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Google’s unsurprising refusal to pay for news snippets undermines new EU copyright law

Sep25
by on September 25, 2019 at 2:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


Google has announced it will not pay European news publishers for the right to show their content on Google News, which will be mandatory under the EU’s new copyright directive that will come into effect next month, The Financial Times reports. France is the first out of the 28 EU member states to implement the new directive, but the law is already off to a rough start. Google has opted for displaying less information to its users, rather than entering into licensing agreements with European publishers. This means the American tech giant will stop including snippets of news stories in…

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Untitled Goose Game is the perfect way to unleash your inner asshole

Sep25
by on September 25, 2019 at 2:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Plugged


For better or worse, being an asshole is fun. Unfortunately, in the real world this has knock-on effects, like, you know, everyone thinking you’re an asshole. That’s why it’s refreshing to act like a dickhead virtually and actually get rewarded for it. And, friends, therein lies the joy of Untitled Goose Game. If you’re unfamiliar with this title, it caused an internet storm back in 2017 with its first trailer: In it, a goose terrorizes a gardener, stealing his keys, hat, and just being a general nuisance. The trailer looked beautiful, funny, and imaginative — everything you could want from an…

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China has no idea know when it will launch its digital currency

Sep25
by on September 25, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Despite reports last month that China was readying itself to deploy its own government digital currency, it now seems the country is not so surefooted regarding the asset’s roll out. In a press conference in Beijing yesterday, The People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) governor Yi Gang said that there is “no timetable” for the launch of its new digital currency, South China Morning Post reports. Last month, reports surfaced which stated the PBoC had allegedly said its digital currency was “almost ready.” The sources were said to be a former employee at a Chinese institution pegged to receive the currency…

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The magnaða tale of the iPhone 6s that survived a year in the Icelandic wilderness after falling from a plane

Sep25
by on September 25, 2019 at 1:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


The Nokia 3310’s robustness is legendary, but it seems it has an unlikely new contender when it comes to durability: the iPhone 6s Plus. Last year, photographer Haukur Snorrason was on an aerial photo tour of the Skaftá river in South Iceland to grab pictures of the yearly glacier river floods. Unfortunately, when he grabbed his iPhone to film the flood, the phone got swept away by a gust of wind. Falling 60 meters (200 feet) down on rocky terrain — where a massive river was overflowing and rupturing roads — the time came for Haukur to say goodbye to…

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KPMG survey reveals blockchain tokens might only be good for

Sep25
by on September 25, 2019 at 12:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


‘Big Four’ accounting firm KPMG has revealed that 83 percent of Americans aged 18 to 24 it surveyed were interested in the future of blockchain tokens — despite sickeningly poor market performance over the past two years. Generation Z is apparently not alone in its curiosity, either. According to KPMG, consumers from all age groups are increasingly willing to make purchases with tokens, over half of surveyed Americans aged 65 and up showed explicit interest in tokenization. It doesn’t even boil down to simple familiarity. Just one third of surveyed consumers reported to be ‘highly familiar’ with blockchain-based tokens, but 63…

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