Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. The Bitcoin network is often touted as one of the most revolutionary forms of decentralized technology the world has ever seen. But for it to be decentralized, it needs a
Read MoreMicrosoft’s mixed-reality headset feels like an improvement on the original – but can it make the jump to the mainstream? Hands-on with Microsoft HoloLens 2: More comfortable, more intuitive and more potential Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThermal cameras are one of those tools that we all want, but just can’t justify actually buying. You don’t really know what you would do with one, and when even the cheap ones are a couple hundred dollars, it’s a bit out of the impulse buy territory. So you just keeping waiting and hoping that
Read MoreSome ideas are immortal. Take, for example, the humble Psion PDA. Although most people (rightly) thought it died in the early-2000’s, it’s since enjoyed an unlikely revival thanks to the efforts of British firm Planet Computers. Last year, the firm launched its Psion-inspired Gemini clamshell PDA (which we reviewed and liked), and is currently working
Read MoreSpaceX will launch an uncrewed rocket from the Kennedy Space Center early Saturday, an important test for NASA and the company. It comes at a time when controversy is swirling around company founder Elon Musk. NASA needs SpaceX to prove it can fly astronauts safely. Saturday’s test flight is called a ‘crucial step.’ Source: Washington
Read MoreHeadlines over the past several days have been dominated by stories about problematic content on major platforms, and the harrowing task of policing them. The most recent bit of news comes from YouTube, which noted that it’s now disabled comments of tens of millions of videos featuring minors, in an effort to prevent predatory behavior
Read MoreBy Marta Dawydzik and Andrea Hak Together with payments tech company Adyen, we set out in search of the most promising new startups across Europe and Israel based on their performance, growth, and potential. If you’ve been following our series, you’ll see we’ve already covered the best in tech from major hubs including Belgium, France,
Read MoreLast night, Tesla announced that it’s finally making its much-awaited $35,000 Tesla 3 sedan available for purchase. However, the most eye-catching part of the announcement wasn’t about the car, but about the company’s decision to move its sales exclusively online. CEO Elon Musk said that it took this decision in order to was to keep
Read MoreRumours about Facebook‘s potential entry into the world of cryptocurrency have been swirling around for months, but it now seems the technology giant is getting closer to launching its own coin. According to a New York Times report, published yesterday, Facebook, Telegram, and Signal are all reportedly working to get their cryptocurrencies to market. In
Read MoreFrom the Apple Watch Series 3 to the Fitbit Versa and all the new tech in-between, wearable tech has been taking over for quite a while now. As the wearable tech market grows, businesses are looking for opportunities to join in. To learn how to optimize a business for wearable success, we asked a panel
Read MoreIt’s just a study, but it could become reality for future amateur racers. Toyota Supra GT4 Concept races into our hearts in Geneva – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreHigh-capacity lithium batteries tend to make everything in life better. No longer must you interact with your fellow human beings if your car battery goes flat in the carpark. You can jump the car yourself, with a compact device that fits in your glovebox. [Big Clive] decided to pull one apart and peek inside, and
Read MoreAlnoor Peermohamed / The Economic Times: Indian grocery delivery startup Grofers raises ~$60M from SoftBank Vision Fund, as part of a larger Series F round in progress, reportedly at a $425M valuation — SoftBank has moved Grofers to its $100 billion Vision Fund. The Japanese group had earlier backed the e-grocer through its balance sheet.
Read MoreDavid Harbour has us seeing red as the Hellboy reboot heats up. Hellboy red band trailer waves a flaming sword at evil – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSometimes it’s necessary to make do with whatever parts one has on hand, but the results of squashing a square peg into a round hole are not always as elegant as [Juan Gg]’s programmable DC load with rotary encoder. [Juan] took a design for a programmable DC load and made it his own in quite
Read MoreFinextra Research: Revolut CFO Peter O’Higgins resigns this week in wake of allegations made against Revolut of allowing money laundering, and using dodgy hiring practices — The CFO of Revolut has resigned as the fintech unicorn makes headlines for all the wrong reasons, with allegations surface over serious lapses … Revolut CFO Peter O'Higgins resigns
Read MoreTake note HBO. Twitter will choose who sits on the Iron Throne in season 8. Kanye, Walter White sit on Iron Throne in remixed Game of Thrones posters – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrocontrollers are wonderfully useful things, but programming them can be a little daunting if you’re used to the simplicity of compiling for regular PCs. Over time though, this has become easier. Communities have strayed away from assembly code and created higher-level languages such as Micropython, to allow these devices to be programmed in a more
Read MoreDisney’s new Star Wars theme park experience will open this year. Here’s what we know. Inside Star Wars land: New food, rides, and gear details revealed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFeature could improve the health and civility of conversation on the site. Twitter testing feature that will let you hide replies to your tweets – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: LinkedIn suspends emails to connections when a European member has been mentioned in the news, after algorithm mixes up identities — LinkedIn has been forced to ‘pause’ a feature in Europe in which the platform emails members’ connections when they’ve been ‘mentioned in the news’. LinkedIn suspends emails to connections when
Read MoreSeason 8 has just begun, and there have been some big changes to your favorite battle royale island. Fortnite season 8: Everything you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJon Russell / TechCrunch: Thailand’s government passes cybersecurity bill that has been criticized for vagueness and the potential to give the government sweeping access to user data — Thailand’s government passed a controversial cybersecurity bill today that has been criticized for vagueness and the potential to enable sweeping access internet user data. Thailand's government passes
Read MoreThe robot apocalypse just got more adorable. MIT's backflipping Mini Cheetah robot is too cute to fear – CNET Source: CNet
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