Last week was big for crypto. The Coinbase IPO happened and the whole world seemed to wake up in recognition of crypto as an asset class. While this is a major step in

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I had a really interesting conversation with a software developer from Uganda this morning. We came in contact through a mutual friend in Dubai and the next thing you know we were chatting

Everything is a Story** **

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It’s pretty easy to get behind Net Neutrality when it’s positioned as fairness rules that are protecting the people from greedy corporations. Any one who opposes it is immediately met with suspicion. Why

Rumors are swirling that Apple will release wireless earbuds along side the iPhone 7 this year.

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It’s not uncommon to hear people try to predict what the hot jobs of the future are going to be. Everything from machine learning to big data are put in this group, but

This article has been updated, amplified, and refined to be included in an issue of 2600 Hacker Quarterly.

This article has been updated, amplified, and refined to be included in an issue of 2600 Hacker Quarterly.

William Gibson got the idea for the novel Neuromancer after seeing a bus stop poster for Apple. He began to imagine what this future would be like, when everybody lived inside a virtual

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