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Elon Musk Admits Over-Automation Is A Problem For Tesla, Needs More Humans

Apr 17, 2018 12:37 pm UTC| Technology

It seems car factory workers have reason to rejoice since Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that more human involvement is needed in order to produce cars. The embattled tech billionaire had to admit recently that...

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Coming To Xbox Game Pass

Apr 17, 2018 12:31 pm UTC| Technology

Halo is arguably the biggest franchise in the Xbox console exclusive lineup and even though some of the latest titles have disappointed some fans, there is still some weight to the legacy of the Master Chief. Thats why its...

Terraria: Otherworld Cancelled Following Three-Year Development

Apr 17, 2018 12:30 pm UTC| Technology

Game cancellations are nothing new, but they are almost always a disappointment to players who will never get to try them. Recently, this happened to the previously-upcoming title Terraria: Otherworld, which was a spinoff...

Everybody Calm Down, Fortnite Battle Royale Is Not Shutting Down

Apr 17, 2018 12:27 pm UTC| Technology

Reports recently began swirling that Fortnite Battle Royale was going to be canceled because of a lawsuit with PUBG Corp over copyright infringement. A Tweet from the official Epic Games Twitter account supposedly said so....

Dating App Bumble Offers Account Creation Without Facebook

Apr 17, 2018 12:27 pm UTC| Technology

Being associated with Facebook isnt the best thing for a company right now, but the social network has become so ubiquitous that its nearly impossible to actually get rid of it. The dating app Bumble found a way to at...

Majority Of Android Kids Apps Are Illegally Collecting Children’s Information

Apr 17, 2018 12:24 pm UTC| Technology

The US Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (Coppa) was put in place in order to make sure that children browsing online are not treated with the same careless datamining outlook as those applied to adults....

Google Play Hosts Dangerous Malware Intended For State-Style Surveillance

Apr 17, 2018 12:24 pm UTC| Technology

From the looks of it, it seems the tech world is becoming a more dangerous place than most people realize. The Google Play online store was apparently fooled to host apps that contain malicious software intended for...

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Economy

March global PMI surveys give warning shorts on global growth

In the midst of increasing chorus of rising positive views regarding the global economic health, March PMI surveys showed a warning short. The surveys indicated the rate of global economic growth warning for the first time...

U.S. Treasuries suffer ahead of initial jobless claims, host of FOMC members’ speeches

The U.S. Treasuries suffered Thursday as investors wait to watch the countrys initial jobless claims, scheduled to be released today by 12:30GMT. Also, the Federal Open Market Committees (FOMC) members Brainard, Quarles,...

UK gilts plunge despite worse-than-expected March retail sales data; BoE’s MPC members’ speech in focus

The UK gilts plunged during European session Thursday despite a worse-than-expected reading of the countrys retail sales data for the month of March released today. Market participants shall now be focussing on a host Bank...

Australian March employment rises in March, signals optimistic outlook for full year

Australias employment index for the month of March rose, although downward revisions to February show that the record run of jobs gains is over. The slowdown in employment growth comes on the back of a very strong run...

New Zealand bonds slump at close after Q1 consumer price inflation tops market expectations

New Zealand government bonds slumped at the time of closing Thursday after the countrys consumer price inflation (CPI) for the first quarter of this year, topped market expectations, which added bearishness to the...

Politics

Rise of cryptocurrencies could curb American power

There has been a lot of talk in foreign policy circles of the coming post-American world in which the international system will transition from a unipolar to a multipolar system. But, as we currently stand, the US remains...

South Africa's future hinges on Ramaphosa's strategic skills

South Africas 2018 State of the Nation address by the president of South Africa has been postponed. This unprecedented step makes it clear that the country is seeing the final days of Jacob Zuma as president although it...

Is full transparency good for democracy?

With the approval of President Donald Trump, the House of Representatives released the so-called Nunes memo on Feb. 2. In it, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes describes alleged abuses of surveillance...

Empowering the powerless: Let's end energy poverty

Power to the people, the activists chanted in the 1960s. The revolutionaries of yesteryear never dreamed of the scientific and technological innovations that could light up distant shelters and communities in the...

How neoliberalism is damaging your mental health

There is a widespread perception that mental ill health is on the rise in the West, in tandem with a prolonged decline in collective well-being. The idea that there are social and economic causes behind this perceived...

Science

Undetected Asteroid Nearly Missed The Earth, Shows Glaring Holes In Detection Capabilities

Its a general rule to trust governments and space agencies to be able to do things like detect oncoming asteroids that might impact the earth at some point. However, a recent incident proves that there are still holes in...

USDA Is Cool With Scientists Genetically Editing Food

In case anyone was wondering what the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was doing with all of the genetic engineering thats going on in the world of food, the answer is absolutely nothing. The agency recently...

Reputed Journal Retracts Flawed CRISPR Paper A Little Too Late

Science is a process that is often riddled with issues that affect the results of the work being done. This is why multiple experiments need to be conducted first before making conclusions and why papers need to be...

Study Of Chilean ‘Alien’ Mummy Causing Minor International Incident

Weird things happen in the scientific community all the time but a recent study that involves the so-called alien mummy called Ata is threatening to cause a bit of an international incident. Basically, the scientists...

Even Chocolate Is Bad For The Environment, Valentine’s Day & Easter Are Natural Disasters

Chocolate is undoubtedly one of the most popular treats all around the world. Its practically synonymous with at least two international holidays; Valentines Day and Easter. However, it turns out that this delicious...

Technology

Elon Musk Admits Over-Automation Is A Problem For Tesla, Needs More Humans

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Coming To Xbox Game Pass

Terraria: Otherworld Cancelled Following Three-Year Development

Everybody Calm Down, Fortnite Battle Royale Is Not Shutting Down

Google Play Hosts Dangerous Malware Intended For State-Style Surveillance

Digital Currency

Has Bitcoin dust settled? Minor trend seems constructive, intermediate trend yet to confirm – FxWirePro prefers CME BTFs

Blockchain startup Digital Asset opens developer program for DAML

FxWirePro: ETH/USD consolidates just shy of 50-DMA, “death cross” calls for high caution

Law

Does a sugar tax cause alcohol sales to spike? The research doesn't give a decisive answer

Why the e-cigarette industry needs global regulations

Nassar's abuse reflects more than 50 years of men's power over female athletes

Life

Sexual assault and the princess industry are all part of the same system

Good luck banning fake news – here's why it's unlikely to happen

The invisible infrastructure of giving – and why it matters

Nature

California's other drought: A major earthquake is overdue

Cape Town Is Almost Out Of Water, Literally Just 100 Days Left

EU Officially At War With Plastic, To Invest $426 Million In Researching Alternatives

Sports

2018 Winter Olympics set to begin against the backdrop of warm words and cold politics

Don't waste your time taking antioxidant supplements after exercise

Sport and social media's rocky relationship is safe ... for now

Technical Analysis

FxWirePro: USD/SGD remains well supported above 1.31 mark, stay bullish only above 1.3134 mark

FxWirePro: EUR/KRW moves in stiff boundaries, bias remains neutral

FxWirePro: Japanese yen trades marginally lower after various economic data

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THAI 15 BLN BAHT, 1.79-YEAR CENTRAL BANK BOND AVG ACCEPTED YIELD 1.47262 PCT

THAI 20 BLN BAHT, 14-DAY CENTRAL BANK BOND AVG ACCEPTED YIELD 1.11146 PCT

BOJ offers to lend Y 4.3969 trln of JGBs on spot basis through 4/23 as a secondary source of JGBs (Offer in the morning)

JAPAN FINMIN ASO: NO PLAN TO RESIGN

CHINA'S ZTE SAYS WILL SAFEGUARD ITS RIGHTS AND INTERESTS THROUGH ALL LEGAL MEANS

CHINA'S ZTE SAYS U.S. DECISION TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS AGAINST COMPANY UNFAIR, CANNOT ACCEPT THE DECISION

CHINA COMMERCE MINISTRY SAYS WILL EXTEND ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON PULP FROM U.S., CANADA, BRAZIL

CHINA FINANCE MINISTRY AUCTIONS 3 MONTH DEPOSITS AT 4.50 PCT YIELD - TRADERS

CHINA'S YUAN OPENS TRADE AT 6.2879 PER DOLLAR VS LAST CLOSE AT 6.2760

CHINA CSI300 STOCK INDEX FUTURES OPENS - 0.15 PERCENT, TO 3,801.6 POINTS, - 10.2 POINTS FROM THE CURRENT VALUE OF THE UNDERLYING INDEX

CHINA'S CSI300 INDEX TO OPEN DOWN 0.3 PCT AT 3,801.21 POINTS

SHANGHAI COMPOSITE INDEX TO OPEN DOWN 0.4 PCT AT 3,105.46 POINTS

HK’S HANG SENG INDEX TO OPEN DOWN 0.2 PCT AT 30,647.94 POINTS

CHINA 7-DAY REPO OPENS AT 2.6500 PCT VERSUS 2.9890 PCT WEIGHTED AVERAGE PREVIOUS CLOSE

BOJ offers to buy Y 70 bln JGBs (Residual maturity is more than 25YR) outright from 4/24

BOJ offers to buy Y 190 bln JGBs (Residual maturity of 10YR to 25YR) outright from 4/24

BOJ offers to buy 450 bln yen JGBs (Residual maturity of 5YR to 10YR) outright from 4/24

BOJ offers to buy Y 250 bln Treasury Discount Bills outright from 4/24

TAIWAN OVERNIGHT INTERBANK RATE OPENS AT 0.185 PCT (VS 0.188 PCT AT PREVIOUS SESSION OPEN)

TAIWAN STOCKS OPEN DOWN 1.5 PCT AT 10,802.42 POINTS

FxWirePro: USD/CAD trades higher on dovish BOC, good to buy on dips

FxWirePro: USD/CAD trade Idea

FxWirePro: USD/ZAR slips below 12.00 mark, good to sell on rallies

FxWirePro: GBP/JPY trades below 7- day MA, good to sell on rallies

FxWirePro: Shedding some light on BTC futures market mechanism

FxWirePro: AUD/USD extends choppy trade below 100-DMA, bullish divergence keeps scope for upside

U.S. Treasuries suffer ahead of initial jobless claims, host of FOMC members’ speeches

FxWirePro: Asian markets noticeably up, gold jumps above $1,350 mark

FxWirePro: EUR/GBP capped at 21-EMA, good to go long on break above

Economics Monitor

April 19 23:30 UTC Released

JPCPI Index Excluding Fresh Food

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100.6 %

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100.6 %

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JPCPI, Overall Nationwide

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1.1 %

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1.5 %

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