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Kingdom Hearts 3 doesn’t care if you’re not caught up, and that’s great

Feb06
by on February 6, 2019 at 10:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


If you’re a newcomer to Kingdom Hearts 3, you may be intimidated to get into the series, due to its reputation for excessively complicated storytelling and being hard to follow even for devoted fans. But don’t worry, you’ll still enjoy it — you won’t have a goddamned clue what is going on, but you don’t have to. Welcome to the newcomers The truth is, readers will inevitably fall into two camps: either you’re a fan of Kingdom Hearts and have been waiting a good chunk of your life for this game, or you’re new blood (or a casual fan of previous…

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This YC-backed college alternative doesn’t want your tuition checks (unless you land a high-paying job)

Feb06
by on February 6, 2019 at 10:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Before the cap even lands after graduation, American students are met with a stark realization: they owe someone, somewhere, a lot of money. Worse, their degree offers few assurances. While colleges have proven great at cashing tuition checks, many fall well short of serviceable in terms of job placement. Austen Allred imagines an education without all the risk. Allred, just a few years past college-aged himself, is the founder of an education startup called Lambda School that’s disrupting the traditional education model and captivating Silicon Valley. Lambda School, a Y Combinator-backed alternative to a four-year university, focuses on job training…

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This startup is putting degrees on the blockchain to beat fake diplomas

Feb06
by on February 6, 2019 at 5:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork


Fake diplomas and embellished work experience are a bigger problem than you might realize. There are a growing number of websites offering counterfeit degree certificates, from made-up universities. BBC research found one website had made over 200,000 fake certificates in 2015, making over £37 million in the process. What’s more, the e-learning market is booming. It’s expected to be valued at over $300 million dollars by 2025. Yet its qualification award system is fragmented, insecure, and difficult to verify. How can hiring employers trust people have actually completed the online courses they claim to? Well, a new startup hailing from Palo…

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Davinci’s MIQRO is a near-perfect weed vape for the on-the-go pothead

Feb06
by on February 6, 2019 at 3:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Vapes are the future of weed consumption. I know it, you know it, and your mom probably knows it too (what, you think she didn’t get what was happening all those times you stumbled into the house with bloodshot eyes? Come on). While there are plenty great dry herb vapes out there, the Davinci IQ is one of the best. So, when we found out the company was releasing an even smaller version of the vape – the Davinci MIQRO – we knew we had to try it. And we did. And it’s very, very good. Tell me more. Well,…

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I got a $50 cryptocurrency mystery box a year ago… now it’s worth $2.90

Feb06
by on February 6, 2019 at 3:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


It seems HODLing can only get you this far – especially if you opt to invest in cryptocurrencies at random. A year ago, I hopped on one of the many fleeting trends fueled by the blockchain bubble: cryptocurrency mystery boxes. Twelve months later though, my mystery box, which was initially worth $50, is now valued at less than $3 bucks – a staggering 90-percent drop in price. So how did we end up here? Let’s get into it. Cryptocurrency mystery boxes: the origin story The concept of cryptocurrency mystery boxes first cropped up at the height of the blockchain bubble in…

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