Travel & Nomad
Can You Hotspot With an eSIM? What to Check Before You Buy
Tethering a laptop is the fastest way to burn a travel data plan, and some eSIMs quietly do not allow it at all. Check this before you buy, not at the airport.
Travel & Nomad
eSIM vs VPN When Travelling: You Probably Need Both
People search eSIM vs VPN as if it is a choice. It is not. One gets you connected, the other decides who can watch. Here is what each actually does.
Travel & Nomad
The Apps That Quietly Eat Your Travel Data (2026)
Your data plan did not run out because you used maps. Here is what actually drained it, roughly how much each app costs per hour, and what to switch off.
Travel & Nomad
The Best eSIM Setup for Students Studying Abroad (2026)
Moving abroad to study means arriving before you have a local bank account, a local number, or a clue where the phone shop is. Here is the connectivity setup that works from day one.
Travel & Nomad
Internet in Vietnam (2026): SIM, eSIM, WiFi and What It Costs
Landing in Vietnam and want to know if your phone will work? Here is how the networks compare, what data really costs, and the setup most travellers end up using.
Travel & Nomad
Internet in Thailand (2026): SIM, eSIM, WiFi and What It Costs
Landing in Thailand and want to know if your phone will work? Here is how the networks compare, what data really costs, and the setup most travellers end up using.
Travel & Nomad
Internet in Japan (2026): SIM, eSIM, WiFi and What It Costs
Landing in Japan and want to know if your phone will work? Here is how the networks compare, what data really costs, and the setup most travellers end up using.
Crypto News
Crypto's Biggest Market Maker Is Spending $1B to Go Trade Stocks
BlackRock is moving funds onto Solana. Wintermute is spending a billion dollars to go trade equities. The traffic runs both ways now, and the wall in the middle is getting thin.
Crypto News
The First Quantum Attack on Crypto Might Look Like a Normal Hack
The unsettling part of the quantum warning is not that wallets break. It is that you would not be able to tell the difference from a normal hack.
Crypto News
The CLARITY Act Is Back, and the Senate Votes in September
The crypto market structure bill nobody expected to survive the summer just got a date. Here is what the CLARITY Act would actually settle, and what it would not.
Crypto News
A Live Exploit Is Draining BTCPay Merchants' Lightning Nodes
Attackers emptied Lightning nodes belonging to merchants running BTCPay Server, in some cases before the public warning went out. Update to 2.4.2 or take the node offline.
Crypto News
Crypto Lost Over $1 Billion to Hacks in Six Months
More than $1 billion gone in six months, across more separate incidents than the whole of last year. The pattern behind the number matters more than the number.