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Bloom has gotten a lot of praise from Playdate owners, and it’s easy to understand why. The art is beautiful, the story feels personal and the soundtrack is the perfect thing to lull you into a chilled-out state. But Bloom is also a weird one, in that it doesn’t feel quite like a game with its narrative-heavy presentation, but also doesn’t exactly feel like a visual novel. Bloom mostly plays out through text messages, and corresponds to real time. You play from the perspective of Midori, who has decided not to attend college (unbeknownst to her parents) and instead opens…
Jung Kook scores his first hit on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums chart as his only solo album Golden … [+] debuts at No. 11 after being released on the format a year after its original drop. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 22: Jung Kook visits SiriusXM at SiriusXM Studios on September 22, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Getty Images Jung Kook’s music career is on something of a hiatus at the moment, as the singer is currently enlisted in the South Korean military. As he completes his mandatory service, fans of the BTS star continue to…
Listen and subscribe to Opening Bid on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Crypto should be viewed as its own asset class and not lumped in with gold (GC=F) as so often is the case, according to San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly. “I see crypto as a complicated thing, and the service we need to do for everyone is really unpack what we mean and call it what it is once we’ve done that,” Daly said on Yahoo Finance’s Opening Bid podcast (see video above or listen below). “It can be a currency. It…
Grayscale’s research arm has updated its list of the top 20 cryptocurrency assets to watch in Q1 2025. Based on several factors, Grayscale Research has updated its list of cryptocurrencies with potential in Q1 2025. The list features six new diversified tokens, including HyperLiquid (HYPE), Ethena Labs (ENA), Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL), Juputer (JUP), Jito (JITO), and Grass (GRASS). Chainlink (LINK), Helium, and Optimism (OP) reentered the top 20, while Celo was excluded from the updated list. Grayscale Research considered several metrics, including network adoption, growth catalysts, fundamentals, tokenomics, supply data, and potential tail risks, to compile its “Top 20” list.…
Geoffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the “Godfather of AI,” has issued a stark warning that artificial intelligence could drive the human race to extinction within the next 10 years. Hinton also believes that AI could make humans the equivalents of “three-year-olds,” with the machines becoming the “grown-ups.” The Telegraph reports that in a recent interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Prof. Geoffrey Hinton, the British computer scientist who was instrumental in developing the foundations of modern AI, expressed grave concerns about the rapid advancement of the technology he helped create and its potential to threaten the existence of humanity.…
Aside from the global shutter on Sony’s A9 III and some cool mirrorless options — the Fujifilm X100 VI, Panasonic S9 and Canon EOS R5 II come to mind — 2024 was a dull year for cameras full of small tweaks and minor improvements. Except for DJI’s Neo. For $200, aerial photography is now finally in reach for just about anyone.DJI’s very good, not-so-great yearDJI released its product lineup this year with a sword of Damocles hanging over its head: the US government was planning to ban sales of the company’s products by the end of 2024 over potential fears…
Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which measures momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30. Start slideshow: 10 Oversold Stocks You Should Know About » In trading on Monday, shares of Adobe entered into oversold territory, hitting an RSI reading of 29.4, after changing…
Khephren Thuram celebrates after scoring his team’s second goal (Photo by sportinfoto/DeFodi Images … [+] via Getty Images)DeFodi Images via Getty Images Juventus hosted old foes Fiorentina in Turin and went ahead twice as they sought to end 2024 on a high, but they failed to protect their lead both times and were held to yet another draw. The game was vital to their opponents too, Fiorentina having been one of the most in-form teams in Italy until recently, racking up eight consecutive Serie A only to lose each of their last two outings. Those defeats against Bologna and Udinese…
Bitcoin price continued its strong downward trend even after MicroStrategy and Tether announced fresh acquisitions. Bitcoin (BTC) traded near the $91,000 level on Monday, Dec. 30, down by 15% from its highest level this year, and technicals suggest that it has more downside. This decline persisted despite MicroStrategy announced it had acquired 2,138 more Bitcoins last week, marking the eighth consecutive week of purchases and bringing its total holdings to 446,400. Tether also added 7,630 Bitcoins, increasing its total holdings to over $7.7 billion. Other large companies, including Marathon Digital, Riot Platforms, and Hut 8 Mining, have also continued to…
South African-American billionaire Elon Musk promoted the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) in unambiguous terms in a newspaper column, prompting the publication’s opinions editor to resign in protest. Germany has been failed by its legacy parties and is teetering on the brink of collapse, Elon Musk wrote in an op-ed for the Sunday edition of the national newspaper of record Die Welt. His diagnoses of Germany’s problems came with a suggested solution, voting for the right-sovereigntist AfD. The legacy media and prevailing political opinion in mainstream Germany considers the AfD extreme if not outright dangerous. Moves to ban the party are attempted…