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Can ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and other tabletop games help youth build social skills?

GeekWire

Seattle-based Game to Grow released its simple, therapeutic tabletop game Critical Core in October. (Game to Grow Image) A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons , can be used to help children and teenagers develop their social skills.

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Arm wants to improve profitability, proposes big changes to pricing model

TechSpot

British chip designer Arm has put forth a proposal that modifies how they charge for chip licensing, according to a report by Financial Times. With their current model, Arm charges royalties of 1-2% based on the value of the chip, says Sravan Kundojjala, an analyst at TechInsights.

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If your AI model is going to sell, it has to be safe

Vox

CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images OpenAI’s GPT-4 shows the competitive advantage of putting in safety work. On March 14, OpenAI released the successor to ChatGPT: GPT-4. It impressed observers with its markedly improved performance across reasoning, retention, and coding. It also fanned fears around AI safety, around our ability to control these increasingly powerful models.

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Tech community mourns the loss of Intel co-founder Gordon Moore

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The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Intel announced Moore's death following his peaceful passing at his home in Hawaii. He is survived by his wife, Betty, his sons Kenneth and Steven, and four grandchildren.

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Solving Open Source Complexity with a Managed Data Infrastructure Platform

With its unparalleled flexibility, rapid development and cost-saving capabilities, open source is proving time and again that it’s the leader in data management. But as the growth in open source adoption increases, so does the complexity of your data infrastructure. In this Analyst Brief developed with IDC, discover how and why the best solution to this complexity is a managed service, including: Streamlined compliance with some of the most complex regulatory guidelines Simplified operations, li

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GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft, OpenAI, and the AI opportunity for startups, with Neo CEO Ali Partovi

GeekWire

Neo’s diverse team of employees and mentors has impacted its startup accelerator and venture portfolio, with 46% of its capital backing startups led by women or members of underrepresented groups. (Neo Photo) This week on the GeekWire Podcast : what AI means for startups. We’re joined by Ali Partovi , a technology investor, entrepreneur, and mentor who is the CEO of Neo , a startup accelerator, mentorship community, and venture firm.

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Nvidia GeForce users can now encode more simultaneous streams

TechSpot

Nvidia quietly softened the limits on simultaneous video encoding streams for its consumer graphics cards. The change should give streamers and others working with video more flexibility without needing a workstation or data center GPU.

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AMD unveils new FidelityFX Super Resolution 3.0 details at GDC 2023

TechSpot

During its FidelityFXâ„¢ SDK presentation, AMD's Jason Lacroix treated attendees to a more detailed preview of the tool's upscaling features and capabilities. The next iteration of FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR 3.0) will give users a two-fold increase in frame performance compared to the existing FSR 2.0 solution. Unfortunately, AMD didn't.

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