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The Seemingly Cursed Tokyo Olympics Are Now in the Path of a Tropical Storm

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Against all odds, and a one-year delay, the Tokyo Olympics are currently taking place, squaring off against a global pandemic and sweltering heat. It’s probably safe to say that these Olympics are cursed, especially considering that after all that, organizers now have to worry about a tropical storm. Read more.

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Arm made a bendable 32-bit processor out of 'plastic'

TechSpot

In a new paper published in Nature, Arm researchers explain how they ported a standard 32-bit Arm processor design onto a plastic substrate that they say is bendy. It’s more of a proof-of-concept than a working prototype, but it nevertheless demonstrates some significant firsts.

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How GungHo launched its bubblegum fighting game Ninjala in the pandemic

Venture Beast

Ninjala has had more than 7 million downloads in the past year. GungHo Entertainment is pushing to make it bigger with live operations. Read More.

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With Successful 10th Flight, Ingenuity Has Now Flown More Than a Mile on Mars

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter successfully completed its 10th flight on Mars on Saturday, bringing its total distance flown on the Red Planet to more than one mile (roughly 1.60 kilometers) and capturing important images to help out its friend, the Perseverance rover. Read more.

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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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The past, present, and future of mobile ad formats

Venture Beast

The most successful forms of mobile ad formats have their roots in what advertisers have learned in the past, present, and future of mobile. Read More.

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This YouTube channel is using AI to gloriously remaster classic game cutscenes

The Verge

Twenty years ago, when photorealistic games were still just a faraway dream, companies like Square sent our imaginations soaring before we played, with big-budget intros and cutscenes. Long before Overwatch normalized the practice of releasing Pixar-quality animated shorts for each new character, Blizzard’s Diablo II and Capcom’s Onimusha 3 put us in the demon slaying mood with incredible mini-movies stretching to six minutes each.

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MLB will try encrypted transmitters and bone conduction to stop sign stealing

The Verge

Baseball has a sign stealing problem — or at least, a technological one, seeing how reading another team’s pitches is technically legal , but using Apple Watches or telephoto cameras and then suspiciously banging on trash cans is very much not. But soon the MLB may try fighting fire with fire: on August 3rd, it plans to begin testing an encrypted wireless communication device that replaces the traditional flash of fingers with button taps, according to ESPN.

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Don't Worry, the Bob's Burgers Movie Is Still Happening

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Though fans of Bob’s Burgers have a new season to look forward to, many have been wondering what’s going on with the Bob’s Burgers movie that was announced back in 2019—before it, like many productions, was waylaid by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con @ Home, series creator Loren… Read more.

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iCIMS: Nearly 20% of orgs aren’t tracking diversity in hiring, recruitment

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The study found that 47% of organizations have implemented technology to help reduce unconscious bias in their recruiting and hiring. Read More.

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Tesla Energy Is Reportedly on the Hunt for Mean Social Media Posts About Musk

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Tesla’s clean-energy division Tesla Energy has an entire team dedicated to scanning the internet for customer complaints and people badmouthing its CEO Elon Musk, according to a new Insider report. Read more.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 18, 2021

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Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 18, 2021. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire. Amazon plans to investigate discrimination within AWS after hundreds of employees sign petition.

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The Chucky Trailer Is Here to Slay SDCC 2021

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Last week’s teaser gave us just a taste of what to expect from Chucky , Syfy and USA’s upcoming series continuation of the Child’s Play horror series from original creator Don Mancini. (In other words, that recent remake ain’t canon.) But today at San Diego Comic-Con @ Home, fans of the wisecracking killer doll and the… Read more.

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Banned brand Aukey is still selling earbuds on Amazon

The Verge

When Amazon started cracking down on mobile electronics companies with shady reviewer programs, Aukey and Mpow were the first to get whacked — and yet Aukey is still selling at least three sets of wireless earbuds at the giant online retailer, The Verge has found. Two weeks ago, I pointed out to Amazon PR that both Aukey and Mpow had seemingly found a way around their bans.

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Magic: The Gathering's New Dungeons & Dragons Set Was Almost Not Nearly D&D Enough

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This week saw the release of a Magic crossover literally decades in the making: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms , the collectible card game’s first major crossover with its gaming sibling Dungeons & Dragons. But the long road to what might feel like an inevitability to fans, since the two gaming legends were brought… Read more.

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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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The Steam Deck has an ‘optional built-in FPS limiter’ for better battery life

The Verge

When Valve and IGN revealed last Thursday that the new Steam Deck handheld will target 30Hz gameplay , not everyone was impressed with that low bar — but Valve’s Pierre-Loup Griffais has taken to Twitter to clarify his original comment, and reveal a new feature of the portable console. First, he says 30 fps is more of a minimum bar than anything else: @Plagman2 (Twitter).

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Crunchyroll Industry's SDCC 2021 Panel Revealed Tons of New Anime Series Debuting This Year

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For all the anime fans at San Diego Comic-Con 2021 @ Home, Crunchyroll rolled out a lengthy industry panel. Host Tim Lyu shared tons of information about exciting new anime series coming to the Crunchyroll.com site—known for hosting popular titles like Naruto , One Piece , My Hero Academia , and Tokyo Revengers— in the… Read more.

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With post-pandemic AI, we’ve now stepped into the Age of Acceleration

Venture Beast

AI is entering take-off mode just as we exit an economic downturn caused by the pandemic. Get ready for a productivity boom. Read More.

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Doctor Who's Season 13 SDCC 2021 Trailer Brings in New Friends and New Foes

Gizmodo

It feels like it’s been a lifetime since the Doctor fought off a Dalek invasion of Earth (again) on New Year’s Day, but, thank Gallifrey—err, what’s left of it at the minute —because Doctor Who is finally ready to give us a glimpse of its next adventures. Read more.

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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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Like a Spy Movie: How Russia Hacked Its Olympic Enemies

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It's the kind of thing Hollywood would put on the big screen or Netflix would put onto every screen with the label "based on a true story.". And they would certainly release it during the Tokyo Olympics because it has an Olympics theme. The page-turning details come straight from a U.S. government indictment of seven Russian military officers. They are accused of hacking sports and anti-doping organizations on three continents.

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If You're Immunocompromised, You May Need a Covid-19 Vaccine Booster, Fauci Says

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President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci now says that vaccinated Americans with compromised immune systems may end up needing a covid-19 vaccine booster shot after all. The news comes as the country’s number of covid-19 cases continues to rise, fueled by plateauing vaccination rates and the… Read more.

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It was 1995, 15-inch 800x600 monitors were the norm, what kind of monitor did John Carmack use to code Quake?

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Pentium 133MHz days!

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Army of Thieves' SDCC 2021 Teaser Takes Us Back to Zack Snyder's Zombieverse

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The poster for the new movie Army of Thieves puts it best: “More safes. Less zombies.” Directed by and starring Matthias Schweighöfer , Army of Thieves is a prequel to Zack Snyder’s recent hit, Army of the Dead , told from the point of view of one of its main characters, Dieter. And now, the first teaser trailer is here. 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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Syfy's Day of the Dead Gives SDCC 2021 a First Look at TV's Newest Zombie Tale

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Even the most diehard horror fan can be forgiven for forgetting (or not even realizing at all) that George A. Romero ’s Day of the Dead is becoming a TV show. It was first announced in February 2020 and, well. a lot has happened since then. But today’s San Diego Comic-Con @ Home panel, featuring the first trailer… Read more.

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DC's Legends of Tomorrow SDCC 2021 Panel Readies the Bouquet for Sara and Ava's Epic Wedding

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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is in the middle of season six, which is all about cuddly, terrifying, and occasionally musical aliens causing havoc across the timeline. It started with Gary, who’s secretly been an extraterrestrial this whole time, abducting Sara Lance because she’s the “prime example” of humanity. But you… Read more.

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The Stephen King Adaptation Chapelwaite Brought Gothic Gloom to SDCC 2021

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Back in May, we got a decent look at Adrien Brody’s new series Chapelwaite , adapted from a Stephen King short story (it appears in the collection Night Shift ) thanks to a bunch of images released by Epix, as well as a teaser. The outlook? Gloomy, gothic, and dripping with dread. Today’s San Diego Comic-Con @ Home… Read more.

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The Blade Runner Comics Panel at SDCC 2021 Talks Building a Universe

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Titan Comics’ Andrew Sumner, David Leach, Mike Johnson, Kate Perkins, Fernando Dagnino, and Mellow Brown got together at San Diego Comic-Con @ Home to discuss the future of the Blade Runner comics. Read more.

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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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The Paranormal Activity Universe Continues With New Upcoming Movie

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Paramount Pictures is getting back Paranormal with a new installment in the Paranormal Activity horror franchise. Read more.

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