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CHEAP: At $25, the PlayStation Classic is at its lowest price yet

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by on July 4, 2019 at 10:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Confession time, dear reader: I actually liked the Sony PlayStation Classic. Was it a totally cynical attempt by Sony to cash in on the retro console craze amidst the 2018 Christmas shopping season? Absolutely. Was it wildly overpriced when it came out? Yeah. Was the games selection a bit questionable? Yes, unless you consider Cool Boarders 2 an iconic piece of gaming history. But it wasn’t too bad. The hardware worked well. The emulator is stable, and offers a consistent and jerk-free gameplay experience. And…

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Reddit’s r/technology goes dark as part of #SocialMediaStrike

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by on July 4, 2019 at 10:23 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Reddit’s r/technology subreddit has gone dark on US’ Independence Day as part of a social media strike. “Following on from the announcement by Larry Sanger of a Social Media Strike, /r/technology is joining the #SocialMediaStrike. Normal service will resume on the 5th,” reads the message. The strike, conceived by Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, calls for digital independence from social media platforms. That means throwing off the shackles that chain you to social networks and compel you to share stuff there, except to post notices about the strike itself. “We’re going to flex our collective muscles and demand that giant, manipulative corporations give…

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South Africa targeted in $135,000-a-day Bitcoin ‘Ponzi scheme,’ thousands duped

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by on July 4, 2019 at 10:08 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Thousands of people in South Africa may have been duped in what’s thought to be a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme.  According to a local report, residents in Ladysmith, a city 365 kilometres south of Johannesburg, were enticed to invest in a company called Bitcoin Wallet. The company promised easy and big returns on investments. People are reported to have queued overnight and slept outside Bitcoin Wallet’s offices in a bid to invest their hard-earned cash. Rumours about possible wrongdoing surfaced in June after local outlets reported about a possible cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, which promised returns of 100 percent in 15 days. At the time,…

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Female-founded podcast network Earios releases its first shows

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by on July 4, 2019 at 9:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Right now, there are more than 700,000 active podcasts and more than 29 million podcast episodes, as illustrated by Music Oomph. And although there seems to be a podcast for everyone, nearly all of the networks that host, develop, and promote shows are managed by men — including popular shows like Gimlet, Crooked Media, and Earwolf. Almost half of podcast listeners are women, yet just 22 percent of the shows they listen to are hosted or co-hosted by women.  Podcasting has already shaped the way we consume media, and we can’t let it become yet another boys club. This is…

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How to know for sure if Facebook (or any social network) is down

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by on July 4, 2019 at 8:51 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. In the past couple of months, Facebook, Instagram, and other social networks have faced a lot of outages. But how can you make sure that if the site’s actually down or if it’s just your phone or network provider? There are multiple ways to do it. First, you can check the official source of each site. For Facebook, you can head to its developer dashboard. Twitter has a developer status board for its APIs. But not…

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