek. Why? I don’t know, but the reviews for it are great. Read more
Student Coin Terminal Will Let You Easily Create Your Own Token for Free
23.6.2021
The STC Terminal will be launched by the end of July 2021 and will be a major milestone in the wide-scale tokenization of the economy. It will make issuing a token accessible to everyone, including individuals, organizations, corporations, startups and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects. What...
'Shop Contest: Happy Father's Day
20.6.2021
Today is Father’s Day. And there sure are a lot of dads in gaming. So let’s celebrate the holiday by having fun with all the various video game fathers on their special day. Read more
Sotheby's will auction World Wide Web source code as NFT
15.6.2021
Describing NFTs as the "most appropriate means of ownership that exists," a 65-year-old computer scientist will release a tokenized version of the world wide web code next week
E3 Twitch Chat Has Been Miserable
14.6.2021
For what feels like eons now, the E3 Pangea has threatened to break apart and scatter gaming landmasses to all corners of the Earth. Now that’s finally happening, with this year’s E3 functioning as a loose umbrella for a plethora of publisher-specific shows. This has given companies a massive stage...
'Shop Contest: Pot Goblin
13.6.2021
E3 is here! Which means a lot of busy days for me. But it also means new video games and trailers! Exciting stuff. And one of the biggest moments so far has to be the Elden Ring gameplay trailer. Folks freaked out. A horse double jumped. It was wicked. But buried in that trailer was this year’s...
Financial Giant State Street Launches Digital Finance Division – Unit’s Focus Aimed at Crypto and Defi
11.6.2021
On Thursday, the Boston-based financial services and bank holding company State Street Corporation announced the launch of a division dedicated to cryptocurrencies, the digital economy, and decentralized finance (defi). State Street Invokes New Division Dedicated to Crypto, Blockchain, and Defi...
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10.6.2021
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Ex-Giant Bomb Duders' New Project Is Already Blowing Up On Patreon
7.6.2021
One month after leaving Giant Bomb, foundational members Vinny Caravella, Alex Navarro, and Brad Shoemaker have started a new Patreon-supported project known as Nextlander, which so far seems to be Giant Bomb in everything but name. And, shock of all shocks, it already has over 5,000 backers.Read...
Facebook's 100% Subscription Money Deal Turns Twitch Streamers' Heads
7.6.2021
Facebook has made no secret of its desire to lure streamers over from Twitch’s saturated pastures. Its latest salvo in the streaming wars? Full subscription profits for streamers for the next two years.Read more
Last Month's Most Popular Twitch Clip Was Just A Butt
2.6.2021
Turns out, people like butts.Read more
'Shop Contest: LeBron James Toy
30.5.2021
Come on SLAM and welcome to the JAM! It’s time to have some fun with a weird LeBron James toy! (That didn’t rhyme as well as I hoped. But my backspace key broke months ago so, can’t fix it or improve it. Moving on.) Read more
The Twitch DMCAs Just Keep Coming
29.5.2021
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The music industry is taking aim at Twitch, this time to the tune of “about 1,000 individual claims,” according to the company. Twitch’s solution? Second verse, same as the first: Delete, delete, delete.Read more
Tensions High At IGN After Management Claims Palestine Post Takedown Was Not Corporate Interference
27.5.2021
The weekend before last, IGN published and then pulled a post with links to charities in support of Palestinian victims who’d been devastated by Israeli violence. This spurred over 80 IGN staffers to sign and publish an open letter decrying corporate management’s subversion of their editorial...