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Apps on Blockchains or dApps - Solana Polygon Vs Ethereum Hosting
What are dApps? In the simplest of terms, a dApp is a decentralized application. But what does that mean? A dApp is an app that runs on a decentralized network or on a blockchain. This could be a blockchain, a peer-to-peer network, or even the internet. The great thing about dApps is that they are not controlled by any single entity.
By Clarence Burke3 years ago in Futurism
Skyline Drive Podcast Premieres
A podcast on astrology? Really? How about a podcast on phrenology? Or alchemy? For many, astrology is that belief that tends to mark an acolyte as someone “a little bit out there.”
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in Futurism
How AI Art Has Fueled My Human Creativity
Many images spring to mind when Artificial Intelligence is brought up. Skynet, robots taking over humanity, humanity losing what it means to be human, WILL SMITH?? Well a new form of A.I. is taking over and all it wants to do is take your words and turn them into artwork.
By Eric Bloom3 years ago in Futurism
Christopher Eccleston to Return to 'Doctor Who' With David Tennant for 60th Anniversary
23rd November is always an exciting day for Doctor Who fans- it is of course "Doctor Who Day". 59 years ago, the hit BBC Sci-Fi show launched on BBC One, and since its launch has become a global hit ever since.
By Lewis Jefferies3 years ago in Futurism
Class is BACK in session at Big Finish!
Today marks the sixth anniversary of the first broadcast of the Doctor Who spin-off, Class. The highly-acclaimed drama, which originally began on BBC Three on 22 October 2016, followed the students of Coal Hill Academy struggling with the stresses of adolescence while fending off alien threats!
By Ted Ryan3 years ago in Futurism
SuperBowl LVII
Rihanna navy fans, the hour has come! our fearless leader is gracing the stage at the biggest sporting event in the world: Super Bowl LIII. That's right, the "Work" singer will be performing at the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show on Sunday, Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium in Arizona.
By Pam Zee3 years ago in Futurism
Apocalypse Culture (1988)
"Pod People aspire to a manicured destiny--soft, serene, controlled, filtering any information that does not impinge on their pre-fab gestalt. Their retreat from reality is tempered with enough minor but manageable worries and decisions to negotiate boredom and furnish the mirage of individual mastery. These narcoleptics find sublimity in a jar o mayonnaise. As a consequence of the atrophy of the survival instinct, the Pod People can only breed monsters. The disenfranchised offspring, along with an entire ageless class of human discards, know only that they are doomed."--Adam Parfrey, Apocalypse Culture, (1988)
By Tom Baker4 years ago in Futurism
Using The Right Hashtags To Promote Your Business On TikTok
The popularity of TikTok is skyrocketing at an incredible rate. It is one of the social media apps that is used the most frequently because it has more than 1.2 billion monthly active users.
By Estalontech4 years ago in Futurism
Vertical Video Byte Dance Income Stream
Are you interested in making use of the vertical video option? You really ought to be! The structure of short-form videos was helpful to a large number of independent creators who wanted to reach a wider audience.
By Estalontech4 years ago in Futurism
The Metaverse Kinda Sucks, Bro.. Top Story - September 2022.
Imagine a world where you wake up in your penthouse apartment, 90 stories above the ground. It’s homely, modern, and warm against the neon blues that paint the city outside.
By Justin Boyette4 years ago in Futurism
Mourning Star
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. That's all I wanted now, to drift quietly into the sound of nothing. I had searched for that abyss here on earth but 2022 had evolved our planet into one giant satellite that could stream a steady kind of tinnitus you could actually feel. There were no more places one could dwell among the mountaintops and contemplate the Now. There was only the perpetual buzz of communications resonating through the Social Registry chip implanted in every citizen's molar. I needed to find fluent silence.
By Nancy Turner4 years ago in Futurism
The Simulation Hypothesis and Possible Variants
In the most common and discussed version of the simulation hypothesis all of reality is nothing more than an ultra sophisticated computer program. This includes not only everything that makes up what we consider to be the universe but also ourselves. We exist in the simulation and are also simulated beings. I will call this protypical version of the simulation hypothesis SH1. (pretty imaginative for a simulation right?) There are a few possible variants of SH1 that we might imagine.
By Everyday Junglist4 years ago in Futurism