Don't expect cryptocurrency miners to stop buying up the best graphics cards any time soon. Reuters today reported that the cryptocurrency market cap surpassed $2 trillion, a new record, as the prices for Bitcoin, Ethereum and other coins attract the attention of more investors. According to Coindesk ,Bitcoin pricing hit a 24-hour high of $59,243 at time of writing. That doesn't quite match the cryptocurrency's all-time high price of $61,556 but it was still a 1.21% increase over the previous day and a sign of the coin's stability. Bitcoin can maintain a $1 trillion market cap all on its own if its price stays above $53,000, Reuters said. Coindesk's price info shows that it's been hovering around that threshold since mid-February and hasn't dropped below it since March 8. Bitcoin wasn't the only coin contributing to this $2 trillion market cap, however. Ethereum reached its all-time highest price of $2,144 on Friday; it's sitting at $2,106 at time of writing. Other … [Read more...] about Cryptocurrency Market Cap Passes $2 Trillion as Ethereum Prices Reach All-Time High
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Nvidia’s Reflex Technology Beats AMD’s Radeon Boost Counterpart: Report
Last year, in a bid to increase system responsiveness in competitive video games, both Nvidia and AMD released new technologies to reduce input lag for improved system performance: Nvidia's Reflex Low Latency and AMD's Radeon Boost. Both Nvidia and AMD say their respective technologies' performance gains are significant, but how true is that really? Fortunately, YouTuber Battle(non)sense recently published a full rundown of both technologies and compared them side by side to see how they actually perform. How Do These Low Latency Boosters Work? Latency can be reduced with two methods: First, by increasing your frame rate, and second, by optimizing the pipeline between the CPU and the GPU. AMD's Radeon Boost uses the first method to improve frame rates. Radeon Boost will intelligently reduce your in-game resolution, only while there's motion, to spike your frame rate super high to give you a lower input latency. If you're just standing still and not moving your mouse, your … [Read more...] about Nvidia’s Reflex Technology Beats AMD’s Radeon Boost Counterpart: Report
Passing the $1 trillion mark, Bitcoin is almost as big as Google
The price of Bitcoin has surged in recent days, sending the cryptocurrency value soaring. With a high value of $53,750 per coin as traded on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange, the combined value of all existing coins is now $1 trillion dollars. This means that Bitcoin’s market capitalization rivals some of the top and most well-known technology companies, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is valued at $1.42 trillion, for comparison, putting Bitcoin within striking distance of it if the cryptocurrency’s price continues to rise, while Amazon’s current market capitalization is $1.67 trillion and Microsoft’s value sits at $1.82 trillion. At $1 trillion, Bitcoin’s market value when counting all the coins in circulation, is double what the currency’s value was at the start of 2021. At the beginning of the year, Bitcoin was at $500 million. So in a little more than two months time, Bitcoin’s combined earn market value is nearly the … [Read more...] about Passing the $1 trillion mark, Bitcoin is almost as big as Google
NFTs and the explosive rebirth of artificial scarcity
Making a living from music is tough. Live events haven’t exactly been buzzing over the past year, physical media sales are largely in freefall, and — unless you’re a Drake or a Taylor Swift — streaming revenue is probably more of a drip than a stream. For more than a decade — 4,450-something days to be precise — Jonathan Mann has been steadily plugging away at his career as a musician. In addition to doing corporate gigs and commissions, he writes and posts a Song A Day on YouTube. He’s attracted a decent amount of attention from this but, like the overwhelming majority of artists, it’s still a grind to find ways to monetize his talent. A couple of years ago, Mann learned about CryptoPunks, a project carried out by a pair of technologist-artists who posted and sold a set of 10,000 unique characters on the Ethereum blockchain, with no two figures quite alike. He was fascinated. What if, Mann wondered, he took his first year of Song A Day songs, 365 in all, and put them on the … [Read more...] about NFTs and the explosive rebirth of artificial scarcity
The best simulation games for the iPhone
Whether you’re a fan of simulation games — games where you pretend to do things you could do in real life, from driving a truck to managing an ice cream stall — or not, there’s no denying they’re the perfect escape. Score points by flinging a goat around, become a long-haul trucker, or develop and run a farm — all from the comfort of your couch. There’s a plethora of simulation games out there to choose from, so how do you choose between the downright awesome games and those that are not so great ? We know download regret is real, so we’ve picked some of the best simulation games for the iPhone, which means you don’t have to waste time browsing the app store. There’s something for everyone on our list, from animal-themed sims to games that let you experience what life’s really like inside Fallout ‘s Vaults. Not in the mood for a simulation game? Check out our roundup of the best iPhone games instead. Don’t Trip! Walking simulators are always fun, but none more so than … [Read more...] about The best simulation games for the iPhone