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The First Bitcoin Was Mined 9 Years Ago Today

On January 3, 2009, a person by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first Bitcoin. It was easy to mine, was worthless, and contained a hidden message. Nine years on and Bitcoin is the cryptocurrency everyone’s heard of, and each one is (at the time of writing) worth a small fortune. For the uninitiated… read more »

Google Finally Kills Google Talk After 12 Years

Google is retiring Google Talk, also known as Google Chat, after 12 long years of service. The company is urging Talk users to switch to Hangouts rather than the combination of Duo and Allo. Which suggests that Google still has one (or seven) too many messaging/chat apps on its books. Back in 2005, before WhatsApp,… read more »

Saturday Deals: Kickstart Your New Year’s Resolutions [UK]

It’s New Year’s Eve! No matter what you have planned for tonight, your thoughts may have already shifted to your New Year’s Resolutions. So with that in mind, we have gathered together some of the best Amazon UK Deals to get your New Year off to a great start. Polar Heart Rate Monitor & Sports… read more »

This App Shows What You Were Tweeting Up to 9 Years Ago

While Facebook makes it easy to delve into your social network memories with it’s On This Day feature, Twitter doesn’t have an equivalent feature or service. If you’re curious to see what you were tweeting in the past, you can either go the painful route of scrolling through your feed, search Twitter using a service… read more »

Yahoo! We Lost Your Data! Two Years Ago…

Web giant Yahoo has suffered an enormous data breach. The breach, which took place in 2014, resulted in the information of 500 million Yahoo users being offered for sale on the dark web. Image Credit: Ken Wolter via Shutterstock.com The scale of the theft dwarfs other recent, major data breaches, and places the security practices… read more »

The Easy Way to Catch Up on 50 Years of Star Trek

Star Trek is big. Like, really big. There have been six TV series totaling more than 700 episodes, 13 movies, and a whole host of companion novels, comics, and video games. Which all adds up to more Star Trek than you could hope to get through in years of hardcore binge-watching. In spite of, or… read more »

See How Many Years of Life You’re Losing to Addictions

We always hear about how addictions can shorten your lifespan, but that kind of talk has always been a bit too abstract for me. I know in the back of my mind that addictions are bad, but it’s hard to take it seriously. Which is why the Addiction Calculator by Omnicalculator is so eye-opening. Just… read more »

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