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Beyond Ethereum: The battle to own blockchain's 'layer two'
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2018 21:10
GUEST: Ethereum -- as the current incumbent among general-purpose permissionless blockchains -- has to date offered the best resources, tooling, and incentives for developers to build on top of its protocol. ...
Four Most In-Demand Freelance Skills To Hone This Year
Forbes - 7 Jul 2018 19:46
To remain competitive, freelancers should constantly look into expanding and upgrading their skills. In the ever-changing job landscape, adaptability is the key to remaining an in-demand hire.
While everyone was focused on GDPR, the NIS Directive snuck in through the back door
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2018 19:25
GUEST: As we've seen from recent cyberattacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya -- which are generally attributed to North Korea and Russia respectively -- attacks on critical infrastructure can have a devastating impact on ...
Epic's epic monetization has it winning the battle of battle royales
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2018 15:00
GUEST: At the start of the year, one of the biggest questions in gaming was undoubtedly: “Who is going to win the battle of the royales between Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds?” After a brief period of p...
The Wizard casts a spinoff spell for mobile VR: Trials of Meliora
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2018 12:34
Carbon Studio's The Wizards is one of the more polished spellcasting games you can play in a VR headset, and now it's getting a mobile-based spinoff. The studio this week released The Wizards: Trials of Meliora for Oculu...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Edge, Fluent, display, and Registry Editor improvements
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2018 01:55
Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17711 from the RS5 branch. Among the changes are improvements to Edge, Fluent Design, display, and the Registry Editor.
Latin America's new video game federation has devs from 11 countries working together
Venture Beat - 7 Jul 2018 00:35
Latin America’s games market is poised to hit $5 billion this year, a thin slice of the hefty $137.9 billion generated worldwide (as market research firm Newzoo projects). Many of the countries in this region have thei...