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Space Jam 2's First Trailer Looks Like Ready Player One, But With Sports
3.4.2021
People have basically been talking about a Space Jam sequel with Lebron James for as long as Lebron James has been in the NBA. Slowly but surely that finally came together and now, 25 years after the first film was released, there’s a trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy.Read more
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New Records, BTC Miners Capture $1.5 Billion in Revenue Last Month
3.4.2021
On Friday, April 2, 2021, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is the highest it has even been in its lifetime but bitcoin miners still captured record revenues last month raking in $1.5 billion in coinbase rewards and transaction fees. Today, the blockchain’s hashrate is around 160 exahash...
Final Fantasy Creator's New RPG Is Out And Painfully Pretty
3.4.2021
I’m having a problem playing Fantasian, the new turn-based RPG from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Mistwalker released today on Apple Arcade. I can’t stop pausing to look at how gorgeous the game’s real-life miniature diorama sets are. I didn’t say it was a bad problem. Read more
Single-Player Games Are Finally Making A Comeback, Sort Of
3.4.2021
Once upon a time, Shigeru Miyamoto famously said, “A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad forever.” It’s a statement that felt like it would never fall out of fashion, until it did. Modern games are never finished. Bad games become good. Good games become bad. Games of all stripes...
Ethereum Sets a New All-Time High Above the $2K Handle, Bitcoin Cash Markets Jump 8%
2.4.2021
The price of ethereum tapped a new all-time high (ATH) on Friday afternoon reaching an ATH of around $2,072 around 12 p.m. (EST). Today, ethereum’s market capitalization captures 12.3% of the crypto economy’s overall $1.9 trillion market valuation. Meanwhile, as ether prices jumped over...
Platform News: Rounded Outlines, GPU-Accelerated SVG Animations, How CSS Variables Are Resolved
2.4.2021
In the news this week, Firefox gets rounded outlines, SVG animations are now GPU-accelerated in Chrome, there are no physical units in CSS, The New York Times crossword is accessible, and CSS variables are resolved before the value is inherited.…
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Twitch's 'Hot Tub Meta' Has Sparked Off Yet Another Debate About Women's Attire
2.4.2021
Twitch trends come and go, but one thing remains constant: the endless debate around what women should be allowed to wear on the platform. Now it comes in a summery new flavor: hot tub streams. Recently, streamers have declared these broadcasts the new “meta,” outraging the usual suspects—but also...
Ex-SEC Chair On Bitcoin Regulation, New BTC ETF, N Korean Crypto Hackers + More News
2.4.2021
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Former US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Jay Clayton, who now advises One River Asset...
Ethereum Is Now Discovering Its New ATHs, Outperforms Bitcoin
2.4.2021
Today, the second-most valuable cryptoasset, ethereum (ETH), has surpassed its all-time high of USD 2,043 reached in February.
At the time of writing (14:56 UTC), ETH trades at almost USD 2,060 and is up by 6.6% in a day, increasing its weekly gains to 30%. The price is up by 38% in a month...
Mike Rowe’s New Discovery+ Show Is Big Oil-Funded Propaganda
2.4.2021
Reality show host Mike Rowe’s new series Six Degrees, which is currently streaming on Discovery+ and will soon air on television, begins how I expected it would: with him on screen in a t-shirt, jeans, and baseball cap, and smiling wryly. It’s classic Rowe, posturing as an avatar for the “average”...
NFTs: Overpriced crap or new art history?
2.4.2021
Apple Arcade's Biggest Expansion Yet Adds 30 New Games Including Fantasian, NBA 2K21, And Oregon Trail
2.4.2021
Apple Arcade exploded this morning, adding 30 new titles across three categories: “Arcade Originals” like Mistwalker’s RPG Fantasian and a game from the makers of Hot Shots Golf, “App Store Greats” like Monument Valley and Threes!, and “Timeless Classics” like Zach Gage’s Really Bad Chess and good...
‘Educational Show of Force’ Fails as New EIP Quells Ethereum Miner Discontent
2.4.2021
An “educational show of force” by a group of Ethereum (ETH) miners failed to happen yesterday, after a new Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) appeared to quell discontent regarding plans to automatically set mining fees.
Spearheaded by Red Panda Mining in early March, the action called for 51%...
Platinum Games Announces First Game For New Neo-Classic Arcade Brand
2.4.2021
This is Sol Cresta. It will be released this year as a download title on the Nintendo Switch, the PlayStation 4, and Steam.Read more
Messari: New Coinbase listings really do outperform rival exchanges
2.4.2021
In the five days after launching on Coinbase, new token listings gain 91% on average. But that doesn’t tell the whole story
Former SEC chair Jay Clayton tips new Bitcoin regulations are coming
2.4.2021
The former SEC chairman warns that regulation will come both directly and indirectly
The Power of ETH and BCH: Smart Bitcoin Cash Project Highlights Innovative Sidechain
2.4.2021
On Thursday, Bitcoin Cash proponents were introduced to a new website that features a project called Smart Bitcoin Cash or Smartbch for short. Essentially, the project is a sidechain for Bitcoin Cash that is compatible with Ethereum’s EVM and Web3 API, which means people will soon be able...
New Data Shows Bitcoin Captured Net Gains For Six Consecutive Months
2.4.2021
According to Bloqport’s latest data, bitcoin, which ended the month of March with an overall gain of 29%, has now been in the green for six consecutive months. The data also shows that the crypto asset’s value has nearly doubled from its December 2020 closing price of $29,383 to...
xSigma Developments Continue Following Amazing First Month
1.4.2021
xSigma is a decentralized exchange for stablecoin swaps backed by a NASDAQ-listed corporation. In the first month since it was launched the DEX reached an impressive $112 million in total trading volume. xSigma developments continue with a Gas Cashback, a new roadmap, a staking pool being launched...
Altcoins move to new all-time highs while Bitcoin struggles below $60K
1.4.2021
Bitcoin price might be pinned below $60,000, but that’s not stopping THORChain, Akropolis and Helium from chasing after new all-time highs