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Windows 10 October Update 2018 Is Already Available With New Features

The new Windows 10 October Update 2018 is already available. Microsoft kicks off the general public deployment of this new October Update 2018 (version 1809) as it did it with the April Update (version 1803). Namely, the update is done in two stages with the first phase involving the manual installation of the update.

Windows 10 October Update 2018 would be available for automatic installation next week

By manually checking (searching) for the update in Windows Update, users can already obtain Windows 10 October Update 2018. This possibility is intended for advanced users, however.

On the other hand, for the regular user, the deployment of Windows 10 October Update 2018 will be done automatically via Windows Update starting with next week.

The new October Update 2018 for Windows 10 brings the new Your Phone app

The release of Windows 10 October 2018 Update is accompanied by the “Your Phone” application to access messages, photos, smartphone notifications and send SMS from the PC. Syncing it with your phone, the app will allow you to drag and drop recent images into Office and Windows applications from a smartphone.

Also, soon, Microsoft would add another feature to allow users to display their smartphone screens on the computer screen. The possibilities will be more extensive with an Android smartphone than with an iPhone.

Windows 10 October Update 2018 also introduces DirectX Raytracing

The October 2018 update of Windows 10 brings Fluent Design, a dark theme for the File Explorer, scaling on-screen text separately from the rest of the system, a Screen Sketch screenshot tool, and cloud clipboard, among others. With the Storage Sense Wizard, old unused files saved in the cloud can be automatically deleted from the device by they would remain available online.

Also, note that Windows 10 October Update 2018 marks the arrival of DirectX Raytracing (DXR) technology to take advantage of ray tracing technology as with Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards.

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Games

Nintendo Switch Online To Get Three New Classic NES Games Soon

Nintendo Switch Online is already live and, although this means a restriction of the multiplayer that until now had been free on Nintendo Switch, the reality is that we are also facing a service with exciting advantages to reach the users, such as the ability to save our data in the cloud. Another one of the Nintendo Switch Online features is the access to a virtual library full of games of the classic NES video games, which also expand over time. So, finally, we know the first three classic NES game that will soon roll out on Nintendo Switch Online.

Nintendo Switch Online is up and running

Announced for a long time now, finally, Nintendo Switch Online reached Nintendo fans. The platform is allowing gamers to connect to a cloud where they can save their in-game save files, among others. Also, Nintendo Switch Online grant subscribers access to a classic NES games catalog.

“The NES fun doesn’t have to stop! More NES games are coming to Nintendo Switch. NES Open Tournament Golf, Solomon’s Key, and Super Dodge Ball will be available with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. Subscribe now and start playing on 10/10,” announced Nintendo America on Twitter.

Three classic NES games to reach Nintendo Switch Online soon

As we can see above, the novelties that will land in the classic NES games catalog on Nintendo Switch are none other than NES Open Tournament Golf, Solomon’s Key, and Super Dodge Ball.

While NES Open Tournament Golf and Super Dodge Ball are two game titles that launched on NES in 1991, Solomon’s Key is a classic puzzle game which was initially developed in 1986 for recreational purposes. However, a port for NES and Commodore 64 was released in 1987 and boosted the game’s popularity.

Ultimately, you should keep in mind that the classic NES games catalog on Nintendo Switch Online will be expanded by Nintendo on a regular basis, as the company announced earlier this year.

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Crypto News

We’ll Soon Celebrate 10 Years of Bitcoin (BTC) and Blockchain Technology

A decade after the birth of the Bitcoin (BTC) protocol, there are still many unknowns around this technology and its benefits. Is the blockchain technology today what it promised it would be in its first days of existence?

Since blockchain technology emerged in 2009 with Bitcoin (BTC), the interest in this technology has not stopped increasing. Experts affirm that it will be the next industrial revolution, the era of the Internet of value. A blockchain is nothing more than a database that is distributed among different participants, cryptographically encrypted and organized in blocks of transactions mathematically related to each other.

The first blockchain was the Bitcoin (BTC) one, launched in 2009. But how is it now, almost ten years later? In its latest edition, The Economist has included a special report on this technology, saying that “Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies are useless.”

It wasn’t supposed to work that way, The Economist says. Bitcoin (BTC) emerged after the 2008 global financial crisis, as a kind of techno-anarchist project to empower and protect people who shared a deep distrust of governments, banks, and big trusts. Its original objective was the creation of a popular currency as an alternative global financial system that is controlled by governments and banks. In short, Bitcoin (BTC) is a decentralized project.

A decade later, Bitcoin (BTC) and blockchain technology are hardly used for their purposes set in their first days of life

Relatively few suppliers accept Bitcoin (BTC), disillusioned by their volatility and grim reputation. Its decentralized nature and mining-based working environment make it slow as this blockchain handles less than ten transactions per second which is very really sluggish compared to the tens of thousands of transactions per second conducted by existing payment networks or other blockchain technologies, as well.

While the infrastructure based on Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain is highly secure, crypto exchanges that handle the conversion of this digital asset into fiat money have been repeatedly hacked over the ten years of Bitcoin (BTC) and blockchain technology existence.

As for the blockchain technology that supports Bitcoin (BTC)and almost all the other cryptocurrencies, “the advantages of blockchains are often oversold,” said The Economist.

While we know that the cryptocurrencies market is more and more attractive to investors, it’s volatility is one of the main challenges someone has to tackle when putting money on cryptos. Blockchain technology, on the other hand, is a very promising solution in comparison with the conventional payment system, even though it’s slower at the moment.

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Crypto News

Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople Update To Deploy On The Blockchain On October 9th

The Ethereum (ETH) developers community met and reached an agreement to apply the Constantinople hard fork to the Ethereum Ropsten TestNet from block 4.200.000. The objective of implementing this update in a test network is to minimize the possible risks associated with this type of forks. The agreement was total, and the proposal was accepted without inconvenience. Thus, the tentative date of application of the hard fork would be October 9th, taking into account the current block generation speed. The fork will also be made in Kovan, from block 9.200.000.

Jameson Hudson moderated the meeting, and the co-creator of Ethereum (ETH), Vitalik Buterin, participated, although he did not offer more information.

Let’s remember that EIP 1013, Constantinople, created on April 20th, 2017, by Nick Savers, will allow for the transition of the Ethereum network consensus from Proof of Work to Proof of Participation. The beginning of Constantinople marks the end of the first phase of Metropolis, a planned hard fork for the development of the network.

This update will help the network to solve its scalability problems, according to its own developers, lowering the commissions for the transactions made in it by increasing the efficiency of the blockchain.

Constantinople to deploy on Ethereum (ETH) blockchain on October 9th

Additionally, they discussed the status of Prog PoW, a working test algorithm designed to “close the efficiency gap available to specialized ASICs.” The goal is to extend the lifespan of Ethereum (ETH) mining equipment. According to Kristy-Leigh Minehan, the code is ready.

However, the dev assured that until the community demonstrates a real interest in implementing the algorithm, the team will not advance further in its application throughout the network, since it involves a considerable investment that might not be included in the implementation of the hard fork.

“Until then I don’t think it’s worth wasting work hours or money on a project that could be ignored,” the dev said during the meeting.

In another meeting held this year, the team of developers decided to reduce Ethereum (ETH) mining and delay the application of the hardship pump on the network, to revalue the cryptocurrencies, in the middle of a tough year for ETH, especially concerning the fall in its price.

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Crypto News

StellarX Decentralized Exchange, Running with Stellar (XLM), Launched Offering Many Crypto Trading Options

The StellarX decentralized exchange, based on the Stellar (XLM) cryptocurrency, announced the public launch of its exchange platform and the reimbursement of commissions generated from transactions. In its blog, the startup explained that the open source platform seeks to position itself as a “real link with fiduciary currencies” for the purchase of cryptos or vice versa.

The aspect that stands out most at the start of StellarX is that the company will reimburse the commissions between the participants of the exchanges.

“Using StellarX costs nothing. We do not charge any fees and even reimburse all network costs, something that no other decentralized exchange can match. All the time you have exclusive control of your assets, so whenever there is interest, it is yours,” stated StellarX.

To achieve this, Christian Rudder, co-creator of StellarX, explained that the operations and orders are running on the native Stellar (XLM) cryptocurrency. Rudder also recalled that Stellar (XLM) consensus mechanism requires neither “work” nor “participation,” so it does not use user capital to operate. “Therefore, we don’t need its capital to work either,” the developer emphasized.

StellarX decentralized exchange, based on Stellar (XLM), offers many trading options

By targeting not only cryptocurrencies but also fiar money and any other assets of the traditional economy such as bonds, stocks or real estate, StellarX decentralized exchange, based on Stellar (XLM)), seeks to focus its business model to a broader area. That is how they plan to apply the correct protocol to digitize the respective fields.

Rudder placed particular emphasis on positioning StellarX as a bridge between cryptocurrencies and fiat money. That is why the platform, according to the company, allows users to charge their account with US Dollars from any bank account across the United States.

In this case, interested persons can deposit funds into the application via the Automated Clearing House (ACH). StellarX also trades crypto tokens for Euros, Philippine pesos, the Nigerian naira, the Chinese yuan, the Hong Kong Dollar, and GBP, besides the USD.

The announcement by the StellarX decentralized exchange follows the model of the Robinhood crypto trading application which allows its users to invest in different US stock markets. On that occasion, it was reported that the first batch of users would enjoy zero commissions on the purchase and sale of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).

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