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How generative AI could change the way video games are developed, tested, and played

GeekWire

(Rec Room screenshot) Video game companies are dipping their toes into the rapidly-evolving world of generative AI with behind-the-scenes development. Much of that debate, however, has been crowded out of the limelight by other concerns, such as a year-long wave of layoffs that has cost roughly 10,000 developers their jobs since January.

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Book excerpt: What makes a great startup idea? Lessons from a veteran entrepreneur

GeekWire

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a new book written by Shirish Nadkarni, a Seattle tech veteran who co-founded Livemocha (acquired by RosettaStone) and TeamOn (acquired by BlackBerry). While the trend toward globalization was accelerating, a number of social networks began emerging and capturing end-user attention.

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Luni Libes’ Fledge accelerator takes flight as socially conscious investing keeps growing

GeekWire

Libes had been involved with Bainbridge Graduate Institute (now Presidio Graduate School ), a program focused on how to use capitalism for social and environmental benefit. ” So in 2012, Libes launched Fledge , a startup accelerator that focuses on socially conscious, mission-driven, for-profit companies. No commercial web yet.

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Book Excerpt: Why trust, not data, has become the most important asset in the modern economy

GeekWire

[ Editor’s Note: Stein Broeder, a marketing executive at Microsoft, explores the components and value of trust in the new book, “ The Business of Trust: How Experiences Build Trust and Drive Business Impact ” Excerpt published with permission.]. “Do That same implied trust is the reason you are reading this book. Do you trust me?”.

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From book club to bootcamp: How these Seattle tech veterans took bold action on racial inclusion

GeekWire

They had monthly lunches and started a social justice book club to discuss the Black experience. Students need only a laptop and internet connection. Femi Akinde and Mike Koss met a decade ago at StartPad, a former Seattle co-working space where Koss was director and Akinde was a startup founder.

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Covid-19 taught companies how to run remote offices. That could transform developing countries.

Vox

Richard Baldwin, an economics professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and editor-in-chief of the widely read economic research site VoxEU (no relation), thinks this is just the beginning of a massive worldwide shift toward remote offices that span across continents. Dylan Matthews.

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What are the Pros and Cons of Online Reading?

Kitaboo

Today, as the world is getting busier, more and more people are choosing this convenient method of consuming books over the traditional way. As self-publishing digital books has become easier with platforms like KITABOO , many publishers are coming forward to publish eBooks and monetize their digital content.

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