Gizmodo
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Last year, Supergiant Games’ Hades , the roguelike inspired by Greek mythology about Hades’ son Zagreus escaping the underworld, released to near universal acclaim. If it wasn’t praised for being an inviting step into the roguelike genre, it was praised for its characters and narrative. If it wasn’t for that, it was… Read more.
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 19, 2021
If states shift cyber resources from offense to defense, they reduce exposure to foreign attacks and degrade offensive capabilities overall. Read More.
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The Verge
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Screenshot from Halo Esports via YouTube. Microsoft is apparently having just as much trouble procuring Xbox consoles as everyone else, as some of the players at the first major Halo Infinite tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina are forced to play on Xbox Series X development kits (via Kotaku ). Game dev kits consist of hardware that developers use to create games and typically aren’t available to the public, let alone used at official gaming tournaments.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Imagining Ganymede , Jupiter’s icy moon and the largest moon in our Solar System, can be quite the challenge. (I’m still at, “Whoa, that’s a big moon.”) Understanding it is a whole other story, and scientists are still working on that. Whether you’re seeking to learn more about the gigantic moon or unravel its… Read more.
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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.
The Verge
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. Disney and YouTube TV have reached a deal today to put more than a dozen Disney-owned channels back on Google’s internet TV streaming service. The news follows a previous announcement late Friday that the two had failed to reach an agreement before their contract expired, and users were informed they would no longer have access to the channels, which included ESPN, Disney, FX, and other Disney-owned properties.
TechSpot
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Researchers at Blumira have more bad news for the IT community battling Log4j security exploits. While previous findings indicated that impacted systems would require some type of network or internet connectivity, the security firm's recent discovery now asserts that services running as local host with no external connection can also.
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Venture Beast
DECEMBER 19, 2021
While there are other container orchestration technologies, the future of Kubernetes appears to be filled with possibility and innovation. Read More.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 19, 2021
The cinematic state of Spider-Man was in surprising disarray back in 2019 after the success of Far From Home. At the time, Sony and Marvel had a public split over Disney wanting more box office earnings from the MCU-set movies about the wallcrawler, but that deal eventually sorted itself out and gave us the… Read more.
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Rollic has had a billion downloads for its hypercasual games -- those that you can play in a minute or less. Read More.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home was always going to make a lot of money. Pandemic aside, folks have been chomping at the bit to see this movie for two years, both because they like Tom Holland and because it’s mining that nostalgia by bringing back old cinematic villains—some beloved, some not so much, and also Sandman—for… Read more.
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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.
TechSpot
DECEMBER 19, 2021
You might think that being the actual maker would help Microsoft find enough Xbox consoles, but apparently not. At least they’re not hoarding them!
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 19, 2021
The annual Hugo Awards were this weekend, celebrating sci-fi and fantasy literature (and some non-literature ) that enchanted audiences through the ever stressful year of 2021. But as creators got together to bask in the accomplishments of their peers and were honored just to be nominated, the awards show found itself… Read more.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 19, 2021
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 Dec. 12, 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. Omicron surging rapidly in Seattle area, projections show huge spike within a week.
The Verge
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Latitude. Latitude, the startup behind text game AI Dungeon , is expanding into a new artificial intelligence-powered game platform called Voyage. The company announced the closed beta on Friday, opening a waitlist for current AI Dungeon users. It’s the next step for a company that began with a university hackathon project, but that ultimately hopes to help other people create their own games using trained AI models.
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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.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 19, 2021
As it turns it out, all YouTube and Disney needed was one more day (plus a few hours) to come together and be friends once more. For YouTube TV subscribers, this means you are back to paying $64.99 per month for the service, which now includes the 17 Disney-owned channels and local ABC News stations that briefly… Read more.
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Nansen says it uses market intelligence and actionable analytics to help investors make informed decisions. Read More.
The Verge
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Leaked images of the Fenix 7, Venu 2 Plus, Instinct 2, and the Epix Gen2 (pictured from left to right). | Photo by Winfuture. A trove of leaked images shows what Garmin’s upcoming 2022 smartwatch lineup may look like. A report by German technology site Winfuture shows the supposed images of the Garmin Fenix 7 series, Venu 2 Plus, Epix Gen2, and Instinct 2 series smartwatches.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 19, 2021
It was a pretty big weekend for movies, gang. Or rather, a particular movie: Nightmare Alley , the neo-noir psychological thriller from beloved horror darling Guillermo del Toro starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett. The adaptation of the 1946 William Lindsay Gresham novel has seen mostly positive reviews, though… Read more.
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The Verge
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached settlements with AT&T, Verizon, Intrado, and CenturyLink (which now goes by Lumen Technologies) over investigations into failed 911 calls that occurred during network outages in 2020. The companies will pay a total of $6 million combined and also agreed to ensure compliance with the FCC’s 911 availability rules going forward.
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