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Each Episode of Lovecraft Country Now Comes With a Syllabus

Gizmodo

Lovecraft Country has as lot of powerful, distinct intersections with Black history, looking at the Black experience in the United States during the time in which it’s set through the lens of horror. It sure would be nice if someone put together a list of resources and reading materials to help you, or, say, your… Read more.

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SoftBank is reportedly preparing to sell ARM to Nvidia for more than $40 billion

The Verge

Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge. SoftBank is reportedly is preparing to sell chipmaker ARM to Nvidia as early as next week in a deal worth more than $40 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. Rumors of the deal began circulating in July, and Nvidia has been reported to be the only suitor in concrete discussions with SoftBank. The deal, if it goes forward, would be one of the largest ever in the chip sector and would likely face intense regulatory scrutiny.

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Major QAnon Site Shutters After Operator Gets Outed

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One of the internet’s largest hub of Qanon conspiracy theorists, QMap, abruptly went dark this week after a fact-checking group uncovered the identity of the developer behind it, Bloomberg reported Friday. Read more.

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Sony announces PS5 event for Wednesday September 16th

The Verge

Sony is holding a special PlayStation 5 event next week. The company will broadcast a 40-minute “digital showcase” on Wednesday, September 16th that will include updates from first-party Sony game studios and third-party partners. Sony is pitching the event as “one more look at some of the great games coming to PS5 at launch (and beyond!)” before the console launches.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Why Apple’s anti-tracking move hurts everyone … but Apple

Venture Beast

Apple’s limit on ad tracking is not only monopolistic but also harmful to the very stakeholders who made Apple’s ecosystem great in the first place. Read More.

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Over 41 percent of cyber insurance claims in 2020 came from ransomware attacks

TechSpot

Last year, ransomware attacks jumped 41 percent and hit hundreds of thousands of organizations that were forced to pay dearly to get access to their important files. The number of attacks increased 25 percent during the first months of the pandemic, as ransomware makers didn't make good on their promise.

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This Clash of Clans animated short is a first step toward a bigger fantasy universe

The Verge

Supercell’s mobile games, Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, are massive: together, the pair has been downloaded more than 3 billion times, according to the developer. Now, the Finnish studio is bringing them together with a new Clash animated short, a 12-minute piece called Lost & Crowned. It’s gorgeous and funny but also part of a broader strategy to make the overarching fantasy world something bigger and more enticing.

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25 Years Ago We Got Genre's Most Unapologetic Heroine

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Inevitably a cool lady appears on screen with a sweet outfit, a wry smile, and this sense that she is not to be f *d with wrapped around her like a cloak. While women aren’t on the top of the call sheet as often as men in genre film and television, there are a lot more women there now than before, and despite them… Read more.

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti rumored for October debut

TechSpot

The supposed RTX 3060 Ti would launch in October, the same month that Nvidia's upcoming RTX 3070 is supposed to arrive. As for when we could expect a standard RTX 3060, that's presently unclear. Early 2021 seems like a safe bet, though.

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Astra’s first attempt to reach orbit ends early after rocket fails mid-flight

The Verge

Astra’s Rocket 3.1 leaves the pad | Astra. The first orbital mission for rocket launch startup Astra ended without its Rocket 3.1 reaching orbit. The rocket successfully lifted off from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska at about 11:19PM ET Friday, but the company said its guidance system “introduced some slight oscillation into the flight,” which caused the rocket to drift from its planned trajectory.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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If Nvidia buys Arm, how open will it remain?

Venture Beast

Nvidia is rumored to be in talks to buy Arm for more than $40 billion from SoftBank, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Read More.

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Google Groups rolling out redesign that includes improved mobile site

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. A Google Groups Material Design revamp that’s been in beta for several months will become the default for all users starting next week, the company announced in a blog post. The new interface, which has several “highly requested features,” according to Google, includes a new mobile design, updated collaborative inboxes, and replaces tags and categories in groups with labels.

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California Passes Law to Help Inmate Firefighters Pursue Professional Careers in the Field

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Amid the flames ravaging the state, California on Friday finally took a step to recognize the important contributions made by incarcerated firefighters over the years. A new law removes barriers that block inmates from pursuing professional firefighting careers after completing their sentences, giving them a second… Read more.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Plus are just $95 for one day only at Woot

The Verge

At Woot, Amazon Prime members can pick up a set of Samsung’s very good Galaxy Buds Plus wireless earbuds for $95. This is the lowest price yet. If you don’t have Prime, your checkout price will be $100, so it’s not too harsh of a penalty. This sale is happening for one day only, so don’t expect it to be available if you’re checking this out on Sunday or beyond.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Seattle entrepreneurs lead new digital health platform DexCare, incubated at Providence

GeekWire

DexCare CEO Derek Streat and CCO Sean O’Connor. (DexCare Photos). Providence’s Digital Innovation Group is adding two Seattle entrepreneurs and former colleagues to lead its newest incubated health tech startup, an “access optimization platform” called DexCare. Derek Streat is joining as CEO and Sean O’Connor will be chief commercial officer.

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Why niche SaaS scales so well

Venture Beast

The market for vertical SaaS is strong, tripling in the last decade. And even niche verticals are proving they can be lucrative. Read More.

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New platform from nonprofit Carina offers quick searches for in-home childcare openings

GeekWire

Childcare owner Katina Richardson, one of the providers on Carina. (Photo courtesy of Carina). As COVID-19 stay-at-home orders began triggering business closures in early spring, there was much attention paid to shuttered restaurants and storefronts. But Nidhi Mirani worried for the invisible victims of the economic shutdown, namely in-home childcare facilities.

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The Next PS5 Showcase Event Is On September 16

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Today, Sony announced that they have one last Playstation 5 showcase event before the console launches this holiday. This next event will be about 40 minutes long and will air on September 16 at 4 PM ET. Read more.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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Microsoft calls Apple's new guidelines for cloud gaming "a bad experience for customers"

TechSpot

The move means that game-streaming services like xCloud and Stadia can make the leap to iPhones and iPads, but that individual titles offered by each service will need to be released as separate iOS and iPadOS apps.

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The Most Apocalyptic Photos From the West Coast Fires This Week

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The West Coast is burning, and it’s still not under control. There are now three states—California, Washington state and Oregon—battling raging wildfires, which have left a trail of destruction in their wake and, in some cases, have literally changed the color of the sky. Read more.

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Crysis Remastered brings ray tracing to current-gen consoles, non-RTX GPUs

TechSpot

Crysis Remastered appears to be following in the footsteps of its predecessor: both the original and the remastered version have introduced impressive new visuals, and both are pretty hard to run when maxed out. Enabling ray tracing in Crysis Remastered will bring the Xbox One X to 30fps at 1080p.

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Smart home platform Wink suffering widespread outage

The Verge

Smart home platform Wink is having a widespread outage, just over a month after it implemented a paid subscription plan for most of its previously free features. First reported by Android Police , the outage appears to have started Thursday. Users started getting email notices from the company on Friday apologizing for the outage, and Wink tweeted Friday afternoon that it was aware of an issue, and not under any kind of attack.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Facebook adds new requirement for Oculus Quest sideloading

Venture Beast

Facebook is requiring a new step to sideload content on the Oculus Quest standalone headset. This change begins October 8. Read More.

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What to Expect from Apple's September Event (Hint: Maybe No iPhones)

Gizmodo

Since the very beginning of time, which has lost all meaning at this point, almost every September has delivered a new iPhone. It’s possible that Apple’s event next week will also deliver a new iPhone, but for the first time in many moons, we may not see a phone. Read more.

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Apple tweaks App Store rules to allow game streaming services but Microsoft still isn’t satisfied

GeekWire

Gamers try out Project xCloud at the Xbox 2019 E3 Showcase in the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live, Monday, June 10, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Casey Rodgers/Invision for Xbox/AP Images). Apple will allow cloud game streaming services on its App Store, but its new guidelines are still not good enough for Microsoft. Services such as Microsoft’s xCloud and Google Stadia can now exist on iOS or iPadOS, but they must submit each streaming game to the App Store as an individual app “so

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Doom Patrol Has Been Renewed For a Third Season on HBO Max

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Praise the patron saint of fuckup superheroes, Doom Patrol isn’t over just yet. Read more.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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GamesBeat Decides 163: When will PlayStation 5 preorders begin?

Venture Beast

On this GamesBeat Decides podcast, Imran Khan and Blessing Adeyoe from Kinda Funny join to talk about Xbox Series X and PS5 preorders. Read More.

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Three Electrostatic Motors Almost Make This Pricey Watch Worth It

Gizmodo

The 1960s were an interstitial time when it came to technology. Not quite computerized, the world hovered between the mechanical and the digital, computers clacking out commands onto old teletypes while Nixie tubes - essentially glowing wires in a vacuum - ran the countdowns for rickety spacecraft that had more in… Read more.

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Blightbound interview: Dungeon-running, Early Access-style

Venture Beast

Blightbound is a darker multiplayer co-op game, but that's not the only thing different for Ronimo Games' approach to its latest release. Read More.

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Legends of Tomorrow's Season 6 Has Found Its Guide to the Wide World of Aliens

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The Legends have fought time-displaced historical leaders, magical creatures, and the greatest villains of all time—maybe it’s time for them to face something a little more out of this world. Now season six of Legends of Tomorrow will see the worst time travelers in history facing off against an extraterrestrial foe.… Read more.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.