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Snapchat is getting into games — here’s what we’d like to see

Mar20
by on March 20, 2019 at 8:28 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, gaming


Snapchat is getting into the game, literally. Rumor has it an in-app gaming platform, along with a handful of games, are coming to the social network. While we don’t yet know which titles Snap has snapped up, there are some games that we think will work best within the app — and a few things it should avoid. According to a report from Cheddar, Snap Inc will be revealing its platform, codenamed “Project Cognac,” at an event in April. It’ll allegedly show a few third-party games that’ll work with the app, alongside (one would hope) some games of its own. The…

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Amazon has a new cheap Kindle, but the Paperwhite is still a better deal

Mar20
by on March 20, 2019 at 7:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Amazon today updated its entry-level Kindle, making it at once a bit more useful and a bit more expensive – the starting price has gone from $79.99 to $89.99 . It’s a welcome update, but you should probably buy the Kindle Paperwhite instead. The biggest change is the addition of an adjustable front light, meaning you can finally use the entry-level Kindle in the dark. This isn’t automatic brightness adjustment like we’re used to on our phones and laptops, mind you; you’ll have to adjust the brightness manually. Still, given the e-ink display, this shouldn’t be much of an issue;…

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Cryptocurrency platform Augur can’t fix ‘invalid market’ scam without huge update

Mar20
by on March 20, 2019 at 6:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Decentralized betting protocol Augur is dealing with a situation: fraudsters can illegitimately profit by gaming the system, and there’s not much its devs can do about it (for now). Augur co-founder Joey Krug recently addressed community concerns about scammers taking over the platform. They’re alleged to be intentionally creating invalid markets en masse, which fool the system into mistakenly distributing profit to the attackers. For context, Augur is a blockchain-based marketplace for prediction betting, where anyone can open a market on any subject. Token holders are encouraged to come to consensus over the outcome of a particular bet (say, that it…

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Huawei is putting blockchain into the stratosphere

Mar20
by on March 20, 2019 at 6:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


At its 2019 “Cloud Summit” industry conference in Hong Kong, Huawei unveiled a new blockchain-based cloud service. Huawei Cloud now offers blockchain oriented services designed to help Hong Kong-based businesses make use of the decentralized platform’s typical characteristics. These being, decentralization, immutability, and traceability (transparency). Huawei hopes this will aid the Chinese province’s mission to become an international financial and logistics hub. Specific details of the blockchain service have not been disclosed. But given the wording used to promote the new offering it will be a form of privatized, permissioned ledger designed for corporate clients. It shouldn’t be entirely surprising…

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Cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia resumes trading months after debilitating hack

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by on March 20, 2019 at 5:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has resumed trading following a debilitating hack in mid-January. The New Zealand-based company said on Twitter today that it had resumed trading “on 40 trade pairs […] quantified as secure,” adding that it would continue to expand its offering as more coins were cleared. A list of the available trading pairs is available on its website. As previously reported by Hard Fork, the exchange is thought to have had more than 1,095 digital assets available for trade when it went offline a couple of months ago. As one of the longest-serving cryptocurrency exchanges, Cryptopia made headlines after it announced “a security breach…

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