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4 years later, Google finally explains the origins of its Chrome dinosaur game

Sep07
by on September 7, 2018 at 1:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, gaming


An often-overlooked Easter Egg in Google Chrome is the dinosaur game, which appears when you try to visit a website while disconnected from the Internet. The Chrome dino game is a simple infinite runner, which sees you jump over cacti, and dodge underneath obstacles. Controls are basic. Press space to jump (and to start the game), and the down arrow to duck. The goal is to survive for as long as humanly (or dinosaurly) possible — or at least until your Internet starts working again. To celebrate the fourth birthday of the Chrome dino, Google has published an interview with…

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The week’s best Android games to play after losing at Fortnite

Sep07
by on September 7, 2018 at 12:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Welcome to our new column, in which YouTuber NimbleThor brings you a short list of the best new mobile games for your Android device, released over the past week. Whether you’re into casual time wasters or hardcore shooters, you’ll find something in here to exercise your thumbs with. Are your friends constantly beating you at Fortnite, or have you just grown tired of racking up countless last-man-standing wins? Not to worry, we’ve got just the thing: a roundup of new multiplayer mobile games launched this week to redeem yourself – or find yet another way to kick your friends’ butts…

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The week’s best Android games to play after losing at Fortnite

Sep07
by on September 7, 2018 at 12:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Welcome to our new column, in which YouTuber NimbleThor brings you a short list of the best new mobile games for your Android device, released over the past week. Whether you’re into casual time wasters or hardcore shooters, you’ll find something in here to exercise your thumbs with. Are your friends constantly beating you at Fortnite, or have you just grown tired of racking up countless last-man-standing wins? Not to worry, we’ve got just the thing: a roundup of new multiplayer mobile games launched this week to redeem yourself – or find yet another way to kick your friends’ butts…

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Civilization VI is coming to the Nintendo Switch

Sep07
by on September 7, 2018 at 11:02 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Few games capture the “just five more minutes” moreishness of Civilization VI. It encompasses everything you want from a turn-based strategy game, from exploration and conquest, to diplomacy and intrigue. Now, almost two years after it was released for the PC and Mac, it’s making its way to the Nintendo Switch. With a release date of November 16, the Switch version of Civilization VI includes the base game, as well as four pieces of additional content which add new leaders, civilizations, and scenarios for players to explore. These are as follows: Vikings Scenario Pack Poland Civilization & Scenario Pack Australia…

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Research: Cryptocurrency market will go to shit, unless EU classifies ICOs as securities

Sep07
by on September 7, 2018 at 10:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Researchers from the Technical University of Munich have concluded that initial coin offerings (ICOs) and associated tokens should be seen as securities under European (EU) law. Not only that, EU regulators must mirror rules imposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In a paper titled Reconciling US and EU Securities Laws, researchers Philipp Maume and Mathias Fromberger make the case for a unified regulatory response to cryptocurrency, particularly for ICOs. “It is our view that investment tokens (including hybrid tokens with some investment functions) are ‘transferable securities’ under Directive 2014/65/EU on Markets in Financial Instruments,” the paper declares. The…

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