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Sony buys $250 million stake in Fortnite creator Epic Games

The Verge

The deal gives Sony a minority interest in the game development studio and publisher last estimated to be valued as high as $17 billion. Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge. Sony has made a $250 million investment in Epic Games, the two companies announced on Thursday.

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Interlune comes out of stealth with its plan to harvest helium-3 and more on the moon

GeekWire

The business plan would also leverage existing efforts to develop lunar rovers — including NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle , or LTV. For what it’s worth, lunar helium-3 mining was featured in the 2009 sci-fi film “Moon.” This Interlune graphic explains why helium-3 is more abundant on the moon than on Earth.

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11 most in-demand gen AI jobs companies are hiring for

CIO Business Intelligence

Businesses are turning to gen AI to streamline business processes, develop proprietary AI technology, and reduce manual efforts in order to free up employees to take on more intensive tasks. Generative AI is quickly changing the landscape of the business world, with rapid adoption rates across nearly every industry.

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The unfulfilled promise of automation: DNA matters

CIO Business Intelligence

The documentary film Three Identical Strangers tells the incredible story of triplets unethically separated at birth in the name of science. I have been researching and thinking more deeply about how platform architectures can lead to intended or unintended consequences. Better, faster, cheaper.

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How Education Technology Will Revolutionize Learning

Kitaboo

During these years, the development of educational technological solutions has proved to be extremely efficient in supporting school management and the teaching-learning process. With the new forms of networking, business development professionals accept the challenge of creating and producing openly with their partners and users.

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The Polestar O2 is a sleek electric roadster with an integrated drone for aerial filming

The Verge

The hardtop convertible, which made its debut in Los Angeles today, is designed to showcase the automaker’s bonded aluminum platform, which it produces in-house, as well as some quirkier innovations, like an integrated drone for aerial filming. After filming, the drone can autonomously return to the car.

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How artificial intelligence went from science fiction to science itself?

Dataconomy

To develop “strong” AI, which only exists in science fiction for now, significant progress in fundamental science would be required to create a model of the entire world. For instance, the Information Processing Language (IPL) emerged, enabling the development of programs like the Logic Theorist Machine (LTM) in 1956.