Bitcoin at $19,800 and Everyone Suddenly Has an Opinion
Bitcoin flirted with $19,800 today just as CME's futures contract went live, and suddenly everyone from my brother-in-law to my mom has an opinion about it.
Disney Buys Fox, and Also I Saw a Space Movie
Disney's $52.4 billion deal for Fox is really a streaming and IP-rights story wearing a Hollywood suit, and it happened the same week as a certain space movie opened.
The Bitcoin I Forgot About, And The Website That Won't Load
I forgot I had a little bit of Bitcoin from 2013, remembered this week when the price went insane, and then couldn't actually log into Coinbase to do anything about it.
Bitcoin Miners Ate My Graphics Card Upgrade
Tried to buy a new graphics card this week and discovered bitcoin's price surge has quietly wiped out the midrange GPU market. A shopping trip turned into a rant.
I Tried to Buy $50 of Bitcoin and Coinbase Just Died
A $50 Bitcoin purchase turned into a saga of frozen orders and dead spinners as Coinbase buckled under this week's price surge past $11,000.
The Root Bug Patch Broke My File Sharing
Apple's emergency fix for the macOS root login bug also broke file sharing for some of us. Here's what happened on my machine and how I fixed it.
Amazon Announced SageMaker Today and I Still Just Want a Cheap Box
Amazon used today's re:Invent keynote to launch SageMaker and a $249 camera called DeepLens, and I spent the whole livestream thinking about how little of it I actually need.
Uber Knew for a Year and Said Nothing
Uber admitted today that it covered up a 2016 breach affecting 57 million users for over a year, paying hackers $100,000 to stay quiet. Some thoughts on the driver's license numbers and my own password habits.
The Fork That Got Called Off
SegWit2x got cancelled last Wednesday and instead of a quiet news day, Bitcoin Cash spent the weekend briefly overtaking Ethereum while bitcoin itself whipsawed a couple thousand dollars.
Why I'm Skipping the iPhone X Launch
The iPhone X launched Friday and everyone lined up. I stayed home with my iPhone 7 and some opinions about the price, Face ID, and a much bigger document leak nobody's talking about.
The Pixel 2 XL Screen Thing Is Kind Of A Mess
Google's $849 Pixel 2 XL has been out a week and reviewers keep finding the same screen problems. I almost bought one anyway.
The KRACK Patch Checklist Nobody Wants to Do
A week after the KRACK WPA2 flaw went public, heres what actually patching your router, phone, and dumb IoT gear looks like in practice.