Author: Henry R. Lares

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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Crypto News

Nano (NANO) Can Be Purchased at a Significant Discount in Light of Recent BitGrail Hack Attack

Investing money in cryptocurrencies is as risky business because it’s nearly impossible to tell when an altcoin’s price will go up or down. Therefore, we advise all cryptocurrency enthusiasts to never invest more than they can lose. Nonetheless, Nano is making headlines today because its price has taken a drastic dip during these past couple of days. The reason why Nano’s price is down is directly related to the BitGrail controversy.

The BitGrail Controversy

In case you didn’t know, recent reports are showing that a group of hackers managed to steal 15 million of XRB tokens via the BitGrail exchange. This means that $150 million worth of XRB tokens were stolen from investors and this led to people losing their trust in Nano and the developers who are in charge of it.

Directed Acyclic Graph Architecture

On the bright side of things, analysts are reporting that if we omit the BitGrail hacker attack, Nano is a great altcoin to invest in, especially when it comes to blockchain technology. Nano is the first ever altcoin to utilize the Directed Acyclic Graph block lattice architecture and this is quite important because it gives Nano an edge over its competition.

The Directed Acyclic Graph architecture makes it possible for Nano to feature faster transactions than other altcoins who are using older architectures such as Bitcoin for example. Fast transactions make Nano an ideal payment altcoin, but things get even better than this.

No Fees

The main reason why Nano is such a great payment altcoin is because it doesn’t charge any fees. Therefore, investors who are looking to perform fast transactions without having to worry about fees should consider giving Nano a try. In addition, Nano’s price is currently lower than usual, and this means that investors can purchase it at a significant discount.

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Games News

Clash of Clans Essential Defensive Strategies To Dominate The World

Even though Clash of Clans was released back in 2012, there are still many new players who join in every day. Clash of Clans offers a fun gameplay experience that despite first appearances, it’s quite complex. The game features lots of troops and buildings that players can use to create strategies in order to defeat their foes and support their Clan members in times of war.

On the downside of things, the game might seem a little bit challenging to new players since veteran players have already figured out what type of strategies to use. Therefore, today we are going to give Clash of Clans fans a quick rundown on how to defend themselves.

Defensive Structures

The first thing that new Clash of Clans players need to do is to achieve Town Hall level 3. The reason why this is so important is because Town Hall 3 gives players access to three of the most important defensive structures: the archer tower, the cannon and the mortar.

While these defensive structures might seem basic, cleverly placing them around the Town Hall will provide great defense, especially against troops such as archers and barbarians. In addition, players should try and build lots of cannons since they offer an all-ground defense.

Building Walls

As the city starts growing, Clash of Clans players will find that there are some buildings which they need to protect more than others and here is where walls come in. Even though they might be the most basic defense structure, we advise new players to try and get creative with them like building mazes for example. A great tip we have for Clash of Clans players who are looking to take their battle strategies to the next level is to put down many walls at the same time because they don’t take any time to build.

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News Tech

iOS 11.3.1 Jailbreak Available to Download from Houdini Beta 3

Houdini beta 3 was released by the software developer, the program is available for everyone now, bringing iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak.

Houdini beta 3 is the first iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak solution currently available, allowing for the iOS 11.2 to be used for those who are interested. Houdini beta 3 does not come with Cydia support, but you can even make iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak to customize your iPhone and iPad with other pre-installed features.

Basically, Houdini beta 3 is not an extremely useful jailbreak solution, but it is the first to allow iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch at the moment. Houdini beta 3 also has a list of changes for iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak that you can see below, showing the changes the developer has managed to do. Despite this, implementing support for iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak and iOS 11.2 is an impressive achievement.

Houdini beta 3 is available on this page if you are interested in using the solution.

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News Tech

iOS 12 vs. iOS 11.4 – Performances are Lacking On The New Model

iOS 12 is the first version of iOS that offers support for mobile phones over 5 years old, with the iPhone 5S being the phone that has been receiving support for so long along with some iPad models. In the video below we have a comparison of 7 iPhone models of running iOS 12 and iOS 11.4, and the second operating system starts faster.

iOS 12 is not faster than iOS 11.4 even when it comes to unlocking Face ID, and the situation is no different in the case of Touch ID, so until now Apple’s promises are quite a lie. In terms of opening the camera, the iOS 12 opens it slightly faster than iOS 11.4, much the same for other applications, but the differences are minor. iOS 12 was presented by Apple with high percentage gains in performance when it comes to opening applications, but in reality, promises are not seen.

iOS 12 is slightly faster than iOS 11.4 in some situations when the first access is made, but at second access things are no longer the same, so overall it’s unlikely to feel the world’s performance boost. Despite this, the fact that Apple has promised a big increase in performance for iOS 12 will “convince” some that this has happened, although so far it does not.

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News Tech

Google Chrome vs. Firefox Quantum – Which One Is Faster and Worth Downloading?

Firefox’s newest web browser, named Firefox Quantum, was launched in November last year. We’re going to take a look at it and compare it with Google Chrome, in order to see which is the best.

Chrome has definitely gained a lot of popularity since 2008, the year of its debut. Nowadays, due to its speed, most of the people on the internet prefer Google Chrome over Firefox, which is not the „default” browser anymore. However, Quantum is now trying to attract users by offering even greater speed. Firefox is convinced that its newest browser can load popular web pages two times faster than Chrome.

To determine which browser is better, we took a look at some tests to compare how Quantum and Chrome would run on a PC with 8GB of RAM and an Intel Core i5 2500k processor. Both browsers were tested using their original settings, which means that there we no additions, such as AdBlocker or other extensions. Also, all the browsing data was removed before the tests.

Speedometer

This test analyzes the amount of time it takes for a user to perform certain actions on a web application. The results showed that Google Chrome was faster than Firefox.

JetStream

In order to find out how well a browser can deal with advanced web applications and multiple tasks, JetStream 1.1 was used. This time, Firefox was the winner, but by a very small margin.

Ares-6 test

This test was used to measure the speed with which the browsers can process Javascript functions. This round was easily won by Chrome.

Real-world Speed Test

The last and definitely the most relevant test for users was supposed to measure the actual speed of loading some popular pages. The winner of this battle was Google Chrome.

Final results

The conclusive results show that Chrome is still way ahead of Firefox. However, Quantum is not that slow and clearly has its advantages and a great potential to attack Chrome’s position in the future.

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