When China banned cryptocurrency mining and trading, many saw it as putting an end to a burgeoning industry in the world’s second-largest economy. As it turned out, the country’s crypto investors, developers, and hobbyists continue to play a critical role in building the backbone and applications of web3. The Merge, the much-anticipated network update on Ethereum…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Sonos has a new sub in its lineup, and this one isn’t quite as prohibitively expensive: The $429 Sub Mini comes in at almost half the price of the more expensive existing $749 Sub — and is also roughly half the size. The Sonos Sub Mini is specifically recommended by the company to accompany its…
Bad news for Dark Sky users: the popular weather app Apple acquired in March 2020 now has an official shutdown date. According to a notification appearing on the app’s home screen, Dark Sky will no longer be available as of January 1, 2023, as its forecasting technology has now been integrated with Apple’s own Weather…
Following a teaser that had fans extremely psyched, Netflix has dropped the official full trailer for The School of Good and Evil. Directed by Paul Feig, the adaptation of Soman Chainani’s beloved YA fantasy series hinges around friends Sophie (Sophie Anne Caruso) and Agatha (Sofia Wylie), who leave the village of Gavaldon to go to…
At the end of the day, all people really want in this life is good vibes. Of course, we mean that in the emotional/spiritual/mental way, but we also mean that in the very literal way — the vibrator way. And we can all but guarantee that investing in the latter will help boost the former….
Food is magical stuff. If it tastes good, we just can’t get enough. And we know we’re not alone in feeling this way. We all know that eating is one of life’s true great pleasures. In an ideal world, those who live to eat would have a bountiful selection of exciting ingredients and all the…
TL;DR: As of September 13, you can get the Mini 5-in-1 Type-C to USB Hub for just $19.99 instead of $48.99 — that’s a 59% discount. As devices seem to move toward streamlining out many of their I/O headers, you might be getting used to needing more options to connect. Whether you’re on the road…
“Sorry, I can’t make it today. Next week?” It was just a text — a friend cancelling on me for plans we had later that day. But I kept reading and re-reading it; continually dismantling the message and putting it back together again, analysing every letter, comma, and emoji for the things left unsaid. Why…
TL;DR: As of September 13, you can get the Wewatch Vision V30 SE Mini Projector for just $121.99 instead of $199.99 — that’s a 39% discount. As the weather gets cooler, backyard fun can get even cozier. So if you want to host your own fall movie night outside, you may want to consider an…
Each year, we bring you the most compelling microscopic videos from the annual Nikon Small World in Motion competition. And each year, the videos paint detailed pictures of entire worlds hidden with our own. This year’s winner is a stunning video by Dr. Eduardo E. Zattara from the National Scientific and Technical Research Council in…