Bitcoin Gold Launches to Little Fanfare
The bitcoin gold (BTG) network activated on Sunday with the idealistic goal to “make bitcoin decentralized again” by blocking the use of ASIC miners, but …
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Litecoin, November 13
Bitcoin’s expected SegWit2x hard fork did not materialize, which led to large-scale dumping of the cryptocurrency. This awakened the sleeping giant, Bitcoin Cash, which surprised …
Boston Dynamics is still making creepy robots under SoftBank
Boston Dynamics is back with yet another freaky robot to haunt your nightmares. The company released a short video today (Nov. 13) showing off the …
The philosophy that’s making Netflix a go-to for challenging, underrepresented stories
Dee Rees’s new film Mudbound follows the intersecting lives of white landowners and black sharecroppers in post-World War II rural Mississippi. Based on the 2008 …
Researchers claim they’ve hacked Apple’s FaceID technology in a week
For everyone that’s just purchased an iPhone X, here’s a bit of potentially bad news. FaceID, the face-scanning technology used in the phone to detect …
Women are less likely to receive CPR than men
Women are less likely than men to receive CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests. Researchers believe it might …
Bill Gates invests $100 million in fighting Alzheimer’s
Bill Gates is investing $100 million of his personal fortune in research to find a cure for dementia and Alzheimer’s. The billionaire Microsoft co-founder announced on …
Madagascar plague death toll rises to 165
The plague death toll shows no sign of slowing as official figures reveal 165 have now lost their lives in Madagascar’s ‘worst outbreak in 50 …
Mother’s heartache after cradling her baby as he died
A mother has spoken about the devastating moment she discovered her cherished 11-month-old baby had stopped breathing and she was left to cradle him in …
Breathing in New Delhi’s smog is equivalent to smoking
Breathing in New Delhi’s deadly smog crisis is equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day as the city remains under a ‘pollution siege‘ for a …
An earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border has killed at least 170, and the toll is rising
An earthquake epicentered close to the Iran-Iraq border has killed at least 170 people so far and injured more than 1,500, according to the news …
A Unilever and Tata veteran lists six risks that upstart Patanjali must guard against
In the relatively staid fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in India, a boundary spanner has made a huge impact through the superb timing of entry …