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Chinese blockchain firm swaps Bitcoin for cannabis in search of new highs

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by on May 2, 2019 at 8:51 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Following the effects of the crypto-winter, one Chinese firm has been forced to diversify its business model away from blockchain. It’s chosen industrial hemp as the next addition to its portfolio. Grandshores Technology has historically invested in blockchain-based infrastructure and hardware but is shaping up to buy a 40-percent stake in Chinese industrial hemp producer Hangzhou Yupu Tading, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports. The purchase would give Grandshores Technology access to cultivating over 1,600 kilos of hemp seeds. The firm hopes it would help it to diversify away from a “lethargic Bitcoin market.” The firm’s co-chairman Yao Yongjie told SCMP…

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PSA: You can now auto-delete your location and web history on Google

May02
by on May 2, 2019 at 7:21 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google


It’s no secret that, unless you explicitly opt out, Google keeps an extensive record of your every activity on its digital real estate. From your location history to the searches you perform on Google and YouTube, the company goes to great lengths to glean more information about you in the hope that it can serve better ads based on your web habits. To assuage such privacy concerns, the company has announced it’s rolling out new auto-delete controls for Location History and Web & App Activity that allows you to choose a time limit (3 or 18 months) for how long…

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This bus driving simulator game plays like Snake, and looks like a blast

May02
by on May 2, 2019 at 5:39 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


If you ever owned a Nokia dumb phone from the 90s, you probably played the hell out of Snake, which came pre-loaded on most models back then. Now, Seattle-based indie studio Stovetop has a wacky take on the original that replaces the pixel-width snake with a bus, and scales the environment up to an entire city. It’s called Snakeybus, and it promises to test your reflexes and foresight as you drive through Paris, Miami, or a suburban area at breakneck speeds. As you pick up passengers along the way, your bus will elongate, and you’ll have to do your best…

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Q Acoustics 3020i Review: $300 speakers shouldn’t sound this good

May02
by on May 2, 2019 at 2:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


British Audio firm Q Acoustics might make $4,500 speakers nowadays, but it’s better known for the performance of its budget speakers. Now that the company has made its entry to the US market, I’ve had the chance to test the 3020i – its midrange speakers – for a few months. At $300, they don’t hype up revolutionary technologies, fanciful designs, or exotic materials. Instead, they’re proof of how far you can get with good engineering and tasteful tuning. That’s not to say the 3020i are boring. Aesthetically, I find them both classy and modern: I like how the rounded corners set them…

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