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How to talk to your Mom and Dad about Bitcoin on Thanksgiving

sudshr47 November 22, 2017

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“What is this Bitcoin thing?” says your mother as she passes you a hefty bowl of mashed sweet potatoes.

Dad pauses, mid-nibble on a turkey leg to chime in, “Yeah, is that real money?”

Oh God, they want to have The Talk.

Don’t be surprised if you’re confronted with similar questions as you and millions of other digitally savvy millennials and Gen Zers trudge back home for the annual Thanksgiving Day meal.

It’s a time to reconnect with family and for family to try and pick your brain about all the culture and new-fangled technology they still don’t understand. Read more…

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FriendO, a quiz app with NSFW questions, goes viral with teens

sudshr47 November 21, 2017

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There’s a new “quiz app” going viral with teens that’s a lot more NSFW than tbh.

Called FriendO, the app lets users compete in “quizzes” to find out who their “real friends” are — and teens are going crazy for it.

Sort of like a non-anonymous version of tbh, which Facebook acquired last month, FriendO has been climbing up the App Store charts over the last month.

The app has a number of “categories” that friends can quiz each other on, such as what their favorite foods and sports are, or other personality traits. Users take turns answering questions about each other, and they’re then ranked in an in-app leaderboard, which shows their scores.  Read more…

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Bitcoin is about to grow even bigger, using your money (and you won’t even know it)

sudshr47 November 20, 2017

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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they invest in you.

That’s the scene that bitcoin investors and enthusiasts are facing. After years as an underground digital currency and a running joke in the world of finance, bitcoin is suddenly attracting attention from the people who once called it a scam: the big institutions of finance, who collectively control trillions of dollars.

And it might not even be a matter of “if.” It’s now just a matter of “when.”

“The institutionalization of this space is coming. It’s coming pretty quick,” former hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz said at a recent conference.  Read more…

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Elon Musk suggests the new Roadster could get a ‘rocket’ car upgrade package

sudshr47 November 19, 2017

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Always a fan of theatrics, Elon Musk unveiled a surprise new Roadster at Tesla’s Semi Truck event on Thursday night. 

And though the unexpected rollout already has tech media talking, Musk threw another detail into the mix on Sunday, claiming on Twitter that the Roadster might (big emphasis on “might,” here), as an upgrade option, have the limited ability to fly.

As Musk teased on Twitter: “Not saying the next gen Roaster special upgrade package *will* definitely enable it to fly short hops, but maybe…”

Not saying the next gen Roadster special upgrade package *will* definitely enable it to fly short hops, but maybe …

Certainly possible. Just a question of safety. Rocket tech applied to a car opens up revolutionary possibilities.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2017 Read more…

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