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Google Play might be close to launching a section dedicated to selling audiobooks. 9to5Google has spotted a banner displayed in the Books section of the app market announcing its arrival. It was even promoting a 50 percent discount for your first audiobook purchase and apparently linked to a category distinct from Google Play Music, which […]
Enlarge / A cryptocurrency mining farm. (credit: Marco Krohn) Satori—the malware family that wrangles routers, security cameras, and other Internet-connected devices into potent botnets—is crashing the cryptocurrency party with a new variant that surreptitiously infects computers dedicated to the mining of digital coins. A version of Satori that appeared on January 8 exploits one or […]
Sports teams the world over are adding gamers to their rosters, but it’s particularly common in football. Manchester City FC signed its first eSports pro, Kieran “Kez” Brown, last summer, and today the club’s announced Marcus “ExpectSporting” Jorgensen (aka Marcuzo) has become the second pad warrior to join the squad. Jorgensen previously competed for Danish […]
There is a close connection between writing and gardening. Perhaps it’s to do with a shared joy in words: all those Latinate names appeal to people whose business is language. And gardening takes time and dedication, a parallel with writing a novel. One of the greatest 20th-century gardeners was Vita Sackville-West, a writer long before […]
Reuters/Lucas Jackson The market for cryptocurrencies is red-hot, and dozens of crypto-focused hedge funds are looking to get in on the action. Digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, are powered by distributed ledger technology and are not controlled by a centralized authority. The market for such currencies has exploded with over 800 coins on the market with […]
This week marked 20 years since Bloomsbury published J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter book, introducing a wizarding universe that would change the world. Here’s a selection of photos of some of the series’ most dedicated fans. Luke Williams, 29, told Reuters that his plans to do a graphic design course were scrapped when he found […]
– – The days of Rebel Blue Volvo wagons swilling gasoline and squirting oil into spinning turbos may be about to end. Volvo’s performance arm, Polestar, will now engineer an entirely new lineup of electrified vehicles that won’t wear the Volvo name. – Without revealing what its mysterious double-arrow logo represents, Volvo assures speed […]
The esports industry has been building up infrastructure, such as developing platforms for managing teams or launching an awards show. To capture the new ecosystem springing up around esports, GG Media Network is debuting 4Cast, a weekly esports show that will highlight news, industry trends, commentary on the latest tournaments, and other gaming-focused segments. 4Cast was developed in partnership with […]
Noreen Rodriguez, an assistant instructor at the University of Texas at Austin, was nominated for the OZY Educator Award by Mazher Ali, who wrote: “Noreen isn’t just a great teacher, she’s an archetype for who the modern, culturally curious and emotionally intelligent teacher should be.” Noreen Rodriguez, Texas I hated social studies as a kid, […]
The Walking Dead season seven came to a dramatic end last night in an action-packed episode that saw one beloved character bite the dust. As Sasha (played by Sonequa Martin-Green) met a grisly end, and Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) made a dramatic and emotional cameo, fans finally saw the beginning of the war between Alexandria and […]
