Month December 2017

There is nothing more frustrating than trying to record something meaningful with your smartphone, only to realize that you should have just done the sensible thing and bought a mic. I can’t say that I’ve had the fortune of researching…

Bitcoin soared from $16,000 a coin on Coinbase’s GDAX exchange to more than $19,500 in less than three hours Thursday. Coinbase said its site was down for some users because of record-high traffic. Bitcoin was trading at $15,398 a coin…

Are you longing to bring the holiday spirit to your most private parts? Now you can, thanks to the folks at MysteryVibe.  Today they’re releasing a new set of vibrations for their Crescendo device that play along with all your…

Sia responds on Twitter to article questioning the ethics of putting child dancer in the limelight Sia (left) performs with dancer Maddie Ziegler (right).Image: John Salangsang/Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock By Isobel Hamilton2017-12-07 13:21:54 UTC The singer Sia is now known for her iconic…

Getty Image Another day in December, another end of the year list. We already checked out the best places to work, the most viral videos, Google Play and Spotify’s many lists, the most re-tweeted tweets, and the most-liked Instagram posts…

Photo by VTT Studio via Shutterstock The holidays cause some anxiety in my house: My husband and I are both somewhat undisciplined in our spending, and previous Januaries have arrived with credit-card bills so disturbingly large that I’ve wondered if…

Ledger Nano S It seems like every few months we hear what’s basically the same story about someone who bought a bunch of bitcoin but lost access to it once the cryptocurrency became really valuable. The latest, from Engadget, tells…

Well that escalated quickly… Just a few hours ago, Bitcoin surged above $13,000 and now, on notable volume, it has reached the stunning $14,000 level… up 20% today… The real surge began at 1715ET… For those keeping track, this is…

I’ve been asked about Bitcoin a lot lately. I’ haven’t written anything about it because I find myself in an uncomfortable place in agreeing with the mainstream media: It’s a bubble. Bitcoin started out as what I’d call “millennial gold”…