Deadpool, in a development few could have seen coming, is now the top-earning R-rated movie in cinema history. The unlikely hit, starring Ryan Reynolds as the "Merc with a Mouth," has so far earned $746 million dollars globally, putting it ahead of 2003's The Matrix Reloaded, whi … | Continue reading
Earlier on today, we looked at the downward sloping channel that was forming in the bitcoin price, and suggested that – as a result of the fact the price was trading just shy of the channel’s resistance line – we may be in for some near term short side action. The European sessio … | Continue reading
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is trying to establish communication with its new X-ray astronomy satellite, after the probe stayed silent over the weekend. The satellite, named Hitomi, was supposed to start operating at 3:40AM ET on Saturday March 26th, but the … | Continue reading
Despite getting a drubbing from critics before its debut last Friday, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice charged to an impressive $170.1 million at the domestic box office over the weekend. According to Variety, that's the most any DC film has earned in theaters to date, the bigg … | Continue reading
Finding the right online casinos for the right persons is a matter of mixing and matching, as every individual player has their own preferences and needs. While everyone wants to find the safe online casino games they desire, the choice of payment method can be a determining fact … | Continue reading
The retail version of the Oculus Rift — the VR headset that restarted the virtual reality market — ships to customers today, March 28th. However, this weekend, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey decided to deliver the first ever Rift himself, making the trip to Alaska (while wearing a … | Continue reading
There is little to no love lost between the true Bitcoin believers and the R3 CEV consortium, as both parties will never see eye-to-eye on most aspects of digital currency. However, when the Director of Market Research of R3 CEV decides to openly criticize and attack the Bitcoin … | Continue reading
That we will get a solid and sustained intraday move in the bitcoin price over the weekend – and more often than not, on Sunday – is becoming something of a standard assumption as late. Generally, it comes as the markets in Asia open for a fresh week, and a bump up in volume init … | Continue reading
Uber is scouting for potential hires through hacking challenges offered to users during their rides. The challenges are appearing in the Uber app under a heading that reads: "Code on the Road." Several Twitter users have posted screenshots of the mobile game, and Uber confirmed t … | Continue reading
Key Points Bitcoin price surged higher during the past session against the US Dollar and broke a major resistance area. There is a major bullish trend line formed on the hourly chart (data feed from Bitstamp), which can act as a buy zone for the bulls moving ahead. If the price c … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price continued its downside slide this past week, and looks like under bearish pressure in the short term. There is a descending channel pattern formed on the hourly chart (data feed via Kraken) of ETH/USD, which may act as a catalyst for a downside move. … | Continue reading
Bitcoin is often referred to as being many things, ranging from a commodity to currency, and even a solution to solving all of the financial trouble in unbanked and underbanked regions. But very few people believe Bitcoin has the potential to change reserve banking altogether, al … | Continue reading
One of the biggest questions in the world of digital currency right now is whether or not Ethereum will be able to surpass the US# 1bn market cap once again. Although the ETH trading price is in a bit of a slump right now, there has been a good amount of positive news which can … … | Continue reading
Key Points Bitcoin price annoyed many traders during the past few weeks, as there were no real movements in BTC/USD. If we look at the weekly chart (data feed from Bitstamp), then we can figure out that there is a significant resistance around $490-$525. BTC may struggle to break … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price slowly and steadily moved down this past week against the US Dollar. The price is currently trading near a critical support area, which must hold if ETHUSD has to move back higher. There is a bullish trend line formed on the 4-hours chart of Ethereum … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Litecoin price continued to move down this past week and traded as low as $3.00. The price is currently trading higher, but facing a monster resistance near a bearish trend line formed on the 4-hours (data feed via Bitfinex). As long as the price is below the $3.25 … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Dogecoin price spiked higher this past week and closed above a major resistance of 50.0-52.0 Satoshis. There was a bearish trend line formed on the 4-hours chart (data feed from HitBTC), which was broken to clear the way for more gains. The price is currently attem … | Continue reading
In the past few months, Ethereum has climbed up the ranks to become the second largest cryptocurrency. Ethereum efficiently displaced Litecoin which has been holding that position for a very long time to take its place on the list. Litecoin is an altcoin created by Charles Lee. I … | Continue reading
Leah Reich was one of the first internet advice columnists. Her column "Ask Leah" ran on IGN, where she gave advice to gamers for two and a half years. During the day, Leah is Slack’s user researcher, but her views here do not represent her employer. You can write to her at askle … | Continue reading
Comparative Communist Political Systems was one of the more desultory courses I took in college. The reading list was brutal, and I h... | Continue reading
Pure functions are essential for a variety of purposes, including functional programming, reliable concurrency, and React+Redux apps. But…Continue reading on Medium » | Continue reading
Eagle-eyed Nintendo site Nintendo Inquirer noticed some troubling differences on the English Miitomo web site, namely, all mentions of a March release have since vanished. Here's the before and after: Notice how that little "Launching March 2016" bubble is gone? Curious indeed. I … | Continue reading
More evidence is pointing toward a mysterious Neptune-sized planet lurking at the outer edges of our Solar System. One of the scientists who claimed in January to have found strong evidence for a ninth planet — temporarily named "Planet Nine" — now says there are even more clues … | Continue reading
Lyor Cohen is the co-founder and CEO of 300 Entertainment, a label whose roster includes upstart rap heroes like Migos, Fetty Wap, and Young Thug, and also Coheed and Cambria. Young Thug's third mixtape in his Slime Season series dropped at midnight last night, but before it did, … | Continue reading
We’re about to shut down our analysis for the weekend, but before we do, let’s take one more look at the bitcoin price, in an attempt to set up against any potential volatility that comes this evening and, beyond that, into the weekend. The chart below shows action across pretty … | Continue reading
Ah, welcome welcome. I see you enjoyed last week’s edition and are back for more. Well we won’t disappoint. For the uninitiated (go back and start at post one, please) the team at TNW has made a New Year’s Resolution to read a bit more. So every week, a select number of our team … | Continue reading
Just as we did last night, let’s start today’s session off with a chart. The image below shows the action overnight on Thursday, with an overlay of the framework we highlighted as being our trading strategy heading into the Asian session and the US evening. As the chart shows, wh … | Continue reading
Key Points Bitcoin price stayed in the bullish zone, and rebounded successfully after a minor dip towards the $413-412 support area. BTC/USD is currently attempting to break a bearish trend line on the hourly chart (data feed from Bitstamp). A break above the trend line and resis … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price after dipping towards $11.00 jumped higher once more to create a new weekly high of $12.48. It looks like buyers are struggling to keep the pace, and as a result, there was a downside reaction noted during the past couple of sessions. A bullish trend … | Continue reading
For human lip readers, context is key in deciphering words stripped of the full nuance of their audio cues. But a technology model for lip-reading developed at the University of East Anglia in the UK has been shown to be able to interpret mouthed words with a greater degree of ac … | Continue reading
Dragon’s Tale is one of those addicting games that you just don’t forget. Its ingenious originality has made the game quite popular among the role play game and casino gaming lovers. Today, it is already considered the most popular Casino Role Play game in the Bitcoin Industry. D … | Continue reading
The design for the United Launch Alliance's next generation rocket, called the Vulcan Centaur, just passed its first critical review. The Vulcan is hailed as the replacement for the company's current leading rocket, the Atlas V, which has been the premiere vehicle for launching m … | Continue reading
Close to the heels of Russia trying everything in its capacity to make bitcoin illegal in the country, the French Minister for Interior Affairs is not targeting the darknet. Freedom of choice and free speech have become rare commodities these days and even in those small pockets … | Continue reading
The NFL failed to account for more than 100 concussions in studies that the league used to show the rate of concussions among players, making the injury appear less common than it actually was, according to an investigation published today by The New York Times. Continue rea … | Continue reading
World Cup travelers who came to Brazil in 2014 probably weren't the source of the country's Zika virus outbreak, a study published today in Science reveals. A DNA analysis of seven Zika virus samples suggests the virus arrived in Brazil sometime between May and December 2013 — a … | Continue reading
TiVo is in talks to be acquired by Rovi, the maker of TV program guides, according to The New York Times' DealBook. The talks are said to be "advanced," but could still fall through. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Not every great business is VC backable. But every business needs capital to grow. If you’re launching a great business, but you don’t plan on being a unicorn, keep reading. Read More | Continue reading
Regardless of where one looks in the world, financial turmoil is brewing everywhere around us. Canada is no exception to this statement, unfortunately, even though the new Liberal government is planning to invest in people and the economy over the next few years. That being said, … | Continue reading
On this day – 24th March 2016 – I have come to the conclusion that I am a shitty writer. Fiverr, Freelancer, Upwork. They’ve been my bread and butter for years. I manage to make enough money to sustainably live in Istanbul, the city I love. Writing wasn’t enough to live comfortab … | Continue reading
Bitcoin usage and adoption seems to be on the rise in certain countries around the world, although that was only a matter of time according to some industry experts. Venezuela is an interesting country to keep an eye on from a Bitcoin perspective, as government officials seem to … | Continue reading
Yesterday evening, we noted that action in the bitcoin price had been relatively flat across the last few days, and that the consolidation may mean we were setting up for a big move. As things turned out, we got just that – though not to the upside as our fundamental bias suggest … | Continue reading
Key Points Bitcoin price gained bids intraday and traded higher to settle above the $415 resistance area. The price is currently facing a major hurdle near the all-important $420 resistance area. There are many support areas formed on the downside on the hourly chart of the BTCUS … | Continue reading
Apple Pay is finally ready to move beyond apps.Apple has been telling potential partners that its payment service, which lets shoppers complete a purchase on mobile apps with their fingerprint rather than by entering credit card details, is expanding to websites later this year, … | Continue reading
Jasná, Slovakia, 14-16 March 2016 Antonella Fresa, Technical Coordinator of PREFORMA, presented the project at the 19th edition of the ILIDE Conference. The presentation focused in particular on the open source approach and on the forthcoming testing phase, showing how the confor … | Continue reading
Apart from the run up in price we saw on Monday evening and throughout the very early Tuesday morning period, action in the bitcoin price has been relatively flat this week – especially over the last twenty-four hours. We’ve seen plenty of up and down action, but it has been conf … | Continue reading
Not since I fell asleep on top of my tablet watching House of Cards in bed have I laid down on top of so much technology. Testing out the Balluga smart bed — which launches today on Kickstarter — felt pretty normal until I was handed a smartphone with a connected app and told to … | Continue reading
NEW YORK — Reading the press release of the refreshed 2017 Nissan GT-R, I was shocked to find words like "elegance," "civility" and "smoother" splashed across its pages. That's because I would have never used those words to describe the previous GT-Rs.The deeper I dug, I started … | Continue reading
Do you like stickers? Do you like putting them on photos you plan to share online? Twitter wants to know!The company is considering a new product it’s calling “Stickers” that would let you add images to photos before tweeting them out. (It offers something similar with its celeb- … | Continue reading