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Review: Super Mario Maker 2 is an infinite source of joy

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by on July 4, 2019 at 12:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Plugged


Four years ago, Nintendo did something brave and uncharacteristic: it let players create their own Mario levels, with Super Mario Maker for the Wii U. Super Mario Maker was arguably one of the most interesting titles to come out on the Wii U, and I’m happy to report its sequel is an improvement in almost every sense. The Mario Maker series does what it says on the box: it lets you create and share Mario levels, and play those that other people made and shared. You use most of the objects and items from the classic platform games, and you…

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Meet the blockchain developer building 12 Lightning apps in 12 months

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by on July 4, 2019 at 11:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Devs love a challenge, and there’s a mountain of opportunity in Bitcoin and blockchain. One of the fastest growing areas of blockchain development is Bitcoin sidechain, the Lightning Network. To learn more about the possibilities that the Lightning Network offers, Hard Fork spoke to someone deep in the trenches: a developer who’s set himself the challenge to make 12 Lightning apps in 12 months. If you’re not in the know, the Lightning Network is a payment channel that allows individuals to exchange Bitcoin directly without having to wait for the main blockchain to confirm the transactions, as that’s done off-chain.…

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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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