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Coinbase Pro wiped its Bitcoin to USD market clean, suspended trade for hours

Apr11
by on April 11, 2019 at 5:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Coinbase Pro has wiped one of its Bitcoin markets clean after an undisclosed issue caused trade to be suspended for hours today. At approximately 6am PDT, Coinbase Pro reported it was investigating issues with its Bitcoin to US dollar market. Just six minutes later, the exchange warned it was necessary to cancel all live and pending orders. Live trade was said to have resumed almost two hours later, but anyone who had orders placed or pending would inevitably have to submit them again. Last December, Coinbase Pro’s Ethereum markets caused a stir, as the price of Ethereum suddenly “flash-crashed” from $100…

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CHEAP: PlayStation Classic for $30? Don’t mind if I do.

Apr11
by on April 11, 2019 at 4:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


When Sony revived the PlayStation Classic, it was regarded by many in the gaming chattering classes as a lazy and transparent attempt to cash in on the retro gaming craze. Overwhelmingly, people’s complaints centered on one key issue: the games. The PlayStation Classic has a bunch of genuinely cracking titles, like the original Grand Theft Auto, Rainbow Six, Resident Evil Director’s Cut, and Tekken 3. It also includes some more obscure gems like Syphon Filer. The problem was there wasn’t enough of them – not for the original $100 asking price. There was also a curious mix of PAL and…

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TNW2019 Daily: Don’t miss Guy Kawasaki speak at our conference!

Apr11
by on April 11, 2019 at 2:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


With exactly four weeks to go until TNW Conference, we have some very exciting news to share: Guy Kawasaki will deliver TNW2019’s opening keynote on May 9 in Amsterdam! I’ve dedicated today’s entire newsletter to this industry icon. Apple’s original evangelist Guy Kawasaki is responsible for building Apple’s cult-like status that remains today. He basically invented evangelism marketing as Apple’s original chief evangelist from 1983 to 1987, and he was in charge of marketing the very first Macintosh. Kawasaki is now the chief evangelist of Canva and a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz. He’s also authored 15 books, many of which…

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Parasites keep impersonating black hole researcher Dr. Katie Bouman on Twitter

Apr11
by on April 11, 2019 at 2:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


Yesterday, the world got to see the first photograph of a black hole. It was a truly historic moment, and it couldn’t have happened without MIT CSAIL researcher Dr. Katie Bouman, who was catapulted overnight into the halls of global celebrity. And, of course, the Internet has found some way to ruin it. Because, y’know… the Internet. In a desperate attempt to capitalize on Dr. Bouman’s rising profile, hoaxers created several fake Twitter accounts under her name. One sinister example of this, which Twitter has since suspended, used the legitimate-looking handle “@DrKatieBouman.” In a tweet, MIT CSAIL communications lead Adam…

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This Twitter account answers video games’ biggest question: Can you pet the dog?

Apr11
by on April 11, 2019 at 2:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, distract


You cannot pet the dogs in Minecraft or Fortnite, but you can pet the dogs in Butterfly Soup. You couldn’t pet the dog in Enter the Gungeon, but now you can following an update. This is the feed of @CanYouPetTheDog, a Twitter account that, well, answers whether you can pet dogs in popular video games, with accompanying video as proof. After launching in early March, the account now has over 162,000 followers. You cannot pet the dog in Bloodborne pic.twitter.com/ReTjfGtOAB — Can You Pet the Dog? (@CanYouPetTheDog) April 5, 2019 We spoke with the founder, who wishes to remain anonymous,…

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