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You can now put music on Instagram Stories

Jun28
by on June 28, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


Instagram Stories – everyone’s favorite Snapchat rip-off – has launched a feature that lets you put music over your visual creations. We reported on this potentially happening around two months ago, but it’s set to roll-out to some users shortly. Over 400m people use Stories every day, so there’s little doubt this is going to be a popular update. It’s gonna change people’s lives. Want to put “Funky Town” over a video of you drinking a beer? You now can. Fancy placing “Funky Town” over your dog rubbing its arse on the kitchen floor? You go, girl! Recording your granddad’s…

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The Olympic Committee is hosting an esports forum

Jun28
by on June 28, 2018 at 5:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


This week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) revealed it will be hosting an Esports Forum later this year to determine whether it belongs in the Olympics alongside more traditional sports. The details: The IOC and the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) will be holding the forum on July 21 at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. The forum will include panels on the life of elite players, gender equality, Twitch, and governance. Speaking about the forum and what it represents, GAISF President Patrick Baumann said: We understand that sport never stands still and the phenomenal growth of esports and…

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Financial overlords are spreading cryptocurrency misinformation disguised as ‘research’

Jun28
by on June 28, 2018 at 4:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Finance, Hard Fork


As blockchain tech continues to find growing popularity, a large number of mainstream financial institutions are jumping in to provide their insights and opinions. But despite years of experience in the world of finance, it seems that many of these institutions are still struggling to understand the pros and cons of cryptocurrencies. The initial responses to Bitcoin were simply that it is a “bubble,” “money for drug dealers and terrorists,” and the like. But now that we are past that phase (at least. most of us), the focus has shifted to studying cryptocurrencies more in depth. But, studying some of…

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Interstellar space travel will require lots of sex

Jun28
by on June 28, 2018 at 4:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


A pair of scientists from France developed an algorithm to determine the minimum amount of sexually active couples it would take to maintain a human crew inside of a spaceship for 6,300 years – the time it would take to reach the nearest star beyond the sun. Let’s get it on: The Heritage algorithm, as its called, powers a simulation that determines the likelihood of humans reaching Proxima Centauri using current technology. In order to get people there from Earth, the mission would require multiple generations of people to live their entire lives in space while the vehicle makes the…

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It’s official: Samsung will reveal the Galaxy Note 9 on August 9

Jun28
by on June 28, 2018 at 3:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Mobile


Just as expected, the Galaxy Note 9 will be revealed in August. Samsung sent out invites to its next Unpacked event yesterday, along with a teaser video that cryptically confirms that, yes, the Note 9 will still come with a pen. But now, it appears you’ll be able to get one in a very yellow-looking gold. The announcement date wasn’t unexpected. Samsung usually reveals its Note devices in the second half of the year, and Bloomberg had already pegged August 9 as the announcement date. Meanwhile, the device also passed through the FCC, so we all but knew it was…

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