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Duvet day at Monevator as we update our asset allocation quilt with another year’s worth of returns. The resulting patchwork reveals the fluctuating fortunes of the major asset classes across a decade, and invites a question… Could you predict the winners and losers from one year to the next? Asset allocation quilt 2025 Data from […]
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House last January, the biggest names in tech have mostly fallen in line with the new regime, attending dinners with officials, heaping praise upon the administration, presenting the president with lavish gifts, and pleading for Trump’s permission to sell their products to China. It’s been mostly business as […]
The first big outage of 2026 is here, as Verizon customers across the US, including several of our phones, complain that service has been spotty or nonexistent starting at around noon ET, with phones switching to SOS Mode and being unable to connect. This cell service outage follows a “software issue” that cut off service […]
The subscription economy helped boost mobile app revenues in 2025, even as app downloads declined for the fifth consecutive year, according to app intelligence firm Appfigures‘ annual report. In 2025, global downloads of all mobile apps and mobile games via the App Store and Google Play reached an estimated 106.9 billion, 2.7% lower than the […]
Home » Podcast Notes » C. Thi Nguyen: Enjoyment in activities shouldn’t be sacrificed for efficiency, the distinction between games and practical tasks is crucial, and social media’s gamification misrepresents engagement | Bankless Share this article Key takeaways Enjoyment in activities should not be sacrificed for efficiency or higher scores. Games are defined by voluntarily […]
CSS relative colour values are now widely supported. In this article, pioneering author and web designer Andy Clarke shares practical techniques for using them to theme and animate SVG graphics. I’ve recently refreshed the animated graphics on my website with a new theme and a group of pioneering characters, putting into practice plenty of the […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce has unveiled new export rules for shipments of advanced AI and HPC processors designed in America to China and Macau. However, while the new rules permit limited exports of specific accelerators — most notably AMD’s Instinct MI325X, Nvidia’s H200, and comparable lower-performance products — on a case-by-case basis, licenses are […]
Financial advisors held crypto allocations below 1% for years, treating Bitcoin as a speculative footnote rather than a portfolio component. That era is ending. According to Bitwise and VettaFi’s 2026 benchmark survey, 47% of advisor portfolios with crypto exposure now allocate more than 2%, while 83% cap exposure below 5%. The distribution tells a more […]
from the eyeballs-please dept We’ve always known the ultimate goal was to subject everyone to biometric collections, whether it’s at border crossings or international airports. At some point, the tech will move inland and become an annoying part of traveling from Point A to B because national security or whatever the fuck. The acceleration was […]
TL;DR Samsung is updating its Gaming Hub app, allowing users to discover games based on other titles they play. Gaming Hub will also bring new features to track achievements and compare them against those of other players. The update also brings YouTube videos featuring gameplays, guides, and other content from gaming creators. While gaming on […]
