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Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s 2020 In Tech – Bitcoin Magazine

Seemingly undisturbed by 2020’s craziness, and largely unfazed by bitcoin’s wild price swings that concluded with new all-time highs in December, Bitcoin’s technical community continues to plow ahead. Bitcoin’s software and the many projects around it were gradually improved throughout the year, as software was optimized, bugs fixed and privacy leaks patched. The bulk of […]

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Andriod

PSA: Adobe Flash is finally dead and buried

It’s the last day of the year which means it’s time to say goodbye to the much-maligned (some might say malignant) Adobe Flash which is officially obsolete on modern browsers. Adobe has finally ceased support for Flash and is informing users of the platform’s demise. Chromium-based browsers such as Chrome and Edge include native Flash […]

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Apple

Apple purges 46,000 apps from China App Store over lack of licenses

Apple has continued its China App Store purge, with the company pulling a record-breaking 46,000 apps in one day to fall in line with licensing requirements in the country.
The one-day purge is Apple’s single largest removal in one day, likely to meet the December 31 requirement set by the China government.
According to […]

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Computering

Give your Eleventy Site Superpowers with Environment Variables

Eleventy is increasing in popularity because it allows us to create nice, simple websites, but also — because it’s so developer-friendly. We can build large-scale, complex projects with it, too. In this tutorial we’re going to demonstrate that expansive capability by putting a together a powerful and human-friendly environment variable solution. What are environment variables? […]

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Autos

The 1986 Lands Precedent Sportswagon, Ultimate Obscure Luxury Van Time

A gray, two-tone shape crossed the screen of my phone. What followed was one of those moments where one has no idea how to identify the thing upon which they are gazing. The Facebook ad was titled “1986 Other Other,â€� but what was it? Presenting the Lands Precedent Sportswagon, from 1986. It’s a bit difficult […]

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Apple

Comment: a look back at my favorite Apple hardware of 2020 [Video]

Despite the unique circumstances presented by being in the midst of a global pandemic, Apple had one of its busiest, and arguably most productive years in recent memory. In this hands-on video, I take a look back at my favorite Apple hardware releases of 2020. Magic Keyboard for iPad It seems like forever ago, but […]

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