Last updated: April 19, 2024 01:16 EDT | 2 min read The Ethereum network reported a robust income of $365 million in the first quarter of 2024, an impressive year-on-year revenue growth of 155%. According to a report by Michael Nadeau, an analyst at The DeFi Report, Ethereum’s Q1 income represents a staggering 200% increase compared to the $123 million profit recorded in Q4 2023.A major contributing factor to this substantial growth was the surge in decentralized finance (DeFi) activity during the quarter, driving heightened network participation.Ethereum Fee Revenue Reaches $1.17B in Q1Ethereum’s fee revenue, generated through user transactions, reached a notable…

Netflix showed that its password-sharing crackdown continues to bear fruit, delivering its strongest first-quarter customer additions since the pandemic and further strengthening its position as the dominant global streamer. The company added 9.33 million subscribers in the first quarter, more than five times the number of customers it added during the same period a year earlier, with its efforts to limit password sharing continuing to bear fruit. Netflix began limiting password sharing in earnest about a year ago.  Netflix has spent the last year limiting account sharing, working to expand its ad business and changing its line-up of prices and…

New York    Hyundai said on Thursday it paused advertising on X, formerly known as Twitter, a day after an ad from the automaker reportedly appeared adjacent to an antisemitic and pro-Hitler post on the social media site. On Wednesday, user Nancy Levine Stearns posted screenshots of a paid Hyundai ad above an antisemitic post from a verified “premium” account. The account posts tweets that deny the Holocaust and perpetuate antisemitic rhetoric. In response to a inquiry that included Stearns’ post, a spokesperson for Hyundai replied: “We have paused our ads on X and are speaking to X directly about…

A former teacher in Indiana is accused of orchestrating a “Fight Club” in which he encouraged classmates to beat up a 7-year-old student with disabilities and videotaping at least one assault, according to a lawsuit filed this week.The 7-year-old boy’s mother filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Marion County that also names Indiana Public Schools Superintendent Aleesia Johnson, George Washington Carver Montessori IPS School 87 Principal Mary Kapcoe and the child’s former teacher Julious Johnican.A second grader was allegedly attacked by other students — and a teacher recorded the incident and supposedly encouraged the violence.via Connell Michael LLPOther defendants include the…

Last updated: April 18, 2024 23:22 EDT | 2 min read Bitcoin price prediction Amid fluctuating market conditions, Bitcoin‘s price has dipped to $60,547, signaling a 1.74% decrease in the last 24 hours. This movement underpins ongoing volatility as traders and analysts closely monitor trends to update their Bitcoin price prediction. Despite this recent downturn, Bitcoin continues to dominate the crypto market with a robust trading volume of $40.55 billion and a market capitalization nearing $1.19 trillion.Bitcoin Price PredictionThe technical analysis for Bitcoin (BTC/USD) shows it navigating through a challenging phase. The pivot point for today’s session is at $62,216,…

A lot of stoners are high on celebrating 420 this weekend, but bad manners could get in the way of a good time.So before you take that first toke Saturday, members of the cannabis community have some etiquette tips to keep your pot party from getting out of joint.Jeremy Zachary, the CEO of Zen Cannabis, suggests taking your surroundings into consideration when consuming the wacky weed.“If you’re in a public place, please choose other consumption methods instead of smoking,” he told HuffPost. “Smoking is equivalent to lighting up a cigar in a small space — it’s overwhelming. Edibles are so…

FOX Most of the 9-1-1 firefighters have struggled to find love, but Howie “Chimney” Han located The One in Maddie Buckley despite a slow start. When former nurse turned 9-1-1 operator Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) moved to Los Angeles in season 2 to be closer to her brother, Evan “Buck” Buckley (Oliver Stark), she was running from an abusive relationship. A few episodes into the season, Maddie formed a connection with Buck’s fellow 118 buddy Chimney (Kenneth Choi). Maddie and Chimney have since overcome a kidnapping, welcomed a baby together and both lost and found an engagement ring. During season…

An attorney who witnessed a horrifying murder-suicide inside a Las Vegas law firm is speaking out – telling her story to Fox News Digital.Lisa Rasmussen was inside the conference room at Prince Law Group on the morning of Monday, April 8 when fellow attorney Joe Houston pulled out a gun without warning and opened fire.The terminally ill Houston gunned down prominent Las Vegas attorney Dennis Prince and his wife, Ashley, before turning the gun on himself. The bizarre shooting was the culmination of an “incredibly tense” custody battle with “​​a lot of venom going back and forth,” Rasmussen said.”All of…

Gen. Douglas MacArthur delivered his farewell address to Congress on this day in history, April 19, 1951, uttering the famous line, “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.” Eight days before the speech, MacArthur had been relieved of his duties as general of the U.S. Army by President Harry S. Truman — putting an end to his storied military career. “I am closing my 52 years of military service,” said MacArthur in the speech, which is available on the Library of Congress website.ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, APRIL 18, 1934, FIRST SELF-OPERATED ‘WASHATERIA’ OPENS IN FT. WORTH, TEXAS”When I joined the…

After being grilled and bombarded yesterday in Congress before the House Education Committee, today, Columbia University president Dr. Nemat Minouche Shafik went home to New York and summoned the police to remove anti-Israel protesters from Columbia’s campus.  I think the two events are not unrelated. She was grilled in Washington yesterday, and today she had to call in the cops. Her message? These were “extraordinary” steps… because these are “extraordinary” circumstances. I’m sure that’s right, but she wanted to sound and look tough in order to keep her job, in contrast to Harvard University’s Claudine Gay, who got the ax because she…

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   TikTok is again facing an imminent threat from Congress. On Wednesday, House Republicans added a hot-button bill that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban to a wide-ranging foreign aid package intended to help Israel and Ukraine. House Speaker Mike Johnson aims to hold a vote on the aid package as early as Saturday. If approved, it could fast-track what has become the most serious risk to TikTok’s US business since former President Donald Trump first proposed a ban of the popular app in 2020. An earlier version of the TikTok bill sailed through the House in March, but it has…

Chicago Tap Allstars, a collective of Tap dance artists and organizations brought together by M.A.D.D. Rhythms and Chicago Tap Theatre, commemorates National Tap Dance Day with a weekend that includes free and paid workshops, lectures, history lessons, a viewing party and a Tap Jam, Friday, May 24 – Sunday, May 26 at the Harold Washington Cultural Center, 4701 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.Tickets for events vary from free to $250 for a multi-event participation. National Tap Dance Day is held annually on May 25 and is a celebration of Tap as an American artform. Information, registration and tickets may be found CTAWorkshop2024.eventbrite.com or at ChicagoTapTheatre.org or MADDRhythms.com.The annual National…

Backlash to the layoffs and changes have been swift. A group of professors with the school’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors sent a letter to Hartzell last week demanding that the job cuts be reversed. The professors argued that the DEI layoffs were discriminatory and violated the employees’ right to freedom of expression. The Texas Legislative Black Caucus condemned the decision and the Texas NAACP released a statement asking for transparency from university officials and more information about the terminations. More on DEI at colleges and universitiesFaculty members, students and staffers are calling for accountability and a reversal…

Last updated: April 18, 2024 19:17 EDT | 1 min read Yuga Labs sells IP rights of two NFT games to Faraway in strategic move to refocus the organization. Yuga Labs sold the IP rights of two of its games, Legends of the Mara and HV-MTL, to Web3 gaming firm Faraway on April 17 in a strategic move designed to refocus the organization. The decision was accompanied by a key change in leadership.Yuga Labs simultaneously announced that Spencer Trucker, its chief gaming officer, would join Faraway as its new chief product officer. This move is structured to maintain continuity between…