By Alisa Moon Ways to evoke emotion through microinteractions. Experience design beyond the interface Let’s rewind back to evolutionary biology — humans developed systems through evolution that determine when something in the environment is not “right” to protect against predators. In order to evaluate experiences, the subconscious processes an environment to create a baseline model of expectation, […]

By Laura Desmond How major Bitcoin narratives changed over time Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself I am large, I contain multitudes. – Walt Whitman, Song of Myself Perhaps the most enduring source of conflict within the Bitcoin community derives from incompatible visions of what Bitcoin is and should become. Businesses building on […]

By Milenna Miller FOMO3D is a blockchain game that currently has $12 million in ETH at stake, with all of it locked up in a very bizarre-looking set of rules. But upon closer inspection, the rules aren’t so strange. In fact, it turns out to resemble a scaled-up version of a classic game in behavioral […]

Tickets for the first music festival set to be powered by blockchain technology are now on sale. Scheduled for this fall, the Our Music Festival is launching its own virtual currency — the OMF token — at its inaugural event in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza. It will be the first musical entertainment experience to process booking […]

JERUSALEM  – Israel would deploy its military if Iran were to try to block the Bab al-Mandeb strait that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. Last week, Saudi Arabia said it was suspending oil shipments through the strait, on the main sea route from the […]

The former Rachel Green addresses the eternal question of a possible Friendsrevival in a new interview with InStyle, admitting that she does “fantasize” about the prospect of reuniting with her cast mates from NBC’s hit ’90s sitcom. “Courteney [Cox] and Lisa [Kudrow] and I talk about it,” she reveals. “I fantasize about it. It really was the […]

The new Facebook ads that click to WhatsApp open a pre-filled chat so that users can easily message the business via the app. Facebook has launched a new WhatsApp Business API designed to help businesses communicate with consumers via the Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging app. Along with the new WhatsApp Business API, Facebook advertisers will soon […]

U.S. troops and Afghan officials fighting the Islamic State militant group received some unexpected help on Wednesday. Over 150 Islamic State militants (ISIS) surrendered to Afghan government forces after an onslaught by the Taliban in the country’s northern Jawzjan province. “These people were surrounded by the Taliban for several days, but last night they managed to break free […]

It’s a gorgeous summer night in Malibu and I am hanging out on the balcony of my best friend, Chrissy Teigen’s, beach house. We’re admiring her newest BECCA collaboration, chatting about her daughter Luna’s adorable 2-year-old antics, and searching for the best light to snap a sunset selfie as the waves crash into the sand below […]

We’re constantly fascinated by what our zodiac sign says about our lives, whether it’s which signs are most compatible or how each sign handles conflict in relationships. That’s why Bustle has enlisted Mecca Woods, a New York City-based astrologer of MyLifeCreated.com, to tell us all about how astrology is affecting our lives each day. Today’s topic: your daily horoscope for […]