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What is a meme?

We see them everywhere we go: memes. But what is a meme, and how did the trend get started? That's exactly what we explore in this article! The post What is a meme? appeared first on TabTimes. We see them everywhere we go: memes. For a long t.....»»

Category: topSource:  tabtimesMay 27th, 2021

Ethereum creator donates meme coins worth $1 billion to help India fight COVID-19

Ethereum creator donates meme coins worth $1 billion to help India fight COVID-19.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  techcrunchRelated NewsMay 13th, 2021

Vitalik Buterin donates $1 billion worth of ‘meme coins’ to India COVID Relief Fund

Vitalik Buterin donates $1 billion worth of ‘meme coins’ to India COVID Relief Fund.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  techcrunchRelated NewsMay 13th, 2021

Dogecoin is now the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap

The virtual currency, which utilizes the face of a Shiba Inu hunting dog from the “Doge” meme as its logo, is trading at $0.67 as of writing. That doesn’t seem like a big deal at face value, but what’s important to note here is the sheer numb.....»»

Category: topSource:  techspotRelated NewsMay 6th, 2021

Duolingo can’t teach you how to speak a language, but now it wants to try

Duolingo has been wildly successful. It has pulled in 500 million total registered learners, 40 million active users, 1.5 million premium subscribers and $190 million in booked revenues in 2020. It has a popular and meme-ified mascot in the form of t.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  techcrunchRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2021

Zoë Roth sells "Disaster Girl" meme as NFT for $500,000

Zoë Roth, 21, will use the money from the sale of a 2005 image of her to pay her student loan......»»

Category: hdrSource:  bbcRelated NewsApr 30th, 2021

"Disaster Girl" Makes $500,000 in NFT Sale of Her Viral Meme

Zoe Roth, the centerpiece of the "Disaster Girl" meme, has made nearly half a million dollars after selling the original copy as a non-fungible token (NFT), the New York Times reports. From a report: The market for ownership rights to digital art and.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsApr 30th, 2021

How Often Do People Actually Copy and Paste From Stack Overflow?

Stack Overflow blog: They say there's a kernel of truth behind every joke. In the case of our recent April Fools gag, it might be more like an entire cob, perhaps a bushel of truth. We wanted to embrace a classic Stack Overflow meme and tweak one of.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 21st, 2021

Dogecoin Traders Push To Make April 20 "Doge Day"

April 20th or 4/20 is the unofficial marijuana holiday where thousands of cannabis smokers celebrate the smoking of marijuana with marijuana. But this year, it could also be the day the meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin shatters new record highs. Ac.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 20th, 2021

Dogecoin has risen 400 percent in the last week because why not

Dogecoin rallied after Elon Musk tweeted a photo of "Doge Barking at the Moon." Enlarge (credit: peng song / Getty) Dogecoin, a blockchain-based digital currency named for a meme about an excitable canine, has seen its price rise by a factor o.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 16th, 2021

Dogecoin Price Surpasses 10 Cents To Reach An All-Time High

Dogecoin, the virtual currency that originally started as an internet meme more than seven years ago, has surged more than 85% in the last 24 hours and is trading at $0.13. Its market cap is now over $17 billion. CNN reports: The currency has soared.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 15th, 2021

Apple will reveal the next versions of iOS, macOS at WWDC21, starting June 7

It will be entirely online again, as expected. Enlarge / Apple's splash image for WWDC 2021, which references a meme from last year. (credit: Apple) Apple will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on schedule this year, with.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsMar 30th, 2021

Female Founder Starts a Meme - By Just Calling Herself a Founder

It all began when a CEO and founder "was thinking about identity and the peppy phrases that female professionals use to describe themselves online: 'girl bosses' and the like," reports the New York Times: "I worry about the negative impact of that,".....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsMar 27th, 2021

Nvidia DLSS added to Crysis Remastered, System Shock remake demo

The first game in the Crysis series debuted in 2007 and was a visual masterpiece. It was also very taxing on PC hardware of the era, resulting in the popular, “But can it run Crysis?” meme. The remastered version launched on September 18, 2020, o.....»»

Category: topSource:  techspotRelated NewsMar 18th, 2021

The NFT market is just getting started, but where is it headed?

Every once in a meme-ified blue moon, the wildly irrational cryptocurrency ecosystem gives birth to something that might outlive the hype. Every once in a meme-ified blue moon, the wildly irrational cryptocurrency ecosystem gives birth to s.....»»

Category: topSource:  techcrunchRelated NewsMar 15th, 2021

How does a crustacean become a crab?

Crabs are living the meme life on social media lately. The memes joke that everything will eventually look like a crab. But it's actually based in some truth......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 11th, 2021

Did "Tens of Thousands" of Bot Accounts Hype GameStop"s Stock and Dogecoin?

Reuters reports: Bots on major social media platforms have been hyping up GameStop Corp and other "meme" stocks, according to an analysis by Massachusetts-based cyber security company PiiQ Media, suggesting organized economic or foreign actors may.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsMar 1st, 2021

Why an Animated Flying Cat With a Pop-Tart Body Sold for Almost $600,000

In the 10 years since Chris Torres created Nyan Cat, an animated flying cat with a Pop-Tart body leaving a rainbow trail, the meme has been viewed and shared across the web hundreds of millions of times. On Thursday, he put a one-of-a-kind version of.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsFeb 26th, 2021

For students of color, online racism leads to real-world mental health challenges

Whether it's a "Zoombomb" filled with racial slurs, a racist meme that pops up in a Facebook timeline, or a hate-filled comment on an Instagram post, social media has the power to bring out the worst of the worst......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 23rd, 2021

Wall Street Fund Wants To Hire r/WallStreetBets Users To Help Pick Meme Stocks

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Cindicator Capital is the kind of investment fund that relies on software and algorithms to model investment strategies based on any number of disparate factors. In the wake of the WallStreetBets subr.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsFeb 11th, 2021

Institutional trust is the real meme

Hello friends, this is Week in Review. Last week, I dove into the AR maneuverings of Apple and Facebook and what that means for the future of the web. This week, I’m aiming to touch the meme stock phenomenon that dominated American news cycles.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  techcrunchRelated NewsJan 31st, 2021