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Star Citizen wins SXSW’s Most Anticipated Crowdfunded Game on $75 million worth of hype
Chris Roberts and Cloud Imperium Games’ Star Citizen continues to make the case that video game spaceships are an extremely effective crowdfunding opportunity, with the recent announcement that the game surpassed $75 million in crowdfunded support. This amount, and the general fanfare surrounding the upcoming game has led to it winning South By South West’s ...
This new chemical printer uses a block-by-block method to manufacture molecules
The grim, dark underbelly of chemical research involves labs teeming with grad students or industrial chemists sitting in front of fume hoods slaving away as they coax batches of simpler chemicals to coalesce into more complex molecules. This process involves introducing compounds to one another in step-by-step processes using vessels, separation, distillation, cooling, heating, and ...
Bitcoin exchange Bter partners with JUA to re-open with greater security, pay back victims of hack
Late last night, China-based Bitcoin exchange Bter.com announced that the site will be returning to operation, along with security enhancements delivered by JUA.com, and outlined a plan to pay back customers who had BTC stored with Bter. Bter suspended operations last month after announcing that the exchange had been hacked ending in 7170 BTC stolen ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 March 11: Record $116 million investment for 21 Inc., ShapeShift and Erik Voorhees, BitPay and Heartland, and ZapGo mobile money
This week marks the emergence of the largest-to-date investment made in a Bitcoin startup with the secretive 21 Inc. receiving $116 million. While it’s hard to tell what 21 intends to do with the money, discussed below, it’s seems obvious it might have something to do with the Bitcoin blockchain and the Internet of Things. ...
Mysterious Bitcoin startup 21 Inc. comes out of stealth with $116 million in investment
21 Inc., an otherwise yet unknown Bitcoin industry company, just emerged from stealth to announce $116 million in venture capital funding. Although it has stopped being so secretive and it has a lot of funding, it’s still hard to tell what 21 does exactly. Even its CEO and co-founder, Matthew Pauker, has been cryptic about ...
Rejoice PC players: Minecraft doesn’t need Java installed anymore
Mojang AB, developer of Minecraft, has changed the block-based sandbox creative game so that it no longer requires Java to run. This will come as a relief to many users who enjoy playing Minecraft on PCs and would rather not suffer with the strange, arcane installation needs of Java and the potential insecurity that it ...
ESL announces mobile app for Katowice Intel Extremes Masters esports competition
If you’re an esports enthusiast going to Katowice, Poland to watch the Intel Extremes Masters Expo and ESL One tournaments this March 12-15 and you own a smartphone you are in for a treat. The esports gaming league ESL (Electronic Sports League) just released a mobile app for Apple and Android that will keep you up ...
Sunday marks the first annual Bitcoin Women’s Day
This upcoming Sunday, March 8th, 2015, will be the first annual Bitcoin Women’s Day, an event designed to highlight and promote the accomplishments of women within the Bitcoin community. The event takes place on the same day as International Women’s Day, which has been around since the 1900s and is a recognized holiday by the ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 March 4: BIT gets FINRA approval, Electrum Wallet 2.0, Bitcoin legislation ahoy, Coinbase updates
This week (or month at least) more U.S. states are noticing Bitcoin with proposed bills in Utah and New Hampshire appearing to look into allowing government taxes and fees paid in bitcoins, with New York State also appears to be following suit. The Bitcoin Investment Trust, a private investment firm that holds BTC in trust ...
Steam reveals Source 2, Steam Link, and SteamVR | #GDC2015
Valve Corporation took to Game Developers Conference (GDC 2015) like a fish to water and has announced a whole slew of new products and services. Amidst them the Source 2 engine, successor to the Source engine used in Valve games such as Half-Life 2, Steam Link, a small device for in-home game streaming, and SteamVR, ...