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Ethereum Upgrade to Implement Beacon Chain Withdrawals Scheduled for April 12
16.3.2023
During the Execution Layer Meeting streamed on March 16, 2023, Ethereum developers announced that the blockchain is scheduled to upgrade on April 12, in 27 days. The upgrade, known as the Shanghai-Capella upgrade or Shapella, will include the implementation of Beacon chain push withdrawals. This...
An Exploration Of The Ways Our Cities Hate The Young & The Homeless
8.3.2023
“Exclusionary Design”, also known as “Hostile Architecture”, are the names given to the relatively modern concept of “an urban-design strategy that uses elements of the built environment to purposefully guide or restrict behaviour”. Specifically, it targets the homeless and the young.Read more
The Last of Us Dev Shares Great Example Of Game Doors’ Absurd Complexity
28.2.2023
The HBO adaptation of apocalyptic survival horror The Last of Us just released its seventh episode on Sunday, and—I don’t know if you know this, but—there were a lot of doors in it. There are a lot of doors in the world all the time: in your house, at your workplace, and in your video games....
Ethereum Could Benefit From Stealth Addresses Implementation, Says Vitalik Buterin
23.1.2023
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a research post that suggests using stealth addresses to enhance privacy-preserving transfers. Buterin detailed that stealth addresses can be implemented fairly quickly today on Ethereum and would significantly boost user privacy on the blockchain...
Lastpass Data Breach Frightens Users, Some Say Hack ‘May Be Worse Than They Are Letting on’
24.12.2022
People involved in financial tech, software programming, cyber security, and cryptocurrencies have been talking about the Lastpass data breach that was disclosed two days ago. The password management company detailed that a breach, committed earlier this year, allowed hackers to obtain a “backup...
Ledger Reveals New Crypto Hardware Wallet Designed by iPod Creator Tony Fadell
7.12.2022
On Tuesday, the hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger announced the launch of a new device called Ledger Stax. The machine was designed by iPod creator, Tony Fadell, and the France-based firm Ledger says the new device was built with “uncompromisingly secure architecture.” iPod Creator Tony Fadell...
Bitdao Reveals Modular Ethereum L2 Called Mantle, Public Testnet to Launch in 2023
1.12.2022
On Wednesday, one of the world’s largest decentralized autonomous organizations, Bitdao, announced the soft launch of a modular Ethereum layer two (L2) network called Mantle that claims to bolster lower fees and fast transactions. According to the Bitdao team, Mantle’s public testnet...
ZoidPay to Revolutionize the Web3 Landscape With $75M Investment Commitment From GEM Digital
3.11.2022
A $75M financial commitment is set to establish ZoidPay as the go-to open architecture for building the next generation of Web 3.0 financial services. PRESS RELEASE. November 3, 2022, Bucharest, Romania — ZoidPay, the leading Web 3.0 architecture provider, has secured an investment commitment...
Celestia Foundation raises $55M for modular blockchain architecture
19.10.2022
The company claims that the technology will solve the challenges inherent when deploying and scaling blockchains
India’s Central Bank RBI Publishes Digital Currency Details — Confirms Digital Rupee Pilot Launching ‘Soon’
9.10.2022
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), says it will soon commence “limited pilot launches” of the country’s digital currency (digital rupee) for specific use cases. The central bank explained that “multiple technological options shall be tested...
European Union Presents Project to Fight Counterfeiting by Using NFTs for 2023
9.9.2022
The European Union (EU) is working on a project that involves blockchain architecture and the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to fight counterfeiting and forgery. The project is the product of several meetings and blockchain hackathons organized by the European Union Intellectual Property Office...
Stray's Little Worlds Are The Best Part Of The Game
27.7.2022
Stray has been in the headlines for a lot of very good reasons over the last week, but having just finished the game, the one thing I can’t get out of my head is not the cat, or the robots, or the platforming, but how much I loved each one of its little worlds.Read more
Steam Deck’s Web Browser Desperately Needs An Update
9.7.2022
As has been reported by Gaming on Linux, and chatted about on Reddit, the Steam Deck has got a bit of a security problem concerning its pretty badly outdated version of Firefox. Valve has reportedly promised a fix, but it won’t come until the next SteamOS update. That’s less than ideal. Read more
Valve Is Doubling Steam Deck Deliveries, Check Your Emails
28.6.2022
For those of you who’ve been longingly (...or jealously) watching as a lucky few get to play around with their fancy, new Steam Decks, well, I’ve got some good news. Valve has announced it will start sending out Q3 Steam Deck reservation emails later this week. And, it also confirmed it’s ramping...
Crypto Miners Are Dumping Tons Of GPUs, So Maybe You Can Finally Get One
23.6.2022
The crypto market is continuing to fall, which has led a ton of miners to exit the market or to downscale their operations, thus finding themselves in possession of valuable computer components that they now no longer need. Some such miners, many from China and South Asia (where electricity...
Videogame Atlas Is A Love Letter To Game Levels & Architecture
10.6.2022
I love video games, I love architecture and I love fancy books about both, so the upcoming Videogame Atlas is something I am super interested in checking out when it releases.Read more
Steam Deck’s Latest Update Is Sure To Stir Debate
27.5.2022
Today, Valve released a highly-anticipated update to its portable PC. SteamOS 3.2 brings a lot of fun changes to both the operating system and the Steam client itself, enabling Remote Play Together, tweaks to some visual and UI elements, and the ability to change the screen’s refresh rate...
Modder Makes Ridiculous Upgrade To Steam Deck To Play Witcher 3 On Max Settings
13.4.2022
Want to get The Witcher 3 and Grand Theft Auto V running at 60 fps in 4K on the Steam Deck? You can, as long as you’re willing to spend a lot of money to Frankenstein Valve’s latest PC gaming device in the process.Read more
(Jay Freestone’s) Front-End Predictions for 2022
18.2.2022
I linked to Jay’s front-end predictions last year and I think they panned out pretty well. I think he’s got a bit of a knack for that wide-scope look at front-end, including tooling and architecture, as well as browser tech. …
(Jay Freestone’s) Front-End Predictions for 2022...
Point Network Launches Full Web3 Architecture
16.2.2022
PRESS RELEASE. This was the title of a recent talk by Serge Var, CEO and Co-Founder of Point Labs, at the 2022 Web 3.0 Conference in January. Serge presented arguments that despite numerous projects calling themselves “Web 3.0” and “decentralized”, we are not quite there...