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End of year stock roundup: How did Microsoft perform in 2018?

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by on December 27, 2018 at 10:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, The next generation of money management


Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to end 2018 on a high, bumping off Apple from the top spot and becoming the most valuable publicly traded US company. The Washington-based American multinational technology company, whose founders were Bill Gates and Paul Allen, has been a rival of Apple for some time within the computer industry. Yet, at the time of writing, Microsoft’s market cap trumps Apple’s, with a value of $840 billion, according to Yahoo! Finance. In comparison, Apple’s market cap is worth $811 billion. Back on 13 March 1986, when Microsoft listed its initial public offering (IPO), its share price…

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5 classic cryptocurrency scams from 2018 you totally forgot about

Dec27
by on December 27, 2018 at 10:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Whether it’s multi-million dollar exit scams, Ponzi schemes, or sophisticated networks of remote-controlled Twitter scambots, this year saw some of the most epic and sophisticated cryptocurrency schemes to date. But we asked ourselves: what were the most brazen cryptocurrency scams of 2018?  Which ones left us awestruck by how little amount of fucks the perps gave, as they made off with other people’s money, in one way or another. Well, here are the most ballsy cryptocurrency scams of the year, ranked in no particular order. They’re just nominated as they really stood out in their cockiness. 1. Ever receive a large utility…

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GDPR’s impact was too soft in 2018, but next year will be different

Dec27
by on December 27, 2018 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web


One of the defining moments for tech in 2018 was on May 25, when the EU implemented its General Data Protection Regulation — the ominous GDPR. The ambitious legislation is the toughest privacy and security law in the world and was meant to guarantee users better control over their over their personal data. But has it? For most people, both in the EU and outside, the ‘better control’ only took form in a myriad of annoying consent pop-ups on seemingly every single site they visited. That’s why we’re taking a look at GDPR’s 2018, here’s what experts had to say.…

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TNW’s 10 best video games of 2018

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by on December 27, 2018 at 7:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


It’s that time again. The year is drawing to a close, so it’s time to look back and see which digital worlds we lost ourselves in the most this year. As usual, everything’s divided up into genre categories, and we’ve included our runners up, as well. I’d like to thank the rest of TNW for helping me narrow down the list thus far, especially Tristan Greene and Bryan Clark for their assistance with the sports and racing games. Unfortunately, even with all our powers combined, we didn’t hit every game, so if you don’t see a game from this year…

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