Millions of cryptocurrency investors have been scammed out of massive sums of real money. In 2018, losses from cryptocurrency-related crimes amounted to US$1.7 billion. The criminals use both old-fashioned and new-technology tactics to swindle their marks in schemes based on digital currencies exchanged through online databases called blockchains.
In this week’s Light Start, we’ve got a whole lotta space – thanks to both Bezos and Musk, as well as Netflix with I am Mother. Also: Batwoman.
Imagine the day when you’ll unroll or unfold your smartphone to answer it. If things go to plan, this day may be sooner than you think. And we’re not just talking flip-phones here, but smartphones where the actual screens are flexible, not just the handset.
A sister company of Google, Alphabet’s Wing Aviation, just got federal approval to start using drones for commercial delivery. Amazon’s own drone-delivery program is ready to launch as well. As drones take flight, the world is about to get a lot louder – as if neighborhoods were filled with leaf blowers, lawn mowers and chainsaws.
Last night Ubisoft announced (officially) the newest entry in their open-world Ghost Recon series. Titled Ghost Recon Breakpoint, the sequel to 2017’s Ghost Recon Wildlands will transport players to a fictional location to do battle with some fictional weapons. And, yeah, and the Punisher.
A blue moon, if you’re being technically correct (the best kind of correct), is the second full moon to appear in a single calendar month. A Blue Moon, though, is the lunar lander unveiled by Amazon head and Blue Origin founder, Jeff Bezos.
Google’s annual I/O generally includes a focus on either hardware or software, but this year we got a healthy combination of the two.
We’re huge fans of the John Wick series of films and with the third film, John Wick 3: Parabellum, dropping a little later this month it’s a good time to announce a game. Which is just what Good Shepherd Entertainment and Bithell Games have gone and done. Called John Wick Hex, it’s a… strategy game? Seriously?
You might think that the upcoming Spider-Man: Far From Home is going to be a light-hearted affair. And, since Spider-Man is in it, you’d mostly be right. But there’s the little matter of the event of Avengers: Endgame to contend with. Yes, Tom Holland prefaces this trailer with a warning about Endgame spoilers and they’re… substantial. If you’ve managed to avoid spoilers so far, take Tom’s advice and avoid watching the trailer below.
What happens when you combine Bus Simulator 18 with classic mobile game Snake? We’d like to think that you’d wind up with something like Snakeybus, a game so delightfully bonkers that we can’t stop watching the trailer. We suspect that we probably wouldn’t be able to stop watching someone play thing one. And as for playing it ourselves… headsplosion.