Chris Doocey, a 27-year-old sales manager based in Manchester, started at Madbird in October 2020, a few months before the Zoom call. He would be working from home, but the pandemic was still raging, so that was normal. Covid had… Read More ›
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What are NFTs? They are nothing
The above makes perfect sense to me. I am struggling to see NFTs as anything more than a fad. Will this open a whole new market for decentralized collectibles? Will this cement the status-quo? Or could we see a stalemate… Read More ›
The technological, ecological and political critique of blockchainism
This is an important critique of libertarianism. The idea that “liberty” is the freedom to do as you like, provided it doesn’t harm others is simple enough on its face, but the reality is very few of our actions are… Read More ›
400GB for $40
For the few who don’t already know, every variety of Nintendo’s popular Switch console can get a storage upgrade by installing a microSD card. And while you’re most likely to stumble upon deals for microSD cards with 64GB, 128GB, or… Read More ›
The ‘think of the children’ tactic
Britain’s controversial Online Safety Bill will leave Britons more exposed to internet harms than ever before, the Internet Society has said, while data from other countries suggests surveillance mostly isn’t used to target child abusers online, despite this being a… Read More ›
Robot vacuum cleaner escapes
A robot vacuum cleaner made a break for freedom after giving staff the slip at a Travelodge hotel. The automated cleaner failed to stop at the front door of the hotel in Orchard Park in Cambridge on Thursday, and was… Read More ›
Trialling facial age estimation tech for buying alcohol
Five major UK supermarkets are set to trial age estimation technology to accurately guess customers’ ages when purchasing alcohol. Co-op, Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons are participating in a Government “regulatory sandbox” between January and May 2022, testing the technology’s… Read More ›
When NFT Watches Cost More Than a Rolex
For the first drop, I set them all at .1 ETH; at the time 1 ETH was around $3,000. So a watch was $300. For the Daitona, I set that one at .2 ETH because there are fewer of them,… Read More ›
T-Mobile begins blocking iCloud Private Relay
Earlier today, a report indicated that some European carriers were blocking the Private Relay feature introduced by Apple with iOS 15. This feature is designed to give users an additional layer of privacy by ensuring that no one can view… Read More ›
The Inky Dashboard
Setting up the Raspberry Pi was straightforward, though the NOOBS operating system installer gives a choice between Full, Normal, and Lite Raspberry Pi OS with no real explanation as to what the difference was. And it appears to be very… Read More ›
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