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When you ask a horror fan for their favorite work from director Mike Flanagan, they’ll probably point right to The Haunting of Hill House or Midnight Mass. I go back further: Flanagan’s suspenseful psychological horror-thriller Hush, now 10 years old, shakes up horror tropes in a way that is sure to surprise seasoned scare seekers. Anyone on a steady diet of horror films knows the Final Girl — a trope in which the last woman standing is left to either escape or confront the masked killer. She’s bruised, battered, and forever changed by the harrowing events she’s been through. Hush…

Bitcoin (BTC) held $70,000 at the weekly close as markets reacted to a breakdown in US-Iran negotiations and escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.A breakdown in US-Iran negotiations sends oil surging above $100 per barrel, with the Strait of Hormuz now blockaded.US PPI inflation data is due amid signs that the oil crisis is far from the only driver of price increases.Bitcoin manages a weekly close above $70,000, but a trader says new lows remain on the roadmap.Profit-taking is what keeps Bitcoin unable to hold the $70,000 mark for long, analysis confirms.Overall sell-side pressure is easing, while long-term holders…

The bitcoin BTC$70,796.80 market has faced familiar problem since prices rose above $70,000 last week: a sharp rise in profit-taking. More than $20 million worth of BTC has been sold per hour in profit realization, according to blockchain analytics firm Glassnode. “Every approach to the $70k–$ 80k band faces thin liquidity and profit-taking pressure, capping the bounce. Another bounce to >$70k range was exhausted by >$20M/Hour profit realization,” Glassnode said on X.The message is clear: the $70,000–$80,000 band is less a battleground of conviction and more a persistent distribution zone, as has been observed since February.In other words, rallies above…

Several years have passed since Professor Layton and the New World of Steam was first revealed, but at long last, developer Level-5 has lifted the lid on its long-in-development puzzle-solving game. A new trailer has provided a detailed look at the game and a release date window of 2026, but the biggest surprise is that the mystery-solving Professor will be looking to crack his latest case on more than just Nintendo hardware, as Professor Layton and the New World of Steam is also coming to PC–for Steam, of course–and PS5.Previously confirmed for Switch consoles, this will be the first time…

The week ahead will see the U.S. Senate return from recess, with the Clarity Act on the agenda while the National Credit Union Administration’s window for comments on stablecoin issuer rules closes.On top of that, April 15 brings the U.S. tax filing deadline, which could put pressure on cryptocurrency holders managing their finances and add volatility to the market.The macro front will see markets digest critical data, including U.S. producer price inflation, to help assess the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate policy direction.Earnings from Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and BlackRock could provide additional hints on how their crypto-linked ventures are faring and how…

RaveDAO’s native token continues to trade in a world of its own, posting massive double-digit hourly gains and triple-digit daily pumps. The negative developments on the US/Israel-Iran war front have expectedly harmed bitcoin’s price moves, as the asset slipped to $70,500 earlier today for the first time since last Thursday. While most larger-cap alts have marked minor daily losses or gains, RaveDAO’s RAVE continues to perform in a highly impressive and hard-to-believe manner, skyrocketing to $9 today. BTC Down Again The primary cryptocurrency exploded last Tuesday morning when the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire, which was the…

UPDATE April 12, 2026: The Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender leaks shared by @ImStillDissin have been removed from X after the original post alone garnered more than 100,000 likes. In their place is text that says, “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner.”Paramount has yet to comment on the matter.ORIGINAL STORY April 12, 2026: More than three minutes of footage from the upcoming Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender movie seems to have leaked online, months ahead of its official premiere on Paramount+.X/Twitter user @ImStillDissin sent fans of the original fire, water, earth, and…

Crypto whales loaded up more of the TRUMP memecoin ahead of the luncheon at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida this month, which offers entry to the largest holders.One whale withdrew about 105,754 OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP) from Binance on Saturday to add to its stash of 1.13 million TRUMP, worth about $3.2 million, according to an X post from blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain on Sunday.Two days earlier, another whale withdrew 850,488 TRUMP from the crypto exchange Bybit.On Monday, another holder increased their TRUMP stash to more than 368,000 tokens after withdrawing from BitMart, and a fourth whale boosted…

RPGs have a relationship problem, and it’s all about you. You help someone for a reward. You encourage someone to change so they suit your preferences. You make someone love you because you picked the right things to say. For Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias of Black Tabby Games, putting you at the center of relationships makes friendships and romances shallow. So for their horror RPG-slash-visual novel Scarlet Hollow, they set out to find a solution. “In some RPGs, like Mass Effect, you lead a conversation that’s about the other character, but it’s also about you and how you can…

In brief ASI Alliance and Matterhorn said they are building tools to reduce risks from AI-generated blockchain code. The platform combines automated analysis, human review, and testing tools to audit smart contracts before deployment. The partnership runs on ASI:Chain and aims to onboard 20,000 developers in 2026. Artificial intelligence is starting to write the code that moves money on blockchains. The Artificial Superintelligence Alliance and developer platform Matterhorn say they want to make sure that code is safe.Matterhorn and the ASI Alliance announced on Friday the new initiative centered on “vibe coding”—a feature of the Matterhorn platform that lets developers…