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Sony calls time on the PlayStation 2 (for real)

Sep03
by on September 3, 2018 at 2:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


The PlayStation 2 was the console Sony couldn’t kill. It was too popular. Too enduring. Top-tier developers kept making games for it, long after it passed its prime. In fact, Sony only stopped production five years ago, thirteen years after it first hit shelves. But now Sony is killing the PlayStation 2. For realsies. It’s serious. As reported by Kotaku, Sony Japan is discontinuing its aftercare service from Friday. Busted consoles that arrive at the PlayStation Clinic in Iwate Prefecture after this date will not be serviced. Sony Japan gave PS2-toting punters one last chance to get their machines fixed…

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Major cryptocurrency exchange delists Bitcoin Gold following $18M hack

Sep03
by on September 3, 2018 at 2:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The threat of attack is very real for upstart cryptocurrency projects. Bitcoin Gold, a popular hard fork of Bitcoin, is set to be delisted from cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. The reason for the removal is that the currency has suffered a series of debilitating heists that netted thieves over $20 million in stolen funds. Back in May, Bitcoin Gold was hijacked with rented computing power. After hackers took control of more than 51 percent of the overall hash power, more than 388,000 BTG (approx. $18 million at the time) was stolen directly from Bittrex. Hackers were able to use “double-spending,” a…

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