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Would your mobile phone be powerful enough to get you to the moon?

Jul16
by on July 16, 2019 at 10:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication


Many people who are old enough to have experienced the first moon landing will vividly remember what it was like watching Neil Armstrong utter his famous quote: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”. Half a century later, the event is still one of the top achievements of humankind. Despite the rapid technological advances since then, astronauts haven’t actually been back to the moon since 1972. This seems surprising. After all, when we reflect on this historic event, it is often said that we now have more computing power in our pocket than the computer…

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PRIME CHEAP: Fast! Schnell! Hurtig! The Samsung Galaxy S10 has $300 off

Jul16
by on July 16, 2019 at 10:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to PRIME CHEAP, our series about things that are good, cheap, and part of Amazon’s Prime Day sales. Hey, we gotta eat too.  Of all the Prime Day deals out there, this is one of the best. Strap yourself in, because you can get an unlocked 128GB Samsung Galaxy S10 for only $599.99. Yup, that’s a full 33 percent, or a cool $300, off its list price. Features-time. For that $599 (such a good price), you get a 6.1” dynamic AMOLED display that goes to the edge of the phone. It really is a looker. There’s also an in-screen fingerprint sensor,…

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PRIME CHEAP: Store all your sorrows with $214 off SanDisk’s Extreme 1TB SSD drive

Jul16
by on July 16, 2019 at 10:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to PRIME CHEAP, our series about things that are good, cheap, and part of Amazon’s Prime Day sales. Hey, we gotta eat too.  We are all collectors. Some of us hoard photos, while others keep large collections of high-quality music. And then there are people who call themselves movie buffs, who’d tell you they own a copy of a movie so rare that it’s nowhere to be found now. This all sounds fancy, but it requires a shitload of storage. Cloud services are all great, but if you have terabytes of stuff lying around, you can spend too much…

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Second Canadian town set to accept tax payments in Bitcoin

Jul16
by on July 16, 2019 at 10:31 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


It looks like another town in Canada might let its residents pay municipality taxes in cryptocurrency. The local council of Richmond Hill voted on July 10, 2019 to enter into an agreement with a cryptocurrency payment services provider to let residents of Richmond Hill pay property taxes in Bitcoin, Financial Post reports. Cryptocurrency payment platform Coinberry is said to be working with the municipality to provide the tech – this marks the firm’s second partnership with a local council. Earlier this year, Coinberry partnered with the municipality of another Canadian town, Innisfil in Ontario. “We believe that the demand for…

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Trump and his ex-banker treasury secretary are really scared of Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrency)

Jul16
by on July 16, 2019 at 10:24 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin is apparently super concerned about the impact Facebook‘s Libra “cryptocurrency” will have on national security, reports Bloomberg. In a White House briefing, Mnuchin mirrored president Trump‘s recently-found tough stance on digital assets by claiming that its potential to facilitate crime is high. “Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have been exploited to support billions of dollars of illicit activity like cybercrime, tax evasion, extortion, ransomware, illicit drugs, human trafficking,” Mnuchin told reporters. “Many players have attempted to use cryptocurrencies to fund their maligned behavior. This is indeed a national security issue,” he added. Steve Mnuchin on whether…

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