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Ubisoft's Game Subscription Service Is Now Available On Stadia
16.12.2020
Ubisoft+, the $15-a-month service that gives subscribers access to premium versions of games like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Immortals: Fenyx Rising, and Watch Dogs Legion, is now available as part of Google’s Stadia streaming platform. Finally an alternative to streaming Ubisoft games on Amazon...
The Nexus Mutual hacker is now asking for a $2.6M ransom
16.12.2020
Attacker demands ten times the $300,000 bounty offered after apparently laundering a third of the stolen loot
Mt. Gox Trustee Submits Rehabilitation Plan — Creditors May Soon Be Repaid 150,000 Bitcoins
16.12.2020
Mt. Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has finally submitted a draft rehabilitation plan to a Japanese court — meaning former users of the long-defunct crypto exchange may now look forward to getting paid someday. Kobayashi, the Japanese bankruptcy lawyer appointed to oversee the repayment...
It’s Always Year Zero
16.12.2020
In the short term, opinions about technology often follow a compressed form of Laver’s Law:
Everything just before me was completely broken.
Everything that comes after me is completely unnecessary.
Everything I use right now is perfectly fine; stop changing things.
We tend to judge things based...
Bank of America Investor Survey Highlights the Most Crowded Trades: ‘Long Tech, Short USD, Long Bitcoin’
15.12.2020
The highly anticipated Bank of America fund manager survey has been published, and this December fund managers who participated in the survey are sweeping up risk assets. The asset managers have dropped cash for the first time in close to seven years, as levels are down 4%. Moreover, strategists...
DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather promoted his 2017 ICO; now, he faces a year behind bars
15.12.2020
Robert Farkas will face the lightest felony sentence possible for his role in Centra Tech's 2017 ICO
What’s New in WCAG 2.1: Label in Name
15.12.2020
WCAG 2.1 Recommendations rolled out in 2018. It’s been a couple years now and there are some new Success Criterion. In this article, I will discuss Label in Name, which is how we visually label components. We’ll take a look at what some failure states look like, how to fix them, and examples of...
This 50-inch TCL 4K Smart TV is Down to Only $250 Right Now
15.12.2020
TCL 50" LED 4K Smart TV | $250 | Best BuyRead more
Paypal’s Stock Soars to All Time High as Demand for BTC on the Platform Now More Than Supply of New Coins
15.12.2020
E-commerce giant Paypal’s stock price surged to a new all-time high of $223.16 on Monday, December 14. Since November 12, when the payments giant opened the way for its US customers to start trading cryptocurrency, the stock has soared 17%. Paypal’s Turnaround The stock’s...
Grayscale Now Has $13B in Crypto Assets Under Management
15.12.2020
Grayscale's bitcoin and ether trusts now make up almost the entire $13 billion in AUM value
Binance Visa cards are now shipping to European customers
15.12.2020
Ether payments are now available on the Binance Visa card which is now shipping to customers in the EEA region
Representation Matters
15.12.2020
This year I had the pleasure of re-launching The Accessibility Project. I spend a lot of time researching and writing about accessibility and inclusive design, so this felt like the cumulation of a lot of that effort. The site now uses all sorts of cool web features like CSS Grid, @supports,...
Flash Loan Attack: Origin Protocol Unveils Compensation Plan that Excludes Founders
14.12.2020
The Origin Protocol team has unveiled a compensation plan for its depositors who were adversely affected by the flash loan attack in November. According to the team, there is now a plan to provide compensation equal to 100% of the value deposited to OUSD at the time of the exploit. Two Compensation...
MDN on GitHub
14.12.2020
Looks like all the content of MDN is on GitHub now. That’s pretty rad. That’s been the public plan for a while. Chris Mills:
We will be using GitHub’s contribution tools and features, essentially moving MDN from a Wiki model to a pull request (PR) model. This is so much better...
Pornhub’s Premium Services Now Default to Crypto Payments, 13 Digital Assets Supported
14.12.2020
During the first week of September, the world’s largest adult web portal Pornhub expanded its payment options by adding bitcoin and support for three other cryptocurrencies. However, after Mastercard and Visa severed ties with Pornhub last week, the company’s premium services payment...
Remember the PlayStation 4's Back Button Attachment? Well, It's $20 Now
14.12.2020
PlayStation 4 DualShock 4 Back Button | $20 | AmazonRead more
Stellar Price Gains Over 5% in a Day for Over 5 Days Now
14.12.2020
Stellar, which was one of the top 10 lucrative cryptos of the global market, has now shifted to trading at 11th position after having nosedived below $0.14 to testing supports as low as $0.139 in the previous week. Alongside, Stellar is often considered as the best cross-border remittances...
YieldFinanceFarm Is Next Generation DeFi Farm to Maximize Rewards – YIF Presale Is Now Live
14.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Yield Finance Farm (YIF) is a high-yield Defi farm that allows you to Stake, Farm, Lend, Borrow, and Earn. Bringing real value to yield farming, it’s a modern-age project designed to meet the demand for financial innovation and improved financial system efficiency through Defi...
France Approves New Cryptocurrency Measures to Fight Anonymous Transactions
14.12.2020
The French council of ministers has approved a series of new measures to combat the anonymity of cryptocurrency transactions. Anonymous accounts are banned at crypto exchanges which must now impose stricter know-your-customer requirements. France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says...
Sunday Comics: Now, Are You Ready?
12.12.2020
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.Read more