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Lightning-powered app lets you play roulette on the blockchain

Jun29
by on June 29, 2018 at 9:51 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Blockchain developers won’t be at peace until every single thing in the world is on blockchain. Or, so it seems. Web developer Rui Gomes has created Lighting Spin — a web app that lets you play roulette over Bitcoin Lightning Network. The app lets you wager anywhere between 1,000 Satoshi (approximately 6¢) to 100,000 Satoshi (approximately $6) per round. All you need to play the game is load your balance using a wallet service with support for the Lightning Network – like Eclair, for instance. You can choose the multiplier you want to wage at. This means that if you…

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Honda pulls the plug on its cute ASIMO humanoid robots

Jun29
by on June 29, 2018 at 8:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web


ASIMO, Honda’s 18 year old humanoid robot project, and the brainchild for their quest for self-balancing bipedal robots, is no more. Honda officially announced that the ASIMO – which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility – project is shutting down, and that the technology behind the robot will be put to use in other products. Kyodo News reported that the project had not seen any update since 2011, and with no commercial use to capitalize on, the funding for the project dried up. Honda official was quoted as saying that the company plans to develop more bipedal robots in the…

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Honda pulls the plug on its cute ASIMO humanoid robots

Jun29
by on June 29, 2018 at 8:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web


ASIMO, Honda’s 18 year old humanoid robot project, and the brainchild for their quest for self-balancing bipedal robots, is no more. Honda officially announced that the ASIMO – which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility – project is shutting down, and that the technology behind the robot will be put to use in other products. Kyodo News reported that the project had not seen any update since 2011, and with no commercial use to capitalize on, the funding for the project dried up. Honda official was quoted as saying that the company plans to develop more bipedal robots in the…

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Google is reportedly building hardware for its game streaming service

Jun29
by on June 29, 2018 at 7:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Google


We heard back in February about Google’s plans to build a game streaming platform, codenamed Yeti. Now, Kotaku has a scoop on hardware that’s being developed at the company to complement this upcoming service. It isn’t yet clear if Google’s gaming contraption will be a high-powered console like a PS4 or Xbox One, or if it’ll be a low-end device meant exclusively to facilitate streaming. Google is keeping mum about this right now, but if it’s building something like Yeti, it seems like it’d make sense to go with the latter type of product. The idea with Yeti is to…

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12 fast-rising technologies to get ready for

Jun29
by on June 29, 2018 at 7:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Technology moves at a mile a minute, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t jump on board and benefit from it. We asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council which of our current technologies will likely be slated for widespread, innovative use within the near future. While our focuses today may be on artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality, there are plenty of game-changing technology innovations at play in our tech-driven society. What’s one underestimated development — small or large — that you believe will soon rise to the top? Their best answers are below:  1. Blockchain There has obviously been…

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