| Moyes will survive, says Martinez
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 Everton manager Roberto Martinez believes that sacked Manchester United boss David Moyes will bounce back quickly and find himself a new job.
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| Andy Warhol's Forgotten Floppy Disk Art Has Been Found
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 p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; }a:link { }Image: Andy Warhol, Andy2, 1985, ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visuals Arts, Inc., courtesy of The Andy Warhol Museum, used with permission. The world got more Warhols this week, as the 20th century American artist's most futuristic works—by 1985 standards—have been recovered from floppy disks and shared by the Andy Warhol Museum. So strongly associated with the oft-mythologized 1960s, those outside of the art world can be forgiven for forgetting that Andy Warhol lived and kept working until 1987. With a bit of scrutiny, Warhol emerges as a total 80s dude, too:he did commercials for Braniff airlines with Sonny Liston; he showed up in a room with Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper, and Mr. T at Wrestlemania; and now it's clear that he was an early adopter of the personal computer as an artistic medium. Warhol had been gifted a Commodore Amiga in order to demonstrate the computer's graphic arts capabilities. There's a video of him "painting" Blondie's ...
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| Bitcoin Internet: The Plan for a Decentralized Web that Runs on Cryptocurrency
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 Image: Maidsafe The core defining aspect of Bitcoin—and other cryptocurrencies arising in its wake—is decentralisation. No one person, or no group of people, has control over it, and big companies don't have power over the individual user, at least in theory. But that idea isn't limited to currencies; the fundamental concept of a peer-to-peer system that connects people and allows transfer of information without a middleman has broader applications. Take the internet. When Tim Berners-Lee invented the web, he purposely made it open, decentralised, and non-proprietary. But things have changed a lot in 25 years, and a few corporations have more control over our online activity than we could have imagined back then. Now, one company wants to change the state of play and "decentralize the entire internet and web." And yes, the plan involves cryptocurrencies. MaidSafe is a Scotland-based company headed by entrepreneur David Irvine, though they list their boss as "logic;" when I spoke to Irvine on the phone ...
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| Arrow Season 2 Episode 220 'Seeing Red' Review:
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 Tweet Arrow I called last week the first episode of the five-part finale, but I was wrong. Now we begin the uncomfortable trek to the end of this season. The writers proved that no one is safe. And it should be a fantastic ending to an uneven season. For now, here are the 6 Qs of this week's Arrow. 1. What is it? Arrow Season 2, Episode #220, titled 'Seeing Red.' 2. Who's in it? Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen/Arrow; Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance; David Ramsey as John Diggle; Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak; Colton Haynes as Roy Harper; Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson; Willa Holland ...
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